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Sculptures from all over the world in big Danish art event

5/8/2013 3:40 AM EST
Press conference with guided tour: May 31, 12 PM (Aarhus, Denmark)
Official exhibition opening: June 1, 11 AM
Invitation attached (pdf)
Read more at www.sculpturebythesea.dk
Denmark’s largest art event returns to the shores of Aarhus in Denmark for the third time. From June 1-30 more than half a million guests enjoy more than 60 sculptures from all over the world at the biennial Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus...
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Chick Corea, Cassandra Wilson, Bill Frisell and others to grace the 35th edition...

5/7/2013 5:26 AM EST
Copenhagen Jazz Festival has revealed this year's festival poster and named the first batch of the headliners that will be performing this July. Already the outlines of the 35th edition of Copenhagen’s huge annual music celebration of all sorts of jazz, world, funk, avant-garde and a lot more are beginning to form.

Copenhagen’s unique jazz history is a key factor in the exceptionally high artistic level of the...
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The Original Papers of Søren Kierkegaard in a Unique Exhibition

5/2/2013 5:30 AM EST
The Original Kierkegaard
The Royal Library, The Black Diamond, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Exhibition period: April 23 - September 28, 2013
From his birth certificate to the final words written by the great Danish philosopher. The Royal Library in Copenhagen celebrates the 200th anniversary of Søren Kierkegaard with an exhibition that brings the audience close to the moment of creation; to the point where Søren...
American author Siri Hustvedt is invited to The Royal Library in Copenhagen to talk about her relationship with Soren Kierkegaard
 

The World Celebrates Søren Kierkegaard in 2013

5/2/2013 3:48 AM EST
On May 5th 2013 the world-famous philosopher, theologian and author Søren Kierkegaard would have turned 200 years old.  The Anniversary is celebrated worldwide with a broad cultural programme featuring  more than 300 different exhibitions, TV programs, city walks, concerts etc.  scheduled from May 5 – November 11. 

On the occasion of the anniversary of Kierkegaard’s birth, people in five continents are preparing...
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Ban Ki-moon Reopens Danish Masterpiece at United Nations Headquarters

4/25/2013 4:27 PM EST
Press photos attached below text
Press photos of the restored chamber at www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/english
 (http://www.kulturstyrelsen.dk/english/international-focus/projects/a-danish-masterpiece-in-new-york/press-photos/#.UXmPG5Wti0I)Get press photos from the ceremony via DropboxUN photo http://www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
Today, the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York was...

New Season about Love and Madness at the Danish National Opera

4/24/2013 3:22 AM EST
Program for season 2013-2014 is now available.  
Information about performers, dates, ticket prices etc. at www.jyskeopera.dk
“It is a real honor for me to lead a Danish company as respected as the Danish National Opera into the next years of its development. It is a privilege to be able to build on the legacy of the Danish National Opera and Maestro Bellincampi,” says the new director of the Danish National...

Ban Ki-moon Reopens Danish Masterpiece in United Nations Headquarters

4/18/2013 9:00 AM EST
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Press photos will be available on April 25th (details below)
Thursday, April 25th marks the reopening of the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters.

For the past three years, the Trusteeship Council Chamber at the UN, originally designed by renowned Danish architect Finn Juhl in 1952, has been closed for a...
Mom and dad are making out, 1999, ©Annika von Hausswolff, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
 

Controversial Swedish artist opens her most extensive exhibition to date at ARoS...

4/3/2013 4:56 AM EST
ANNIKA VON HAUSSWOLFF – IT ALL ENDS WITH A NEW BEGINNING
Exhibition period: 26 April – 11 August 2013
ARoS, West Gallery (Denmark)
Press images available - below text
Annika Von Hausswolff’s photographs are razor-sharp, sensual, and extremely disquieting. They reflect a psychological reality dominated by alienation, fear, and dreams. We recognise the things we see – from ourselves, from our homes, and from...

Danish Crafts announces MINDCRAFT13 for Fuori Salone in Milan

3/26/2013 5:09 AM EST
MINDCRAFT13 - in the making
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The process of making is the theme of Danish Crafts’ new MINDCRAFT exhibition presented at Fuori Salone in Milan on 9-14 April 2013. MINDCRAFT13 is Danish Crafts’ sixth exhibition event in Milan.

With this year’s MINDCRAFT exhibition, the curator team, Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard, wants to show the key moments in the design process that lead to a finished...
The Blue Planet, Denmark. Architects: 3XN
 

Inauguration of North Europe’s Most Modern Aquarium

3/20/2013 8:00 AM EST
The Blue Planet will be officially inaugurated on March 21
Press images and fact sheet attached
Tomorrow, when The Blue Planet is inaugurated, Denmark will have North Europe’s largest and most modern aquarium. Furthermore, Denmark has got an aquarium with a unique architecture, which is not to be seen anywhere else the world.

“It has been fascinating to be part of this process. For more than 600 million DKK we...

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