No other Norwegian women have ever been so famous as the ice
skater and actress, Sonja Henie. On the 8th of April 2012 it’s exactly
100 years since the athlete was born. Henie won more Olympic and World
titles than any other ladies figure skater and at the height of her
acting career she was one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. In her
lifetime she was also a patroness of modern art accumulating a large
collection with her husband that later formed the basis for the Henie-Onstad Art Centre at Høvikodden in Bærum near Oslo, Norway.
The anniversary exhibition presenting Sonja Henie as art collector is
the first in a series of three experimental shows to profile the Henie
Onstad collection in 2012. In collaboration with contemporary artists,
Henie Onstad Art Centre will display more of its collection in the
setting of specially constructed installations. This exhibition in
honour of Sonja Henie is supplemented with an entirely new work by the
contemporary Norwegian artist Birgitte Sigmundstad. |
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