Nordic News Weekly – March 15th
Debates on cultural politics in Denmark and Sweden, a five-year programme of art in public space in Oslo, and three Nordic artists represented in the Venice Biennial main exhibition.
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Nordic News Weekly – March 8th
Visual art events on International Women’s Day, nominees for the Norwegian Art Critics’ Prize announced, and a new masters program in curating and art criticism.
Nordic News Weekly – March 1st
Two Nordic biennials reach their tenth editions, Louisiana has troubles with a Swiss sponsor, and there is “a real crisis” with regard to acquisitions in Norwegian museums.
Nordic News Weekly – February 15th
Record visitor numbers leads to economic crisis at the Swedish National Museum and The World’s Northernmost Chinatown opens in Kirkenes.
Nordic News Weekly – February 8th
A decrease in funding hits the art scene in the South of Sweden. In Oslo, seven galleries arrange a new art fair. And Kunstkritikk goes international.
Under reconstruction
Kunstkritikk is getting a makeover. We will be back soon in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English.
Kunstkritikk Becomes an International Journal
Kunstkritikk relaunches with a new design and an expanded international edition – with substantial support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.
Nordic News Weekly – January 25th
Sweden’s new cultural minister says “creativity should flow freely,” and in Denmark there is new evidence of the museum sector’s contribution to society.
Nordic News Weekly – January 18th
After a new government was formed in Sweden today, state museums will remain free of charge. Also in the news: An art plan for Oslo and Elmgreen & Dragset in The Simpsons.
Nordic News Weekly – January 11th
A workshop for artists reopens in Oslo, Nasty Women exhibits in Stockholm, and the Norwegian National Museum reveals a new visual identity.
Masslessness for the Masses
A digital installation by the Japanese collective teamLaB has brought Helsinki’s new art museum Amos Rex twice as many visitors as expected.
Nordic News Weekly – November 16th
ARoS Art Museum under fire for not paying artists, anti-fascist conference at the Luleå Biennial, and other news from the Nordic art field this week.
Recently published
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.
The Reinvention of the World
Tiril Hasselknippe’s brew of blissful neo-materialism and banal video game aesthetics is just the right amount of a good thing, i.e. too much.
Harald the Hero
The father of modern curating, Harald Szeeman, is memorialised at Castello di Rivoli in Turin with a lavish presentation of obsessive archiving and a hint of kitsch.
Nordic News Weekly – March 15th
Debates on cultural politics in Denmark and Sweden, a five-year programme of art in public space in Oslo, and three Nordic artists represented in the Venice Biennial main exhibition.
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