Barbara – New Artist-Run Fair in Oslo (May 30–31, 2026)
Barbara warmly welcomes you to Oslo’s first artist-run fair.
Launching the last weekend of May 2026, Barbara is a new artist-run fair in Oslo. The fair takes place in a former dental clinic (Tannlege Barbara Hansen) at Harald Hardraades plass (Schweigaards gate 73), bringing together a selection of independent galleries and initiatives from Oslo.

Barbara builds on existing artist-run structures and presents them in a concentrated, temporary format, featuring a wide range of artistic presentations.

Participating exhibitors include:
69, Centralbanken, Hulias, K4, Pachinko, Podium, Royal Flux Gallery, Salgshallen, Sandaker Trialektek, Schutzhaus, Spjeld, Suvatne & Erakovic, Trolldays & Trollnights, and Van Etten.

Barbara is open Saturday, May 30, 16:00–22:00 and Sunday, May 31,
12:00–18:00.

The fair is supported by Nora Contemporary and the Oslo Municipality Agency for Cultural Affairs, and
marks the first edition of its kind in Oslo.

Saturday 13:00-20:00 // 17:00 Talk with Motaz Al Habbash, Hamada Elkept

Open during Visit Vestbredden:

Saturday 13:00-20:00 // 17:00 Talk with Motaz Al Habbash, Hamada Elkept

Sunday 13:00-20:00

08.05-14.06.2026

Open during Visit Vestbredden:

Saturday 13:00-20:00 // 17:00 Talk with Motaz Al Habbash, Hamada Elkept

Sunday 13:00-20:00

Regular opening hours:Saturdays-Sundays 12:00-16:00

More program tba!

After last year heartfelt success the BA and MA graduates from Clothing Design at KhiO are returning to Podium with even more graduates this year for a two day weekend festival consisting of performances, catwalks and a proper party Friday celebrating the fresh graduates!

As for last year Fredrik Floen is arranging this spectacle in collaboration with Podium´s own Hedda Grevle Ottesen!

24-26.4.2026

Stay tuned!

This weekend!
Clothing and Costume design 3-day showcase celebration

Welcome to a weekend-long showcase where selected graduate works from the department of Clothing and Costume Design at KHiO leave the runway and land in new formats — as installations, performances, interventions, and immersive experiences.

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Friday 24.4
Opening day
Doors open: 18.30
Performance 19.00-20.30
Vanessa N. Bilton
Julia Wilde &
Nora H. Ellingsen

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Saturday 25.4
Performance program day

13.30 Vilja Brandtsegg
15.00 Jenny Emblemsvåg
Vilhelm Almén Stormer
18.00 Pål Mikael Sterk Hanssen
19.00 Frederick
19.30 Hanne Haug Johne
20.00 Marte Ulltang
Lucas B. P. Vallejo

Until Late!

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Sunday 26.4
Installation day
Doors open 13.00

Suna Live Møller Sonko
Lars Henrichsen
Hannah R. S. Berner
Tuva l. Eserstam

Knowledge emerges only through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in this world. - Paulo Freire, from Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Scenekunstkompaniet Øy inviterer til en leseklubb over 5 kvelder, hvor vi utforsker kreative leseøvelser sammen. Vi møtes på tvers av disipliner og utforsker litteratur som føles relevant for våre praksiser. Hver lesesirkel tar utgangspunkt i en haug med bøker med hovedvekt på teori og poesi, kuratert av billedkunstner Hedda Grevle Ottesen, scenekunster Ellen Jerstad og musiker Vilde Tuv. Vi møtes i lokalene til Podium og middag blir servert. Det er gratis å delta, men krever påmelding.

Kollektivet møtes mellom kl. 18-20 følgende onsdager:
Neste og siste før sommeren: 22.april 2026

📷Johan Andrén

Cake party for the fall of the monarchy
We offer career guidance and family therapy for royal families looking for a new direction in life. There will be cake and coffee for everyone who shows up.

