Category: Art

Learn from masterpieces and create your own at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

I am sitting on a stool in the children’s wing at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, about 30 km north of Copenhagen. I look at the 12-14 other participants, all women, most of them in their forties (like me) or older. It worries me a little. I signed up for creative workshops, hoping to… Continue reading Learn from masterpieces and create your own at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Cold days in Jurmala and Riga, Latvia

Jurmala, which to my ears sounds Finnish, is a coastal area approximately 30 km from Riga in Latvia. Here, I visit the Danish ambassador and his family for three days in January. I arrive Friday evening, and my nose is pressed flat against the car window while we drive through the streets: I see one… Continue reading Cold days in Jurmala and Riga, Latvia

Dutch destiny report from World War II – added music and an impressive stage set

The hangar theater was filled to the brim, and a speaker voice had just welcomed us to the musical ‘Soldaat Van Oranje’, stressing that for safety reasons we should all remain seated, because we were in a theater designed as a rotating auditorium. Then, a lady started to walk down the aisle, and only after… Continue reading Dutch destiny report from World War II – added music and an impressive stage set