Kunstsilo (Kristiansand, Southern Norway) has been selected as one of the seven winners of the 11thedition of the prestigious Prix Versailles: World’s Most Beautiful Museums List 2025.
Announced annually at UNESCO in Paris, the Prix Versailles is an architectural award series that honours seven recently created or renovated structures from around the world. The award highlights long-term work
Norwegian museum Kunstsilo presents the European premiere of VOX – a profoundly sensory installation by Icelandic artist and musician Jónsi, best known as the frontman of experimental Post-Rock band Sigur Rós. Opening on April 30, the exhibition marks Jónsi’s first solo show in Europe outside of Iceland and offers a unique opportunity to experience an artist who has transformed the human voice int
On Thursday, April 10, Kunstsilo opens its doors to a groundbreaking exhibition with Nordic art at its core: Cosmic Dimensions – the first international retrospective dedicated to the Danish artist couple Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt.
About the Exhibition
With key works from the Tangen Collection and 140 paintings on loan from the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt Museum in He
On Thursday, January 30, 2025, Kunstsilo will unveil a major exhibition featuring the celebrated Norwegian photographer Mette Tronvoll (f.1965). This marks Tronvoll's first museum exhibition in Norway in over a decade, showcasing an entirely new body of work alongside a curated selection of her earlier pieces.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is Tronvoll's latest series, a result of seve
AKO Art Foundation has announced to acquire 333 works from The Canica Collection, owned by art collector Stein Erik Hagen, for NOK 240 million. The artworks, spanning the period from 1910 to 1970, will now find a new home at Kunstsilo in Kristiansand as part of the Tangen Collection, the world's largest collection of Nordic modernism.
With this significant expansion, the Tangen Collection gains
Kunstsilo is set to make 2025 an extraordinary year with 14 exhibitions with a key focus on Nordic art. From photography and immersive digital installations to modernist pioneers, the program aims to captivate audiences far and wide.
Highlights from the program:
Mette Tronvoll: Opening in January, Norwegian photographer Mette Tronvoll presents a new series capturing the island of Hidra in S
The Board of the Kunstsilo Foundation has appointed Maria Mediaas Jørstad (53) as the new Director of Kunstsilo in Kristiansand. Mediaas Jørstad comes from her role as Director of the Nordic Culture Fund. She will assume the position for a five-year term, starting on January 6, 2025.
"I am very pleased to announce that Maria Mediaas Jørstad will lead Kunstsilo into its next, important phas
New cultural centre opens to the public this Saturday, 11 May 2024
Kunstsilo to house the world’s largest private collection of Nordic modern art, the Tangen Collection
Opening exhibition ‘Passions of the North’ runs until Autumn 2024
On May 8th 2024, a new museum of Nordic Art was unveiled in Kristiansand, Southern Norway. Kunstsilo, an expansive three floor, 8,500 square meter building will