Jonas Ekeberg

Jonas Ekeberg (f. 1967) er kurator og kritiker. Han var sjefsredaktør for Kunstkritikk fra høsten 2009 til høsten 2013, og fra januar 2015 til ultimo januar 2020. Han har vært sjefkurator for Momentum – Nordisk Festival for Samtidskunst (2000), grunnlegger av Oslo Kunsthall (2000), kurator for Office for Contemporary Art Norway (2002-2004) og direktør for Preus Museum (2004-2009). Hans bok Postnordisk – Den nordiske kunstscenens vekst og fall 1976–2016 ble utgitt på Torpedo Press i 2019.

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Increased Support for Art Criticism and Art Centres

Increased Support for Art Criticism and Art Centres

NOK 1 million for art criticism and NOK 5.5 million for art exhibition venues: the amounts may be small, but gentle winds are blowing in Norway’s right-wing cultural policymaking.

The Last Outpost of Postmodernism

The Last Outpost of Postmodernism

Artscape Nordland gets the Arts Council Norway honorary award, but what the project really needs is the critical discussion that has been lacking for the last 25 years.

Social Disappearing Acts and Global Activism

Social Disappearing Acts and Global Activism

The legacy of activism is clearly evident on the Norwegian art scene this autumn. The most important exhibition takes place in Lofoten, where the curators ask if it is too late to change the world.

– Different times demand different drugs

– Different times demand different drugs

In anticipation of the Nordic biennial Momentum 8 in June, the four curators speak of cultural politics, generational dialogue and the idea of compressing consciousness.

A New Object Art

A New Object Art

The exhibition The Noing Uv It at Bergen Kunsthall is an ambitious attempt at portraying a new realism in art. It is presented at just the right moment.

Festivalism

Festivalism

Malmö Nordic is problematic, not because it is Nordic, but because it is an art festival.

Open House

Open House

Saturday 13 April saw long queues from 20:00 until after midnight for the opening of the new bar and foyer at Kunstnernes Hus (The Artists’ House) in Oslo.

The post-national pavilion

The post-national pavilion

Oslo’s Academy of Fine Arts is commissioner of the Central Asian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, with curators from Kazakhstan and Portugal and Dutch and US financing.

The Populist Face of Cultural Politics

The Populist Face of Cultural Politics

Mark Sladen’s departure from Kunsthal Charlottenborg shows how populist cultural politics have taken firm hold on the Danish art scene. What about the rest of Scandinavia?

Will not impose numerical targets on individual art institutions

Will not impose numerical targets on individual art institutions

“It is important to establish standards, but we will not impose numerical targets on individual institutions,” says Minister of Culture Anniken Huitfeldt in a commentary on increased pressure on European art institutions.

The Possibility of Politics

The Possibility of Politics

The Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven is currently under attack for its radical and open program. In this interview, director Charles Esche discusses what he calls “the possibility of politics.”

Norwegian Terrorism

Norwegian Terrorism

The cultural sector’s opposition to right-wing populism and fascism has been strong but implicit. Perhaps in the time to come that opposition will require more direct expression.

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Paris Art Week Report

Paris Art Week Report

Fresh 90s nonchalance at Paris Internationale and Martine Syms at Lafayette Anticipations.

Mood over Content

Mood over Content

After art’s artistic turn, mood is the new benchmark for quality in contemporary art, positing a philosophically sustainable alternative to spectacle and newness.

Lofoten Calling

Lofoten Calling

This year’s Lofoten International Art Festival delves into local history while emphasising the need to connect with the world.

‘I went into a very dark hole for a long time’

‘I went into a very dark hole for a long time’

After a year of Israeli war on Gaza and increased pressure on the arts, the Danish-Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour opens two major exhibitions in the Nordics.