In 1985 the American visual artist Andy Warhol (1928-1987) – a leading figure in the pop art movement – published the serie “Reigning Queens”, saying: “Everybody knows that I’m a queen, but the prints are of royal ones and stuff.” Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, purchased a limited “Royal Edition” of the series, …
Updated: 30 December 2024 Country Place & Country Exhibition Dates Austria Münzkabinett, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna Prunk & Prägung –Die Kaiser und ihre Hofkünstler 13 February 2024 – 26 October 2025 Belgium MOU Museum Oudenaarde Margaretha. Keizersdochter tussen macht en imago 21 September 2024 – 5 January 2025 Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent Judith 4 October 2024 – …
Updated: 16 December 2024 Country Place & Country Exhibition Dates Australia The Australian Museum, Sydney Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs 18 November 2023 – 19 May 2024 Austria Lower Belvedere, Vienna Das Belvedere. 300 Jahre Ort der Kunst 2 December 2022 – 7 January 2024 Theatermuseum, Vienna Showbiz made in Vienna …
From 14 December 2023 to 25 August 2024 the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest had an exhibition called Magyar Menyasszony or in English: Hungarian Bride. The exhibition even has its own website, in Hungarian only. There also is a catalogue, in Hungarian only also I guess. According to the media on display was the tableware …
On 14 January 2024 Queen Margrethe II of Denmark handed over the throne to her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. Since Denmark has a king again, for the first time since 1972. To mark this historical succession, the Amalienborg Museum at the Christian VIII’s Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, showed a special exhibition from …
A new exhibition opened at the Queen Sonja Art Stable in the former Royal Stables of the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, in presence of Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner. From 16 February 2024 to 19 January 2025 visitors can enjoy the exhibition “Royal Photographers – snapshots …
The Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden has a few interesting exhibitions this year. At the end of October 2024 the exhibition Wu Zetian, the only female emperor of China is to be expected. But first, from 2 March 2024 to 1 September 2024 the museum shows the exhibition Porcelain Fever: the white gold of Augustus …
Updated: 29 August 2023 Country Place & Country Exhibition Dates Austria Lower Belvedere, Vienna Das Belvedere. 300 Jahre Ort der Kunst 2 December 2022 – 7 January 2024 Schloss Halbturn, Halbturn Kaiserliche Kindheit – Ein Leben für die Krone 20 April 2023 – 5 November 2023 Wasserschloss Unterwittelsbach, Aichach-Unterwittelsbach Kaiserin Elisabeth – ein Leben in …
Unexpectedly, on a rainy day in July 2023 in Assen, the capital of the Dutch province of Drenthe, I bumped into a small display about a royal palace, that I didn’t even know existed. The place itself was already a surprise: the shopping centre in the middle of the city centre. Only after reading the …
The exhibition Feest! Van Pesach en Ketikoti tot Carnaval en Divali (Celebrate! From Passover and Ketikoti to Carnival and Diwali) at the Princessehof in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands opened on 29 October 2022 and can be seen until 20 August 2023. The exhibition show how Dutch celebrate through a variety of festive tables, dishes and stories. …
