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  • MARGUERITE HUMEAUS THE GARDEN OF RESUSCITATION ÅPNET PÅ KISTEFOS

    I skogen langs Randselva på Kistefos har den Turner Prize-nominerte franske kunstneren Marguerite Humeau skapt et av sine mest ambisiøse verk til nå: et levende miljø i stadig utvikling som brer seg gjennom skogen og forener skulptur, økologi, ritualer og årstidenes skiftninger.

  • MARGUERITE HUMEAU UNVEILS THE GARDEN OF RESUSCITATION AT KISTEFOS

    Deep in the Norwegian woods, Turner Prize-nominated French artist Marguerite Humeau has created one of her most ambitious work to date: a living, evolving environment that unfolds across the forest at Kistefos, bringing together sculpture, ecology, ritual and seasonal transformation.

  • Opening of Marguerite Humeau's new permanent commission at Kistefos

    Kistefos is pleased to invite members of the press to an exclusive preview of The Garden of Resuscitation, a major new site-responsive commission by Turner Prize-nominated artist Marguerite Humeau, to be inaugurated in the sculpture park on the 20th August.

    Portrait of Marguerite Humeau.

  • MARGUERITE HUMEAU AT KISTEFOS

    Kistefos is honoured to announce The Garden of Resuscitation, a major new site-responsive commission by Turner Prize-nominated artist Marguerite Humeau, to be inaugurated in the sculpture park in August 2026. The project marks the 60th addition to the Kistefos Sculpture Park.

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Opened today — Kistefos proudly presents Marguerite Humeau’s The Garden of Resuscitation ✨ Turner Prize-nominated French artist Marguerite Humeau has created one of her most ambitious works to date: a living, evolving environment that unfolds across the forest at Kistefos, bringing together sculpture, ecology, ritual, and seasonal transformation. Opening on 20 August 2026, The Garden of Resuscitation is the 60th work to enter the sculpture park. Conceived specifically for the site, the project transforms the surrounding forest itself into an artwork, incorporating plants and fungi, river currents, cultivated species, seasonal processes and annual rituals into the work itself. Situated in the southern forest zone along the Randselva river, the work is experienced as an immersive journey through the landscape, as visitors enter an unfolding environment through a garden cultivated as a recipe for an elixir, benches cast from paper pulp that create places to pause within the work, and a boardwalk that takes us humans on a contemplative journey through the forest. At the heart of the project stands a monumental sculpture of a resuscitated spruce tree recomposed with elements of its parasitic and symbiotic species. Glass vessels containing the elixir made from the cultivated plants surrounding the artwork appear among the trees. The elixir — the essence of the resuscitated tree — is central to the work’s life over time. Its recipe will continue to develop, using plants grown within the artwork, and the elixir will be prepared and shared during an annual communal gathering. We look forward to welcoming you into The Garden of Resuscitation at Kistefos. Photos: Julia Andréone @marguerite_humeau @whitecube @christensveaasart #margueritehumeau

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Springbrett 2026! This year’s Springboard exhibition, “Dark Adaptation”, is curated by Abirami Logendran, with works by Jack Whitten, Glenn Ligon, Solveig Lønseth, Doris Guo, Lorna Simpson and Wolfgang Tillmans. The exhibition takes its title from the experience of moving from daylight into a darker space, as vision gradually adjusts and begins to perceive details that were previously hidden 👁️ “Dark Adaptation” explores how seeing is never neutral. It draws on the poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant’s concept of the “right to opacity”, and considers how people, images, and artworks do not need to be fully legible and transparent. Several of the works in the exhibition require time before they reveal themselves, and audiences are invited in to experience these processes. The exhibition includes works from the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation in addition to introducing new, younger artists based in Norway. It is open until 20 September 2026! Installation photos by Istvan Virag/KUNSTDOK @abilogix @6d6y @solveiglonseth @glennligon @lornasimpson @wolfgang_tillmans @christensveaasart

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Meet Marguerite Humeau Marguerite Humeau (b. 1986, Cholet, France) lives and works in London. Known for creating speculative ecosystems that blur the boundaries between mythology, natural science, memory and the living world, her practice brings us into contact with other ways of being and coexistence. Working across sculpture, installation and large-scale environmental projects, Humeau creates works that unfold over time and invite us to reconsider our relationship with the natural world. Earlier this year, Humeau was shortlisted for the 2026 Turner Prize for her exhibition Torches, presented at ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art and later at HAM Helsinki Art Museum. The exhibition explores ecological and existential themes through immersive sculptural installations, further establishing Humeau as one of the leading voices in contemporary art. Humeau has presented solo exhibitions at institutions including Tate Britain, New Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Lafayette Anticipations, ICA Miami, ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art and HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Her work has also been featured in the Venice Biennale, the Biennale of Sydney and the Gwangju Biennale. On 20 August, Kistefos inaugurates The Garden of Resuscitation—Humeau's first permanent commission in Norway and the 60th addition to the Kistefos Sculpture Park. Credit: 1. Marguerite Humeau in “Orisons”, 2023, photography by Julia Andréone and Florine Bonaventure. Image courtesy the artist and Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum. 2, 3. “Orisons” by Marguerite Humeau, 2023, curated and produced by Black Cube, A Nomadic Art Museum. Photography by Julia Andréone and Florine Bonaventure. Images are courtesy of the artist and Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum. 4, 5. Marguerite Humeau, ‘Torches’ at HAM Helsinki Art Museum, 2025 © Marguerite Humeau. Photography by Julia Andréone. Courtesy of the artist. 6. Marguerite Humeau, The Holder of Wasp Venom, 2023 (detail), ’meys', White Cube Bermondsey, 5 April - 14 May 2023, © Marguerite Humeau. Photo © White Cube (Julia Andréone).

