Mariann Enge er ansvarlig redaktør for Kunstkritikk.
Mariann Enge is editor-in-chief of Kunstkritikk.
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.
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.
A workshop for artists reopens in Oslo, Nasty Women exhibits in Stockholm, and the Norwegian National Museum reveals a new visual identity.
– Creating spaces for exchange outside of normal structures is incredibly important, says Nicholas Jones, director of Praksis. The residency programme has become an important part of Oslo’s art scene.
Kunstkritikk’s stay in Nuuk turned out to be a transformative crash course in Greenland’s situation, history and culture.
Ai Weiwei withdraws from two exhibitions in Denmark out of protest against the new Danish asylum seeker laws. ARoS regrets his decision – Faurschou Foundation gives him their full support.
Excellent co-operation between artists’ associations and united support from the centrist parties and the opposition proved decisive in winning Norwegian artists a 10% pay rise, says NBK chairwoman Hilde Tørdal.
– CIMAM needs a board of directors that actively opposes censorship, says the director of Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Tone Hansen. Three of the forum’s board members have resigned in protest against the president Bartomeu Marí.
– Ambient sound recordings are a powerful way to archive a space, says poet Jordan Scott, who presents recordings from Guantánamo Bay at the Oslo International Poetry Festival tonight.
– Maybe it is like thinking about the fate of people that have no hope and no place to look to, Golden Lion winner El Anatsui says about his use of bottle caps in art.
The Astrup Fearnley Museum claims that it does not have the budget to pay the artists contributing to the show Europe, Europe. However, the Arts Council Norway has granted funds earmarked for artist’s fees.
“Future Library invites an imaginary leap,” says Katie Paterson, who has launched an art project in Oslo that she will never see completed.
Matias Faldbakken has won the commission to create the 22 July memorial in Oslo’s government quarter.
The Swedish government’s plan to create an institutional behemoth, Moderna, is ill-advised and reckless.
In Nikita Teryoshin’s exhibition in Oslo, a coffee mug encounters high-tech missiles on a trade fair table.
The Arts and Culture Magazine Publishers Forum announces an open call for a writer to join a research trip to Oslo.
