We discussed:

- Gender issues in the arts

- Why he collects art

- Collecting early career artists

- His collections legacy

- Certificate of Authenticity (COA)

- Speculative buying

- Cryptocurrency and NFT's

- Government support for the Arts

 

People + Places mentioned:

A Poor Collector's Guide to Buying Great Art - https://gestalten.com/products/erling-kagge-buying-great-art

Raymond Pettibon - https://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/raymond-pettibon

“WALKING. Movements North of Bolzano” – The Collection of Erling Kagge - https://www.museion.it/2020/09/the-collection-of-erling-kagge-museions-guest-curator/?lang=en

My Cartography: the Erling Kagge Collection (France) - http://www.fondation-vincentvangogh-arles.org/en/expositions/ma-cartographie-la-collection-erling-kagge/

My Cartography: the Erling Kagge Collection (Spain) - https://www.fundacionbancosantander.com/en/culture/art/exhibitions/my-c-art-ography-the-erling-kagge-collection

Alex Hubbard - https://www.simonleegallery.com/artists/alex-hubbard/

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art - https://www.afmuseet.no

Richard Prince - http://www.richardprince.com

STANDARD (OSLO) - https://www.standardoslo.no

The Modern Institute - https://www.themoderninstitute.com

Sadie Coles HQ - https://www.sadiecoles.com

Reena Spaulings Fine Art- http://www.reenaspaulings.com

Regen Projects - https://www.regenprojects.com

Galerie Neu - https://www.galerieneu.net

 

 

Kagge Forlag Publishing - https://kagge.no

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed:

- there are no roads in Greenland

- circumpolar connections

- artist residencies

- long term residencies

- residency applications

- ecological concerns

- cultural colonisation

- indigenous art

 

 

 

People + Places mentioned:

Nordic Culture Point - https://www.nordiskkulturkontakt.org

University of Bergen - https://www.uib.no

Arctic Circle Assembly - https://www.arcticcircle.org/assemblies

Arctic Arts Summit - https://www.ulapland.fi/EN/Events-University-of-Lapland/Events-2019/Arctic-Arts-Summit-2019

 

 

http://www.arcticculturelab.no

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed:

- Art Schools

- student loans

- unpaid internships

- arts writing

- art grants

- art vocabulary

- deinstitutionalisation

- her desire to remove spectacle from Art

- expectations

- racism in the arts

 

 

 

People + Places mentioned:

The Independent Study Program (ISP) at the Whitney Museum of American Art - https://whitney.org/collection/research/isp

Hverfisgallerí - https://hverfisgalleri.is

 

 

 

https://www.dariasol.com

https://www.instagram.com/dariasol_

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed: mudslide insurance, living in a remote location, artist residency, support of small communities, sound sculptures, art outreach, art education, and the price of building a printmaking studio.

 

People + Places mentioned:

Dieter Roth - https://www.dieterrothmuseum.org

the mudslide in Seyðisfjörður - https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-55389821

RoShamBo Studio - https://roshambo.is

Lukas Kühne - http://www.lukaskuehne.com

 

 

http://www.skaftfell.is

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed: issues of self-publishing a book, Icelandic art history, book publishing, book distribution, making a living as a freelance writer, and career goals.

 

People + Places mentioned:

Kopa Printer - https://kopa.eu

Iceland Air - https://www.icelandair.com

 

3 artist she is watching:

Vivian Suter - https://www.gladstonegallery.com/artist/vivian-suter/works

Diana Scherer - http://dianascherer.nl

Stefan Rinck - https://www.stefanrinck.de

 

 

http://www.sarahschug.com

http://www.isleofartbook.com

https://www.instagram.com/sarahponyyy

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed: Municipal Art Collections, percent for the arts, gifting art, politicians and the Arts, colonisation of the art world, and self-segregation.

 

People + Places mentioned:

KinoKino Art Space in Sandnes - https://www.sandnes-kulturhus.no/kunst/

Ashley Wood - https://www.instagram.com/ashleywoodart

Gelah Penn - https://gelahpenn.com

Vanna Bowles - https://sundero-gallery.com/portfolio/vanna-bowles/

Larissa Sansour - https://larissasansour.com

 

 

3 artists she is looking at:

Joar Nango - https://www.itromso.no/nyheter/2020/12/04/Tromsøkunstner-Joar-Nango-41-–-Vi-er-fortsatt-kolonisert-her-oppe-23089861.ece

Gry Hege Rinaldo - https://sundero-gallery.com/portfolio/gry-hege-rinaldo/

Jens Erland - https://erlandart.no/jens

 

 

https://sundero-gallery.com

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed:

- maternity / paternity leave

- branding

- cult of personality

- popularity

- bias

- Teaching art

- constructive criticism

- artist grants

- too many strings attached to funding

- nation branding

 

 

People + Places Mentioned:

Iceland University of the Arts - https://www.lhi.is

reykjavik art museum - https://artmuseum.is

Timothy Morton - https://english.rice.edu/faculty/timothy-morton + http://ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com/

