Stian Gabrielsen er norsk redaktør for Kunstkritikk. Han er utdannet ved Kunstakademiet i Oslo, hvor han også er bosatt.
Despite rather uncertain prospects, these are the art events we look forward to in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Long live pataphysics! Kunstkritikk’s Norwegian editor, Stian Gabrielsen, shares his top three exhibitions of 2020.
Who Wants to Live Forever? at Kunsthall Trondheim is a morality play that urges us to reconcile with our impermanence.
After a trying spring, parts of Norwegian art life are rising again as if nothing had happened. But not everyone has finished recovering.
Dag Erik Elgin’s copyist painting refuses to parade life as an economic resource.
Following the revelation that the biennial exceeded its 2019 budget by NOK 6 million, Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk has resigned as curator of the Oslo Biennial.
‘Everyone contributes jointly to limiting the spread of the coronavirus. We should show the same solidarity with those who lose their income’, says Ruben Steinum, chairman of the Association of Norwegian Visual Artists.
‘Out with the old’ might be Norwegian art’s motto this spring, which will see numerous changes to buildings as well as directors – and plenty of experiments with new technology.
What were the most memorable art events of 2019? Kunstkritikk’s Norwegian editor, Stian Gabrielsen, gives his bid.
– I had to find a more sustainable way of working, says Anders Smebye. His exhibition Kraft is currently showing at 222T in Oslo.
This autumn season, the Norwegian art scene will see a record-breaking number of mid-career solo shows, and paintings that engage with nature and architecture.
Summertime is collection exhibition time, and this year is no exception. The City of Oslo’s art collection presented in a roundabout is one of the more creative takes on the genre.
Despite rather uncertain prospects, these are the art events we look forward to in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.
Few will feel any great desire to look back on 2020. Even so, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic provided some memorable artistic highlights in the Nordic countries.
Kunstkritikk’s Editor-in-Chief Mariann Enge rounds off this year’s Christmas countdown with three exhibitions from 2020 that gave her hope.
Which were the most crackerjack exhibitions of 2020 according to Kunstkritikk’s Swedish editor?
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