Herland Report: The Norwegian government’ reported squandering of public funds has become somewhat of a a Facebook phenomenon thanks to the Norwegian commentator who calls himself Sløseriombudsmannen – which means “The Squander Ombudsman”. Wearing a Venetian mask, the man behind the social media account visits Cave of Apelles to discuss how artists are reportedly wasting taxpayers’ money through the …
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Herland Report: Aftur Nerdrum’s production of her father’s play The Last Days of Immanuel Kant is the topic of this month’s Cave of Apelles, produced by Bork S. Nerdrum. Ever since she was a child listening to the audiobook recording of her father’s play, Aftur Nerdrum has wanted to see it staged, writes Carl Korsnes. Now, she joins Jan-Ove …
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Herland Report: This December, Bork Nerdrum is publishing a comprehensive list of the 59 best living painters in the world in the Norwegian culture magazine Sivilisasjonen. He joins Jan-Ove Tuv in the 24th episode of The Cave of Apelles, the program of which he also is the producer, to discuss the importance of bringing back objective criteria to culture. …
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Herland Report: Cave of Apelles is produced by Bork Spildo: What happens when galleries close down one after another and aniconism’s absence or banning of religious icons becomes the new status quo in Western countries? Kitsch painter and musician Boris Koller joins the Cave of Apelles for a second conversation with Jan-Ove Tuv. Tuv has been a student of …
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Herland Report: Nic Thurman on Memorosa Group: In this month’s episode of The Cave of Apelles, produced by Bork Spildo has invited kitsch painter and member of the Memorosa Group, Nic Thurman, to the show. Thurman is the fourth member of the Memorosa Group to guest the show — in addition to Öde Nerdrum, Sebastian Salvo, and William Heimdal …
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Herland Report: Cave of Apelles invites Art sociologist Dag Solhjell to discuss topics such as the State’s role in establishing Fine Art, as well as the relation between the invention of Art and the appearance of kitsch. Produced by Bork Spildo. Host Jan-Ove Tuv points out how culture politics may politicize culture, and asks Solhjell to explain what happened …
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Herland Report TV (HTV): “Kunst er menneskehetens pulsåre, det som holder oss sammen og opplyser oss om historien vår. I dag knuses kunsten totalt av den politiske kontrollen over kulturpolitikk,” sier Jan-Ove Tuv, klassisk maler i samarbeider med The Nerdrum School of Painting. Han er også programleder for Cave of Apelles, programserien som ser på forholdet mellom den figurative …
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Classical Painting in China: This month, Cheng Wu, who is a Chinese classical painter. Technically, he is strongly influenced by the smooth painting style of Eugène Carrière. Philosophically, he follows the Taoist mindset. Produced by Bork Spildo. Watch it here! Wu shares his experiences from being a classical figurative painter in China today. He also addresses unearthing similarities and …
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The Herland Report features painter Marcus Andersson in the monthly TV programs from the Cave of Apelles, produced by Bork Spildo. We examine the current situation for figurative painting and Kitsch with a comprehensive outlook on The Odd Nerdrum Classical School of Painting. Politically motivated character assassinations has probably been the most popular method among the New Left in order …
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Herland Report: Odd Nerdrum hyllest til en levende legende: Kunst er gudenes språk. Malt med flytende ord fra en annen dimensjon, bryter kunsten begrensningene i språket, opponerer mot stillstand og likegyldighet, maner til samfunnsendringer og utfordrer mennesket til å betrakte livsreisen med et våkent og mer levende blikk. Den mest kontroversielle maleren i skandinavisk historie, Odd Nerdrum har arbeidet …
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