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Mark Rothko, Untitled, 1958, private collection © 2023 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / BONO

24 April 2024 08:43

Mark Rothko exhibition opens at the National Museum in Oslo

The first major Mark Rothko exhibition in the Nordic region shows a less familiar side of Rothko’s production: Paintings on paper.

Mark Rothko. Paintings on Paper
The National Museum, Light Hall
Oslo, Norway
16 May–22 September 2024

Press preview: Monday 13 May, 11.00–13.00
To attend, please write to mari.arntzen@nasjonalmuseet.no by 12.00 on Friday 10 May.

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Vassily Kandinsky, “Green Women”, 1907, (C) Centre Pompidou, Paris, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI

16 April 2024 10:00

A rare opportunity to see Vassily Kandinsky’s early prints and drawings

In a period of political and social upheaval, Kandinsky found fertile ground for his ideas about a new and more spiritual art. These works inspired by music, legends and folk art are exhibited throughout the summer, at the National Museum in Oslo.
Welcome to the press preview on Tuesday 30 April at 11.00.
To attend, please write to birgitte.lie@nasjonalmuseet.no by 12.00 on Monday 29 April.<

“Britta Marakatt-Labba (born 1951). Portrait of Honour 2022” ©Marja Helander. Photo: Marja Helander

23 February 2024 08:23

The National Museum in Oslo opens extensive exhibition on Sámi artist Britta Marakatt-Labba

“Britta Marakatt-Labba. Moving the Needle”
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
15 March–25 August 2024
Press preview 12 March, 11 am. Please contact rannveigfa@nasjonalmuseet.no for attendance.
“Britta Marakatt-Labba. Moving the Needle” presents the work of one of the leading textile artists of Sápmi and the Nordics.
For half a century, Britta Marakatt-Labba (b

Daniela Cabrera and Leonardo Basilio in the Light Hall Photo: The Norwegian Opera & Ballett / Jörg Wiesner

1 February 2024 08:18

Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord: The Norwegian National Ballet in the National Museum

The iconic painting Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord is brought to life as a ballet in the Light Hall at the National Museum.

Director Ingrid Røynesdal in conversation with Adine Lexow at the National Museums studio for textile conservation.

15 January 2024 11:13

The textile artist Frida Hansen is the subject of the first of four university scholarships funded via the National Museum’s collaboration agreement with the Fredriksen Family Art Company (FFAC)

Frida Hansen (1855–1931) was a pioneer in Norwegian and European textile art and a major force behind the Norwegian textile renaissance of the 1890s. She is also celebrated for having developed the “transparency technique”, which involves an alternation between dense and translucent areas in a tapestry.

In her doctoral project “Frida Hansen: Weaver, Gardener, Artist, Woman”, Lexow will expl

9 November 2023 09:08

Exhibition programme 2024

The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Norway is pleased to announce its 2024 exhibition programme. The programme includes presentations of Britta Marakatt-Labba, Mark Rothko, Anna-Eva Bergman, and Wassily Kandinsky, as well as an exhibition about 19th-century Norwegian architecture.