Mariann Enge er ansvarlig redaktør for Kunstkritikk.
Mariann Enge is editor-in-chief of Kunstkritikk.
Waiting for Spring
Despite rather uncertain prospects, these are the art events we look forward to in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Mariann Enge
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An Unforgettable Year
Few will feel any great desire to look back on 2020. Even so, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic provided some memorable artistic highlights in the Nordic countries.
24 December
Kunstkritikk’s Editor-in-Chief Mariann Enge rounds off this year’s Christmas countdown with three exhibitions from 2020 that gave her hope.
Representation Matters
Judging by statements made by the heads of Norwegian art institutions in the wake of this year’s Black Lives Matter protests, lack of will is not the issue when striving for greater diversity.
Just Breathe
Joar Nango’s festival exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall is an inspiring invitation to expand our minds and knowledge and to carry out fundamental change.
‘No coloniser deserves to be on top of a mountain’
On Saturday night, the statue of Hans Egede in Nuuk was defaced. Greenlandic artist Aqqalu Berthelsen passed on an anonymous statement from the group responsible.
Isolated Cultural Workers of the World, Unite!
The next great international struggle of our time should be for a universal basic income.
Adding Trauma to Trauma
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, preparations to tear down the iconic Y-blokka in Oslo continue. That can’t possibly be good for our democracy or our public health.
Follow Kunstkritikk’s Essay Series About Nordic Art in the 2010s
This spring, nine Scandinavian writers, critics, and curators will share their reflections on Nordic contemporary art from the decade we just left behind.
Controversial Sponsorship Agreement Ends
Astrup Fearnley Museum has not renewed its sponsorship agreement with Lundin Norway. The museum will review its entire sponsorship profile when Solveig Øvstebø takes over as director in May.
Lions in the Arctic
This year’s instalment of the Nuuk Nordic Culture Festival opened with a call to think outside of the national frameworks that have organised history writing in the Nordic countries.
Starfish Embrace
A slow pace, collective efforts, and firm local ties facilitate LIAF 2019’s successful integration with its setting.
