Culture

Opera and ballet: The extreme sports nobody calls sport

It is time to call a spade a spade: classical ballet and opera are not merely forms of culture. They are extreme sports at the very highest level. Reaching the pinnacle in these disciplines demands extraordinary discipline and a level of long-term commitment that makes most Olympic sports pale by comparison.

Watch «Citizen Vigilante» free on X

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. It is the film that the German authorities have, in practice, banned from being shown in cinemas.

Painterly beauty at the National Museum

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 painterly professionalism rarely seen among contemporary artists. The exhibition may also be something of an art-historical act of atonement, given that the National Gallery never acquired a single work by Nørregaard.