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  • FREDRIK SLETNER ER VINNER AV KISTEFOS’ MØBELKONKURRANSE

    Kistefos Museum er stolte over å presentere vinneren av designkonkurransen om utarbeidelse av en ny Kistefos spisestol og -bord. Av over 100 bidrag falt juryens valg enstemmig på forslaget til den 28 år gamle arkitekten og møbeldesigneren Fredrik Sletner fra Oslo.

  • Nairy Baghramian – ny permanent skulptur avduket på Kistefos

    Til åpningen av 2025-sesongen hadde Kistefos gleden av å avduke skulpturparkens 56. permanente verk: Resting Arms av den iranskfødte, Tyskland-baserte kunstneren Nairy Baghramian (f. 1971). Skulpturen er et svært abstrahert portrett av kroppens primære ledd, utført i hvit Carrara-marmor og stål. Baghramian bruker disse tradisjonelle skulpturmaterialene til å vise fram menneskekroppens sårbarhet.

  • Kathleen Ryan – soloutstilling åpnet på Kistefos

    Kistefos har gleden av å presentere den amerikanske skulptøren Kathleen Ryans første store museumsutstilling. Etter å ha vært vist ved Hamburger Kunsthalle i 2024, vises utstillingen nå på Kistefos, hvor den åpnet 4. mai 2025. Den omfatter verk fra det første tiåret av Ryans kunstnerskap og består av 25 skulpturer fordelt på to visningssteder: Nybruket Galleri og Tresliperiet.

  • Christina Quarles – Living in the Wake åpnet på Kistefos

    På sesongåpningen til Kistefos søndag 4. mai åpnet Living in the Wake – den første store soloutstillingen i Norge med den anerkjente amerikanske kunstneren Christina Quarles (f. 1985). Utstillingen vises i det arkitektoniske landemerket The Twist og gir en omfattende presentasjon av Quarles’ kunstnerskap, inkludert to helt nye malerier laget spesielt for anledningen.

  • Kathleen Ryan – museum survey opened at Kistefos

    Kistefos is proud to present the first major museum exhibition of American sculptor Kathleen Ryan. Following its debut at Hamburger Kunsthalle in 2024, the exhibition opened at Kistefos on 4 May 2025. Showcasing works from the first decade of Ryan’s artistic practice, the exhibition features twenty-five sculptures displayed across two venues: Nybruket Gallery and the industrial-era Tresliperiet.

  • Christina Quarles – Living in the Wake opened at Kistefos

    For the 2025 season, Kistefos is proud to present Living in the Wake, the first major solo exhibition in the Nordic region by acclaimed American artist Christina Quarles (b. 1985). Staged within the architectural landmark The Twist, the exhibition offers a comprehensive survey of Quarles’ work and includes two entirely new paintings created specifically for the show.

  • Nairy Baghramian – new permanent sculpture unveiled at Kistefos

    For the opening of the 2025 season, Kistefos was delighted to unveil the 56th permanent work in the museum’s sculpture park: Resting Arms by the Iranian-born, German artist Nairy Baghramian (b. 1971). The sculpture, a highly abstracted portrait of primary joints in the body, was made in white Carrara marble and steel.

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🎉 Kistefos is proud to present the winner of our design competition for a new Kistefos dining chair and table: From over 100 entries, the jury unanimously chose the proposal of 28-year-old architect and furniture designer Fredrik Sletner from Oslo. Congratulations! — It's very exciting to be chosen as the winner, and it means a lot that Kistefos is inviting younger voices into the world of architecture and design. For me, the project has been a unique opportunity to immerse myself in craftsmanship and let the history and the place shape the work. It has made the process both meaningful and a lot of fun, says Sletner. Sletner’s chair and table will be produced by Kistefos Møbler for the new Visitor Centre which opens in June 2026 at Kistefos. We can’t wait! 🪑🎉 Read more about the competition, jury and Sletner on our website (Norwegian only). Credits: 1. Portraits of Fredrik Seltner. Photo by Jon Christen Bjone. 2. Visualisation of the chair by Fredrik Seltner. 3. Visualisation of the café area in the Visitor Centre. 4. From left: Kari Roll-Matthiesen, Director of the Kistefos Museum; Fredrik Sletner, Architect; Peter Oscar Munthe-Kaas, Board Member of the Kistefos Museum Foundation and Jury Chair; Torunn Lindahl, General Manager of Kistefos Møbler and Jury Member. Photo by Jon Christen Bjone.

