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The new area outside of MUNCH, where The Mother will be placed

May 2021.

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By: Istvan Virag, Agency of Cultural Affairs, the City of Oslo
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Jørn Johansen

Press contact Director of Communications at Deichman Deichman Public Library, Oslo jorn.johansen@deichman.no +47 900 97 250

Anne-Line Aaslund

Press contact Senior Communications Advisor, The Agency for Cultural Affairs anne-line.aaslund@kul.oslo.kommune.no +47 412 23 041

Tone Kjensmo

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Launch of the sculpture The Mother is postponed until June 2022

The large bronze sculpture was scheduled to be unveiled at the new area outside of MUNCH during 2021, but the work has taken longer than planned. It has now been decided to postpone the transport of The Mother from London until the spring of 2022. The unveiling will therefore not take place until next summer.
– It is very unfortunate that the production has taken longer than expected, and we ar

The size of the sculpture The Mother by Tracey Emin coming to Oslo, Norway late summer 2021. Illustration by J & L Gibbons

25 May 2021 07:00

The large sculpture The Mother outside the new MUNCH will be installed towards the end of the year

MUNCH opens in the autumn of 2021. Outside of the museum, facing the Oslo Fjord, Oslo will have a new large sculpture; The Mother, created by British artist Tracey Emin. The sculpture arrives from London to Oslo during the summer, where the parts will be assembled together by the artist’s production team. Towards the end of the year, The Mother will be lifted to the new area where it will be p

The sculpture by Tracey Emin will finally get her place in the flower meadow. Image and Landscape Architect: J & L Gibbons

13 May 2022 11:30

On Saturday 4 June, the artwork The Mother will be completed

At long last, the Tracey Emin sculpture will be installed at Inger Munch’s Pier in Bjørvika, Oslo. The ribbon cutting ceremony will be on Saturday 4 June, and from 6:30 PM, the public will be able to experience the sculpture up close. Oslo and Norway will have an impressive new art attraction that will stand to the end of time.
What is happening before the opening?
On Monday 30 May, there