Compression and Release
With doomsday vibes in Berlin, blockchains in Hamburg, and an art scene brat pack in Zurich, there’s every reason to renew your BahnCard. Here’s a bird’s-eye view of the autumn’s exhibitions north of the Alps.
Commentary
Breaking the Fast
Itinerant exhibitions and foraging artists: autumn on the Norwegian art scene suggests that art has discovered its potential as a parallel society.
Autumn Sonata
Horses, lions, ants and potatoes – and a new minister of culture with
gunpowder residue on her hands. The Danish art scene’s autumn season is live on
air.
From Safeguarding Culture to Discussing It
In the future, the authority of museums will rest on their ability to explain why they have doubts. The discussion surrounding Kirchner and Nolde at the National Gallery of Denmark demonstrates why.
The Whole World Is Invited
The new Munch Museum will open in the heart of Oslo this autumn with Tracey Emin, Sandra Mujinga, and black metal band Satyricon all joining the party. Still, someone has to be a party pooper.
Welcome to the Front Page
After a couple of turbulent years, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has a new rector: Lars Bent Petersen.
Precarious Workout
Thinking with Simone Weil and Thomas Hirschhorn, precariousness and fragmentation emerge as forces that reshape ideas of power, monuments, and art’s role in our troubled present.
Brave New Art World
Revolution or fad? When Beeple’s NFT-work Everydays: The First 5000 days is sold at Christie’s this week, it will show where the art market is headed after COVID-19.
The Bonfire of the Vanities, or Art’s New Servitude
The debate about new anti-racist policies at the University of Art, Craft, and Design in Stockholm reveals art’s embrace of a representative civil service culture.
Danish Ministry of Culture Changes its Tune
Minister of Culture Joy Mogensen wants to strengthen management in art education, set up boards of directors, and counteract overly academised teaching. At best, this breaks with decades of technocracy.
The Dematerialisation of Fashion
Fashion week in a time of COVID-19 offers new digital-first strategies that increasingly prevail in the art world. What’s at stake when everything turns into viral content?
Waiting for Spring
Despite rather uncertain prospects, these are the art events we look forward to in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
