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Museum returns stolen painting

One of Norway's leading art museums has brought to a close one of the most uncomfortable and disturbing chapters in its history. The Henie...

Munch Museum’s costs jump again

The City of Oslo has asked for another NOK 200 million in funding from the state to cover the costs of the new Munch...

Culture minister failed to silence critics

Thorhild Widvey, Norway's new Minister of Culture from the Conservative Party, failed to satisfy members of the political opposition in Parliament this week, when...

Investor plans ‘anti-socialist’ museum

Øystein Stray Spetalen has grabbed headlines for years in Norway in connection with major investments, high-profile business deals and highly public quarrels with neighbours,...

Sparks fly around artist Melgaard

NEWS ANALYSIS: Celebrated but controversial, Bjarne Melgaard is today considered by many to be Norway’s most important living visual artist, and lately he's been...

Billionaire sets up new foundation

Hans Rasmus Astrup, the billionaire art collector and businessman who inherited vast wealth and built upon it, is now turning most all of it over...

Munch jubilee ends on a high note

Thursday December 12 would have been Edvard Munch's 150th birthday, and it was being celebrated near the farm where the famed Norwegian artist was...

Hobby collector finds sensational buckle

Johannes Folkestad was out walking with his metal detector on a hilltop at Fjaler in the western Norwegian county of Sogn of Fjordane last...

New light shines on historic fortress

At the darkest time of the year in Norway, the country's defense establishment has finally been able to shine some new light on the...

Munch exhibit set new records

Around half-a-million people had streamed through the "Munch 150" joint exhibit at the Munch Museum and National Gallery by the time it closed Sunday...
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