It’s been quite some time since we’ve done a feature on the fine city of Oslo, but when we found out about Oslo Open 2014, we just had to write about it. Oslo Open is an artist run festival established in 2000 by a number of major institutions to give artists a different way to show their work and a brand new opportunity to be discovered outside the established ways. Oslo Open isn’t curated by anyone, which means the artwork you come across while you visit spans a broad range of genres and styles, providing an exciting and diverse experience like no other.
Over 410 artists will be taking part in this years event, throwing their studio doors open to the general public. Oslo Open gives visitors a unique experience to have an informal meeting with artists to discuss their work and discover new aspects of the artwork in a way they may have never thought about before. The exhibition gives you chance to see artwork in it’s rawest form, before it ends up in a gallery and in a more intimate setting, where the art was actually created in the first place.
It’s not just studios that you’ll be able to explore, Oslo Open has signed Cinemateket up as a partner for the two days to provide visitors with a selection of some of the finest art films as selected by Rachel Dagnall. Tori Wrånes, Anawana Haloba, Marte Aas and Mattias Härenstam are just some of the names you can expect to see at Cinemateket and later visit in the studio to discuss what you thought of the films and other artwork.
If you’re going to be visiting with the kids, pop along to the BOO! Children’s Open Oslo for workshops produced by Oslo Open artists for children and young people to get involved with.
Oslo Open is completely free and runs from the 26th – 27th of April. For more information take a look at the official Oslo Open website here.
If you do decide to make the trip to Oslo this weekend make sure you download the Trippa Oslo guide before you go to get all the essential information on the best places to stay, eat, drink, see and shop. If you’re not going to Oslo any time soon why don’t you download one of our other fantastic guides like Trippa Athens,Barcelona, Berlin, Cardiff,London, Helsinki, Marseille,Palma, Seville or Stockholm
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