Exhibitions
Current
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Olafur Eliasson, The Large Iceland series # 1, 2012. Courtesy the artist and Christen Sveaas Art Foundation.
Current exhibition
Springbrett 2025: Ring of Fire
14. June – 12. October 2025 kl. 00.00–00.00
On Saturday 14 June at 13.00, Kistefos opens this year’s Springbrett exhibition! Springbrett is an annual open call, which gives a young curator the opportunity to realise an exhibition concept based…
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Christina Quarles, «Bless Tha Nightn’gale», 2019. Courtesy of Christen Sveaas Art Foundation.
Current exhibition
Christina Quarles – Living in the Wake
04. May – 12. October 2025 kl. 12.00–17.00
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 a…
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Kathleen Ryan opened at Kistefos on 4 May. Photo: Tor Simen Ulstein.
Current exhibition
Kathleen Ryan
04. May – 12. October 2025 kl. 11.00–17.00
Kistefos is pleased to present the first major museum survey by American sculptor Kathleen Ryan. Following its debut at Hamburger Kunsthalle in 2024, the exhibition is now on view at Kistefos, where i…
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Past
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Has My Place Forgotten Me?
14. June – 13. October 2024
Through the "Springbrett" project, young curators are offered an opportunity to exhibit at Kistefos. Through an OPEN CALL, curators aged 21-35 were invited to submit their exhibition concepts based on…
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Pipilotti Rist - (y)our lungs sound in an infinite forest
14. June – 13. October 2024
Nybruket Gallery presents an immersive multi-channel video installation by the renowned Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist.
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Hurvin Anderson: Salon Paintings
04. May – 13. October 2024
Kistefos is delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in the Nordic countries of paintings and drawings by acclaimed British artist Hurvin Anderson. Salon Paintings surveys Anderson’s celebrated…
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Works by Ida Ekblad. Photo: Vegard Kleven.
COPY PASTE
29. April – 29. October 2023 kl. 11.00–17.00
The exhibition COPY PASTE explores the integration of text in contemporary artworks whilst reflecting on the arbitrary nature of linguistic signs and questioning the origin and interpretation of text …
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Tony Cragg, Eroded Landscape. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Michael Richter.
Tony Cragg, Sail. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Michael Richter.
Tony Cragg - MATERIAL IN MIND
29. April – 29. October 2023
Kistefos is delighted to present the first major survey exhibition in Norway of works by the pre-eminent British sculptor Sir Tony Cragg. The exhibition in the Twist will comprise over 20 sculptures i…
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From the exhibition Tracing Absence. Photo: Vegard Kleven
Tracing Absence
29. April – 15. October 2023
Selected from the Christen Sveaas’ Art Foundation, with a primary focus on photographic works, Tracing Absence invites the viewer to experience absence as a process, one which encourages us to confron…
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The Autobiography of Gypsy Lee Rose, Paulina Olowska, 2021. Courtesy of Christen Sveaas Art Collection.
Paulina Olowska - Her Hauntology
30. April – 16. October 2022 kl. 10.00–17.00
In The Twist, Kistefos presents the first major survey in Scandanavia of artist Paulina Olowska (b. 1976, Gdansk, Poland), whose practice includes painting, sculpture, installation, and performance…
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Wielandstr. 18, 12159 Berlin, Germany – 3 Corridors, 2011, Polyester fabric and stainless steel armature. Courtesy private collection. © Do Ho Suh
Do Ho Suh
30. April – 16. October 2022 kl. 10.00–17.00
Nybruket Gallery presents an exhibition of works by South Korean artist Do Ho Suh, comprising a lifesize installation of the artist's colourful hub series together with film and large-scale wall-works…
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No One Is An Island
05. June – 17. October 2021 kl. 10.00–17.00
Curated with works from the Christen Sveaas Collection, together with several external loans, this years’ exhibition in Nybruket explores themes of community, collectivity, socio-cultural observations…
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Liquid Life
23. May – 17. October 2021 kl. 10.00–17.00
Liquid Life is a group exhibition presenting the works of seven international visual artists and a collaborative sound piece.
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Flowers in the Attic
21. June – 13. December 2020
The exhibition Flowers in the Attic by the Swedish artist duo Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg is shown in Nybruket Gallery.
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Albert Oehlen, Posen des Zorns, 2004, oil on canvas, 280 x 340 cm. © Albert Oehlen. Christen Sveaas' Art Foundation.
Come Out!
24. May – 13. December 2020
For the first time, a sizable selection of works from the Christen Sveaas Art Foundation will be shown in a Norwegian museum. The exhibition Come Out! will be showing in The Twist from 24th May to 11t…
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Hodgkin and Creed - Inside Out
18. September – 17. November 2019
This exhibition pairs Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) with Martin Creed (b.1968). It celebrates their conviction that art offers a framework through which we can express andcome to terms with our complex e…
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Urd. J. Pedersen, TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO, 2017, Linocut on paper.
TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO
26. May – 17. November 2019
The group exhibition TEMPO TEMPO TEMPO focuses on eight contemporary artists based in Norway: Ragna Bley, Marthe Ramm Fortun, Ane Graff, Yngve Holen, Sandra Mujinga, Urd J. Pedersen, Eirik Sæther, and…
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Wilhelm Sasnal: ENGINE
27. May – 01. October 2018
In 2018 the Kistefos museum presented a large-scale solo exhibition ENGINE by the Polish painter, draughtsman, and filmmaker Wilhelm Sasnal (b. 1972, based in Krakow). Part of a new wave of young posi…
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Louise Bourgeois - Human Nature: Doing, Undoing and Redoing
21. May – 08. October 2017
Louise Bourgeois is one of the 20th century’s most notable and influential artist. The exhibition gave an exceptional insight into her lifelong examination of fundamental human conditions, which most …
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From the exhibition "Reflection" by Jeppe Hein, at display in Nybruket Gallery in 2016. Photo: Frédéric Boudin.
Jeppe Hein - Reflection
22. May – 09. October 2016
In 2016, Kistefos presented the exhibition Reflection by the Danish artist Jeppe Hein (b. 1974). Hein lives and works in Berlin and has exhibited at numerous museums worldwide. Today, he enjoys great …
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The Icons of Rock - from Stones to Winehouse
22. May – 09. October 2015
The 2015 season's exhibition, "The Icons of Rock - from the Stones to Winehouse", presented 50 years of photographs from the rock world by photographers Bent Rej and Soren Solkær.
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Photo: Marina Abramović
Marina Abramovic - Entering the Other Side
25. May – 12. October 2014
The exhibition in 2014, featured the world-famous artist Marina Abramović. The Art Hallshowcased the art icon Marina Abramović, who last year was named the second most important international artist b…
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