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, …
In April 2014 I spent some days in and around London. One evening, a friend and I were walking through the city, when I suddenly saw a street called Bruton Street. The name sounded familiar to me, so I said, wasn’t the Queen born there? I didn’t remember the number, but wondered if there was …
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 …
You might already have heard it. On Tuesday, 2 April 2024, Balmoral Castle in Scotland, United Kingdom, announced that the grounds, gardens and exhibitions will be open on a daily basis from 4 May to 22 August 2024. But there was a special announcement this year. For the first time since the castle was completed …
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 …
With the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom only weeks away, more and more coronation exhibitions come to light. As many people from all over the country take an interest in the event, and also visitors come from abroad, here is an overview of the exhibitions and displays. Coronations & CelebrationsThe Fan …
The royal castle of Balmoral, situated in Ballater, Scotland (United Kingdom) announced that the grounds, gardens and exhibitions reopened to the public on 1 April 2023. Balmoral will be open until Wednesday 16 August 2023. Also its first exhibition “Monarchs at Balmoral” will go on display in 2023, showing photographs of the British royal family …
From 8 March 2023 to 25 June 2023 the Wallace Collection in London has a special one-room display called “The Queen and her Corgis”, showing photographs of the late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and her beloved Pembroke Welsh corgis. She owned over thirty of these dogs throughout her life. Each decade of …
My friend Sue Woolmans, a royal author from the United Kingdom, is an avid traveller and palace visitor, with friends or with her husband. She has joint me at visits to Windsor Castle, Penshurst Place and Hever Castle, as well as on a tour through the Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark last summer. Together with …