Nebulous Heaps Exhibition - https://nebulousheaps.com

Kristín Loftsdóttir - https://english.hi.is/staff/kristinl

Trapped in clichés: masculinity, films and tourism in Iceland - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0966369X.2017.1372383

'Inspired by Iceland' marketing campaign - https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com

 

 

3 artist she is looking at:

Róska - http://www.roska.is

Elín Margot - https://elinmargot.com

Ragnar Kjartansson - https://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/ragnar-kjartansson#tab:thumbnails

 

 

 

https://kolbrunkolbrun.net

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed:

- working collaboratively

- living with epilepsy

- government relationships to indigenous people

- vacations

- arts lobbying

- arts advocacy

- recovery post-pandemic

- artist stipends

- artist fees

- no need for secrets

- women artists

- art herstory

 

 

Places + People mentioned:

Performance Art Oslo - http://www.performanceartoslo.no

Locus - http://www.locusart.org

Franzisca Siegrist - http://www.franzisca-siegrist.com

Performance Art Bergen (PAB) - https://www.performanceartbergen.no

Cosmoscow Art Fair - https://www.cosmoscow.com

Gertrude Käsebier - https://www.moma.org/artists/3008

 

 

Artist she is looking at:

Leonora Carrington - https://nmwa.org/art/artists/leonora-carrington/

Hilma af Klint - https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/hilma-af-klint

Lul Krag - http://www.lulkrag.no/Lul_Krag_slides1.html

 

 

http://www.tanjathorjussen.com

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discussed: the concerns about being excluded, self segregation, sub categorisation, gay art as a topic vs a way of life, Art History, Tokenism, and the need for safe spaces.

 

Panelists:

Emmanuel Thibault - Photographer + Designer - https://www.archiproducts.com/en/designers/emmanuel-thibault

Frederick Nathanael - Director of Pride Art - https://www.prideart.no

Katja Fjeld - Art Historian - https://www.instagram.com/sause_dyret/

 

 

People + Places mentioned:

Judith Butler - https://vcresearch.berkeley.edu/faculty/judith-butler

Man Enough to Be a Woman, by Jayne County - https://serpentstail.com/work/man-enough-to-be-a-woman/

Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics by José Esteban Muñoz - https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/disidentifications

Vaginal Davis - http://www.vaginaldavis.com

Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?, Book by Linda Nochlin - https://www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Nochlin-Linda_Why-Have-There-Been-No-Great-Women-Artists.pdf

Queer culture year 2022 in Norway - https://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/aktuelt/2021/celebration-of-queer-culture-year/

Safe Space Collective - https://www.safespacecollective.com

Homophobic murder in Spain - https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-arrests-two-minors-over-suspected-homophobic-killing-2021-07-09/

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

We discuss:

- installing museum exhibitions

- the role of a studio manager

- side hustles

- the art world is commerce

- selling out

- contemporary art criticism

- the importance of the text with artwork

- the need for context in contemporary art

- being a parent in the art world

- Public Art

 

 

People + Places mentioned:

Heathers Movie - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097493/

Sol LeWitt - https://massmoca.org/event/sol-lewitt-a-wall-drawing-retrospective/

Miss Rockaway Armada - http://www.missrockaway.org

Swoon - https://swoonstudio.org

Anthony Sansotta - https://patch.com/connecticut/woodbury-middlebury/ev--working-with-lewitt-a-conversation-with-anthony-s959532b927

Joseph C. Thompson - https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/08/25/founding-director-of-mass-moca-departing

The Alchemist, Novel by Paulo Coelho - https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-alchemist/paulo-coelho/9780722532935

John Hogan - https://wsimag.com/art/44292-sol-lewitt-wall-drawings

Fritha Langerman - https://frithalangerman.com

Independent Curators International - https://curatorsintl.org

Renaud Proch - https://curatorsintl.org/events/ICI_Announces_Renaud_Proch_as_new_Executive_Director

Hanne Mugaas - https://twitter.com/Hanne_M

Geir Haraldseth - https://www.instagram.com/thefuturistix

Marte Daniels Jølbo

Astrid Helen Windingstad

Maiken Winum - https://www.instagram.com/maiwin

Legacy Russell - https://www.instagram.com/ellerustle

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/magazine/jo-van-gogh-bonger.html

Tominga Hope O’Donnell - https://wisefoolpod.com/senior-curator-of-contemporary-art-at-the-munch-museum-tominga-odonnell-oslo-norway/

Munchmuseet on the Move - https://www.munchmuseet.no/en/munchmuseet-on-the-move/

Public Art Agency Sweden - https://publicartagencysweden.com

'Forever and Ever' Article by Heather Jones - https://www.contemporaryartstavanger.no/forever-and-ever/

 

 

https://www.textezurkunst.de/122/was-not-made-you/

https://swoonstudio.org/#/swimming-cities/

 

 

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

 

 

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no