Artists "on the town"

September 15, 2014 8:50 AM

The Nuart Festival underway in Stavanger, Norway offers "a new breed of art exhibition that is neither institutionalised nor commercial, giving the artists free reign to express themselves to the full." And to back that talk up, they offer the entire town of Stavanger, Norway as the artists' canvas. Those of us who can't get to Norway can check out the growing gallery of works being populated through October 12th.
posted by cross_impact (2 comments total)

Wonderful! Having spent some time in the almost pastoral city of Stavanger, I have to say that this is not the first place I would envision such a festival taking place. But, then, the size of the city is just right for this, and Scandinavians can be edgier than their stereotypical reticence leads us to assume.
posted by kozad at 10:19 AM on September 15, 2014 [1 favorite]

I must say, for Stavanger's reputation as being the oil and gas community in Norway, this is an awfully progressive art endeavor. Looking at the website, it's been going on since 2001, and I was evidently there during the event in 2012 and didn't even know it. What a great and interesting post!
posted by conradjones at 12:11 PM on September 15, 2014