Arts

Friday 26.06.2010 the unveiling of the oil painting ”Trace of Aurora” was performed at the Norwegian pavilion. The painting is a depiction of the arctic night sky by the Chinese artist Sun Yao, and is part of a cooperation between the Norwegian Consulate General in Shanghai, Norway at EXPO and three Chinese artists. Read more

Norwegian artist Pernille Leggat Ramfelt will from June 10-19 participate in a joint exhibition at Sanhe Museum in Hangzhou. The exhibition brings together talented artists with a variety of backgrounds, influences and approaches to making art. Read more

The Norwegian artist Gro Thorsen is set to open a new exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Centre between the 25th and 28th of May. The exhibition, entitled ‘Hong Kong Stills’, give snap shots of figures in the urban environment of Hong Kong. Read more

The exhibition entitled Looking for Balance will have its official opening on the 5th of June and will be open from the 6th of June to the 11th of July. This exhibition is part of a continuing dialogue established at the Chinese art gallery Platform China concerning the role of the moving image in contemporary art. Read more

Norwegian painter Håkon Gullvåg will be presenting his works to a Chinese audience in a series of exhibitions across the country in the period 2010-2011. The exhibition will be accompanied by the publication of a new book documenting 20 years of his life’s work. Read more

March 19 to April 18 you can experience the multimedia art installation 'The Telling Orchestra' at Guangdong Museum of Art. Read more

Norwegian artists Elling Reitan and Harald Schioldborg will take part in the exhibition "5 ieme Salon des Artistes Europeens a` Beijing" at the Beijing Working Paople's Culture Palace. The exhibition consists of 300 artists from all over the world, and is a cooperation between EU and China. Opening hours: 10:00-17:00 Read more

Famous Norwegian artist Bård Breivik is back to Beijing with his solo exhibition “Listen” at Imagine Gallery from Sep. 6th to Nov. 8th, 2009. Read more

Norwegian photographer Sølve Sundsbø is awarded "2009 Martell Artists of the Year" and the exhibition is touring in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou this summer. Read more

Norwegian artists Heidi Sand, Trond Kasper Mikkelsen and Leif Stangebye-Nielsen win awards at 2009 International Metal Art Exhibition. Read more

So Takahashi, a Oslo based designer, will exhibit his chairs in a show in the Lane Crawford department store in Hong Kong this Saturday. He is originally from Japan and lived in New York for many years before moving to Oslo . The life in Norway inspired So Takahashi to delve into three dimensional objects and designs, as illustrated in his Origami Collection. His functional design effectively c... Read more

Ingjerd Hanevold, Prorector of Oslo National Academy of the Arts, will participate 2009 International Metal Art Exhibition and will give a lecture on Norwegian contemporary art jewelry. Read more

Many people showed up for the opening of the 5th Fiber Art Biennale “From Lausanne to Beijing”. The exhibition, where 8 Norwegian artists are participating, will last until December 25th. Read more

"The Beauty of Living" explores both the physical female form and the mental well being of women in a developed society. 22th of November Ingjerd Holten Ytterdal will show her paintings in Hong Kong. Read more

8 Norwegian textile artists will exhibit their work at the 5th International Fiber Art Biennale "From Lausanne to Beijing". The opening will be November 25th at 15.30. Read more

Her Majesty The Queen of Norway spent a morning away from the sports tribunes on Tuesday, visiting the Beijing Biennale at National Art Museum of China. Read more

Saturday November 12 saw the opening of the photo exhibition Norway Through Chinese Eyes . The leaders of the two countries' associations of photographers met, exchanged gifts and made plans for future cooperation.   Read more

July 24th – August 4th, Liu Dawei visited Norway for the first time. Liu Dawei represents the Chinese Artist Association (CAA), which is the only nationwide art association in China, and CAA acts for all the various branches of art. The object of Liu Dawei’s visit to Norway was to establish contact with Norwegian artists and to promote cultural exchange and cooperation. Read more

Norwegian Contemporary Glass Art - Variety and Renewal For more than 4000 years man has been fascinated by glass. In the furnace, the simple, natural raw materials sand and chalk are transformed into a glowing, malleable mass. Glass is so versatile and its technical possibilities so great that only the glassworker's imagination limits how it can be used and shaped. Norway has been producing gla... Read more