1 January 1980 – 31 December 1984
Union Event
UKS threatened closure
1980 newspaper article from Morgenbladet reporting on UKS’ precarious economic situation. Board member Jan Brænde comments on the challenges of running an art institution and the dire consequences of cuts in the state budget’s endowment for UKS and other art institutions.
From folder | Za-L0026 & Za-L0029
*This information is taken from the UKS Archive (1921–1998)—part of The National Archives of Norway—which is currently accessible in full at our venue in Oslo. To review the complete list of the UKS Archive’s physical folders, please click here.

UKS Director Arna Rennan pulling her hair after it was known that UKS only was granted half of the funds necessary to uphold UKS’ overhead costs in 1984


Daglig leder Arna Rennan river seg i håret under en aksjon” etter det ble kjent at UKS bare fikk halvparten av de nødvendige midlene til å drive UKS videre i 1984 / UKS Director Arna Rennan pulling her hair after it was known that UKS only was granted half of the funds necessary to uphold UKS’ overhead costs in 1984
Daglig leder Arna Rennan river seg i håret under en aksjon” etter det ble kjent at UKS bare fikk halvparten av de nødvendige midlene til å drive UKS videre i 1984 / UKS Director Arna Rennan pulling her hair after it was known that UKS only was granted half of the funds necessary to uphold UKS’ overhead costs in 1984

Children taking part in an associated demonstration in 1984

Barna tok også del i aksjonen i 1984 | Children taking part in an associated demonstration in 1984
Barna tok også del i aksjonen i 1984 | Children taking part in an associated demonstration in 1984

Public sculptures covered in plastic as part of an associated demonstration in 1984


Offentlige skulpturer dekket som del av aksjonen i 1984 | Public sculptures covered in plastic as part of an associated demonstration in 1984
Offentlige skulpturer dekket som del av aksjonen i 1984 | Public sculptures covered in plastic as part of an associated demonstration in 1984

Negatives from the event, 1984

Negativer fra hendelsen, 1984 | Negatives from the event, 1984
Negativer fra hendelsen, 1984 | Negatives from the event, 1984