Refused to tame
When Kareem Amer tells people he has spent four years in prison for blogging, many respond with raising eyebrows. "Of...
Explosive and jargon-heavy about contemporary art
The metamorphoses of contemporary art are perhaps too interesting.
A Nietzschean art history driven by historical forces
Aby Warburg's understanding of images has left traces. He anticipated the montage concept of Russian filmmakers, and has inspired writers and art historians. Recently, a lecture was given about him in Oslo.
Surrealistic self-making
Interview: The Akademie der Künste archive in Berlin recently opened with an exhibition of German Ginka Steinwachs' installations. On that occasion, Ny Tid had a conversation with the surrealist poet.
What we don't do in our community
There are some things that are not allowed in our society. For example, it is not allowed to scream. Anja Breien gives us films that theme what we want and what we can.
The Black Years
The flurry of dark forces and a polarizing political climate strike us when Hamburger Bahnhof exhibits art from the Nazi era.
The sirens national anthem
The Sirens will revive their presence in a time of pixels and virtual reality.
Media is a main channel for distorted reality
Sylvi Listhaug was never made with a cross in AFK's street artwork in Bergen, as presented on TV 2 the 6. April. Where exactly is the journalist's press ethical responsibility?
First and foremost children
The exhibition Primarily the children of the photographer Rebacca Jafari is on display at Gallery F15, Jeløya, Moss, 3. – 17. April.
The geography of the hidden world
PHOTOGRAPHY: Over the past decades, American artist and geographer Trevor Paglen has focused the camera lens on the secret part of the defense industry – this huge apparatus that sees everything, but which itself tries to avoid being seen.
When art opens eyes
The experience of the dynamics of contemporary art festival – the interaction between cultural and political statements and my physical and mental movement through it – remains as the most thought provoking.
Can political theater change Gaza?
Political theater is booming in Gaza, which is thirsty for anything that can contribute to change.
Brilliant on earth
Knight's review and criticism of Munch's art are both hysterically funny, well-written and in many ways apt. But historical art criticism can have dubious value when it is as wrong as this one.
The whimsical power of beauty
Beauty goes directly to our emotions affecting us more strongly than anything else. Is it the one to save our planet?
A moving reunion with van Gogh
In a post in the previous issue of Ny Tid, Tore Kierulf Næss makes sure that the visual arts have poor conditions nowadays. The reason for ...
Dramatic for trouble – fiction or reality?
In a theater landscape where fiction is criticized and challenged – what makes one dictate what to say about reality?
Picture of the week 27-05-2015
The international art project "Ramallah – Trondheim Series" discusses photography, gender and cultural understanding through lectures, workshops, football exchange and an exhibition with various photographic series ....
An alternative public
The Chto Delat collective crosses the boundary between theater and academia, between aristocracy and proletariat, between you and me – and shows in practice that the absurd staged is the reality for many Russians.
Picture of the week 10-06-2015
For centuries, the distinction between rich and poor has led to polarization and experiences of lack of self-sufficiency. This is reproduced to this day in the divide ...
The competent amateur
The desire to be an amateur permeated not only the music and movies the artist Tony Conrad worked with, but also the way he lived. Now the movie about him can be seen daily over an extended period in Oslo this fall.
Picture of the Week 17-06-2015
"Willy Bangsund is a local legend and wrestling coach in Sør-Varanger, who many in the local community believe should have long ago received a medal for the best peace work in ...
The truth of the painting: Reunion with van Gogh
Let me start with a few complaints: Visual arts are not doing well in our time. One expression of this is the growing populism we see ...
Picture of the Week
Zanele Muholi (b. 1972) calls herself a "visual activist," and through her art, she fights black lesbians, gays, and transsexuals.
Picture of the month
Tent camping at Langøyene has long traditions. For an ignorant tourist who visits the place during the daytime, the area can quickly look like a remarkable collection ...