Astrup Fearnley MuseetSaturday 12 September 13:00Sunday 13 September 13:00
The event takes place in the exhibition of Beatriz González
Playback machines are wound up, and unstable apparitions of light and sound emerge in this new performance by Icaro Zorbar presented in collaboration with Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival.
Every recording begins with the promise that something might
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Beatriz González12 June – 11 October 2026
Art says things that history cannot– Beatriz González
Astrup Fearnley Museet presents a retrospective of Beatriz González (1932–2026). Known as la maestra of Colombian art, González was one of the most important and influential Latin A
Press preview on Thursday 5 of February at 12:00–14:00Grammars of LightCerith Wyn Evans, Ann Lislegaard, P. Staff6 February – 10 May 2026
Grammars of Light brings together the practices of three artists that transform the spaces of Astrup Fearnley Museet with immersive installations. Cerith Wyn Evans, Ann Lislegaard, and P. Staff manipulate artificial light—technologies such as digital projecto
This landmark exhibition offers an expansive view of Bacher’s provocative, genre-defying oeuvre, spanning five decades of uncompromising art with an unsettling mix of affect and sentiment, humor, pop-cultural touchstones, and unflinching examinations of sexuality, violence, political paranoia, and cosmic metaphysics.
Space Making is an exhibition addressing depth and spatiality in painting. It features the work of eight artists, who span generations and bridge contemporary positions with historical context.
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.
A quiet and protected water, the layers above it, passing undisturbed is a new site-specific commission by Silje Figenschou Thoresen. Its permeable form is created through the gathering of diverse objects into groups, which are often stacked precariously on top of one another.
Astrup Fearnley Museet presents a solo exhibition of work by multidisciplinary American artist and filmmaker Cauleen Smith (b. 1967, Riverside, California; lives and works in Los Angeles).
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 RickhardBetween Construction and Collapse26 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 artists, Rickha
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, Before Tom
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
