She comes to Chicago with a demonstrated commitment to supporting artists who are creating important new work. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1973, Solveig Øvstebø undertook post-graduate studies in art history at the University of Bergen and has been Director of Bergen Kunsthall since 2003, developing it into one of the main contemporary art institutions in Norway, with a focus on production, research and discourse.She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions, including Øvstebø has also taught theory and art history at the art academies of Helsinki and Bergen and has written and lectured extensively on contemporary art.

“We are proud and thrilled to welcome Solveig Øvstebø as our new Director,” the President of the board at the Astrup Fearnley Museet, Bjørn Rønneberg says.

With her keen eye for talented artists and important art, she will move the institution forward. Under her leadership, the Renaissance Society has flourished as a vital and dynamic institution devoted to supporting and fostering the vision of artists.Øvstebø says, “It has been a true honor to serve the Ren and to work with such brilliant artists and inspiring colleagues over these last seven years. The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago has announced the appointment of Solveig Øvstebø as the organization’s first new Executive Director in nearly 40 years. Irena Haiduk and Solveig Øvstebø 2017 A 13-volume set of Marcel Proust's collected works was published in Yugoslavia in 1967. Iscriviti a Facebook per connetterti con Solveig Øvstebø e altre persone che potresti conoscere. I feel that one of the greatest things about being a curator is just continually learning from artists, being alongside them from initial idea to final presentation. She is a board member of Arts Council Norway. Suzanne Lovell: Bringing Art History Home Refurnishing & Revisiting the Farnsworth HouseEXPO CHICAGO’s Tony Karman on Fall Without a FairAt the office, my days usually consist of meetings with staff and other stakeholders, making plans with artists for upcoming exhibitions, fundraising, writing and editing texts, and of course lots and lots of emails! She follows Gunnar B. Kvaran who has led the museum since 2001. After seven years as Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Solveig Øvstebø will step down in February 2020. I faced a steep learning curve when I arrived in Chicago in terms of negotiating a new and very different cultural and professional field, but I have been humbled by, and am so grateful for, the community of support I have found around the Ren, from the generosity of funders to the enthusiasm of artists to work with us.My daughters are 4 and almost 6, so getting us all ready and out of the house in the morning is often a bit of a circus.Intersect Chicago / SOFA, a Virtual Art Fair Coming November 6-12, 2020School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Visiting Artists ProgramI love swimming in Lake Michigan (in the summer) and doing anything outdoors. The international art community will be rewarded with an exciting and strong curatorial vision,» added Ghez. This week we caught up with Executive Director and Chief Curator, Solveig Øvstebø of the Renaissance Society. Øvstebø, an art historian and curator, has served as the director of Bergen Kunsthall since 2003. Øvstebø is currently the Director of Bergen Kunsthall, a premier avant-garde contemporary art space in her native Norway.

BY KEVIN NANCE. She is expected to start at The Renaissance Society in June 2013.Joar Nango’s festival exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall is an inspiring invitation to expand our minds and knowledge and to carry out fundamental change.Sweden Makes Historic Investment in Culture«I am very excited and honored to take on the task of directing The Renaissance Society, an institution that I have followed and admired for so long. In the summer of 2012 I was invited to apply for this job at the Ren, which of course I couldn't pass up, and the just about a year later my family and I undertook a very big move across the Atlantic!What has been really exciting in the last year is seeing a number of artworks we have commissioned going out into the world.