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"The Nordic Watercolour Museum () is a museum, artist workshop and research facility in Skärhamn on the island of Tjörn in Sweden, opened in 2000. The architects behind the museum, painted in the typical Swedish Falu red colour, are the Danes Niels Bruun and Henrik Corfitsen,"Nordic Watercolour Museum", EU Mies Award, retrieved 28 April 2017. who won the assignment after an international competition. An extension built in 2012 was designed by ."About the Museum", Nordic Watercolour Museum, retrieved 28 April 2017. The museum was Swedish Museum of the Year in 2010,"Nordiska Akvarellmuseet – Årets Museum", Riksförbundet Sveriges museer, 24 March 2010 ."Akvarellmuseum blev årets museum", Svenska Dagbladet, 25 March 2010 . and in 2011 it and the newspaper Göteborgs-Posten won the 2010 Swedish Arts and Business Awards for their marketing collaboration."Göteborgs-Posten och Nordiska Akvarellmuseet tog hem segern i Swedish Arts and Business Awards", Kultur och Näringsliv, 9 May 2011, archived on 21 May 2011 . In 2015 it celebrated its fifteenth anniversary and started a new book series, Vattenkonst Nordiska Akvarellmuseet.Nen Arnell, "Akvarellmuseet firar 15 år", Zenit, 2015 . Guest studios The museum has five guest studios available to artists and the general public. The studios support artistic collaboration for public programs, study courses, publications, lectures and offer artists opportunities for studio visits. Publications *Johnson, Mark Dean. Pacific Light: A Survey of Californian Watercolour 1908-2008 (English and Norwegian). 2008. *Nordal, Bera. Children's Picture Books: The Contemporary Story. 2007. *Zorn, Anders. Watercolours. 2004. ReferencesExternal links *The Nordic Watercolour Museum (Akvarellmuseet) Category:Art museums and galleries in Sweden Category:Museums in Gothenburg Category:Art museums established in 2000 Category:2000 establishments in Sweden "
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"Wei Guan (220–291), courtesy name Boyu, was an official of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He served under the Jin dynasty after the end of the Three Kingdoms period. Early life and career Wei Guan was from Anyi County (), Hedong Commandery (), which is located west of present-day Xia County, Shanxi. His father Wei Ji () was a high-ranking Wei official and marquis, who died in 229. Wei Guan inherited his father's peerage, and when he grew older became an official. Throughout the years, he became known for his capability and was continuously promoted. After Cao Huan became emperor, he became an Official of Justice (), and was known for his strength in logical thinking. When the Wei regent Sima Zhao ordered the generals Zhong Hui and Deng Ai to attack Wei's rival state Shu Han in 263, Wei Guan served as Deng Ai's deputy. After the fall of Shu that year, Zhong Hui planned a rebellion, and the first step of his preparation was to falsely accuse Deng Ai of treason. Sima Zhao, believing Zhong Hui's accusations, ordered Deng Ai arrested, and Zhong Hui in turn ordered Wei Guan to arrest Deng Ai, hoping that Wei Guan would fail and be killed by Deng Ai so that he could further affirm his accusations against Deng Ai. Wei Guan knew this, so he surprised Deng Ai in the middle of the night and arrested him. When Zhong Hui rebelled later, Wei Guan pretended to be seriously ill, so Zhong Hui lowered his guard against Wei Guan. Later, Wei Guan participated in inciting the soldiers to start a mutiny against Zhong Hui and end the rebellion. Fearful that Deng Ai would then retaliate against him, he had Deng Ai tracked down and killed. When Du Yu publicly denounced Wei Guan, instead of becoming angry and retaliate against Du Yu, Wei Guan visited him and apologised. He also declined a larger fief that Sima Zhao was ready to bestow on him for his accomplishments. Career during the Jin dynasty In 265, Sima Zhao died and was succeeded as regent by his son Sima Yan (Emperor Wu), who later that year usurped the throne from Cao Huan, thus ending the Cao Wei state and establishing the Jin dynasty (265–420). Throughout Emperor Wu's reign, Wei Guan continued to be an important official and general, serving in a variety of roles capably. As a result, one of his brothers and one of his sons were granted marquis titles. Wei Guan attempted to implement a revised civil service system, where the civil service examiner () would have less input on grading officials, and actual job performance would become more important, but while Emperor Wu liked Wei Guan's suggestions, he did not carry them out. Wei Guan was one of the few officials who dared to openly speak to Emperor Wu about his choice of heir apparent, his son Sima Zhong, who was developmentally disabled. On one occasion, Emperor Wu, after Wei Guan hinted that Sima Zhong should not be crown prince, sent a number of inquiries to Sima Zhong to have answered. When the inquiries were appropriately answered (because Sima Zhong's wife Jia Nanfeng had someone else answer the inquiries for Sima Zhong), Emperor Wu was happy and publicly showed Wei Guan the answers, embarrassing Wei Guan greatly and making it clear to other officials that Wei Guan had said something. After Emperor Wu's death in 290, Yang Jun, the father of Empress Dowager Yang, assumed the regency for Sima Zhong, who ascended the throne as Emperor Hui. However, in 291, Yang Jun was overthrown and killed in a coup started by Empress Jia. Wei Guan was then made regent, along with Emperor Hui's granduncle Sima Liang. Wei Guan and Sima Liang tried to get the government on track, but Empress Jia continued to interfere with governmental matters. They also became concerned about the violent temper of Emperor Hui's brother Sima Wei (who was heavily involved in the coup against Yang Jun) and therefore tried to strip him of his military command, but Sima Wei persuaded Empress Jia to let him keep his military command. Sima Wei's assistants Qi Sheng () and Gongsun Hong () thereafter falsely told Empress Jia that Sima Liang and Wei Guan planned to depose the emperor. Empress Jia, who had already resented Wei Guan for having, during Emperor Wu's reign, suggested that he change his choice of heir apparent, also wanted more direct control over the government, and therefore resolved to undergo a second coup. In summer 291, Empress Jia instructed Emperor Hui to write an imperial edict to Sima Wei, ordering him to have Sima Liang and Wei Guan removed from their offices. His forces thereby surrounded Sima Liang and Wei Guan's mansions, and while both men's subordinates recommended resistance, each declined and was captured. Against what the edict said, both were killed – Sima Liang with his heir Sima Ju () and Wei Guan with nine of his sons and grandsons. After Empress Jia, concerned about Sima Wei's power, then falsely declared that the edict was forged by Sima Wei and had him executed, Wei Guan was posthumously rehabilitated and restored to the status of a duke. See also * Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms References * Fang, Xuanling (ed.) (648). Book of Jin (Jin Shu). Category:220 births Category:291 deaths Category:Cao Wei politicians Category:Jin Dynasty (265–420) people related to the Three Kingdoms Category:Jin dynasty (265–420) generals Category:Jin dynasty (265–420) regents Category:Politicians from Handan Category:Political office- holders in Shaanxi Category:Political office-holders in Jiangsu Category:Political office-holders in Shandong Category:Political office- holders in Beijing Category:Executed Jin dynasty (265–420) people Category:People executed by the Jin dynasty (265–420) by decapitation Category:Executed people from Hebei Category:3rd-century executions "