Tag: art
Drama rolls over collector’s art
Wealthy investor and businessman Stein Erik Hagen wants to share his vast private art collection with the public, and the state wants access to...
Historic landscapes impress the critics
This year's summer exhibit at the art center founded by legendary Norwegian ice skater Sonja Henie has won rave reviews and drawn an enthusiastic...
Men jailed for ties to Munch art theft
Two men arrested earlier this week in connection with the theft of a lithograph by famed Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were ordered held in custody...
Art thief left his wallet behind
Pål Enger is known as Norway's most famous art thief, convicted of stealing the National Gallery's version of Edvard Munch's Scream just before the...
Coast celebrated, in politics and art
Norway is known for its mountains and fjords, but its long coastline has had perhaps the biggest impact on its people, culture, livelihoods, transport...
Melgaard faces more opposition in Oslo
It's "artists vs. artists" in the latest protests to Bjarne Melgaard's controversial project A house to die in, in Oslo. Local photographer-artist Per Maning is...
‘House of Commons’ to be rehabilitated
An old, run-down wooden house built the same year as Norway's Parliament, in 1866, has been standing for months in front of the national assembly...
Norway’s very own ‘House of Commons’
PHOTO FEATURE: A shabby old wooden house has risen outside Norway's Parliament building in downtown Oslo. It's an unusual art project that since late...
Artist finds King Olav V’s ski pole
A statue of King Olav V at Oslo's Holmenkollen ski arena will get back on track after its missing ski pole was found. Staff noticed...
Mystery over King’s stolen ski pole
Oslo police and staff at the Holmenkollen ski museum were left scratching their heads in May, after employees discovered a ski pole was missing...
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