Kunstsilo gallery opens within "basilica-like" grain silo in Norway

The Kunstsilo art gallery has opened within the shell of a 1930s grain silo in the south of Norway, converted by Barcelona studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida.

Located on the Odderœya peninsula in Kristiansand, Kunstsilo is home to the world's largest private collection of modern art from the Nordic region, with more than 5,500 artworks.

The goal for Kunstsilo was to preserve and celebrate the architecture of the former grain store...