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…
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…
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…
