This is my subjective list of the most important or impressive exhibitions or art happenings in the region during 2010:
1 Nuart
Nuart got even larger in 2010 with large sizes and great artists. Nuart is keeping the position as one of the most important and interesting street art festivals internationally.
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/nuart-2010-landmark-series.html
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/09/nuart-2010-landmark-series_21.html
2 Yang Fudong at Kinokino
A daring project by Kinokino: to fill all the exhibition rooms and screening halls with video art by Shanghai artist Yang Fudong. A remarkable exhibition of world class in Sandnes!
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/02/yang-fudong.html
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/yang-fudong-last-week.html
3 Public Screens
The project of curated video art exhibitions on public screens was started by i/o/lab in 2010. This is a great, new idea with many possibilities for the future.
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/03/public-screens.html
4 Stavanger2008 documentary
In the wake of the Stavanger Culture Capital 2008, the documentary was finally presented in 2010. A movie showing the fantastic moments, but also the controversies. This gave a spark to many discussions about the choices made before, during and after 2008.
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/04/dokumentar-om-stavanger-2008.html
5 R-Open
All artists in the county were invited to open their studio for visitors for one day. A great success with artist talks, workshops and a lot of interested people moving along.
http://virtualwallworld.blogspot.com/2010/11/r-open.html
And here are the most important headlines on art that will appear during 2011 (hopefully):
-The Tou Vision is fully financed, the artists are moving into the new studios
-Nuart is even greater than last year, Banksy turned up and left some pieces
-The art map/calendar is launched, showing all major galleries in the Stavanger region
-The Stavanger politicians decided to increase the funding for Sølvberget to keep the gallery running
-Nytorget is declared graffiti zone, the temporary walls are almost daily refreshed by new pieces
-Kunstpalasset has a grand opening after some months of rehabilitation works
