Oslo, Norway

Astrup Fearnley Museet

The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, a privately funded institution founded in 1993, moved in 2012 into a Renzo Piano–designed complex of glass-roofed pavilions on the Tjuvholmen waterfront in Oslo, linked by canals and a public sculpture park. The museum is known for a bold collection of international contemporary art — including major and sometimes controversial works by artists such as Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst — shown alongside Scandinavian art and a program of ambitious temporary exhibitions. Its relevance lies in being one of Scandinavia's most prominent private contemporary museums and a driver of Oslo's recent waterfront cultural transformation.

Founded 1993; since 2012 in Renzo Piano's pavilion complex on Tjuvholmen waterfront.