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  • 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.

  • Åtte finalister klare i konkurransen om nytt museumsbygg på Kistefos

    Høsten 2024 inviterte Stiftelsen Kistefos-Museet 28 nøye utvalgte arkitektkontorer til prekvalifisering om å utforme et nytt museumsbygg. Nå står åtte finalister igjen i konkurransen om å forme Kistefos’ fremtid. Det nye museumsbygget, planlagt åpnet i 2031, vil bli et permanent hjem for den betydelige kunstsamlingen bygget opp av Christen Sveaas.
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This year’s Springbrett exhibition, Ring of Fire curated by Liv Brissach, is presented on the second floor of Nybruket Gallery at Kistefos! Springbrett is an annual open call, which gives a young curator the opportunity to realise an exhibition concept. Ring of Fire centres on the formal elements of the tectonic phenomenon The Pacific Ring of Fire – the fire and the circle.   With works by established artists from the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation in dialogue with new commissions and loans by younger artists based in Norway, the exhibition platforms artistic investigations of fire and destruction, and their relationship to cyclicality today. Ring of Fire includes works by Korakrit Arunanondchai, Olafur Eliasson, Elina Waage Mikalsen, Robin Rhode, Lesia Vasylchenko and Nikhil Vettukattil. Photos: Jon Christen Bjone

This year’s Springbrett exhibition, Ring of Fire curated by Liv Brissach, is presented on the second floor of Nybruket Gallery at Kistefos! Springbrett is an annual open call, which gives a young curator the opportunity to realise an exhibition concept. Ring of Fire centres on the formal elements of the tectonic phenomenon The Pacific Ring of Fire – the fire and the circle.   With works by established artists from the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation in dialogue with new commissions and loans by younger artists based in Norway, the exhibition platforms artistic investigations of fire and destruction, and their relationship to cyclicality today. Ring of Fire includes works by Korakrit Arunanondchai, Olafur Eliasson, Elina Waage Mikalsen, Robin Rhode, Lesia Vasylchenko and Nikhil Vettukattil. Photos: Jon Christen Bjone

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I forbindelse med åpningen av nytt besøkssenter inviterer Kistefos til en designkonkurranse for utvikling av «Kistefos-stolen» – en ny spisestol som skal brukes i kaféen i det kommende bygget, tegnet av arkitektene i Lund Hagem. Konkurransen retter seg mot designstudenter og nyetablerte designere bosatt i Norge, med inntil tre års erfaring etter endt utdanning. Prekvalifisering vil bli utlyst i august. Vinneren(e) vil bli premiert. Følg med på www.kistefosmuseum.no og våre kanaler for mer informasjon. Besøk oss i sommer – og søk til høsten! #opencall #designcompetition #designkonkurranse #spisestol #kistefosstolen #lundhagem

I forbindelse med åpningen av nytt besøkssenter inviterer Kistefos til en designkonkurranse for utvikling av «Kistefos-stolen» – en ny spisestol som skal brukes i kaféen i det kommende bygget, tegnet av arkitektene i Lund Hagem. Konkurransen retter seg mot designstudenter og nyetablerte designere bosatt i Norge, med inntil tre års erfaring etter endt utdanning. Prekvalifisering vil bli utlyst i august. Vinneren(e) vil bli premiert. Følg med på www.kistefosmuseum.no og våre kanaler for mer informasjon. Besøk oss i sommer – og søk til høsten! #opencall #designcompetition #designkonkurranse #spisestol #kistefosstolen #lundhagem

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What happens when softness is forged in steel? American artist Carol Bove (b. 1971) made a monumental, site-specific work for Kistefos in 2021. The sculpture is made of steel from a cargo ship that sank off Fedje in 2007. MS Server was on its way to Murmansk when it blew up into a storm. Eight meter high waves meant that the crew had to be evacuated by helicopter and the ship eventually sank to the bottom of the seabed in two parts. The rear part of the ship, consisting of 1500 tons of steel, was raised in 2018. The steel in Bove’s sculpture came from this part of the ship. Despite the hard, heavy materials she uses, the finished works have a lightness in them, which makes them feel soft, light and compliant. Carol Bove, PASANASAP, 2021. #CarolBove #contemporaryart #sculptureart #artinlandscape #formandspace #modernsculpture #artinstallation #artandlight #aestheticvideo #artinmotion #artreels #arttosee #visualpoetry #museumreels #artandnature

