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Amid the windswept ruins of Norway’s first monastery, Selja stirs once more with prayer and the quiet rebirth of a ...
The Scandinavian Folk Festival, in its 22st year, will pay special tribute to the artists and artisans of Scandinavian origin ...
Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert album review by Jack Kenny, published on June 1, 2025. Find thousands jazz reviews at All About Jazz!
A forgotten oil-on-canvas masterpiece by Indian painter MF Husain, rediscovered decades later, has rewritten the record books for Indian art. Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), a sprawling 14-foot ...
For nearly five decades, the record-breaking painting unassumingly adorned the walls of a Norwegian hospital, overlooked and undervalued. Now, it stands as a defining work of modern South Asian art.
First came hygge, a Danish concept that, according to the country’s tourist board, denotes ‘creating a warm atmosphere and ...
First came the Danish concept of hygge, and now, it's all about the Norwegian art of Dugnadsånd. But what does it mean for mental health?
DECORAH, Iowa (WLAX/WEUX) – Each year, Vesterheim Folk Art School offers a wide variety of classes and programs for all ages, both in person and online, including forging, Norwegian language, family ...
India Mahdavi has put her characteristic maximalist spin on PoMo, a contemporary art museum in Trondheim, Norway, with a salmon-pink gift shop and a mandarin-hued staircase.
Tokheim learned about Norwegian knife-making in Norway and from the Vesterheim, the National Norwegian-American Museum & Folk Art School in Decorah, Iowa.
The Munch Museum is arguably the crown jewel of Oslo’s art offerings. Photo: Nick Hilden “Art is as much about searching as it is about creating,” wrote Norwegian novelist Karl Ove ...
Art Five Roadside Folk Art Wonders in Rural Wisconsin Countless displays of intense and idiosyncratic brilliance are nestled in the grassy hills of the Midwest state.