Tønsberg Blad on Dag Alveng
Article in Tønsberg blad about Dag Alveng´s work at his farm in Holmestrand. Text by Espen Gleditsch. Read the article here.

Dag Alveng webshop
It is now possible to buy books in the webshop. "Layers of Light", "Summerlight" and an original silver-copy of "Rock and Ocean" in limited edition at http://shop.alveng.com

Alveng solo exhibition in Brazil draws attention in media
See the video here.

Visual Arts Biennial in Curitiba August - October 2009
Together with artists like Bruce Nauman and Marina Abramowitc, Dag participates in the 5th Latin-American Visual Arts Biennial - VentoSul. The biennial happens in Curitriba from August to October 2009 with the title 'Large Water: Maps Altered'. Artists from different parts of the world follow guidelines of questions raised about two important issues of our time: water and maps.

Interview with Alveng on Brazilian television
Dag was interviewed by Brazilian TV about his solo show which has been traveling in Brasil since April. See the interview.

Performance: Alveng Art Project



Alveng Art Project Team win race. Driver Øyvind Hansen is 24 sec ahead of next car!
See the results here.

Fall Review Sept 12 - Dec 19 2009
Group show at Deborah Bell in New York.

"Lessons in the art of falling" Sept 12 2009 – Jan 3 2010
Dag Alveng participates in a group show at Preus Museum where photographs of norwegian performance and process art from 1966-2009 is exhibited. During the early 1980s Alveng worked with a group of artists, Det poetiske teater (The Poetical Theatre.) This group wanted to create alternatives to the established and stagnant cultural institutions. In 1981 they presented a work at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo where they made a spatial installation, and then, during the two-week exhibition period, it was dismantled to be replaced by Alvengs photographs.

Success in Santos – exhibition travelling Curitiba Biennal July 2009
The opening of Alveng’s exhibition on June 29th in Santos was a huge success, with three TV-channels to cover the event. About 500 people were present, including the Mayor of Santos. The exhibition will soon be moving on to the 5th Bienal VentoSul in Curitiba, where it will open on the 8th of August.

Alveng in Brazilian celebrity magazine June 2009
In relation to his Sao Paulo exhibition, Dag Alveng was photographed by a Brazilian celebrity magazine. To see the photo of Alveng with the Norwegian ambassador in Brazil, Turid Eusébio, and the Consul General of Norway, Jens Olesen, click here

Sao Paulo show traveling to Santos June 2009
Dag Alveng´s retrospective solo exhibition in Sao Paulo is moving on to Benedito Calixto Museum in Santos, Brazil. It will be shown June 9th to July 5th 2009.

Asylum book sold at Christie´s May 2009
At the price of £875 (9000 NOK) a first edition of Dag Alveng´s book “Asylum” was recently sold at Christie´s auction house in London.
Click here to see the the sales information on Christie´s website

Solo show in Sao Paulo April 7th to May 3rd
Dag Alveng has successfully completed a larger solo show at Caixa de Economia Galeria da Paulista in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dag Alveng interviewed by Tønsberg Blad April 2009
Alveng was intervjued by the newspaper Tønsberg Blad regarding his solo exhibition in Sao Paulo. Click here to see pdf

Sao Paulo exhibition press clip April 2009
Press clip from Alveng's solo show in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Click here for PDF
More to come

CD cover on ECM
Dag Alveng has the cover photo on a new CD recorded by ECM Records.

Dag Alveng Performance
In conjunction with his latest project Motorfoto there will be a performance by Dag Alveng at Rudskogen, Saturday April 18 at 1630. Click here for map

Photoicon Article March 2009
Photo journal Photoicon features Dag Alveng in an article on contemporary Nordic photography (Made in Scandinavia, issue #9). Click here for PDF excerpt

VG Article February 2009
Norwegian newspaper VG recently wrote an article on Dag Alveng's 1979 show Walls*, highlighting its controversy and its relation to conceptual art. Click here for pdf. *Original title in Norwegian: Vegger

Photoprojection in Italy 6th March - 26th April 2009
The opening of 'Still & Blurred'/Space Body Time - Cold Horizons at the Museum Raccolte Frugone of Nervi in Genoa includes the artists Dag Alveng, Herdis Maria Siegert, Soffia Gisladottir, Gerry Johansson, Maria Kjartansdottir, Susanna Majuri and Jeanette Land Schou.

Motorfoto at Drammen Museum 2012
Alveng's upcomig project "Motorfoto" includes video, images and sculptures and will be shown at Drammen Museum in Norway in 2012. The museum will be the first to show Dag Alveng's project about the motorsport community where Alveng himself has been building his own racing car and attended races in Norway and abroad since 1999.

The princess' baptism January 2009
Dag Alveng's image "The Meaning of Life" was given by The Prime Minister's Office to Emma Tallulah Behn in connection with her baptism at the chapel in the Royal Palace in January. She is the third daughter of Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway also recieved an Alveng image ("View from Balcony" ) given by the Norwegian Storting when they got married in 2001.

Hydro's New Year Concert January 2009
Alveng's images from New York were displayed in large scale on stage
at Hydro's New Year concert in Oslo. Click image to see it full size.

Solo show in Brazil March 26 - May 3, 2009
Dag Alveng will be having a larger solo show in Sao Paulo, in cooperation with the Norwegian Consulate in Brazil. The exhibition at Caixa de Economia Galeria da Paulista will be showing more than one hundred photographs from his work throughout his career.

