Daily Brief — October 24, 2026
New institutional chapters take shape in Oslo and Ichihara, while a prominent museum director receives international recognition for an expansive renewal of his collection’s voice.
Jan Groth’s bronze sculpture Open (2017) has entered the sculpture park at Henie Onstad Art Centre, given by the artist’s estate through Anne-Birgitte Paulsen. Groth made the work for the 2017 Bergen Festival exhibition, where it was shown with Closed, a monumental sculpture later acquired by Oslo’s municipal art collections. Closed is being installed in front of the Vigeland Museum, setting up a dialogue between the two venues. A joint marking is scheduled for October 29, beginning at Henie Onstad at 1 p.m. and continuing at the Vigeland Museum at 2:30 p.m.
Ichihara Lakeside Museum has fully reopened its exhibition rooms after partial operation during renovation work that began in spring 2026. The reopening on October 17 coincided with Tatsuo Kawaguchi’s exhibition, which runs through December 20. The presentation brings together new works prompted by the museum’s architecture and lakeside setting with previously unpublished works made at Kawaguchi’s Boso studio. The rooms overlooking the lake and the museum’s distinctive spaces are treated as active elements in the works’ creation, alongside landscape, light and space.
Image: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
TIME Recognizes Adriano Pedrosa Among 100 Most Influential People in Art in 2026
Adriano Pedrosa, artistic director of MASP, has been recognized by TIME among its 100 most influential people in the art world in 2026. The recognition accompanies attention to the renewal he has driven at the institution, incorporating Afro-Atlantic, feminist, Indigenous and LGBTQ+ voices. Pedrosa is also identified in the supplied announcement as the artistic director of MASP, which is referenced alongside presentations involving the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, the National Gallery of Ireland and the Galleria Borghese.