Olympic Games of sports to encompass other winter activities. At the 1921 Olympic Congress in Lausanne, it was decided to hold a winter version of the Olympic Games. A winter sports week (it was actually 11 days) was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France, in connection with the Paris Games held three months later; this event became the first Winter Olympic Games. Although it was intended that the same country host both the Winter and Summer Games in a given year, this idea was quickly abandoned. The IOC mandated that the Winter Games be celebrated every four years on the same year
Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 1900 was an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, running from 9 October 2013 through to 12 January 2014. The exhibition was curated by Gemma Blackshaw and sponsored by Credit Suisse. The exhibition catalogue was entitled "Facing the Modern: The Portrait in Vienna 190". It is edited by Gemma Blackshaw and has an introduction by Edmund de Waal. Contributors are: Edmund de Waal is the author of "The Hare with Amber Eyes", which tells the story of his family, the wealthy Jewish Ephrussi family, who