What happens when softness is forged in steel? American artist Carol Bove (b. 1971) made a monumental, site-specific work for Kistefos in 2021. The sculpture is made of steel from a cargo ship that sank off Fedje in 2007. MS Server was on its way to Murmansk when it blew up into a storm. Eight meter high waves meant that the crew had to be evacuated by helicopter and the ship eventually sank to the bottom of the seabed in two parts. The rear part of the ship, consisting of 1500 tons of steel, was raised in 2018. The steel in Bove’s sculpture came from this part of the ship. Despite the hard, heavy materials she uses, the finished works have a lightness in them, which makes them feel soft, light and compliant. Carol Bove, PASANASAP, 2021. #CarolBove #contemporaryart #sculptureart #artinlandscape #formandspace #modernsculpture #artinstallation #artandlight #aestheticvideo #artinmotion #artreels #arttosee #visualpoetry #museumreels #artandnature

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In Kathleen Ryan’s museum survey at Kistefos – which spans accross Nybruket Gallery and the industrial-era Wood Pulp Mill – you can find two beautiful sculptures from the artist’s Bacchante series. In Greco-Roman mythology, Bacchantes were female followers of Bacchus, the god of wine and ecstasy. In art history, they’ve often been portrayed as sensual, indulgent figures— such as in Hendrick ter Brugghen’s painting «Bacchante with an Ape» (1627), which shows a jubilant, intoxicated woman clutching ripe grapes. With her sculptures, Ryan reimagines the iconography of the Bacchante. By casting balloons in polished concrete, she creates her own, large-scale grapes which lie on marble mattresses. The works plays with art historical ideals and questions them. As such, they are both reverent and rebellious; classical yet contemporary! - Kathleen Ryan, Bacchante, 2017. Concrete, stainless steel, glazed terra cotta, Rauriser marble. Kathleen Ryan, Bacchante (Sitting), 2016-2024. Concrete, stainless steel, marble, steel. - #kistefos #contemporarysculpture #bacchus #arthistory #kathleenryan #arte #artmuseums #artcollector

In Kathleen Ryan’s museum survey at Kistefos – which spans accross Nybruket Gallery and the industrial-era Wood Pulp Mill – you can find two beautiful sculptures from the artist’s Bacchante series. In Greco-Roman mythology, Bacchantes were female followers of Bacchus, the god of wine and ecstasy. In art history, they’ve often been portrayed as sensual, indulgent figures— such as in Hendrick ter Brugghen’s painting «Bacchante with an Ape» (1627), which shows a jubilant, intoxicated woman clutching ripe grapes. With her sculptures, Ryan reimagines the iconography of the Bacchante. By casting balloons in polished concrete, she creates her own, large-scale grapes which lie on marble mattresses. The works plays with art historical ideals and questions them. As such, they are both reverent and rebellious; classical yet contemporary! - Kathleen Ryan, Bacchante, 2017. Concrete, stainless steel, glazed terra cotta, Rauriser marble. Kathleen Ryan, Bacchante (Sitting), 2016-2024. Concrete, stainless steel, marble, steel. - #kistefos #contemporarysculpture #bacchus #arthistory #kathleenryan #arte #artmuseums #artcollector

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Eddy (2025) is a brand new painting made especially for Christina Quarles’ large-scale solo exhibition Living in the Wake at Kistefos. In the painting, we see figures and body parts twist and turn as if in constant movement across the canvas. They are seemingly intertwined with surrounding patterns; one checkered, and another, more organic-looking, with a rock-like texture. Quarles unbinds the human form from traditional anatomy. Set within The Twist, the painting directly engages with the gallery’s striking architecture, inviting the viewer to reflect on identity, embodiment, and the unstable boundary between the self and the environment. Christina Quarles, Eddy, 2025. Acrylic on canvas. #kistefos #thetwist #christinaquarles #art #acrylic

Eddy (2025) is a brand new painting made especially for Christina Quarles’ large-scale solo exhibition Living in the Wake at Kistefos. In the painting, we see figures and body parts twist and turn as if in constant movement across the canvas. They are seemingly intertwined with surrounding patterns; one checkered, and another, more organic-looking, with a rock-like texture. Quarles unbinds the human form from traditional anatomy. Set within The Twist, the painting directly engages with the gallery’s striking architecture, inviting the viewer to reflect on identity, embodiment, and the unstable boundary between the self and the environment. Christina Quarles, Eddy, 2025. Acrylic on canvas. #kistefos #thetwist #christinaquarles #art #acrylic

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