St. Olavsgate 32 is a symbolic, cultural-historical address in central Oslo. Originally built for the Norwegian Mapping Authority in 1880. From 1981 to 2010, it was the home of the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts. During these years a central epoch in Norwegian art history was created, by students, staff, professors and invited national and international artists. In several ways, this period is still formative for today's art scene, nationally and internationally, and in Oslo, in particular.

The graduation exhibition «For Sale» takes place at the same time as the state sells the facility to the highest bidder. The sale is a direct consequence of the government's market liberal policy in which our common cultural heritage are traded and privatized. St. Olavsgate 32 joins a series of cultural-historical buildings, originally created to develop Norwegian society as sites for cultural and knowledge production, now sold on the open market. Few strings attached.

In the meeting between location, exhibition and the sale, contradictions and connections between education, art, city development and society are made visible. Bringing art and art production back to the house, albeit for a short period, is a political, historical, artistic, social and poetic act, as well as a tribute to the building's history.

The exhibition includes a public program with invited artists and others, a selection of the Art Academy's own art collection, a library and cinema screenings in collaboration with Kunstneres Hus Kino. 

Recent visions for this center of Oslo are such brought back to life; as an area in which education, art and knowledge production should be centrally located as part of a vibrant city center, available for the entire of the city's population.

Artists: Amr Abou Chakra, Iris April Andresen, Isan Maher Atif, Alma Braun, Alfred Brekke, Solveig Ylva Dagsdottir, Felix Dahlström Persson, Stacey de Voe, Marius Eriksen, Agnes Erika Gausdal Larsen, Sara Liv Hermansson, Annie Hägg, Ada Fessler, Elise Nohr , Ninni Lucia Dahle Nyhus, Signe Greve, Ole Petter Ribe, Isabella Sajin-Henningsen, Maria Storm-Gran, Pia Sundt Bjørlie, Joakim Mathisen, Vilja Sylvareik

The exhibition also include a work of artists and professors: 
Ane Hjort Guttu and Dag Erik Elgin 30 gipsstudier

Curator: Helle Siljeholm 
Partners: Kunstnernes Hus Kino, Open Forum, Young Artists' Society