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Thao Nguyen Phan, First Rain, Brise Soleil, 2021 – 2022. Courtesy of Thao Nguyen Phan and Galerie Zink. Film still © Thao Nguyen Phan.

Between Rivers | Press preview 17 October 2024

Between Rivers brings together the practices of contemporary artists who respond to the place of rivers in our lives at a moment when they are being profoundly reshaped by human activity.

Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, «Oh shining star testify», (2016–19)

Astrup Fearnley Collection: New Acquisitions 2023

Every year the Astrup Fearnley Collection grows through the acquisition of new works, which expand upon existing positions and incorporate new practices. In 2023, 29 works by 22 artists were added.

Leonard Rickhard, Between Construction and Collapse

Leonard Rickhard, Between Construction and Collapse

Leonard Rickhard
Between Construction and Collapse
26 January – 19 May 2024

Astrup Fearnley Museet’s first exhibition of 2024 is devoted to the painter Leonard Rickhard. Over a long artistic career, Rickhard cultivated a distinctive, easily recognizable style—a visual signature that is all its own within recent Norwegian art history. For the public, and for a younger generation of art

Installation view, Børre Sæthre, My Private Sky, Astrup Fearnley Museet, 2001. © Børre Sæthre. Photo: Tore H. Røyneland.

Before Tomorrow - Astrup Fearnley Museet 30 Years | Opening 22 June

Exhibition period: 22 June - 8 October 2023


Astrup Fearnley Museet is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in 2023. To mark this significant milestone, the museum is undertaking an extensive exhibition titled Before Tomorrow featuring works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, which will fill the museum’s two buildings designed by Renzo Piano.
With more than 100 works on display, Be

Rachel Harrison, Venus, 2021 (detail). Courtesy the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and Greene Naftali, New York. Photo: Evan Bedford

Rachel Harrison: Sitting in a Room | Opening 30 September

Exhibition period: 30.09.2022–12.02.2023
On September 30, the Astrup Fearnley Museet will open an exhibition by American artist Rachel Harrison, her largest in Scandinavia to date. Spanning mediums that include sculpture, drawing, photography, and painting, Sitting in a Room has an emphasis on recent practice.
Harrison’s nimble, layered method of artmaking escapes easy categorization. Abstra

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