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Listhaug crucifixion painting resurrected

UPDATED: Controversial street art depicting Norway's former justice minister Sylvi Listhaug hanging from a cross has undergone a reawakening. It had first been tagged,...

Opposition to Melgaard can be personal

Bjarne Melgaard is widely viewed as Norway’s leading contemporary artist, but he’s attracted strong opposition to his major project that would combine his art...

Melgaard mellows on disputed ‘House’

After years of heated conflict, Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard seems more keen to come to terms with potential neighbours of his controversial “House to...

Melgaard trims an unconventional tree

PHOTO FEATURE: Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard offered his own unique way of launching the holiday season in his homeland's capital during the weekend. At...

Artist Odd Nerdrum wins royal pardon

Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum, convicted of tax evasion in several courts and facing a year in prison, has received a royal pardon from King...

Knausgård offers a new look at Munch

One of Norway's most internationally prominent authors, Karl Ove Knausgård, has put together an exhibit of works by the country's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, in a...

The Queen’s art raises a flap

Art critics and artists themselves are questioning why the Art Museums of Bergen (KODE) decided to mount an exhibition of Queen Sonja's art in the soon-to-reopen KODE...

Two artists laid to rest

Norway's cultural world lost two well-known artists during the Easter holidays and they were both laid to rest on Friday. Frans Widerberg was described...

Artist Widerberg dies at 82

Frans Widerberg, one of Norway's most well-known painters and graphic artists, died on Friday in his home in Oslo after what his family called...

Melgaard’s ‘death house’ delayed

Artist Bjarne Melgaard faces more frustration in his efforts to build his controversial "House to Die In" near and even on parts of the former...
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