Roy-Are Coucheron Stene

A hand grenade rolls across the floor of a pharmacy in Paris on 15 September 1974. What follows is an inferno of shattered glass,…

When the fountain sculpture Pomona was erected at Skillebekk in Oslo in October 1877, it triggered an immediate and vehement emotional immune response in…

Svitlana Tarabarova (Wikimedia Commons) In 1909, the revolutionary postmaster Adam Egede-Nissen stood in a church in Vardø with a christening bundle in his arms.…

Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889). Oil on canvas, 153 × 90 cm, Gripsholm Castle, Sweden. Portrait of Christina Nilsson (1843–1921) in the role of Ophelia in…

Perhaps the dog is man’s best friend. It is an established truth, repeated so often that it has become an axiom. But for me,…

A peculiar and emotionally charged tug-of-war over our own history is unfolding in the public sphere. On one side stands a modern entertainment industry…

It is time to call a spade a spade: classical ballet and opera are not merely forms of culture. They are extreme sports at…