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 …
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 …
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 …
I think back fondly on my holiday in July 2022, of which I was reminded on my Facebook over and over again last week. Especially after two years pandemic, it was extra wonderful to finally be able to just go on a week-long trip for the first time in almost three years. Between Saturday 9 …
July 2022 I visited a wonderful exhibition about the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog at the Maritime Museum of Denmark in Elsinore (Helsingør), Denmark. On 2 February 2023 Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark opened a revised and expanded presentation of the exhibition at the Koldinghus in Kolding, Denmark: Kongeskibet Dannebrog (The Royal Yacht Dannebrog). The exhibition …
Since early 17th century it has been a tradition to daily hoist the Danish flag, called Dannebrog, at sunrise at Kronborg Castle in Elsinore (Helsingør), Denmark, and lower the flag at sunset. At the start of the new year 2023 the palaces and culture agency of Denmark, Slots- og Kulturstyrelsen, scrapped this practice. They said …
