Exhibitions in
Aalborg's art scene is anchored by the KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, an Alvar Aalto-designed building with its own sculpture park. Exhibitions are also held at Kunsthal Nord, located within the Nordkraft cultural center, and at Aalborg Kunstpavillon. The city's public spaces and parks are further animated by a variety of sculptures.
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Becoming modern – Danish art and design 1900-1960
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
In the exhibition, you can explore familiar classics from Kunsten’s collection while discovering works and artists that have gained greater prominence in the collection in recent years. A key focus is on women artists,…
Inuuteq Storch — Heart Beats Hope
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
The exhibition is a beautifully and poetically told testament to precisely this, at once heartbreaking and compassionate. An honest and affectionate perspective. …… an exhibition where you can feel the spirit of both…
Resistance
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
Lukošaitis’ works are characterized by powerful, hand-drawn narratives that move between the mythical and the deeply human. Through detailed, serial drawings, he depicts conflict, power structures, and vulnerability,…
Ovartaci – I Began as a Bird of Paradise
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
"Spectacular exhibition featuring the Aarhus eccentric" "Ovartaci's universe is unlike anything you have seen before. And yet, it feels strangely familiar." "There is something timeless about Ovartaci’s world, a place…
Vilhelm Lundstrøm
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
Vilhelm Lundstrøm (1893–1950) is one of the most prominent figures in Danish modernism – an artist who began in rebellion and, throughout his career, insisted on renewal and on pursuing his own, often surprising paths.…
Frida Orupabo – Get close enough and you can’t see
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
Frida Orupabo’s works are grounded in found photographs and material sourced from both digital and physical archives, encompassing popular culture as well as references dating back to the colonial era. In Orupabo’s…
Lea Guldditte Hestelund – When you float, you lift us all
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
Lea Guldditte Hestelund (1983) often creates physical fictions, unfolded in installations and interdisciplinary collaborations, where the sculptural body is often accompanied by literature, scent, or music. While her…
Jakob Martin Strid – The Fantastic Bus
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
"Of all Strid's drawings, these are the first that have given me a jolt: He truly is one of the greats." Jakob Martin Strid (b. 1972) stands on the shoulders of international legends such as Bill Waterson, Charles…
Aase & Poul Gernes – Art, Collective, and Love
Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg
The couple's special sense of form and color has cemented the name Poul Gernes in the Danish consciousness. In recent years, however, it has become common knowledge that Aase Seidler Gernes also worked behind this name…