The Astrup Fearnley Collection is one of Europe’s leading collections of international contemporary art with nearly 1 500 works. The museum shares this dynamic collection by regularly reinstalling its display, placing works in new constellations and contexts to suggest new readings. This Spring, the museum’s visitors will be presented with several new acquisitions, showing how the Astrup Fearnley Collection is constantly expanding with new artistic positions, but also how the museum continues to deepen its already established relation to key artistic practices of our time.  

This updated presentation of the collection includes several recent acquisitions, such as Nina Beier’s Fleet (2024), Julia Rommel’s Crafter’s Choice (2024), and Kara Walker’s A Burial at the Artist’s Country Estate (2022). They are presented alongside Synnøve Anker Aurdal’s  Fossen (1984–89) and Olav Christopher Jenssen’s Once, Thirtyfirst Time (1996)—works and practices more commonly associated with the collection. 

Among the featured artists will also be Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme. Their multichannel video installation Oh shining star testify (2016–19) was included in the artists’ 2023 exhibition An echo buried deep deep down but calling still  at Astrup Fearnley Museet. It was subsequently acquired by the collection and forms part of this display. The artist duo, who live and work in the Palestinian city of Ramallah and in New York, demonstrate a persistent concern with how societies navigate the consequences of oppressive political systems. Other recent acquisitions, such as Robert Grosvenor’s sculptural installation Untitled (2022) and Klara Lidén’s Verdebelvedere (2024) and Verdebelvedere Exit (2024), will be presented in the museum for the first time.  

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