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Szn not season.
Curator, mediator, sometimes writer.
Formerly @nasjonalmuseet 2024–26, @iscp_nyc 2023, @fotogalleriet_oslo 2020-24

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2 months passed, and 6 weeks to go! 🪬

6 weeks to…
…write a love letter enveloped by Kiki Salem’s ornamental pattern inspired by her Palestinian grandmother’s tatreez dresses 🟢
…to participate in one of Aziza Kadyri’s workshops employing textile histories and creative technologies 🔴 11+14 FEBRUARY
…to listen to postcolonial scholar and author Rahul Rao speak about entanglements of histories and politics of queer sexualities in the global South ⚫️ 21 FEBRUARY
…to attend guided tours with museum educators, Noor, and yours truly ⚪️
…to dance through ‘Senfredag: Azizam’ with video works by Abdullah Qureshi and Aziza Kadyri, a performance and film by Hamid Waheed, and musical performances by Sid Hart and Leoparden 🟢 13 FEBRUARY
…to join us for a 30th anniversary screening of ‘Fire’ by director Deepa Mehta accompanied by introductions and conversations at Vega Scene, in collaboration with Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 🔴 14 MARCH

…and some slides to honour what has already taken place ⚫️

Image credits in comments

Audio: Warda X Lazy Flow, ‘Haram Ahabek (Vogue Remix’), part of Discostan’s mix ‘Deviant Ornaments’ ⚪️ taken in Nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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8 months ago

“Is it a performance or is it a problem?”
I’m borrowing the question from Kjersti Solbakken, one of 12 contributors who made up the seminar ‘Institutional Genealogies’ this past Saturday 🌐

I am ever-grateful for Maren Dagny Juell, Hendrik Folkerts, Alison Burstein, Lotte Løvholm, Jina Chang, Ana Ribeiro, Saša Astentić, Kjersti Solbakken, Helle Siljeholm, Mijke van der Drift and Nikhil Vettukattil, Manuel Pelmuš, and Ifrah Osman for their trust and generosity ✨
I’m also indebted to colleagues Geir Haraldseth, Marte Golten, and Cécile Hjelm, and technicians Eirik and Ole Tveit Hana. Last but not least, thank you to everyone who attended a long day, familiar faces and new.

Until next time!

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First photo by @vamvouklisn taken in Nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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a year ago

Still processing last night but thank you to all that came and saw ‘Juvenilia Garden’ for the first time (some images from dress rehearsal and process too)! Thank you Jonas, Mats, Anne Karine, Torfí 🍀

‘Juvenilia Garden’
Concept and choreography by Jonas Øren
Performers: Jonas Øren and Torfí Tomassón @jonasoren @torfitomasson
Music: Mats Høstaker (freij) @_freij_ @fochs_koshka
Costume: Anne Karine Thorbjørnsen @annekarinethorbjornsen
Curator: Håkon Lillegraven @artfag_
Artistic advisors/external eyes: Camara Lundestad Joof and Kenneth Homstad @camarajoof @kennethhomstad
Project manager: Marthe Tveitan
Conservator: Melany Hoshun Wan
Sound technician: Martin Dynna
Security coordinator: Karin Fagersand
Event coordinator: Yonas Changezi
Exhibition curator: Stina Högkvist @litenstina
Exhibition curator education: Karen Reini Svensson @kmreini
Artworks by Yayoi Kusama, Louise Giovanelli, Hurvin Anderson, Michael Armitage, Yukimasa Ida, and Kerry James Marshall ⚪️ taken in Nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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2 years ago

2 years and 8 months later 😱
Bye for now @nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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4 days ago

«Jumana Manna: Artist talk and film programme», @nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, September 26th, 2026 🪨🌿

Thank you to Director of Collections and Exhibitions Nora Ceciliedatter Nerdrum for introducing the event, and to everyone who brought your presence and warmth to the room.

The presentation of Jumana’s work in the museum’s collection display, titled ‘Jumana Manna: Works from Storage’, is curated by senior curator Andrea Kroksnes.

Curator of learning and public programmes is Håkon Lillegraven and project manager Anneline Berg.

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Photos throughout post by @camillafs @fantasticamilla @itsme_mattd @artfag_

Install views: Annar Bjørgli/Nasjonalmuseet

The film programme was curated by Rana Issa and included short films by Philip Rizk, Omar Amiralay, Shadi Habib Allah, Rania Stephan and Samia Halaby.

The films spanned from 1970 to 2026 and depict land, ecology, ruination and dispossession, and the consequences of modernity and settler colonialism.

The films depict land and peoples in Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, curated by Rana to be in dialogue with Jumana’s works “Post-Herbarium” and “Wild Relatives”, currently displayed in Room 87 in the museum’s collection display.

The event was the last I organised in my 2 year and 8 month tenure at the museum as Curator of Learning and Public Programmes.

