Kunstsilo is one of the most impressive museums we’ve visited — massive spaces, powerful Nordic art, and an experience that stays with you. Right now you can experience the exhibition ‘Pictures for a new world. Stories from the Tangen collection.’ Be sure to put @kunstsilo on your list if you’re visiting Norway! #helgianderlend #kunstsilo
Kunstsilo was awarded the prestigious @prixversailles Versailles World Title on Thursday December 4th!
The announcement was made at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris during the Prix Versailles award ceremony. Kunstsilo had been shortlisted as the only Nordic museum among seven candidates in the category World’s Most Beautiful Museums.
“It is an honour to receive this recognition on behalf of Kunstsilo,” says Maria Mediaas Jørstad, Director of Kunstsilo.
“We are proud to be highlighted among so many strong international projects. Being awarded the Prix Versailles World Title is a tremendous achievement! This recognition belongs to everyone who has made this journey possible,” Jørstad continues.
“Kunstsilo is the custodian of the Tangen Collection—the world’s largest collection of Nordic Modernism—and has become a powerhouse for art and cultural experiences. I would like to thank all our forward-thinking and courageous public and private contributors. Without their efforts, Kunstsilo would never have come to life.
My gratitude goes to the Ministry of Culture, Agder County, the City of Kristiansand and Cultiva for their commitment and long-term support. I would also like to extend special thanks to the AKO Foundation for their decisive and lasting support for Kunstsilo.
And finally, my thanks to the architects at Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida, as well as Scenario Interior Architects, who have transformed this historic building into a modern art museum for the 21st century.
This recognition inspires us to continue thinking boldly! We are proud to represent the values of Prix Versailles: social participation and interaction—quite literally by breaking down silos,” says Jørstad.
Gratulerer med dagen 🇳🇴 Kom og feir nasjonaldagen i våre utstillinger, nyt et måltid i vårt Brasseri eller kanskje bli bedre kjent med kunsten i en av våre omvisninger? Velkommen til oss og riktig god 17. mai ❤️
What does rebellion and optimism look like in art?
In our new exhibition "Rebellion and Optimism. Stories from The Tangen Collection", you’ll encounter artists who challenged materials, ideas and traditional notions of what art could be in the decades following the Second World War. Featuring around 150 works from The Tangen Collection, the exhibition explores a time marked by both unrest, experimentation and belief in the future.
In this film, you’ll meet several of the artists represented in the exhibition through works, stories and expressions that still feel strikingly relevant today.
Welcome to an exhibition about new ideas, new communities and art that dared to imagine something entirely new.
OSLO QUEER LINE DANCE- Ravnedans & @oslo.queerlinedance at Ravnedans 2026
For the opening of Ravnedans 2026, we invite the entire city to a large-scale Line Dance event at Kunstsilo! Oslo Queer Line Dance has quickly become a vibrant and open dance community in Oslo. Now dancer Hannah Parsons and DJ Inga are finally bringing the concept to Kristiansand! Together they will guide you through the afternoon in a safe and welcoming environment, with simple instructions and rolling beats that will make your dancing feet move. Everyone is welcome, and no previous dance experience is needed.
An inclusive celebration of movement, community, music, and joy, where the dance floor becomes a meeting place for everyone.
📍 @kunstsilo , Kristiansand
📅 16 June 2026
🎟️ More info: Ravnedans.com
Bring your friends, your curiosity, and your dancing shoes 💫
Oslo Queer Line Dance
Grunnlagt av Inga Potter & Hannah Parsons
Foto Sarah Holte Video
Video: Tale Hendnes
I dag fyller Kunstsilo to år! 🎉🎈
11. mai 2024 åpnet vi dørene for første gang. Etter flere års planer, byggearbeid og ikke minst forventninger, ble den gamle kornsiloen fylt med kunst, mennesker og nytt liv en solfylt dag i mai!
Siden har Kunstsilo rommet folkefest, utstillinger, konserter, skolebesøk, workshops, omvisninger, kunstnersamtaler, prisutdelinger og mange øyeblikk vi sent vil glemme.
På to år har over 600.000 mennesker gått gjennom dørene våre, og 420.000 har besøkt utstillinger eller deltatt på aktiviteter.
