Thoresen’s work draws upon Sámi design traditions emphasizing improvisation and the re-purposing of existing materials. The artist, who is based in Kirkenes in northern Norway, will create a new installation in one of the museum’s largest galleries, bringing innovative material and a conceptual approach to this special show.

Featuring rap artist Arif, one of Norway’s most renowned musicians, this exhibition is an immersive experience combining Arif’s new music with film, light, interactivity, events, and more.

Reports of the Yangtze, Rhine, and Zambezi Rivers dropping to their lowest levels on record have appeared alongside accounts of atmospheric rivers causing some of California’s worst flooding. This show brings together contemporary artists who respond to the place of rivers in our lives, at a moment when they are being profoundly reshaped by human activity.

Else Hagen had a powerful impact in Norway in the years after World War II. Today, she is often remembered as one of the first women in Norway to create large works for public spaces. With almost 70 pieces on view, this exhibition explores Hagen’s entire career, with a focus on paintings from the 1940s and 50s.

Invitations, letters, receipts, and photographs are all crucial in the creation of a new garment or fashion collection, but they are often thrown away or forgotten. This exhibition shines a spotlight on overlooked and discarded documents and artifacts from the modern fashion industry, treating them as a vital resource for our understanding of the industry's creative processes.

Centered on the power and associations of the Gothic aesthetic, this exhibition has art from 1875 to 1925 juxtaposed with art from Europe’s Middle Ages and Renaissance. It includes works from artists like Edvard Munch, Käthe Kollwitz, Hans Holbein the Younger, Albrecht Dürer, and more.

This exhibition invites you to explore the world of Edvard Munch: his ideas, processes, and the profoundly human topics that occupied him and that still affect us today. Through a wide selection from the museum’s collection, visitors experience the richness of Munch’s career and his unrelenting drive to experiment and innovate.