Bank of America Calendar 2009
The Bank of America's calendar for 2009 is including Dag Alveng's image "Electric Fence" together with photographs from Paul Strand, Edward Weston, Bruce Barnbaum, Imogen Cunningham, DoDo Jin Ming, Mark Klett, Koichiro Kurita, Toshio Shibata, Paul Caponigro, Barbara Crane and Harry Callahan.

Group show in Oslo 19 Nov 2008 - Feb 2009
Dag Alveng is participating in a group exhibition at Formuesforvaltning in Oslo showing work from his series "Summer Light". Other artists include Gardar Einarsson, Eline Mugaas, Per Maning, Tom Sandberg, Vibeke Tandberg, Fin Serck-Hanssen, Mikkel McAlinden, Jamie Parslow, Per Barclay and Knut Åsdam.
(Henrik Ibsens gate 53)

Review in The New Yorker 27 Oct 2008
"In his first New York solo exhibition since 1993, Alveng shows exceptionally handsome prints from a series he started in 1979 called "Summer Light", The New Yorker writes about his exhibition at Deborah Bell Photography. Click here to read review

Yale University Art Gallery Oct 7- Jan 4, 2009
Alveng takes part in the major group show "First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography " at Yale University Art Gallery. The exhibition features approximately 100 photographs, taken by a diverse array of 20th-century photographers including Robert Frank, Ansel Adams, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Davil Salle, Harry Callahan, Ray Metzker, Dieter Appelt and Gordon Matta-Clark.

Solo show at Deborah Bell Sept 13 - Oct 25, 2008
Dag has an upcoming solo show at his New York gallery Deborah Bell. Opening Saturday September 13, 2008, 4-6pm.

New Works at Hole Design Aug 27 - Dec 31, 2008
In coorporation with Spitting Image and Hole Design is Alveng now showing large scale photographs from New York using a brand new technique on aluminium.
Hole Design, Drammensveien 130, bygg B2, Skøyen, Oslo.

Pieces of Energy, Book Release Aug 15, 2008
The 320 page book 'Pieces of energy' from the StatoilHydro art collection was released 15 August in Oslo, featuring Alveng's picture 'Ground Zero Scaffolding' (2002).

Group show at Haugar June 21 - Aug 24, 2008
Alveng's image 'Man with a cigarette smoke' is shown as part of the exhibition
'Urban Life' at Haugar Art Museum in Tønsberg.

Dag Alveng at Arken May 30 - Sept 14, 2008
A selection of the Summer Light series is shown at Arken Museum of Modern Art as part of the exhibition Nordic Moods – Landscape Photography of Our Time.
Participating artists include: Per Bak Jensen (DK), Lars Tunbjörk (SE), Olafur Eliasson (IS), Elina Brotheurs (FI), Torbjørn Rødland (NO) and A K Dolven (NO).

Karl Alveng Munthe-Kaas & Her Majesty The Queen 2007
Dag Alveng's son, Karl, who is the president of the Scandinavian Society at Goodenough College, is welcoming Queen Elisabeth with a photograph by Dag Alveng, "Grandfather & Karl". Click on image for full size.

Dag Alveng Art Project
Upcoming project (sneak preview 3)

Dag Alveng Art Project
Upcoming project (sneak preview 2)

Dag Alveng Art Project
Upcoming project (sneak preview 1)

Lecturing at Columbia University
Dag Alveng was recently invited as a guest lecturer for Thomas Roma's class at CU

Martin Parr on Dag Alveng
Dag Alvengs' book 'Asylum' was the only book by a Norwegian photographer to make it for Martin Parr's The Photobook: A History - Volume 2. Read more about the book here.

Dag Alveng Shoots Two Sverre Fehn Projects
Gyldendal Publishing House and Museum of Architecture, Oslo . The pictures were published in the recent book 'Gyldendalshuset'.

Group Show at Stenersenmuseet
A selection from the Asylum series was shown as part of the exhibition titled 'Modern Norwegian Art Photography' to represent Dag Alveng.

I Love This Time Of Year
Dag Alveng exhibited his I Love This Time of Year series at Blomqvist Kunsthandel. Click here for intallation shots.

Dagens Næringsliv "Tidenes Avisannonse"
De siste 100 årenes 101 beste avisannonser er nå utgitt i bokform av Mediebedriftenes Landsforening. Annonsene er rangert av en jury prisvinnende relamefolk, ledet av Erik Heisholt fra Shnel & Melnuchuck og Stein Erik Selfors ved Bedriftøkonomisk institutt på BI. På andreplass kom Dagbladets annonse for tabloidovergangen i 1983, med Einar Gerhardsen som ønsket lykke til. Reklamen var signert Haugen & Maning. Fotografert av Dag Alveng.

HYDRO 100ÅR Capturing Hydro-prosjektet
Hydro har det siste året engasjert flere internasjonalt anerkjente fotografer og filmkunstnere. Kunstnernes mål har vært å fange inn Hydros identitet gjennom fotografier og film, samt uttrykke hvordan de ansatte i Hydro gjennom sitt daglige arbeid skaper et mer livskraftige samfunn. Bildene ble utstilt i frognerparken under selskapets 100års jubileum.

Yale University Art Gallery
YALE GALLERY kjøpte nylig inn «This is MOST important» boken til Dag Alveng. Den spesiallagde boken i 68cm x 43cm gir en bilde flate på solide 64cm x 80cm. Dette er den første Alveng-boken som er digitalt printet. Den ble produsert på en Epson 9600 printer med Sundance Septone™ seven-color black ink.