Tag: Reviews
«Jan Groth – Course and volume» at Stavanger Art Museum – Reviews and recommendations
It is truly an aesthetic pleasure to step into the bright museum on the west side of the idyllic Mosvatnet in Stavanger. Here, in Jan Groth’s hometown, the artist’s powerful…
Rosendal Chamber Music Festival 2022 – Reviews and recommendations
Rosendal Chamber Music Festival has since 2016 been the place where our international star pianist Leif Ove Andsnes can realize some of his wildest dreams in the field of chamber…
“Gina Krog – feminist and peak climber” by Magnhild Folkvord – Reviews and recommendations
When Gina Krog died in 1916, she was the first woman in Norway to be buried at the expense of the state. The next was Sigrid Undset in 1949. That…
“The Treasure and the Thief” by Erik Eikehaug – Reviews and recommendations
We all fear this: To one day suddenly realize that it is all completely wrong. The life we have built around us, the body we have lived out, the mind…
«Synnøve Anker Aurdal» at the Astrup Fearnley Museum – Reviews and recommendations
It would be wrong to claim that the weaving artist Synnøve Anker Aurdal is a forgotten artist. She has been shown and purchased by large institutions and actually represented Norway…
“Just a job” by Ole Thorstensen – Reviews and recommendations
It must have been at least twenty years since I chuckled at the following headline in the German weekly newspaper Die Zeit: “A Polish plumber walks through Europe.” This was…
“Pieces” at the Munch Museum – Reviews and recommendations
Every time an art history exhibition is put together, a constructed narrative that is in perpetual transformation is consolidated or adjusted. What is chosen and highlighted, and in what order…
“The Anomaly” by Hervé Le Tellier – Reviews and Recommendations
Some novels should only be read without knowing too much about them in advance. The “anomaly” is one such. It can offer a couple of juicy surprises, which can probably…
“Three Lights” by Claire Keegan – Reviews and Recommendations
Imagine a girl running as fast as her thin legs can carry her. Over the fields, down the road, while the hair flutters. Vips, she snatches the letters from the…
“Bone remains” by Johan Theorin – Reviews and recommendations
Öland is quiet and slow when it is not season, tourist season. The narrow island lies like a long strip of land, parallel to the coast of Småland. The traffic…