Summer Olympic Games from a 42-event competition with fewer than 250 male competitors from 14 nations in 1896, to 306 events with 11,238 competitors (6,179 men, 5,059 women) from 206 nations in 2016. The Summer Olympics has been hosted on five continents by a total of nineteen countries. The United States has hosted the Games four times (in 1904, 1932, 1984 and 1996); this is more times than any other nation. The Games have been held three times in the United Kingdom (in 1908, 1948 and 2012); twice each in Greece (1896, 2004), France (1900, 1924), Germany (1936, 1972) and Australia (1956, 2000);
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