The first edition of the Oslobiennalen opens, Ai Weiwei sues Danish car company, Saskia Neuman becomes director of Market Art Fair, and other news from the Nordic art field.
Ways of Seeing is theatre with a political agenda, raising awareness by looking at a protected and privileged world from a position on its margins.
Nordic galleries initiate a new art fair in Basel, Pussy Riot members are granted asylum in Sweden, Bergen Assembly takes a stand against far-right ideology, and other news from the Nordic art field.
An open letter on cultural politics in Denmark, an honorary award from Oslo Open Art Festival, a record-breaking Hilma af Klint show, and other news from the Nordic art field.
The Danish Ministry of Culture introduces a new strategy to handle sexual harassment within art education, and other news from the Nordic art field.
Supermarket opens in Stockholm, a new residency programme gets under way in Denmark, and plans revealed for the inaugural exhibition at the new National Museum in Oslo.
Norwegian artists mobilise, the first comprehensive Greta Knutson-Tzara exhibition, and new initiatives in Copenhagen: a kunsthalle and yet another commercial art fair.
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.
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.
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.
Record visitor numbers leads to economic crisis at the Swedish National Museum and The World’s Northernmost Chinatown opens in Kirkenes.
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.
The first edition of the Oslobiennalen opens, Ai Weiwei sues Danish car company, Saskia Neuman becomes director of Market Art Fair, and other news from the Nordic art field.
Ways of Seeing is theatre with a political agenda, raising awareness by looking at a protected and privileged world from a position on its margins.
In her beautiful sci-fi noir installation at the Danish Pavilion in Venice, Larissa Sansour asks what the memory of national identity means once a tsunami has washed away everything.
New directors at Malmö Art Museum and Art Hub Copenhagen, artist lists from the biennials in Gothenburg and Lofoten, and other news from the Nordic art field.
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