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  • CAMILLE HENROT: MOUTH TO MOUTH

    MUNCH is delighted to announce the solo exhibition of Camille Henrot, one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art today. Since Henrot received the Edvard Munch Art Award in 2015, she has continued to engage audiences the world over with her playful, thought-provoking and inventive work.

  • Concerts, Performances, Talks – This is MUNCH Live autumn programme

    This autumn, MUNCH Live unleashes a packed, dynamic line-up of innovative artists, musicians and composers. MUNCH Live is about giving space to artworks that you can’t exhibit or hang on the wall – this is a programme filled with music, performances and conversations.

  • THIS AUTUMN AT MUNCH – EXPERIENCE TODAY’S MOST VITAL LIVING ARTISTS

    Autumn at MUNCH will gather the full range of present-day modern art under one roof. With over 30 living artists – both well-known names and newcomers – from Norway and abroad, our visitors can look forward to an autumn full of great experiences at MUNCH. The programme spans everything from installations, video, painting, sculpture and a mass of concerts and live music. MUNCH is the place to be to

  • SATYRICON & MUNCH - A HEAVY MEETING

    In a new exhibition, Norwegian black metal band Satyricon have created a musical composition specifically to be experienced alongside selected paintings and graphics by Edvard Munch. Not only does this continue to present Munch’s extraordinary work in a new light, but the result is also a monumental yet intimate experience.

  • MUNCH Commissions Exclusive New Performance Art Series

    A musical exploration of queerness, intensity and the rapture of the dancefloor in March 2022 will be the first in a new series of specially commissioned performance art at MUNCH. The museum is launching a programme of four brand new commissioned works every year, featuring both Norwegian and international multidisciplinary artists. This ambitious project is designed to give visitors an exciting

  • MUNCH PRESENTS SOLO OSLO WITH SANDRA MUJINGA

    Sandra Mujinga is the first artist in the SOLO OSLO, an ambitious new series of contemporary art commissions at MUNCH. SOLO OSLO offers artists and mediators based in Oslo the opportunity to develop their practice. Sandra Mujinga (b. 1989) – one of Norway’s most prominent young artists – and mediator Zeenat Amiri (b. 1988) both examine questions of belonging and alienation in their work.

  • MUNCH PRESENTS EXHIBITON PROGRAM FOR 2022

    After a great start with fantastic visitor numbers on over 170,000 during the first 3 months since the opening, MUNCH is pleased to announce the exhibition program for 2022.

  • TRACEY EMIN/EDVARD MUNCH EXHIBITION: THE LONELINESS OF THE SOUL

    Tracey Emin (born 1963) is one of the UK’s most celebrated and controversial contemporary artists. In her first major Nordic exhibition at the newly opened MUNCH, the artist shows how Edvard Munch has influenced and shaped her work over several decades.

  • NEW MUNCH OFFICIALLY OPENS

    Friday 22 October 2021 the new MUNCH officially opens to the public in Oslo. At five times the size of the original building, the new MUNCH allows visitors to experience the full range of Edvard Munch’s work across 11 floors.

  • A MUSEUM BUILT FOR THE FUTURE

    MUNCH transforms Oslo’s skyline, yet bows respectfully towards the city that surrounds it. This is the architects’ vision for the new MUNCH. Read more about the story here.

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