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Kategorier: art exhibition
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Kistefos Season 2026: Artistic Programme
With works by Ragna Bley, Ida Ekblad, Oscar Murillo and Albert Oehlen in The Twist, a comprehensive solo exhibition with Issy Wood at Nybruket Gallery, and a monumental new sculpture by Dana Schutz, Kistefos invites the public to encounter artistry that demonstrates the continued relevance and expressive power of painting.
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Kistefos presenterer kunstsesongen 2026
Med verk av Ragna Bley, Ida Ekblad, Oscar Murillo og Albert Oehlen i The Twist, en omfattende separatutstilling med Issy Wood i Nybruket Galleri, samt en monumental ny skulptur av Dana Schutz, inviterer Kistefos publikum til et møte med kunstnerskap som viser maleriets fortsatte relevans og uttrykkskraft.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kistefos presents 2025 programme
In 2025, Kistefos will present an exhibition programme with works by three internationally renowned contemporary artists: Christina Quarles, Kathleen Ryan and Nairy Baghramian. Through the theme ‘The Corporeal and Intersectionality’, this year's programme invites an in-depth reflection on the body as both physical form and cultural symbol, while offering visually striking artistic experiences.
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Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings opened at Kistefos Museum
Kistefos is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in Norway of paintings and drawings by acclaimed British artist Hurvin Anderson. Salon Paintings surveys Anderson’s celebrated Barbershop Series, from the earliest Barbershop paintings and related Studio Drawings he made in 2006, through to new paintings on view for the first time with which the series culminates.
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Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings opening at Kistefos Museum 04 May–13 October 2024
Kistefos is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in Norway of paintings and drawings by acclaimed British artist Hurvin Anderson. The exhibition focuses on Anderson’s celebrated Barbershop series as a lens through which to understand Anderson’s wider practice and unique sense of history, memory and place.
