Nicholas Norton (f.1989) er kunsthistoriker og skribent.
Centre of Attention
Ida Ekblad’s paintings do not comment on visual culture, they produce it.
Nicholas Norton
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Body Feels
Damla Kilickiran’s exhibition at The Young Artists’ Society in Oslo shows how the pandemic has made us so focused our own bodies that our surroundings dissolve.
The Face Is Something You Slide Into
The Munch Museum’s presentation of Edvard Munch’s paintings of Sultan Abdul Karem would have benefited from less didacticism.
Toppling the Little Tyrants
Death to the Curator at Kunsthall Oslo argues that power in the art world should be more evenly distributed.
Ten Billion Pixels
High resolution images don’t make us more perceptive. Quite the contrary.
Revolution at the Office
Actions of Art and Solidarity at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo merges past political struggles into an instrument in service of institutional goals.
The Last International
Bouchra Khalili’s exhibition at Fotogalleriet and Oslo Kunstforening raises questions about what solidarity means at a time when revolutionary movements have largely been defeated.
Faces Like Mine
Rosa-Johan Uddoh’s performance videos criticise white hegemony in British media with verve and wit.
The World Is a Computer
The exhibition programme Struktura in Oslo reminds us that there’s an ongoing ideological battle over the use of information technology.
Postcolonial Bell Jar
Astrup Fearnley Museum’s presentation of contemporary African art gives the impression that the ripple effects of colonialism are an exclusively African issue.
You’re Living in a Greenhouse
Artificial light is linked to the demand for ceaseless economic growth in Istvan Virag’s pessimistic exhibition debut.
The Invisible Ornamentation of Everyday Life
Martin Sæther’s low-key and poetic exhibition at UKS in Oslo gives centre stage to the impersonal details of home interiors.
