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The Nordic Pavilion will be transformed into an experimental cohousing project for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.

At the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, the Nordic Pavilion will transform into a full scale cohousing project. With the exhibition What We Share. A model for cohousing, Norwegian architects Helen & Hard supported by a curatorial team from National Museum of Norway will present a framework for building communities based on participation and sharing.

Trois baigneurs, 1935 by  Le Corbusier can be seen in the exhibiton  “Le Corbusier by the Sea" at Villa Stenersen, Oslo  which s one of the National Museum’s exhibition venues.

​Exhibition on Le Corbusier’s new direction as an artist and architect

Villa Stenersen, which is one of the National Museum’s exhibition venues, shows the exhibition “Le Corbusier by the Sea” from 5 May. The exhibition explores Le Corbusier’s work as an artist in the period 1926–36 by presenting reproductions of his most important paintings, sketches and drawings. During these years, Le Corbusier travelled every summer to Le Piquey on the coast of southwest France.

" Winter Night in the Mountains", 1914 by the norwegian artist Harald Sohlberg (1869-1935). The National Museum shows an exhibition  by this artist from the end of September.

Major Harald Sohlberg exhibition at the National Gallery in the National Museum of Norway

Harald Sohlberg’s famously " Winter Night in the Mountains" has captivated viewers for over a century now. This autumn, the National Museum will display around sixty of the artist’s most famous paintings, in addition to a number of drawings, sketches, and prints. We invite the media to a preview in the exhibition , 27 Sept. at 11:00 a.m. To register, contact elise.lund@nasjonalmuseet.no.

New exhibition in the National Museum – Architecture about about the world’s most important room - The Security Council Chamber The UN Headquarters in New York, 2018 .Opens 15 June. Foto: Ivan Brodey

New book and exhibition in the National Museum about the world’s most important room - The Security Council Chamber.

Norwegian architecture, design, and works of art inform the room where some of the most critical decisions of our time are made, namely the Security Council Chamber at the UN Headquarters in Manhattan, which will now be the focus of a new book and exhibition. Advance viewing and book presentation for the press: Wednesday, 13 June, 11:00, the National Museum – Architecture, Bankplassen 3.

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