Vi har hatt besøk av Dronningen, Marstein har fylt Silosalen, Kjetil Krogstad har danset seg gjennom etasjene, Barnas Arkitekturdag har samlet små arkitekter, og Lumen Awards har brakt internasjonal digital kunst til Kristiansand.
Midt i alt dette ble Kunstsilo i desember 2025 tildelt Prix Versailles-prisen som verdens vakreste museum.
I anledning 2-årsdagen har NRK Sørlandet laget en sak om Kunstsilo, besøkstallene og utviklingen siden åpningen. Der forteller kommersiell direktør Eldbjørg Dahl blant annet at besøkstallene har gått én vei: oppover.
Tusen takk til alle som har besøkt, heiet, utfordret, deltatt, danset, lyttet, lært, sett og latt seg begeistre.
To år har gått. Vi er bare så vidt i gang.
Tusen takk til alle våre gjester som gjør huset levende hver eneste dag! 🤍
The 2026 Nordic Award
Sponsored by @kunstsilo
Since 2020, The Lumen Prize and @kunstsilo have partnered to spotlight Nordic artists working at the intersection of art and technology. The Nordic Award sits alongside the Prize categories and celebrates outstanding work by artists and collectives from the Nordic region.
“At Kunstsilo, we are committed to exploring how art and digital technology can expand cultural horizons and create new forms of dialogue. This collaboration reflects our ambition to be a future-oriented institution where innovation, creativity, and global exchange come together.”
✨ Maria Mediaas Jørstad, Director of Kunstsilo
Past Nordic Award winners include:
👏 @doroteasaykaly & @emildamseidel
👏 @marendagny
👏 @wangsoderstrom
👏 @sophiaioannougjerding
👏 @pontuskarljohan & @ceciliefalkenstrom
👏@so.krag
If you’re a Nordic artist using technology in your practice, we’d love to see your work in the 2026 open call.
✨ $30,000 total prize pool
🏆 Three award categories
🌍 Global art prize
🗓️ Entries close May 23
🔗 Comment APPLY to be DM’d the submission link
#LumenPrize #NordicAward #Kunstsilo #ArtistOpenCall #DigitalArt
Nyt nasjonaldagen hos oss 🇳🇴
Sveip for å se alt du kan oppleve i Kunstsilo på 17. mai! ➡
Les mer og bestill billetter om alt 17. mai her:
https://www.kunstsilo.no/no/kunstsilo-live/17-mai-i-kunstsilo
#Kunstsilo #17mai
Edvard Munch – Portraits has its final day on Sunday, 10 May. This week is therefore your last chance to experience the exhibition, either on your own or through guided tours at Kunstsilo.
Experience the exhibition that has received highly positive reviews, both nationally and internationally!
“It’s possible without a Scream!”
– Stefan Musil, Kronen Zeitung
“Remarkable odes to the people who influenced him.”
– Martin Robinson, The Standard
This week, you can join an evening guided tour on Wednesday and Thursday at 18:00, or a daytime guided tour on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 12:30. The tours offer a final opportunity to get up close to Munch’s portraits – and to the people, relationships and stories that shaped his artistic practice.
Here, you have the opportunity to experience a rare entry point into Munch’s artistic practice. Through portraits of family, friends and artists, we encounter Munch in a slightly different light than the one we may be used to – as an artist surrounded by close relationships, supporters and artistic networks across the Nordic countries and Europe. With energetic brushstrokes, bold colours and great variation in expression, he explored the portrait genre in his own distinctive way.
A big thank you to @nationalportraitgallery and AKO Foundation for the collaboration and generous support.
Welcome to experience Edvard Munch – Portraits one last time at Kunstsilo – either on your own or through one of this week’s guided tours.
#kunstsilo #edvardmunch #portraits #nationalportraitgallery #akofoundation
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the opening of Rebellion and Optimism. Stories from The Tangen Collectionon Thursday, April 30!
A special thank you to @martewulff who gave us a wonderful concert in Silosalen and created a beautiful atmosphere for the evening.
Rebellion and Optimism is the second of three exhibitions that together tell the story of key developments in recent Nordic art, based on The Tangen Collection.
Featuring around 150 works, the exhibition shows how Nordic artists explored new forms of expression, materials, and perspectives in response to a new and modern world.
It is now open to the public - we hope many of you will visit Kunstsilo to experience it!
#kunstsilo #norskmodernisme #nordicmodernism
