Press preview on Thursday 5 of February at 12:00–14:00Grammars of LightCerith Wyn Evans, Ann Lislegaard, P. Staff6 February – 10 May 2026
Grammars of Light brings together the practices of three artists that transform the spaces of Astrup Fearnley Museet with immersive installations. Cerith Wyn Evans, Ann Lislegaard, and P. Staff manipulate artificial light—technologies such as digital projecto
This landmark exhibition offers an expansive view of Bacher’s provocative, genre-defying oeuvre, spanning five decades of uncompromising art with an unsettling mix of affect and sentiment, humor, pop-cultural touchstones, and unflinching examinations of sexuality, violence, political paranoia, and cosmic metaphysics.
Space Making is an exhibition addressing depth and spatiality in painting. It features the work of eight artists, who span generations and bridge contemporary positions with historical context.
Between Rivers brings together the practices of contemporary artists who respond to the place of rivers in our lives at a moment when they are being profoundly reshaped by human activity.
A quiet and protected water, the layers above it, passing undisturbed is a new site-specific commission by Silje Figenschou Thoresen. Its permeable form is created through the gathering of diverse objects into groups, which are often stacked precariously on top of one another.
Astrup Fearnley Museet presents a solo exhibition of work by multidisciplinary American artist and filmmaker Cauleen Smith (b. 1967, Riverside, California; lives and works in Los Angeles).
Every year the Astrup Fearnley Collection grows through the acquisition of new works, which expand upon existing positions and incorporate new practices. In 2023, 29 works by 22 artists were added.
Leonard RickhardBetween Construction and Collapse26 January – 19 May 2024
Astrup Fearnley Museet’s first exhibition of 2024 is devoted to the painter Leonard Rickhard. Over a long artistic career, Rickhard cultivated a distinctive, easily recognizable style—a visual signature that is all its own within recent Norwegian art history. For the public, and for a younger generation of artists, Rickha
Exhibition period: 22 June - 8 October 2023
Astrup Fearnley Museet is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2023. To mark this significant milestone, the museum is undertaking an extensive exhibition titled Before Tomorrow featuring works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, which will fill the museum’s two buildings designed by Renzo Piano.
With more than 100 works on display, Before Tom
Exhibition period: 30.09.2022–12.02.2023
On September 30, the Astrup Fearnley Museet will open an exhibition by American artist Rachel Harrison, her largest in Scandinavia to date. Spanning mediums that include sculpture, drawing, photography, and painting, Sitting in a Room has an emphasis on recent practice.
Harrison’s nimble, layered method of artmaking escapes easy categorization. Abstra
First major US exhibition of work by interdisciplinary Norwegian-born artist Sissel Tolaas opens at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania on September 16.
This exhibition is organized by Astrup Fearnley Museet in Oslo and curated by Solveig Øvstebø, Executive Director and Chief Curator. The presentation in Philadelphia has been specially configured for the IC
Exhibition period: 21.05.–04.09.2022
This year’s summer exhibition is devoted to Synnøve Anker Aurdal (1908–2000), one of Norway’s foremost textile artists. The presentation features works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection alongside key pieces loaned from other collections in Norway, a number of which have rarely or never before been shown in public. Together, these works illustrate the full
