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«Systema Naturae», developed for Kunsthall Stavanger by independent curator Mirja Majevski, brings together the work of six contemporary artists: Ann Böttcher, Sanna Kannisto, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Kustaa Saksi, Salla Tykkä, and Michael John Whelan. Rooted in botany, the international group exhibition sets out to contemplate humankind’s relationship to nature.

The exhibition borrows its name from a book first published in 1735 by Swedish naturalist Carl Linné (Linneus). The publication, together with other volumes by Linné, came to play a pivotal role in the establishment of universally …