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Read the great review of Issy Wood’s solo exhibition at Kistefos, written by Caterina Avataneo for the magazine CURA ✍️ “What remains after moving through the show is a sense of subjectivity distributed across things, absorbed into all those velvety surfaces that both seduce and swallow up. The result is corrosive, funny and slightly melancholic. The urge to possess Wood’s work—at least the way I experience it—seems to arise precisely from this uncontrollable erotic force that binds like a curse”, writes Avataneo. The full text is available through CURA’s website: https://curamagazine.com/digital/issy-wood/ “Fish, Fish, Duck” is on view until 11 October. Don’t miss it! Installation photos by Tor S. Ulstein @isywod @curamagazine @cateavataneo @kate_artavenue @livedronen @christensveaasart

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💙 A colour with a story. The deep blue glass in Kader Attia’s Whistleblower is more than a striking visual detail. It echoes a long tradition of glass and cobalt production in the region. Just a few kilometres south of Kistefos, Blaafarveværket (The Blue Colour Works) produced cobalt blue glass from 1776 to 1898. And further south, Nøstetangen Glassworks, established in 1741 as Norway’s first professional glassworks, became known for its fine glassware, supplying the royal court in Denmark-Norway and beyond. Today, Attia’s blue glass adds a contemporary chapter to this local history -connecting art, material and place 💙 Photo: @sarelle.photo 🙌🏼

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«[…] putting together an exhibition of my work is a collage in itself. There are endless combinations of paintings available, and thus endless possibilities of moods one can create» — Issy Wood 💬 Back in June, Issy Wood was interviewed by journalist Maja Hattvang for the Norwegian financial newspaper Dagens Næringslivs’s weekend magazine D2! They circle her work, career and current Kistefos exhibition. The interview is available in Norwegian online. Issy Wood’s exhibitiom “Fish, Fish, Duck” is on view at Kistefos until 11 October, and features almost 50 works, with motifs spanning self-portraits, eerie everyday objects, cute figurines, and shiny kitchenware. Installation photos by Tor S. Ulstein @isywod @majahattvang @d2magasin @kate_artavenue @livedronen @christensveaasart

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Kistefos is honoured to announce ‘The Garden of Resuscitation’, a major new site-responsive commission by Turner Prize-nominated artist Marguerite Humeau, to be inaugurated in the sculpture park on 20 August. The project marks the 60th addition to the Kistefos Sculpture Park. Conceived specifically for Kistefos and marking one of the artist´s most ambitious installations to date, the work unfolds across sculpture, ecology, ritual, and time. Through a series of sculptural interventions and seasonal processes, Humeau transforms the museum’s surrounding forest, long intertwined with the site’s historic pulp mill, into an artwork itself. Comprising an evolving installation shaped by interdependence, regeneration, and collective experience, the work resuscitates a relationship with the forest that may have been forgotten. Expanding the boundaries of what a site-responsive artwork can be, the project develops across an entire living ecosystem and over generations of transformation. Known for creating speculative ecosystems that blur distinctions between myth, natural science, memory, and the animate world, Humeau’s practice brings us humans into contact with other modes of being and coexistence across spaces and times, beyond the limits of human perception. Photo: 1. Preparatory sketch for The Garden of Resuscitation. Image Courtesy the artist. 2. Marguerite Humeau - The Garden of Resuscitation. Image Courtesy the artist. #margueritehumeau #kistefos

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Did you know that our new Visitor Centre was inspired by a log jam? 🪵 The story of Kistefos began with timber and the river. In old photographs, you can see how floating logs would sometimes become trapped, forming a log jam – a dramatic sight where some of the logs were forced upright, rising from the water like columns. This striking image became the inspiration for the architects behind our new Visitor Centre. The building's dark-stained, angled columns are designed to evoke the feeling of timber washed up along the riverbank, creating a strong connection between Kistefos' industrial heritage and the place you experience today. Next time you visit, take a closer look at the building. Can you spot the inspiration? 🧡 Foto: 1. Kistefos historiske bilder 2 og 3. Einar Aslaksen

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