Nicholas Norton (f.1989) er kunsthistoriker og skribent.
It Gets Worse
Gardar Eide Einarsson questions the impact of contemporary art’s political gestures.
Gardar Eide Einarsson questions the impact of contemporary art’s political gestures.
The Berlin Biennale overlooks the fact that art doesn’t need to be didactic.
The protagonist of Sandra Mujinga’s retro-futuristic installation at the Munch Museum tries to become invisible in a world where every action leaves an imprint.
Why do debates on art get mired in arguments about identity politics? This year’s Holberg Debate offers some clues.
NFTs demonstrate art’s license to make commodities out of almost anything.
Ida Ekblad’s paintings do not comment on visual culture, they produce it.
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 Munch Museum’s presentation of Edvard Munch’s paintings of Sultan Abdul Karem would have benefited from less didacticism.
Death to the Curator at Kunsthall Oslo argues that power in the art world should be more evenly distributed.
High resolution images don’t make us more perceptive. Quite the contrary.
Actions of Art and Solidarity at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo merges past political struggles into an instrument in service of institutional goals.
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.
Suddenly, you know someone in Oslo who has started a new centre for contemporary art in Lusaka.
‘There is no doubt that she painted some of the works included in the Temple series’, says Daniel Birnbaum, editor of a new book about Swedish artist Anna Cassel.
The Iron Throne is vacant. Hardly any Norwegian artists have solo shows at the major museums, and everyone worries about sustainability.
This year’s first opening night in Copenhagen whetted our appetite for more. The season’s dictates are British 90s art, French 80s sculpture, and Georgian folk painting. Oh, and Arken is rebranding.