Best of 2024
Which were the most memorable shows in the Nordics this year? Staff writers and invited guests pick three of their favourites.
24 December Mariann Enge
Kunstkritikk’s editor-in-chief Mariann Enge reflects on the art that captured the state of the world in 2024.
23 December Pernille Albrethsen
Winds of change blew across Freetown Christiania this year, bringing Kunstkritikk’s editor in Copenhagen hope that Danish art will one day be renewed there.
22 December Ernst Billgren
Sex and death in Helsinki, meditative landscape painting in Oslo, and a glimpse of art’s future in Copenhagen. Artist Ernst Billgren gives us his top-three list.
21 December Stian Gabrielsen
A small gnome hiding inside a fountain pump sent Kunstkritikk’s Norwegian editor, Stian Gabrielsen, into a nostalgic fit.
20 December David Risley
See which painters were at the top of their game in 2024, according to Copenhagen-based artist David Risley.
19 December Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl
Kunstkritkk’s Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl on this year’s wildest shows in Stockholm.
18 December A K Dolven
The sound of a slide projector became a heartbeat in one of the exhibitions that inspired artist A K Dolven this year.
17 December Asta Lynge
One of best exhibitions of the year reminded us that the world ends for someone every day. Artist Asta Lynge brings us today’s advent calendar entry.
16 December Jaakko Pallasvuo
In 2024, artist Jaakko Pallasvuo favoured cool nonchalance over political overdetermination.
15 December Constance Tenvik
The absurdity of Norwegian cabin culture was among the epiphanies that art gave Constance Tenvik in 2024.
14 December Zahna Siham Benamor
‘A woodpecker’s attempt to peck through an opaque art world of gimmicks and false talismans’. What did artist and poet Zahna Siham Benamor single out for praise in 2024?
13 December Emet Brulin
Kunstkritikk’s Emet Brulin on three shows that expanded art during a year of war and upheaval.
