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era, presenting many Americans to Norwegians, and a
window looking into, and bridging our domestic artists
with the international arts scene."
Royalty in Oslo's ambitious drive to become a world
art capital (a thrust aided by government funding, shipping
families and oil firms), Richard Prince is again showcased
at The Thief, greeting guests in the reception area with
his giant rephotograph, The Horse Thief. A wry swipe at
1950's Marlboro Man advertising, the huge, flamboyant
work not only catapults guests into a bedazzling "gallery"
of 105 pieces of contemporary art—many of them by
such luminaries as Tony Cragg, videographer Julian
Opie, and Niki De Saint Phalle, whose sinuous steel and
polyester sculpture Le Grand Rossignol floats playfully
Edvard Munch's Evening on Karl Johan