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‘Damage, For Gaza, “The Land of Sad Oranges”’ (2009) by Rania Stephan (Lebanon)

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‘Damage, For Gaza, “The Land of Sad Oranges”’ (2009) by Rania Stephan (Lebanon)

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‘Beirut’ (1993) by Samia Halaby (Palestine)

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Rana and Jumana in conversation moderated by yours truly

Still image from ‘Essay on the Euphrates Dam’ (1970) by Omar Amiralay

Behind us a photograph of Jumana’s work for the new Norwegian government quarter, ‘Sebastia’ (2026-)

‘Sebastia’ is curated by Drew Snyder and produced by KORO - Public Art Norway

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Rana and Jumana 🤍

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Behind us: ‘A Biblical Landscape’ (2016) by Jumana Manna, part of her ‘Cleaning Collage Series’. taken in Nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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8 days ago

On Saturday September 26th I’m happy and honoured to invite you to the last discursive event I organise in my position at the National Museum, with artist and filmmaker Jumana Manna and author and artistic director Rana Issa.

Rana has curated a fantastic programme of short films from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria made between 1970 and 2025, many never before screened in Norway. After the films, Jumana and Rana will be in conversation. The event will be introduced by Director of Collections and Exhibitions Nora Ceciliedatter Nerdrum.

Tickets are free for artists and cultural workers and can be booked via the link in my bio 🎟️

Photo of Jumana Manna: Ina Wesenberg/Nasjonalmuseet taken in Nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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20 days ago

ROMSA / TROMSØ 🌄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

1) Detail from ‘Ravishing Beauty Salon’ by @keisu_thuresson @openoutfestival
2) ‘Girjegumpi’ by @joarnango @nordnorskkunstmuseum
3) ‘Coarve Sákkit (Antler Sticks’ by Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen @nordnorskkunstmuseum
4) ‘Folkeskikk. Fem folkebevegelser - én kamp’ by @jannikabel @nordnorskkunstmuseum
5-7) Works by Raed Issa, Rana Batraw and Shareef Sarhan from ‘Mother Dough: The Slow Alchemy of Witnessing’ curated by @carmergine @nordnorskkunstmuseum
8) @nordnorskkunstmuseum
9) @anders_sunna on the facade of @nordnorskkunstmuseum
10) Stina 💟
11-12) Install views from ‘PHANTOM ISLAND’ curated by @hackertalent @kurantvisningsrom
13) @loisagatto @openoutfestival
14) Curator and organiser @annanaumann in front of work by @lucile_munarriz @openoutfestival
15) Performance by @kaetokato @openoutfestival
16) @mirusia_kunst @openoutfestival
17) @nttpsmkw @openoutfestival
15) @keisu_thuresson @openoutfestival
19) @carlawedderkopp ❤️‍🔥
20) @openoutfestival @tromsokunstforening by @artfag_

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22 days ago

So happy and honoured to be part of bringing works by Jumana Manna into the National Museum collection display, on view until May 2027!

Thank you first and foremost to Jumana and Director of Collections and Exhibitions Nora Ceciliedatter Nerdrum for the trust, and to Senior Curator Andrea Kroksnes and Project Manager Anneline Berg for the collaboration. And to the entire team who contributed to the presentation:

Credits
‘Jumana Manna: Works from Storage’
Director of Collections and Exhibitions: Nora Ceciliedatter Nerdrum
Project Manager: Anneline Berg
Senior Curator: Andrea Kroksnes
Curator of Learning and Public Programmes: Håkon Lillegraven
Exhibition design: Ingrid Dale
Conservation: Anja Sandtrø, Jina Chang
AV technician: Jon Vogt Engeland
Install technicians: Frank Lustig, Erin Elizabeth Murphy
Lighting: Geir Korsmo
Editor: Beate Orten
Communications: Hanne Marie Willoch, Ådne Dyrnesli
National Museum Library: Solveig Tønseth

A special thank you to Drew Snyder and Nina Frang Høyum at KORO - Public Art Norway for collaborating on the mediation of the fragments of ‘Sebastia’, and to Johansen Monumenthoggeri

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🪨 taken in Nasjonalmuseet by @artfag_

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a month ago

Triptych, diptych, pink and green, keep your friendships juicy and lean! It’s @niela______’s birthday! Go appreciate him! 💛 by @artfag_

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2 months ago

London and Brighton, 3-5 August 2026

1-3) Nancy Spero and summer show at Frith Street Gallery
4-5) Yu Nishimura ar Sadie Coles HQ
6) Lulu
7-8) Hugo, Sarah, and horses, Brighton
9) ‘Martyr!’ by Kaveh Akbar
10-13) ‘Ana Mendieta’ at Tate Modern
14-18) ‘Frida Kahlo: Making of an Icon’ at Tate Modern
19) Sunday roast, The Queens, Crouch End
20) Me by @artfag_

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2 months ago

London 31 July 2026 🪧

1-12) Del LaGrace Volcano, ‘Sensual/Mutual’, Auto Italia
13-16) Armineh Negahdari, ‘The Living River, Cell Project Space
17-20) Several artists, ‘Near to the Wild Heart’, The Approach Gallery

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@approachgallery taken in London, United Kingdom by @artfag_

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London 31 July 2026 🌿

1-2) Shazia Sikander, ‘High Seas; Closed Skies’, Victoria Miro Gallery
3-5) NS Harsha, ‘Camel and the tent times’, Victoria Miro Gallery
6-8) Alvaro Barrington, ‘In Living Color’, Emalin
9-16) Several artists, ‘Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica’, Barbican Art Gallery
17-19) Delcy Morelos, ‘origo’, Barbican Centre

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@delcymorelos @barbicancentre taken in London, United Kingdom by @artfag_

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