Thursday April 16th
19:00 - 22:00

The Royal House has fallen head over heels for the pen pal from hell, and it has come to our attention that in the wake of this, their right to privacy has been violated. Blame questions and finger-pointing are no longer relevant, we must address the fact that people are actually not doing well at work!

We demand to know who the King is having performance reviews with! Were Mette-Marit and Haaken informed about Oslo-hjelpa!

Greetings
Io & Herman

Closing Performance | Kairós: Listening Under the Weather

Collective Listening | 7pm on Thursday, March 19

As part of the exhibition Kairós: Listening Under the Weather, Podium hosts a collective listening session at the ephemeral listening space currently installed by Manos Saklas

While the installed sonic fiction is driven by a fixed playback - this closing performance introduces real-time elements and previously unheard spatial activations.

This occasion also offers a last chance to experience the show before the finissage on 22 March.

↳ Oslo
↳ STAND A06 | GALERÍAS

Presentando/Presenting:
→ Patricia Carolina
→ Hedda Grevle Ottesen
→ Ilavenil Vasuky Jayapalan
→ Eli Mai Huang Nesse
→ JoMikkel Huse Sjaastad

🎪 FERIA MATERIAL, VOL. 12
↳ 5–8.FEB.2026
↳ MARAVILLA STUDIOS
↳ Fresno 315, CDMX

¡ARTE QUÉ RICO!
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TOMORROW, for the opening of «Travail Utile, Fatigue Inutile», Jens Masimov will present a durational performance departing from his ongoing research on wine making and its different stages. 🍇

In the fall of 2024, Masimov spent two weeks in France making wine with Marius Bielle and Domanie Annivysaumur. From Bordeaux to Saumur, Biarritz and Oslo, the time has come for the wine to be prepared for storing and aging..

OSLO, THIS FRIDAY November 7th at 19:30, Morgane Baffier will perform her epic «Lecture on the Crisis», in which she questions our very concept of the word «crisis».

Pedaling through curves of several historical crises, Baffier will propose three absurd theories that explains how we find ourselves in a reoccurring and never-ending state of crisis. 📈📉

Morgane Baffier (b. 1997) is an artist living in Paris. Educated at l’École nationale supérieure d’arts de Paris-Clergy, she works with video, projection and performance. Often departing from linguistics, her work cross reference the private and public, minor and major historical events and societal tendencies.

🤖ťơƥ ḟưήɗ ḿẻ. ťơƥ ḿẻ. Ếⱱẻήť

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we’re so happy to present two lectures back to back at Podium by philosopher Henrike Kohpeiß and sociologist Nikolaj Schultz. Both lectures are free, but due to limited capacity please book your spot. Find the links on www.mindeater.no

On Saturday August 9 from 13:00-16:00, we are really really excited to announce that Samira Ghoualmia will join Mind Eater to host one of her chaos reading workshops at PODIUM.

The workshop has a limited capacity, so we recommend signing up asap as we go by first come first served. To sign up email us on mindeaterfestival@gmail.com

The workshop is open to anyone interested in reading and writing. No previous experience or preparation needed.

Don’t miss!

Go get your tickets for MIND EATER 2025 - all links are up on www.mindeater.no !!

Our workshop and lectures are free but you need to book a spot due to limited capacity ❤️

Poster photo by Kemal Yilmaz from Selin Davasse’s performance “Straight from the Mare’s Mouth”.

Podium is currently in a parking lot basement in Stockholm, presenting Tim Høibjerg, Natalie Price Hafslund and Kier Cooke Sandvik! Tim Høibjerg got to be the poster-boy for the art fair, no commission given.

Podium arrangerer til støttekonsert for Hausmania Kulturhus med Vilde Tuv, Hans Kvist, Skitne Kroner og Mattias Hellberg førstkommende fredag! Vis din kjærlighet for Hausmania ved å stille opp - inngang 150,- ❤️⁠
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🗣 Valentinesfeiring og støttekonsert for Hausmania Kulturhus⁠
🕐 Fredag 14.2. kl. 20⁠
📍 PODIUM⁠

Poster: Nelly RiverLou
⁠Kuratert av Hedda Grevle Ottesen