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This Year\u2019s Artist Tree<\/h1>\n\n
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Artist Tree 2025 B\u00f8rre S\u00e6thre “Vertical Star Destroyer” (2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

This year, we’re reviving the Artist Tree tradition after a several year hiatus. B\u00f8rre S\u00e6thre has created the 2025 edition. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Vertical Star Destroyer<\/em> (2025) is a sculptural installation featuring elements immediately recognizable from S\u00e6thre\u2019s artistic practice. The work recalls the familiar form of a tree, yet can also be perceived purely as form \u2014 as a sculptural object in its own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not particularly fond of Christmas. I\u2019m more interested in ordinary days than holidays. I wanted to create something that could also resonate with those who have no relationship to Christmas or the tree. It felt natural to begin with a form and then add associative elements that could be experienced independently of tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This December, during the museum’s opening hours, the tree will illuminate the foyer for all visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B\u00f8rre S\u00e6thre (born 1967, Oslo, Norway) is known for his spectacular installations, in which architectural space is transformed into scenographic environments. Here, visitors are not merely observers but become active participants in an immersive, physical world. S\u00e6thre has exhibited at major art museums in Norway as well as leading international institutions. Several of his installations have secured a lasting place in both Norwegian and international art history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His installation My Private Sky<\/em> (2001) is on view in the current display of the Astrup Fearnley Collection, and is regarded as an iconic work from the turn of the millennium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Previous Artist Trees<\/em> at the museum were created by Bjarne Melgaard (2017), Ann Iren Buan (2018) \u2014 who invited 23 other artists so that, together, 24 contributed works to the tree* \u2014 and Fredrik V\u00e6rslev (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*<\/strong>Andrea Bakketun, Julia Boracco, Karoline Bakken Lund og Veronica Bruce, Ask Bj\u00f8rlo, Ann Iren Buan, Tora Dalseng, Shwan Dler Qaradaki, Liv Ertzeid, Ellen Grieg, Erlend Grytbakk Wold, Anne Kvam, Linda Lerseth, Siri Leira, Jara Marken, Bill Robb, Malie Robb, Halvor R\u00f8nning, Lars Sand\u00e5s, Signe Solberg, Elise Storsveen, Tyra Tingleff, Kjell Varvin, Gelawesh Waledkhani, Tarald Wassvik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Astrup Fearnley Collection<\/h2>\n\t28. Mar. 2025 – 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>\n\n\n

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