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2008-09-05, Carnegie Art Award News The Carnegie Art Award opens at Konstakademien (The Royal Academy of Fine Art), in Stockholm. Public opening 5 September 5-8 pm , welcome speech by Olle Granath, Permanent Secretary, The Royal Academy of Fine Art, and presentation of the exhibition by Ulrika Levén, curator, Carnegie Art Award. The Carnegie Art Award celebrates its 10-years jubilee with a special public programme with artists’ talks and guided tours September 6-7. Carnegie Art Award Programme 5-6 September – 10-years jubilee Friday 5 September
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Coffee and special jubilee French pastry The exhibition is open noon-5 pm. Free admittance. The exhibition will be on view from 5 September – 26 October 2008. Opening hours at Konstakademien (The Royal Academy of Art): Tuesday – Friday 11 am – 6 pm and Saturday-Sunday 12 am – 5 pm. Admission free. Free guided tours Saturday-Sunday at 2 pm. For further information regarding guided tours for public, and private groups and our programme offering free guided tours to schools please contact Carnegie Art Award on +46 8 5886 9099. 2008-07-15, Carnegie Art Award News Carnegie Art Award opened in Iceland on June 18 at Listasafn Kópavogs, in Kópavogur outside Reykjavik. The exhibition has moved on from Helsinki, Oslo and Copenhagen. In Iceland the exhibition was opened by Her Excellency, the First Lady of the Republic of Iceland Dorrit Moussaieff. The exhibition will be on view from 19 June – 10 August 2008. Opening hours at Listasafn Kópavogs: Tuesday – Sunday 11 am – 5 pm. Admission free. For further information regarding guided tours for public, schools and private groups etc. please visit the website of Listasafn Kópavogs, www.gerdarsafn.is Carnegie Art Award opened in Copenhagen on April 16 at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning. The exhibition has moved on from Helsinki and Oslo and has now attracted over 50 000 visitors. In Copenhagen the exhibition was opened by Brian Mikkelsen, Minister of Culture, and will be on view from 17 April – 18 May 2008. Opening hours at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning: Every day: 10 am – 5 pm, Thursday: 10 am – 9 pm. For further information regarding guided tours for public, schools and private groups, admission etc. please visit the DFU website, www.denfrie.dk Carnegie Art Award opened in Norway on January 31 at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Hřvikodden The exhibition has moved on from Kiasma in Helsinki where it had over 30 000 visitors. In Norway the exhibition was opened by Odd Reinsfelt, Mayor of Bćerum kommune, and will be on view from 1 February – 30 March 2008. Opening hours at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter: Tue – Thu: 11 am – 7 pm, Fri – Sun: 11 am – 5 pm. Closed on Mondays. For further information regarding guided tours for public, schools and private groups, admission etc. please visit the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter website www.hok.no The Carnegie Art Award 2008 inaugurated! On October 25th the Carnegie Art Award 2008 was opened in Helsinki at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. The exhibition was inaugurated and the awards presented by President of the Republic of Finland Tarja Halonen. The exhibition will be shown from 26 October, 2007 – 6 January, 2008. Opening hours: Tue: 10 am-5 pm, Wed-Sun: 10 am-8.30 pm. Closed on Mondays. For further information regarding guided tours for public, schools and private groups, admission etc. please visit the Kiasma website: www.kiasma.fi The Carnegie Art Award 2008-website will be released in connection with the opening in Helsinki, October 25, 2007. WINNERS OF THE CARNEGIE ART AWARD 2008! We are happy to announce the prize winners of the Carnegie Art Award 2008. The first prize of 1 million Swedish kronor will go to Torsten Andersson from Sweden. Danish Jesper Just will receive the second prize of SEK 600.000 and John Kørner, also from Denmark will receive the third prize of SEK 400.000. The scholarship to a young artist of SEK 100.000 will go to Nathalie Djurberg from Sweden. The award ceremony will take place at the opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki on 25 October 2007. The artists participating in the Carnegie Art Award 2008 have now been selected! Out of 143 nominated Nordic artists 26 artists have now been chosen. In the end of June 2007 the jury will gather for their second meeting to compile the exhibition and select the prize winners. The recipients of the awards will be announced on June 29 2007. The 26 artists of the Carnegie Art Award 2008 Out of 143 nominated Nordic artists 26 artists were chosen by the Jury to participate in the touring exhibition. Thordis Aðalsteinsdóttir (IS), Torsten Andersson (SE), Nathalie Djurberg (SE), Gardar Eide Einarsson (NO), Anette H. Flensburg (DK), Jens Fänge (SE), Else Marie Hagen (NO), Ellen Hyllemose (DK), Jarl Ingvarsson (SE), Kristina Jansson (SE), Jesper Just (DK), Pertti Kekarainen (FI), Jukka Korkeila (FI), Ferdinand Ahm Krag (DK), John Kørner (DK), Tor-Magnus Lundeby (NO), Jussi Niva (FI), Fie Norsker (DK), Allan Otte (DK), Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (FI), Silja Rantanen (FI), Kirstine Roepstorff (DK), Thorbjørn Sørensen (NO), Anna Tuori (FI), Thór Vigfússon (IS), Karin Wikström (SE). Preliminary exhibition tour 2008 Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki: 26 October 2007 - 6 January 2008 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo: 1 February 2008 - 30 March 2008 Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen: 18 April 2008 - 25 May 2008 Listasafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur / Reykjavík: 18 June 2008 - 10 August 2008 Konstakademien, Stockholm: 5 September 2008 - 26 October 2008 Royal College of Art, London: 15 November 2008 - 23 November 2008 Göteborgs konstmuseum: 5 December 2007 - 1 February 2008 The Jury of the Carnegie Art Award 2008 Tuula Arkio, Counselor for Cultural Affairs, honorary PhD in Visual Arts, Helsinki (Chairman) Gunnar J. Árnason, Lecturer at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and art critic, Reykjvik Ina Blom, Associate Professor, IFIKK - Dept. of Art History, University of Oslo Mikkel Bogh, Rector of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Maaretta Jaukkuri, Senior curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki Lars Nittve, Museum Director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm María de Corral, Art critic and independent curator, Madrid 2007-07-02, Carnegie Art Award News
The award ceremony will take place at the opening at
the Museum of Contemporary
Art Kiasma in Helsinki
on 25 October 2007.
The 26 artists of the Carnegie Art Award 2008
Preliminary exhibition tour 2008 |
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