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What Is Political Art: The Theology of Emptiness<\/h1>\n\n3 Dec, 17:00 \u2014 18:00<\/span>\n\n
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How can we understand the political in contemporary art? A lecture by Associate Professor of Philosophy Feroz Mehmood Shah. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

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Admission is included with the entrance ticket to the museum. Free for members.\u202f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The talk will be held in Norwegian\u202f <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In collaboration with Astrup Fearnley Museet, Feroz Mehmood Shah presents a lecture series on art and the place of art within our consciousness, in dialogue with philosophy and literature. The series takes individual works from the collection as its point of departure\u2014on this occasion, Nairy Baghramian<\/strong> (f. 1971) and Dwindler-Prone-up<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feroz Mehmood Shah is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo, specializing in ethics, political philosophy, and the history of philosophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Astrup Fearnley Collection<\/h2>\n\t02. Jan. 2026 – 30. Dec. 2026<\/span>\n\t

A presentation of the collection with entirely new works acquired over the past five years, alongside some well-known classics.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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