Kunstsilo

Kunstsilo is an award-winning grain silo in Kristiansand, Norway, now being transformed into one of Northern Europe’s most innovative art institutions and experience centres. Covering three floors and comprising an exhibition area of 3300 square metres, Kunstsilo will be an iconic and unifying building whose architecture and contents will attract attention far beyond Norwegian shores. The iconic building will house spectacular art exhibitions, an imposing mingling hall, a restaurant, café and shop, and a marvellous top floor. With its unique premises and location, the centre will house the Tangen Collection – the world’s largest collection of Nordic modernist art – as well as Sørlandets Kunstmuseum’s permanent collection. In addition, Kunstsilo will act as a platform for international digital contemporary art and offer an extensive programme of temporary exhibitions as well as lectures, concerts, workshops, entertaining rooms and events. There will be room for art and cultural experiences that engage, surprise and delight. It will be playful and open; but there will also be room for silence and contemplation, so people can put away their mobile phones and just be present in the moment.