A dialectical dance of simplicity: Critic Carol Stampone reviews Stavanger-based artist Tove Kommedal's exhibition Hommage, currently on show at KRAFT Bergen. Stampone notes that Kommedal brings our attention to the many aspects of exploitative industries, and with whom we are willing to share the world. Read on for a rich review.

I disse dager lanseres boken Kunst på Stavanger Universitetssjukehus Ullandhaug. Utgivelsen fra KORO – Kunst i offentlige rom og Helse Stavanger HF belyser kunstsamlingen og -prosjektene som er bakt inn i det nye sykehuset. I den forbindelse gjengis førsteamanuensis i sosiologi Merete Jonvik sin tekst fra boka. Med utgangspunkt i hennes forskerinteresse møtet mellom kunst og offentlighet, spør Jonvik: Hvilke roller spiller kunst på sykehus? Og kan kunst være terapi?

What does it mean to see? Through an in-depth essay and exchange, written and led by artist Ina Hagen, you're invited to take a closer look at the artistic practice of Klepp born, Copenhagen based painter Kenneth Varpe. Discussing the concept of seeing – and seeing again – with colleague and friend Apichaya (Piya) Wanthiang, Hagen and Varpe take a deep dive into the ideas that shaped his work, currently showing at LNM in Oslo.

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Scandinavia House in New York, Stavanger-based artist Margrethe Aanestad was invited to create a new sculpture for the exhibition A Time for Everything: 25 Years of Contemporary Art. The resulting work, titled Afterlight – In Wake of Time, is Aanestad’s largest sculpture to date and stands along artworks by other Scandinavian artists such as Torbjørn Rødland, Irene Nordli, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Cecilia Edefalk, Britta Marakatt-Labba, Jeppe Hein and Jan Groth, among many others. Read on to discover how the artist approached this new commission.

CAS is the region's only outlet specifically for visual arts, and as such we are dedicated to representing the local art landscape within a broader national and international context. A public conversation about art criticism that took place as part of this year’s Coast Contemporary and Open Studios Stavanger is an example of these efforts. In a conversation that sparked much engagement with the audience, curators, writers and critics Arnau Horta and Foteini Salvaridi – both part of Coast Contemporary International Visitor’s Program – shared their practices and their perspectives on the state of art criticism.

Etter nesten 40 år stenger Sølvberget galleri dørene, og Stavanger mister sitt eneste visningsrom for visuell kunst i sentrumskjernen. Hva skjer med et kulturhus og en by når den visuelle kunsten forsvinner? CAS har tatt en prat med Hildegunn Birkeland, som har vært involvert i Sølvberget galleri siden oppstarten i 1987.