Exhibitions in
Copenhagen offers a wide array of museums, from Denmark's National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst), with art from the 12th century to the present, to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, known for classical antiquities and Impressionist paintings. The city’s contemporary scene is represented by venues like Kunsthal Charlottenborg and Den Frie Udstilling. Further afield, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and the Arken Museum of Modern Art display works by artists from Picasso to Dubuffet.
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Alia Farid A Sounding of the Earth
Copenhagen Contemporary
The exhibition A Sounding of the Earth presents Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid, whose work explores the many intertwined past and present histories of the Arab Gulf. Linking ancient artefacts with today’s oil…
A.A.Murakami Beyond the Horizon
Copenhagen Contemporary
In Beyond the Horizon, 2024, the British-Japanese artist duo A.A.Murakami (Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves) creates a sensory landscape where technology gives form to the ephemeral. In a darkened space, bubble-like…
Yunchul Kim Mercurial
Copenhagen Contemporary
In Mercurial, 2024, Korean artist Yunchul Kim presents a large-scale kinetic installation in which two suspended sculptures pulse and move in an ever-changing pattern. Composed of hundreds of silver filaments, the…
Japan Modern Poster
Designmuseum Danmark
The major spring exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark features an abundance of Japanese graphic design. Here, the public can experience a series of iconic posters from Japan, which, in addition to being visually…
Japanese Woodcuts: Hokusai
Designmuseum Danmark
Experience Designmuseum Danmark’s collection of Japanese woodcuts in a smaller exhibition. Designmuseum Danmark’s collections include 40 woodcuts by the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, who lived from 1760 to 1849…
Afgang 2026
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Meet the next generation of artists – 27 graduates from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ Schools of Visual Art showcase their works across a range of media in this year’s MFA Degree Show. After many years of…
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Polish artist and activist Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (b. 1978) brings Roma culture to life in vibrant textile collages that highlight community, heritage and women’s lives. Her first solo exhibition in Denmark features works…
Anna Thommesen – Weavings
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Experience the extraordinary woven tapestries of Anna Thommesen.
Carl Nielsen & Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Grant 2026
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
The Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Grant is Denmark’s largest honorary art award and is presented every other year in recognition of artists whose work has made a significant contribution to contemporary…
Shapeshifters – Magic in Art & Fashion
Copenhagen Contemporary
Shapeshifters – Magic in Fashion presents 12 Nordic fashion designers and artists working at the intersections of fashion, art, and performance. Through new and existing works, they explore the ritual and transformative…
OSLO – Senga Nengudi: Sand and Water
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
For more than five decades, Senga Nengudi has developed a distinctive practice that moves across sculpture, performance, dance, and language, connecting humble everyday materials with philosophical and spiritual ideas.…
NIKOLINE LIV ANDERSEN: THE ETERNAL SMILE
Designmuseum Danmark
Step into a spherical landscape with works created by textile and clothing artist Nikoline Liv Andersen in an exhibition that tells the story of life. The works engage in a dialogue with selected objects from…
Counterpoint
Designmuseum Danmark
LABORATORIUM invites the public deep into the creative engine room of a designer or artisan. In the series' fourth exhibition, visitors get a unique opportunity to get up close to the design processes behind selected…
Nervetråde
Den Frie Udstillingsbygning
The group exhibition Nervetråde (Nerve Threads) takes inspiration from the nervous state of mind that permeated literature and visual art around the turn of the twentieth century, when Den Frie was founded. Much like…
Degas' Obsession
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
On 8 May, the Glyptotek opens a new exhibition centred on Edgar Degas’ enigmatic painting Dancers Practising in the Foyer and the research that has recently led to a proposed revised dating of the work. Degas’ Obsession…
Gauguin & Kihara – First Impressions
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
The Glyptotek holds one of the world’s finest collections of works by the French artist Paul Gauguin (1848–1903). In recent years, many of the museum’s 58 Gauguin pieces—including paintings, woodcarvings, drawings and…
Camille Henrot Paper Planes
Copenhagen Contemporary
Paper Planes is Camille Henrot’s largest solo exhibition in Scandinavia to date. Henrot is one of the world’s most influential contemporary artists, with a practice spanning film, painting, bronze, drawing, sculpture…
Fire & Ice – On Belonging and Becoming in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)
Copenhagen Contemporary
The group show Fire & Ice explores the question of belonging through works by contemporary artists who live, work, and have ties to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). The exhibition presents works by both established artists…
Couples Therapy
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Four Danish artist duos explore the art of collaboration and the challenges of working together.
CCreate: Kengo Kuma/KKAA Earth | Tree
Copenhagen Contemporary
There is a unique Japanese concept that describes sunlight filtering through the leaves of a tree canopy: Komorebi (木漏れ日). Few languages have an equivalent word – but our bodies know the feeling. Research shows that…
Amalie Smith
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Danish visual artist and author Amalie Smith (b. 1985) presents her most extensive solo exhibition to date, featuring new works created specifically for the North Wing of Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Through a series of…
Jochen Lempert
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Details and patterns of nature are transformed into analogue black-and-white photographs by German artist Jochen Lempert (b. 1958). Trained as a biologist, he blends scientific observation with artistic vision,…
Som Supaparinya
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Thai artist Som Supaparinya (b. 1973) explores how infrastructure, landscapes, and political alliances shape collective memory across Southeast Asia. Her first solo exhibition in Scandinavia brings together two recent…
Lene Adler Petersen
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
At the Spring Exhibition 2027, we present one of Denmark’s most important contemporary artists, Lene Adler Petersen, in the largest retrospective exhibition to date of her artistic work. Lene Adler Petersen’s (b. 1944)…