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The sculpture group Slektstrea, Genbanken deals with social and genetic heritage 🧬 Genbanken has astricted geometric and closed idiom that refers to congenital prerequisites. Slektstrea can be seen as a symbol of the individual’s potential, vitality, and ability to grow, rather than letting oneself perish. The two trees’ cores are in stark contrast to one another, illustrating perhaps the ongoing tug of war between expectation and the belief in yourself. Bjørlo chooses to use harsh and lifeless steel in the adaptation of this theme, but masterly manages to bring great emotion and life into his sculptures. With care and love, parts are welded together. The surface is given beauty, but also wounds and scars. Even though Kistefos is closed for the season, you can still experience the sculpture in the quiet beauty of the winter landscape ❄️

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Give a gift card to Kistefos this Christmas! ✨ A Kistefos gift card gives the recipient access to extraordinary contemporary art, unique industrial history and—of course—the iconic The Twist. Want to elevate the gift even further? Choose a membership card and give them free admission to several leading art institutions across the Nordic region 👏🏼 Purchase gift cards or memberships at www.kistefosmuseum.no And feel free to share this with someone in need of the perfec gift idea 🙌🏼 Foto 1: @sondrebf_photo 2: Einar Aslaksen 3: Visit Oslo 4: Einar Aslaksen 5: Einar Aslaksen

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We are excited to announce that the new Visitor Centre at Kistefos is on track and coming to life! 🙏🏼 Everything is progressing according to plan, and we can’t wait to welcome our guests from mid-June next year. Get ready to explore, experience, and enjoy a whole new side of Kistefos! Renowned architects Lund Hagem Arkitekter AS have been commissioned to design the new building, which will house ticket sales, a new museum shop, toilet and cloakroom facilities, and a café/restaurant with a beautiful view of Randselva and the forest. Unlike The Twist, which stands out with its sculptural qualities, the new visitor center will blend more quietly into nature and incorporate the existing landscape 🌿 We are very much looking forward to this! 🙌🏼

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📣 Springbrett 2026 - OPEN CALL for young curators Kistefos invites young curators based in Norway to develop and realise an exhibition in collaboration with the museum’s curatorial team. The exhibition will be shown in Nybruket Gallery in the 2026 season (June – October) ✨ Curators aged 24-35 are invited to submit an exhibition proposal taking its starting point in works from the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation, together with works outside the collection from early-career artists. The successful curator will be selected by an international jury consisting of highly regarded art professionals. The goal of Springbrett is to raise the profile of young curators, artists and art educators in the Norwegian art field. The project is supported by funding from Sparebankstiftelsen DNB. Application deadline: 11 January 2026 Read more and apply via link in bio or at kistefosmuseum.com @sparebankstiftelsendnb #springbrett #curator #opencall #christensveaasart #opencallforcurators @christensveaasart

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Oh, look how beautiful "The Ball" looks wrapped in autumn 🍂 Placed in the landscape, the work reflects on our ongoing attempt to control the forces around us. And how nature always finds its way back. Facing south, the sphere becomes almost like a sun in motion, rising and setting as we either lift it up or hold it back. Kistefos is closed for the season, but the sculpture park is always open. Take a peaceful walk and admire the sculptures in the crisp autumn air 🧡 Sculpture: "The Ball" by Ilya Kabakov Photo: Hans Haug

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Did you know? 👀 Discover some behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the sculptures at Kistefos. “River Man” is a sculpture from 2016 by the Danish artist group A Kassen. It was shaped by pouring floating bronze into the strong currents of the Randselva river. Out came hundreds of tiny figures, out of which the group chose three that became the basis for the enlarged versions which are in the park today. As such, it was the water that gave the figures their abstract shapes 🌊 This production references “Bleigießen” – a tradition where molten lead was poured into water on New Year’s Eve to predict the future. Due to health concerns, safer materials like wax or tin are used today. Credits: Design from Kistefos’ Sculpture Guide by Supple Studio

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📣 Vi ansetter! Kistefos søker publikumsansvarlig for sesongen 2026 (april–oktober). Er du serviceinnstilt og har et hjerte for mennesker, kunst og gode opplevelser? Som publikumsansvarlig får du ansvar for våre sesongansatte og for å sikre at alle gjester får en minnerik opplevelse på Kistefos. Vi ser etter deg som er strukturert, positiv og trives med å lede og motivere andre ✨ Søknadsfrist: 18.12.25 Les mer og søk via lenken i bio 👆🏼 Del gjerne med noen du tror passer til stillingen! 🙌🏼

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Did you know? 👀 Discover some behind-the-scenes anecdotes about the sculptures at Kistefos. First up is Irish artist John Gerrard’s Pulp Press (Kistefos) – unveiled in 2013. In his practice, Gerrard often focuses on abandoned industrial installations. His work at Kistefos is a video sculpture displaying a digital simulation of the old wood pulp production which took place here between 1890–1955. The sculpture virtually revives the production, and stores the digital wood pulp on hard disks inside the installation. To digitise the historic machines for Pulp Press (Kistefos), John Gerrard took thousands of photos of the old wood pulp machines, eventually dubbing them ‘my supermodel’ 📸 Photos credits: 1 & 3: Jiri Havran 2: Kistefos’ Sculpture Guide. Design by Supple Studio

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