‘The Scream’ to show in New York City
Edvard Munch’s famed piece ‘The Scream’ is set for an exhibition in New York after being sold to an anonymous bidder earlier in the year. The Norwegia...
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Finnish minister: government to cut funding for National Opera
Finland’s culture and sport minister has said that funding is to be cut for the country’s National Opera and National Theatre.
Danish mouth and foot painter Ruth Christensen’s struggle to succeed
Ruth Christensen, prominent member of the Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstnere (MFK), the Danish arm of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AM...
Finnish museum discovers new Schjerfbeck painting
Finland’s top art museum has discovered a previously-unknown painting by the country’s renowned realist Helene Schjerfbeck.
Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstnere artists salute fellow member’s statue at London Paralympics
Randi Viereck, Danish manager of Mund-og Fodmalende Kunstneres (MFK), part of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA), salutes one ...
Reykjavik mayor protests for Pussy Riot
The mayor of the Icelandic capital was seen at the weekend in an outlandish protest against Russia’s jailing of rockers Pussy Riot.
Annual US Icelandic festival draws thousands
Thousands of people gathered on August 2nd in North Dakota for the annual ‘Deuce of August’ Icelandic heritage festival.
New Níels Hafstein exhibition opens at The Living Art Museum in Reykjavík
A new art exhibition dedicated to the works of Níels Hafstein, Delicate Luggage II, has recently opened at The Living Art Museum in Reykjavík, Iceland...