Oslo Museums Face the Contradictions in Their Collections
Curating should be an adaptive process rather than a thesis to prove, Solveig Øvstebø, director of the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, tells Observer.
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From Dung to Dust, Unconventional Mediums Pose Challenges for Conservators and Collectors
What artists gain in expressive freedom, art institutions and enthusiasts inherit as long-term structural risk.
Realism Returns: The Resurgence of Traditional Art Skills in the Digital Age
Arline Mann, a former Goldman Sachs managing director turned painter, brings a lawyer’s precision and an artist's intuition to illuminate the quiet resurgence of representational painting in a digital age. Mann dissects the movement's broader return to classical technique, human touch and lived experience, making a case for realism as not just tradition, but a countercurrent and a lasting presence in contemporary art.
