VKL Collection2025

As early as the first years of Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, one of the ambitions for the institution has been that it would build its own art collection. In 2024, on the mezzanine of the Main Building, parts of this collection were being shown for the first time as a separate exhibition. In 2025 we will again dedicate the mezzanine to our collection.

In the course of time, there is much art that, for various reasons, falls by the wayside and is lost. Some of this art may live on in the form of documentation, ideas, discourse, or other ephemeral traces. But perhaps the art itself deserved to have been seen many more times by an audience, perhaps even deserved a place in the history of art?

Our museums play a vital role in collecting and communicating our common cultural heritage, and VKL would like to carry some of that responsibility – to be a supplement to the museums, which often have tight budgets for acquiring contemporary art. Art institutions often have priorities that differ from those of private collectors – and all purchases make a significant contribution to supporting artists financially.

The VKL Collection ranges from artists of past generations, whose works were central in Nor- wegian art history, to the works of younger, newer artists. Media collected include realistic painting, spatial installations, ceramic sculptures, videos – to mention just a few.

The collection will be shown at VKL and lent out to other art institutions and galleries.

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While you wait: Why not have a digital art experience?
Here, you can view virtual 3D tours of previous exhibitions at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium.