Danish Design and Art at Trapholt

Copenhagen has many art museums and galleries, but that’s no excuse for not going to other parts of Denmark for a great art experience. I recommend a visit to Trapholt, a museum of modern art, design and applied arts, near Kolding (see map). The museum opened in 1988 and has a great collection of Danish [...]

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A Perfect Sunday Trip

Here’s a great way to spend a Sunday with friends: Combine a great art experience with a dosis of old-school popular culture at the horse tracks. All within a few kilometers in Charlottenlund, just 10 kilometers from central Copenhagen.
First stop: Ordrupgaard – one of the best art museums in Copenhagen
The art museum Ordrupgaard features a [...]

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Evaristti arrested on Mont Blanc

The Danish artist Marco Evaristti (previously mentioned here) has been arrested (again!) – this time on the Mont Blanc, where he is creating his Mont Rouge Project. French police arrived at the “crime scene” in a helicopter at 11 am this morning and arrested Evaristti, because they believe he was about to dump red paint [...]

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Passion – Dance and Visual Art in Perfect Combination

Copenhagen has a superb modern dance company, Dansk Danseteater, under artistic direction of the British choreographer Tim Rushton. If you are in Copenhagen at the moment, don’t miss the opportunity to see the latest performance entitled Passion. It’s a unique combination of contemporary dance, visual art and sublime music – 5 tableaux about hatred, obsession, [...]

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The grand old provocateur of Danish Art is not so impressed by comtemporary “scandal art”

Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation) has lauched a new theme site about Danish art scandals on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Bjørn Nørgaard, the grand old provocateur of the Danish art scene.
Bjørn Nørgaard is perhaps best known for his 1970 protest against the Vietnam War – an artwork featuring the bloody slaughtering of [...]

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