Johanne Nordby Wernø
Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff
Tanya Leighton Gallery
June 2013
To anyone who has encountered the work of this artist duo before, Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff’s latest exhibition is an environment that is easily recognizable as their own. Born in 1988 and 1987, respectively, and based in Berlin, … READ ON
PICKS
Victor Lind
March 2013
Not long ago, survivors of World War II were still writing, testifying, and giving interviews. But now that the last members of that generation are passing away, the responsibility for telling the stories of the war is being handed over from… READ ON
IN PRINT March 2013 [TOC]
“I Want The Beatles to Play at My Art Center!”
Henie Onstad Art Center
February 2013
In recent years, several projects at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (HOK) have touched upon the inception of the art center itself, and traced its significance in Scandinavian art history. This show in particular emphasizes the organization… READ ON
PICKS
Bright Lights, Big City
The reopening of the Astrup Fearnley Museum
October 2012 OSLO
IT’S TOO LATE IN THE YEAR now to experience Oslo’s famous bright summer nights. So many of the attendees of the recent private view of the new Astrup Fearnley museum looked forward to summertime, when Renzo Piano’s climate- and … READ ON
DIARY
“Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors”
October 2012
For his first solo show in Switzerland, Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson has staged The Visitors, 2012, a major video installation commissioned by the Migros Museum to inaugurate the institution’s expanded space.… READ ON
PREVIEWS
Marianne Heier
October 2012
The annual Festspillutstillingen—the visual art component of the Bergen International Festival—was first held in 1953. Hosted by the city’s Kunsthall, it has since become one of Norway’s most prestigious solo exhibitions. Successful … READ ON
IN PRINT October 2012 [TOC]
“Tro-pi-cal”
Akershus Kunstsenter
April 2012
It opened with a blast. During this exhibition’s vernissage, the New York–based band and art collective HARIBO performed an uproarious concert in the garden of this art center in Lillestrøm, a peaceful town ten minutes from central Oslo.… READ ON
PICKS
Ann Cathrin November Høibo
April 2012
For “Christopher Burden on My Shoulders,” Ann Cathrin November Høibo’s first solo exhibition, the rigor of the stark white cube was rumpled. Two towering white aluminum shelving units obstructed the viewer’s way through the space. … READ ON
IN PRINT April 2012 [TOC]
“Nobody Can Tell the Why of It”
July 2011
This remarkable artist-run space confronts all who curate here with a peculiar two-part challenge: a main space—a huge, outdoor-feeling concrete hall that was formerly a lumberyard—and a smaller area that sports a bright orange 1970s … READ ON
