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The Danish language is not merely evolving – it is also losing its vocabulary. There was a time when language revealed who you were.…
When the fountain sculpture Pomona was erected at Skillebekk in Oslo in October 1877, it triggered an immediate and vehement emotional immune response in…
The Nerdrum Museum, with its tradition-based aesthetic and artistic standards, represents a radical break with dogmatic and hegemonic modernism, establishing Odd Nerdrum as an…
Matias Faldbakken’s memorial monument to the Utøya tragedy is an oversized steelwork construction devoid of any reference to the dead and the bereaved. The…
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…
Lars von Trier’s Europa trilogy depicts a continent in total decay, yet it is some of the most beautiful cinema ever filmed. The beauty…
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,…
Lars von Trier’s masterful Europe trilogy was at the time (1984–1991) perceived as a sombre but detached artistic play with a continent in ruins…
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…
Director Uwe Boll’s latest feature film, «Citizen Vigilante», has now been made available to watch free of charge on X for a limited period.…
The major exhibition of Asta Nørregaard’s works at the National Museum is packed with remarkable art. The paintings simply radiate a visual beauty and…