A year at the National Museum

Between visits

An ordinary week

Commuting and walksAbout an hour and a half of audioRom for rom (Norwegian), Konsthistoriepodden (Swedish), Augen zu (German), Kunsthistorier (Norwegian), the painter episodes of In Our Time.
Two eveningsAbout two hours with a bookOne book a month, chosen for the next visit.
One evening a monthA film with the familyPrivate Life of a Masterpiece or Power of Art, an episode that fits the next visit.
Spare quarters of an hourScreenOne gigapixel picture at home: a hunt for details before you see the original.

The books

OctoberBaxandall, Painting and Experience; Mørstad on Nørregaard (in Norwegian)Second look
NovemberArasse, Histoires de peinturesLight and faith
DecemberGunnarsson, Nordic Landscape PaintingLandscape
JanuaryCumming, ThunderclapDetail
MarchBerg, Norges malerkunst, vol. 1 (in Norwegian)Claim
AprilHughes, The Shock of the NewSurface
MayPrideaux, Edvard MunchExpression
JuneUllrich, Tiefer hängenForm
JulyKaljundi and Polli, Landscapes of IdentityThe choice
AugustVarnedoe, Pictures of NothingThe eye
SeptemberBarnes, Keeping an Eye OpenThe return
October 2027Clark, The Sight of DeathThe verdict

Fixed dates

To 29 NovemberHele Norges samling (the whole country's collection), overview tour Sundays at 12National Museum
To 7 February 2027Maler(inne)National Museum, the Light Hall
To 7 February 2027Jørgen Dobloug, retrospective. Curator tour 11 NovemberLillehammer Art Museum
19 November – 7 MarchAdrián Villar Rojas, The End of ImaginationNational Museum
3 December – 29 MarchOle Jørgen Ness, MetisNational Museum
4 December – 18 AprilJohn Savio. HásttuheaddjinMUNCH
20 March – 5 SeptemberNordic Modern 1920–35Lillehammer Art Museum