On display from 7 May 2026
The Sámi are an Indigenous people of Northern Europe. Their homeland, Sápmi, stretches across parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia.
For the Sámi, land is not a possession. It is a network of relationships: with the environment, with animals, with each other and with previous generations. This perspective forms the starting point of the exhibition.
Knowledge in the landscape
Many works show that knowledge is not only recorded, but lived.
You see it in materials, in ways of making, and in how artists engage with time and seasons. Traditions play a role, but are not simply repeated. Makers draw on them, question them and build on them.
The result is work that is rooted and at the same time contemporary.
What is at stake
In Sápmi, the landscape is changing due to mining, infrastructure and energy projects. This directly affects how people are able to live there.
The artists in this exhibition respond to these changes. They make visible what is at stake, not only politically but also in everyday life.
Their work shows how art can hold stories, take a position and bring forward perspectives that are not always heard.
In motion
The exhibition brings together a range of forms, from handcrafted work to video and installation.
Traditional techniques appear in new contexts, while contemporary practices build on existing knowledge. This exchange shows that culture is not static, but constantly evolving.
What you take with you
Sámi Art, Land, Power invites you to look differently at land and ownership.
Not as something separate from you, but as something you are part of.
Want to explore further? In the exhibition, these stories unfold in more depth.