"The Art Centre was founded in 1968 as a result of a unique donation by Sonja Henie and Niels Onstad. Part of their donation was their art collection, expanding over a period of fifty years from 1912 throuqh to the 1960s. For the first time this Core Collection of the Henie Onstad Art Centre is the focus of a publication, presented here together with a small selection of other artworks that have been chosen over the years." "From the very start the Henie Onstad Art Centre has played an important role as a national and international arena for the development of new forms of expression within the fields of music and performance, as well as the visual arts. However, the collection has always played a major role, and this book gives an exciting insight into this crucial aspect of the Art Centre." --Book Jacket.