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The University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, has appointed four new honorary doctors, one of whom is Britta Marakatt-Labba. Marakatt-Labba's most famous work, Historjá , is located at UiT Campus in Tromsø; it has been loaned out several times to both world biennials and other prestigious museums. The award will be presented on March 25, 2026, and in connection with this, the honorary doctors will give a guest lecture that will also be streamed here . Britta Mara

Gallery Helle Knudsen is pleased to announce that the TATE museums in London have acquired a work by the Sámi artist Britta Marakatt-Labba: Instängslad/Enclosed, embroidery and appliqué on linen, 35 x 148 cm, 2024 Instängslad depicts a landscape slowly enveloped by fog – a metaphor for loss and destruction. In this evocative scene, women wearing traditional red Sámi horned hats fall into dark mine shafts scattered across the forest. As they are drawn down into the earth's dep

A TIME FOR EVERYTHING 25 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT SCANDINAVIA HOUSE Scandinavia House, NYC, USA October 2025 - February 2026 The exhibition is organized in connection with the 25th anniversary of the cultural center, which has received over 3 million visitors since its opening in October 2000. It displays works of internationally renowned nordic artists – all of which have exhibited at the Scandinavia House Galleries the past 25 years – and highlights the role of the gal