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  • From the exhibition The Shape of Freedom. Lee Krasner Through Blue 1963 Oil on canvas 191.8 x 147.3 cm Private collection Photo: © Lee Krasner / BONO, Oslo 2023

    THIS IS MUNCH PROGRAMME 2023

    After a fantastic 2022 at MUNCH with visitor numbers reaching over 1.5 million, MUNCH are now delighted to launch the programme for 2023. It promises to be an eventful year, with a wide range of exciting exhibitions and events to suit all ages.

  • Jacolby Satterwhite, We Are In Hell When We Hurt Each Other, 2020. HD Colour video and 3D animation with sound. RT: 24:22 min. © Jacolby Satterwhite. Courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

    THE MACHINE IS US

    The Machine is Us is an ambitious group exhibition with contemporary artists from Norway and abroad. In the exhibition, a total of 25 artists reflect in different ways on how new technology affects us, both as individuals and as a community.

  • Apichaya Wanthiang, Some Body Else (2022)

    SOLO OSLO PRESENTS: APICHAYA WANTHIANG

    In a pulsating light and sound installation created by artist Apichaya Wanthiang, the audience can experience what it's like to step into someone else's body.

  • Camille Henrot, Big Kiss (2019) Watercolor and ink on japanese paper (thick) Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth © Camille Henrot

    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.

  • This autumn the museum will present, among others, a brand new, innovative commissioned work from Canadian artist Brendan Fernandes. Photo Nathan Keay

    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.

  • MUNCH's autumn season kicks off with MUNCH Triennale, an ambitious contemporary art group show opening in October.

    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

  • 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

    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

    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

  • Installation image from Sandra Mujinga's exhibition at MUNCH. Photo @Munchmuseet

    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.

  • Max Ernst, Untitled. Collage and gouache on paper, 1921. Copyright: Florent Chevrot

    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.

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