Opening: Summer Exhibitions 2026
Cecilia Vicuña and Amber Ablett
Welcome to the opening of two new exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus! Minga for the Sea is Cecilia Vicuña's largest presentation in the Nordic region to date. The Fallow Year by Amber Ablett is both a site-specific installation and an interactive project.
Where
Kunstnernes Hus
Info
The opening night will be documented by a photographer. The artist talk in the cinema will be recorded by Kunstpodden and filmed by Kunstnernes Hus.
Program
17:00 Conversation with Cecilia Vicuña and Jannik Abel in the cinema: Collective Acts of Love for Sea and Land From South to North. Introduction by Sarah Lookofsky. Requires a ticket.
19:00 The exhibitions open, admission is free. The galleries are open until 22:00.
21:00-23:00 Reyes plays at the foyer
23:00-01:00 KhaDJ plays at the foyer
About the DJs
In the galleries
Minga for the Sea is an ambitious exhibition by the internationally acclaimed artist Cecilia Vicuña, developed specifically for Kunstnernes Hus. The project builds bridges between Indigenous groups in the southern and northern regions of the globe who stand at the frontline against resource extraction and pollution in their local marine environments.
Before the opening, Vicuña will be in conversation with Jannik Abel.
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The Fallow Year by Amber Ablett is a site-specific installation and participatory project in the “Room for Rest” at Kunstnernes Hus that reimagines the capsule hotel (a structure linked to capitalist efficiency and production) as a communal and reflective space within the gallery. Rather than providing escape from productivity, the project reframes rest as an intentional, political act essential to collective transformation, especially for those involved in care work, activism, liberation and marginalised experience.
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Supported by
Our summer exhibitions are supported by the Savings Bank Foundation DNB. Minga for the Sea is also supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk. The Fallow Year is part of the exhibition series Undergrowth, supported by the Bergesen Foundation and Talent Norway. The planning of the project was supported by a stay at Munch's Atelier. The Room for Rest is supported by Alcro.
See also
From Friday, June 5 until Sunday, August 2, 2026 the Master's students in Fine Art at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts present their work in a joint degree exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus. The exhibition entitled ANTENNE ANTENNE is a conjunction of collective efforts through a radio show, a library, a self assembling publication station, a cabaret and performance programme orbited by individual contributions in the various spaces of Kunstnernes Hus.
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