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In Search of Matisse opens the fall season at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter

1 September 2015 09:22

Looting of cultural heritage and artworks is addressed in exhibition Famous artworks by Pablo Picasso, Pierre Bonnard, and Henri Matisse are juxtaposed with new work from such contemporary artists as Michael Rakowitz, Céline Condorelli, Dag Erik Elgin, Marianne Heier, and Matts Leiderstam when Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (HOK) launches its fall exhibition season with In Search of Matisse.

Henri Matisse’s Profil bleu devant la cheminée (Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace) dated 1937, to be returned to art dealer Paul Rosenberg’s heirs.

21 March 2014 09:00

Although it is HOK’s unwavering position that both Niels Onstad, and subsequently HOK, acquired the painting in good faith, HOK has chosen to adhere to international conventions and return the painting to Rosenberg’s heirs, a decision for which the heirs express their deep appreciation.

HOK announces decision in Matisse case

20 March 2014 09:00

On Friday March 21st at 10 AM Henie Onstad Kunstsenter will announce a decision regarding the ownership of the picture Woman in a Blue Dress in front of a Fireplace by Henri Matisse, dated 1937.