Nicholas Norton (f.1989) er kunsthistoriker og skribent.
Nicewashing
Curators’ efforts to blur formal hierarchies tend to veil the power they themselves wield.
Nicholas Norton
All articles by Nicholas Norton
The Real Crisis of Criticism
If Norwegian art critics have a marginal role in the public eye, they have only to blame their collective aversion to risk.
Diasporic Remix
Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s voracious use of cultural fragments contradicts the idea that identity is linked to a monolithic cultural heritage.
Difficult Souvenirs
Ahmed Umar combines a strong personal story with a critical look at European stereotypes of African culture.
The Right Kind of Demented
This year’s Transmediale festival finds a break from digital doom and gloom in club culture’s collective moments of bliss.
It Gets Worse
Gardar Eide Einarsson questions the impact of contemporary art’s political gestures.
Free the Synapses!
The Berlin Biennale overlooks the fact that art doesn’t need to be didactic.
Hiding in Cyberspace
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.
Think Slow
Why do debates on art get mired in arguments about identity politics? This year’s Holberg Debate offers some clues.
The Price of Everything
NFTs demonstrate art’s license to make commodities out of almost anything.
Centre of Attention
Ida Ekblad’s paintings do not comment on visual culture, they produce it.
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.
