The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award Programme
The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award Programme
Recipients
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↑ 2023: Alia Farid Alia Farid was the third recipient of the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award in 2021. Photo: Johanne Nyborg / Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
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↑ 2021: Guadalupe Maravilla Guadalupe Maravilla was the second recipient of the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award in 2021. Photo: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard / Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
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↑ 2019: Otobong Nkanga Otobong Nkanga is the first recipient of The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award. Photo: Wim van Dongen.
The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award Programme is the result of a partnership between the Arne Wilhelmsen family and the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and marks the continuation of a long-lasting friendship and engagement in the arts.
Whilst the Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award Programme will be international, it will remain rooted in Norway. It will include the prize and corresponding exhibition at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, accompanied by a catalogue, audience engagement programmes and an acquisition budget allowing for the reciepient's work to be included in the Henie Onstad Collection.
Exhibitions
Jury 2019–2024:
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Michelle Kuo
Chief Curator at Large and Publisher at MoMA, New York
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Elvira Dyangani Ose
Director of MACBA, Barcelona
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María Inés Rodríguez
Director of Walter Leblanc Foundation, Brussels, and Founder of Tropical Papers
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Paulina Rider Wilhelmsen
Founder of LWAAP and Wilstar Social Impact, Oslo
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Caroline Ugelstad
Director Collection and Exhibitions / Chief Curator at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
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Tone Hansen
Director of Munch, and former Director of Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and Founder of LWAAP
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Lise Wilhelmsen (1936–2019) was strongly committed to the arts. She studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, painted and studied art history and engaged herself in art. As the wife and collaborative partner of Arne Wilhelmsen (a partner, Chairman and CEO of Anders Wilhelmsen & Co. AS – the predecessor of Awilhelmsen AS), she was responsible for the purchase of art for several ships in the group's various shipping companies. For Lise Wilhelmsen it was important that the works of art on board the ships provided a positive visual experience for crew and passengers alike.
