Sofia M. Ciel

Sofia M. Ciel is a philosopher and an independent researcher, curator, and art critic. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and works across the fields of visual culture, feminist art history, contemporary French thought, Norwegian contemporary art, and environmental humanities. She has published her articles in various art magazines (Kunstkritikk, Billedkunst, Hyperallergic, etc.). Ciel is a member of AICA Norway, IKT and The Norwegian Critics’ Association (Norsk kritikerlag). She lives in Oslo, Norway. More: sofiaciel.com.

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The Right to Anger

The Niki de Saint Phalle retrospective at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter gives an overview of her extremely varied practice. But what is the message?

Time Is a Rhythm

Listening to the Echoes of the South Atlantic at Oslo Kunstforening invites us to see music as a vessel for bringing the past into the present.

Creative Endgame

Silje Linge Haaland’s exhibition at Galleri K in Oslo tracks the increasing artificiality of life in our postdigital, pre-apocalyptic present.

Affecting the Body

‘If you don’t have or don’t control material, you have to become material yourself’, says Arthur Jafa, currently showing at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo.

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