Welcome to the opening of Kaleidoskop 2026 on Thursday 15 October, 5–7 pm, at Oslo Kunstforening! This year Kaleidoskop turns 25, and we look forward to celebrating the anniversary with this year’s exhibitors – and everyone who would like to join us. The exhibition is on view on the second floor of Oslo Kunstforening until Sunday 25 October.

Kaleidoskop is organised by the City of Oslo’s Welfare Agency (Velferdsetaten), through Nyttig Arbeid, in collaboration with Oslo Kunstforening. Since 2001, the exhibition has invited current and former users of the agency’s services to exhibit their artworks. Each year it brings together around 70 exhibitors working across a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and text. Many of the participants share experiences of complex health challenges and social exclusion, but in the exhibition they meet first and foremost through art – as people who make, explore and express something, and who want to share it with others.

That Kaleidoskop has existed for 25 years also shows how much the exhibition means to many people in Oslo. As an art association, we want to be an active part of the city. We do this through the exhibitions we curate ourselves, but also by opening our spaces to initiatives and communities that already exist. Through this collaboration, we hope to make visible, include and help elevate an important initiative in the city of Oslo.