News : Danish art

Gesamt - an open invitation to the people of the globe
What happens when a master challenges the people? Danish cinema's most famous film director is asking people around the globe to reinterpret six great works of art through the lens of their camera or recording of sound. It is the master himself, Lars von Trier, who has set the rules of this groundbreaking, user-generated film project Gesamt. But it's you,...

Unveiled 2 June 2012
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She has been beheaded twice, lost an arm, and been daubed with paint at least seven times. The iconic statue of the Little Mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale is now getting a male counterpart: “Han” – a polished stainless steel sculpture featuring a young boy on a stone. The sculpture has been created by Elmgreen & Dragset,...

Exhibition period: 24 February – 6 May
Press preview: 23 February, 2-3pm
Vernissage: 23 February, 7-10pm
The Spring Exhibition is an open submission exhibition that has long been one of the highlights of the annual programme at Charlottenborg (Denmark). In 2012 the show features 70 participants from around the world, including many from Denmark and Northern Europe, as well as others from countries such as South...

PRESS RELEASE, FEBRUARY 8 - 2012
This week, BOZAR, the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, will open a major exhibition of the internationally-acclaimed Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. This retrospective presents a variety of aspects of the Danish artist's considerable oeuvre. The exhibition also takes a look at the little-known realistic landscape paintings of the German avant-garde artist Kurt Schwitters. Denmark’s...

On 28th January 2012 ARKEN opens the doors to the exhibition THE ESSENCE OF COLOUR – The Art of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. This is the biggest exhibition hitherto of the Queen’s art, where the public can follow her artistic development over the past 35 years. Over 130 acrylic paintings, water-colours and découpages are presented – including a series of brand new works that have never before been shown to the...

Hammershøi is one of the most important and distinctive figures in the history of Danish art. Until now his European sources of inspirations have remained undiscovered, but not anymore – this spring, a major exhibition at The National Gallery of Denmark will shed new light on Hammershøi’s artistic endeavours. ”Hammershøi and Europe” marks the first time that a major selection of Vilhelm Hammershøi’s works are shown...