Monster That I Am
In the midst of her largest retrospective to date, artist Zdenka Rusova talks about the singular question of her life and work.
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In the Midst of the Painterly
Mari Slaattelid wants to paint – not the way she is, but the way she needs to be for the picture’s sake. This summer, her work can be seen at Bergen Kunsthall.
Dirty Data
‘Artists find the measure of their own time just by doing their work’, says Julia Scher who began making art about surveillance long before the Internet really existed.
Recuperating the Past
The Sonja Ferlov Mancoba exhibition in Copenhagen sparked a correspondence between two artists and a curator on how to rewrite art history.
Contrived Communities
The introductory days of Bergen Assembly served as a reminder that art’s engagement with social issues does not necessarily translate into audience engagement.
A Sense of Belonging
What is national identity in the wake of a climate apocalypse? Larissa Sansour on her contribution to the Danish Pavilion in Venice.
Affecting the Body
‘If you don’t have or don’t control material, you have to become material yourself’, says Arthur Jafa, currently showing at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo.
Pre-Cinema, Post-Internet
Frida Orupabo’s integration of social media and white cube takes us back to the technological origins of cinema.
The Rendering of Modern Life
Every architect in Europe is hustling for a piece of the future Oslo. Their visions are wildly, overtly, perhaps clinically at odds with reality.
Horizontal Network Film
How can a film be a landscape? This is at the core of Swedish artist John Skoog’s first feature-length film, showcased at the CPH:DOX festival opening today.
Germans Screw Better
Yngve Holen and Agatha Wara take an all-electric SUV for a test ride and talk about Holen’s exhibition that opens at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo.
For Society’s Sake
Art should play a pivotal role in discussions about values today, says Kirsten Langkilde, the new rector at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
