Exhibitions

Three generations with different connections to Svalbard meet through their different artistic expressions. Can we learn anything from the old photographs?

Høysalen (The high hall) will regularly house new works from the collection and function as a kind of project space, with complicated installations from the collection that mainly highlight female artists in the collection from Sápmi/Northern Norway.

This exhibition looks to the nature of the North through a selection of artworks from the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum's collection. Common to the artists represented is that they convey nature, but with different perspectives, approaches, and presences.

Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum is delighted to announce Maritea Dæhlin’s first major solo presentation "– A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow" – in Norway and Svalbard.

On October 4, 2025, we open the doors to a grand exhibition that breathes new life into one of Northern Norway’s most significant artists! Adelsteen Normann (1848–1918) was a pioneer of Norwegian landscape painting and a vital bridge between the dramatic nature of Northern Norway and the European art audience.

Utstillingen tar utgangspunkt i monsterrepresentasjoner i samlingen til Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum for å se på fremstillingen av det monstrøse, med et spesielt fokus på Nordnorge og Sápmi, fra et skeivt perspektiv