Herland Report: Cemal Yucel, the founder of Ex-Muslims of Norway, speaks about his choice to leave Islam, the Leftist love for Iconoclasm and the New Left Picture Ban in the West. Cave of Apelles host, Jan-Ove Tuv points out that Cancel Culture is nothing new. Looking at history, has not cancel culture and toppling of statues always been precursors …
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The Cave of Apelles programs are produced by Bork Spildo, this program discusses Ayn Rand and the value of taking personal responsibility for your own life. Vegard Martinsen is the guest in this month’s Cave of Apelles. Martinsen is an author and lecturer belonging to the Objectivist field of thought. He has written several books and articles on Ayn …
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Herland Report: Helene Knoop, the Norwegian painter and former student of Odd Nerdrum, visits Jan-Ove Tuv in this month’s episode of The Cave of Apelles, produced by Bork Spildo Nerdrum. After studying with Odd Nerdrum in the early 2000s, Helene Knoop devoted her time to the frescoes of Pompeii and Antique sculptures. Spending a year in Italy, she copied masterworks …
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Herland Report: Hanne Nabintu Herland’s foreword in Odd Nerdrum Crime and Refuge, describes a philosophical painter’s world, death and eternity. Nerdrum’s book displays the Kitsch painter’s work over the years. He is the most widely acclaimed Norwegian painter since the iconic Edvard Munch, with world famous Nerdrum collectors such as Paul McCartney and David Bowie. Art is the language …
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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: The Icelandic painter Stefan Boulter joins Jan-Ove Tuv in the 23rd episode of The Cave of Apelles, produced by Bork Spildo. The guest of the month encourages classical painters to be outspoken, and to stop fearing cancel culture, as classical culture has been cancelled already. The Herland Report features monthly TV programs from the Cave of Apelles, …
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Herland Report: The concealed Biblical references in Henrik Ibsen’s late plays is the topic of this month’s Cave of Apelles, produced by Bork Spildo. The theater expert, Adara Ryum, makes her appearance to talk about the dramatist Henrik Ibsen and performance practice. Ryum points out how «updating» Ibsen always implies turning him into political propaganda, and that «modernizing» classical …
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Herland Report: Cave of Apelles: Is there an inevitable cycle that civilization is doomed to repeat — merely reenacting the fall of Rome — or can we break free from it? The biggest hindrance to a rich culture is the rejection of empiricism. Today, you are supposed to just accept the narrative — a certain signifier of the mystic …
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