Thanks to a donation from the Ny Carlsberg Foundation and the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, the Nivaagaards Malerisamling (Nivaagaard Painting Collection) in Copenhagen has enriched its holdings with a work by Artemisia Gentileschi with t...
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!["Pornographic" and "fake": mermaid sculpture in Denmark accused of offending women]( "\"Pornographic\" and \"fake\": mermaid sculpture in Denmark accused of offending women")
It is causing much discussion these days in Denmark about Peter Bech's The Great Mermaid(Den Store Havfrue). It is a granite sculpture that theDanish Palaces and Cultural Heritage Agency recently asked to remove from Dragør Fort (Denmark), con...
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A small metal object accidentally discovered with a metal detector on the Danish island of Tåsinge could have revolutionary implications for the history of northern Europe. It is a stamp, a decorative mold used to imprint motifs on metal sheets...
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From Feb. 22 to June 29, 2025, Palazzo Roverella in Rovigo will host an unprecedented exhibition in Italy dedicated to Vilhelm Hammershøi (Copenhagen, 1864-1916), the leading exponent of 19th-century Danish painting and one of the most highly ...
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A recurring cipher of Danish painter VilhelmHammershøi (Copenhagen, 1864 - 1916) is the depiction of a woman alone, often from the back or in profile, immersed in the silence of gray-toned interiors. It is no coincidence that the artist ha...
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