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  • Lioness and cubs in the park at St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. The cub on the right of the picture is the one that has disappeared. Photo: Kristoffer Horne

    Oslo's missing lion cub

    The Lioness and cubs is a sculpture that has graced the park at St. Hanshaugen in Oslo since 1892. One of the lion cubs was reported missing 18 years ago. The conservators and curators of the City of Oslo Art Collection are now asking the public for any information they may have about it.
    – This is one of the collection’s oldest sculptures. We are currently carrying out conservation work on the

  • Tracey Emin's 18 ton sculpture «The Mother» was lifted by crane and put in place right next to Oslo's Munch museum. Photo: Ingvild B. Myklebust, The Agency for Cultural Affairs, City of Oslo.

    See photos from the spectacular lift of Tracey Emin's gigantic sculpture «The Mother»

    See all photos of The Mother here

    Artist Tracey Emin was present at the lift, and it was with great enthusiasm she witnessed the spectacular lift of the biggest piece she has ever created.
    – This is pretty amazing. I might not have children and grandchildren, but I've got a legacy now. This will be here a long, long time. And I feel good, because it makes me realise that I'm here on this

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

    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

  • The Mother will arrive in Oslo next week. Photo: John O'Rourke

    The Mother on its way to Oslo

    The nine metre tall bronze sculpture, The Mother, will be arriving in Oslo next week. It will be shipped from London in five parts and assembled at Sukkerbiten in Bjørvika, Oslo. Before the summer, it will be welded together and patinated, so it can stand proudly forevermore at Inger Munch’s Pier.
    Fact about The Mother and the project.
    Download all images here.


    Torso and head in L

  • Illustration of The Mother showing its size. Illustration by J & L Gibbons

    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

    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

  • In 2021, The Mother by Tracey Emin will be a new attraction in Oslo for visitors. Ill; J& L Gibbons

    The Mother 2021 – a new artwork in Oslo

    What: The Mother, a 9-meter tall bronze sculpture by Tracey Emin.
    Where: Outside, on a new park area, next to the new Munch Museum in Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway
    When: Sculpture to be unveiled 2021. The area where the sculpture will stand, will be opened to the public in the spring of 2021.
    Tracey Emin’s The Mother, a nine-meter high bronze sculpture outside the new Munch Museum in Bjørvika wi

  • The artist Lars Ø Ramberg - Foto: Werner Zellien

    ​#BRAINSTORM will light up Bjørvika in Oslo

    It’s here at last. The artwork BRAINSTORM by Lars Ø Ramberg has taken three years to produce. The result is a gigantic piece of conceptual art, comprising over 400 metres of handmade glass tubing in yellow and white. Europe’s largest neon artwork is the first thing you see when you enter Oslo’s new main public library, Deichman Bjørvika.
    BRAINSTORM – with the working title From Daring to Sharin

  • The artist Martin Puryer working at his sculpture "​Creature from Iddefjord". Unvelling soon outside of Deichman Bjørvika. Foto:  Johansen Monumenthuggeri AS

    Art in Deichman Bjørvika: Martin Puryer

    Deichman Bjørvika opens finally on 18 June 2020. Designed by Atelier Oslo and Lundhagem, Oslo’s new main public library enjoys a stunning location, right by the opera on the waterfront. Here you will find a new artworks outside by the american artist, Martin Puryear. Unveiling on 15 june at 10:30 am.


    Creature from Iddefjord (large outdoor sculpture, Martin Puryear, USA)
    American arti