Paul Grøtvedt

The Munch Museum seeks to elevate Katharina Grosse’s spray-painted chaos of colour by linking her to Edvard Munch. But the museum’s prestige cannot make…

The concept of contemporary art has long been a fashionable designation for influential art. Although the present never remains still, but constantly shifts forwards,…

The Nerdrum Museum, with its tradition-based aesthetic and artistic standards, represents a radical break with dogmatic and hegemonic modernism, establishing Odd Nerdrum as an…

Matias Faldbakken’s memorial monument to the Utøya tragedy is an oversized steelwork construction devoid of any reference to the dead and the bereaved. The…

The major exhibition of Asta Nørregaard’s works at the National Museum is packed with remarkable art. The paintings simply radiate a visual beauty and…

There has been great excitement surrounding the appointment of a new director at the National Museum. The other day there was a message from…

The architectural design of the new building at Geitmyrsveien 34 A has created strong reactions in the media and comment columns. The vast majority…