We are updating the case. Røynesdal comes from her job as managing director of the Oslo Philharmonic, where she has been leader since 2013. She is a trained political scientist and classical pianist, and has a museum background as director of KODE’s composers’ home in Bergen in 2011–2013. She has board experience from, among others, Aschehoug publishing house, Talent Norway, VGTV and the employers’ association Spekter. According to the chairman of the National Museum’s board, Maria Moræus Hanssen, the new director can show strong results at the Oslo Philharmonic, both in the orchestra’s professional development and in the meeting with the public. – Røynesdal is socially engaged and very ambitious on behalf of the arts, and the potential it has to reach widely and mean a lot in people’s lives. – A disadvantage According to art critic in Dagsavisen, Lars Elton, the choice of a new director is surprising. – She stands out as a skilled administrator with clear international experience. But the fact that she lacks artistic expertise is clearly a disadvantage in an organization as complex as the National Museum, says Elton to news. – I have great ambitions for the National Museum. First, I look forward to getting to know the museum’s many talented employees, so that together we can set the direction for the years to come. I will then contribute to further developing and unlocking the great potential that lies in the collection, communication, public offer, research and commercial operations, says Røynesdal in a press release. – Sensible Art Historian Tommy Sørbø thinks it sounds like a good and sensible choice of new director. – What do you think that she lacks curatorial experience? – That would certainly have been an advantage. But it will surely be outweighed by her enthusiasm for art. And she brings the musical with her. She seems to have a personal relationship with art in the broadest sense. – With the new National Museum, we have a world-class museum, and it is a big task to further develop and take the new museum into the future. Ingrid Røynesdal is an experienced and modern cultural manager, with very good knowledge of both Norwegian and international cultural life. We are looking forward to her leasing and further developing the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, says the National Museum’s chairman Maria Moræus Hanssen.
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