The National Museum of Norway (MOCA)

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The National Museum holds, preserves, exhibits, and promotes public knowledge about, Norway's most extensive collections of art, architecture and design. It shows permanent exhibitions of works from its own collections and temporary exhibitions that incorporate works loaned from elsewhere. The Museum's exhibition venues in Oslo are the National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Museum - Architecture, and the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. The Museum's programme also includes exhibitions that tour both within and beyond Norway's borders.

The National Gallery and the Museum of Contemporary Art

Older and modern art is on show at the National Gallery, contemporary art at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The main emphasis of the collection is on Norwegian painting and sculpture from the 19th century. The museum also holds an extensive collection of drawings and prints by Norwegian and international artists. Highlights of the collection include major works by Edvard Munch, including The Scream. Other important artists include J.C. Dahl, Adolph Tidemand, Hans Gude, Harriet Backer and Christian Krohg. The collections from the 20th century illustrate the development of Norwegian fine art with reference to key works of Nordic and international art in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, video and other media. Central to the collection of international contemporary art is Ilya Kabakov's permanent installation The Man Who Never Threw Anything Away (1988-1995).

represented artists

Georges Adéagbo      Knut Asdam      AVAF (Assume Vivid Astro Focus)      Rosa Barba      Per Barclay      Christian Boltanski      Louise Bourgeois      Kristina Braein      Tacita Dean      A K Dolven      Jon Gundersen      Else Marie Hagen      Marianne Heske      Marine Hugonnier

Olav Christopher Jenssen      Isaac Julien      Ilya & Emilia Kabakov      Anish Kapoor      William Kentridge      Runo Lagomarsino      Per Maning      Bjarne Melgaard      Suvi Nieminen      Maria Serebriakova      Bill Viola      Magnus Wallin