Nicolai Tangen knows all about silo busting. The former hedge fund manager runs the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, the largest of its kind in the world , and is well versed in breaking down barriers in organisations. But as my boat draws up to the dock in his hometown of Kristiansand, on Norway’s southern coast, I can see that here at least, Tangen is nurturing the joys of preservation.
” The geographical span of the collection covers art from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland, dating from the 1910s to 1990, and is intended to tell a story of engagement between Nordic artists and the outside world. One particularly striking exhibit on display is a 17th-century hay barn, first transported — log by log — by the installation artist Marianne Heske from a valley north of Oslo to the Pompidou Centre.