Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway designed by Renzo Piano “It is vital that art is not locked away. It needs to be shown and experienced. We have to learn from it.
” Hans Rasmus Astrup Founded in 1993 by Norwegian shipping magnate and art collector Hans Rasmus Astrup, the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo holds one of the most comprehensive collections of international contemporary art in Europe. The man behind the museum, an ardent collector of modern art since the 1960s, was keen that the public should enjoy his collection too. Today the collection contains around 1,500 works and continues to grow, thanks to a fund created by Mr Astrup for ongoing purchases.
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo was designed by Renzo Piano The striking waterside museum, designed by Renzo Piano (architect of the Paris’s Pompidou, The Shard in London, the Whitney Museum of American Art and many more architectural icons), is a must see for both art and architecture lovers on any visit to Oslo. It presents changing exhibitions that draw on the impressive permanent collection as well as commissions new work by artists from all over the world. The current temporary exhibition, The Deep West Assembly (on until 15 September 2024) , premieres American artist Cauleen Smith’s new film commissioned by Astrup Fearnley.
A building by “s tarchitect ” Renzo Piano Gardar Eide Einarsson, Untitled (FT), 2017 a new acquisition in 2022 b.