SurfaPore® C protection at the Astrup Fearnley Modern Art Museum in Oslo, Norway
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art is a privately owned Contemporary Art gallery in Oslo, Norway. It was founded and opened to the public in 1993 and was funded by two philanthropic foundations established by descendants of the Fearnley shipping family, the Thomas Fearnley Foundation and the Heddy and Nils Astrup Foundation. The museum collaborates with international institutions, and produces exhibitions that travel worldwide. The museum created a stir in the international art world in 2002 when it purchased the American artist Jeff Koons’s monumental sculpture in gilt porcelain of the pop star Michael Jackson with Bubbles, his favorite chimpanzee, for USD 5.1m.
After over 18 years in Dronningensgate 4, the museum closed its doors 31 December 2011 and it reopened on September 29th 2012 at Tjuvholmen in the center of Oslo. The world-renowned architect Renzo Piano designed the new museum building. Large, modern exhibition spaces give the museum the possibility to continue its ambitious program of temporary exhibitions as it has at its disposition about 4200 m².
Since the architect and the customer wanted exposed concrete floors, SurfaPore C was the natural choice for its protection.
