Stian Gabrielsen er norsk redaktør for Kunstkritikk. Han er utdannet ved Kunstakademiet i Oslo, hvor han også er bosatt.
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.
The introductory days of Bergen Assembly served as a reminder that art’s engagement with social issues does not necessarily translate into audience engagement.
Tiril Hasselknippe’s brew of blissful neo-materialism and banal video game aesthetics is just the right amount of a good thing, i.e. too much.
Sun and Spring in January is so overtly instrumental in its approach to art that it’s almost cute. It’s certainly comical.
Judging by statements made by the heads of Norwegian art institutions in the wake of this year’s Black Lives Matter protests, lack of will is not the issue when striving for greater diversity.
Academic research is driving art in a direction where it will require shock treatment to be resurrected.
Miriam Cahn summons real and timely struggles in a powerful show composed in the language of dreams.
The exhibition featuring Goodiepal’s collection is also a retrospective of ‘Goodiepal’ the phenomenon, which is also a school, a band, and a refugee organisation.
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