Strike disappoints ‘Scream’ fans
June 5, 2012
Ships were back in Norwegian harbours on Monday but arriving tourists were still being hit with disappointments, while others languished in long lines at Norwegian airports. Ongoing strikes continued to hit innocent third parties as labour conflicts dragged into another week of disruption in public services. Cruiseships were among those that finally could tie up [...]
‘Scream’ seller can avoid tax
May 9, 2012
Norwegian shipping heir Petter Olsen probably won’t have to pay any income or capital gains tax on last week’s sale of the famed Edvard Munch painting he inherited, Skriket (The Scream). That means he likely can keep or re-invest most of the NOK 600 million (around USD 105 million) he stands to collect on the [...]
‘Scream’ price may boost local pride
May 3, 2012
Oslo politicians have often been accused of failing to fully recognize the value of the art that their city inherited from the country’s most famous artist Edvard Munch, or even to properly care for it. They may snap to attention now, after a pastel version of Munch’s Skriket (The Scream) sold during the night for [...]
Munch seller won’t miss his ‘Scream’
May 2, 2012
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s famed painting called Skriket (The Scream) was going on the auction block in New York Wednesday night, and its Norwegian seller says he won’t miss it. Petter Olsen, who inherited a fortune from his shipping family, plans to use the auction proceeds to put even more of his Munch collection on public [...]
Munch heirs fight ‘Scream’ misuse
April 19, 2012
Heirs of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch are screaming yet again over alleged misuse of their famed relative’s most well-known painting Skriket (The Scream). They objected to its use in a Swedish firm’s ads for gift certificates last December. The ads used the familiar motif to peddle gift certificates aimed at taking the anxiety out of [...]
‘Scream’ auction may set record
February 22, 2012
One of Norway’s wealthiest men is set to auction off an original version of Edvard Munch’s famous painting “The Scream” (Skriket) that he inherited. The painting is expected to attract a record price, with the proceeds earmarked for construction of a new cultural complex south of Oslo that will exhibit other Munch paintings. Petter Olsen, [...]
Olsen heir plans new Munch gallery
January 31, 2012
Norwegian philanthropist Petter Olsen, who inherited part of a shipping fortune along with a vast collection of paintings by Edvard Munch, seems keen to share his valuable collection with the public. He plans to open a private Munch gallery on his rural estate south of Oslo. Newspaper Østlandets Blad reported last week that Olsen has [...]
No Munch relief any time soon
December 15, 2011
NEWS ANALYSIS: It’s now likely to take years before Oslo’s vast and priceless collection of Edvard Munch’s art will be placed in the new and larger accommodation it’s long needed. City politicians, who formally trashed on Wednesday an earlier-approved plan to build a new Munch Museum on the city’s waterfront, now need to agree on [...]
Screams erupt over museum fiasco
November 17, 2011
The City of Oslo’s failure to agree on a location for construction of a new Munch Museum has set off screams of protest and frustration from art experts, historians, city patriots and a long list of academics and professionals. The head of the national architects’ association calls the museum fiasco “embarrassing.” Feuding city politicians are [...]
Munch director still hopes for new museum
September 9, 2011
The director of Oslo’s famed but inadequate Munch Museum says he’s not giving up hopes that a new museum will still be built on the city’s eastern waterfront at Bjørvika. Stein Olav Henrichsen said he was troubled by the Progress Party’s withdrawal of support for the new museum but remained firm that “we must get [...]
New Munch Museum loses support
September 6, 2011
Oslo’s conservative city government coalition was split after one of its members, the Progress Party, backed out of an earlier political agreement to support construction of a new Munch Museum at Bjørvika in Oslo. The new museum was initially proposed to house the collections of the existing Munch and Stenersen museums. The decision at an [...]
UiO celebrates with honorary PhDs
September 5, 2011
The University of Oslo (UiO) has awarded 17 honorary doctorate degrees as part of its 200th anniversary celebrations, which are being held all year long but climaxed late last week and over the weekend. “Honorary doctorates expand the university, they strengthen the University of Oslo’s place in the international, academic community,” Dean Ole Petter Ottersen [...]
Revealing Munch’s genius at work
September 1, 2011
As they carefully rolled out a huge, historic canvas at the Munch Museum on Thursday, even the museum’s art experts seemed to be holding their breath. They’re about to display a large assortment of paintings and drawings by Norway’s most famous artist, Edvard Munch, many of which they’d never seen themselves. The major exhibition opening [...]
Munch battle not over
May 19, 2011
It’s enough to make fans of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch scream in frustration. A political battle over where to place a new museum in his honor just doesn’t seem near a solution. Hopes rose last week when a loud public debate between Oslo officials and the country’s highest historic preservation official buried the hatchet. The [...]
New bridge to unite old and new
April 11, 2011
A bold new pedestrian bridge over the vast expanse of railroad tracks at Oslo’s Central Station opened over the weekend, to literally bridge the gap between one of the capital’s oldest and poorest neighborhoods with one of its newest and most affluent. Real unification may take some time. On the one side, north of the [...]
