Copenhagen Contemporary
Copenhagen Contemporary is Copenhagen's international art centre specialising in large-scale installation art by established and emerging contemporary artists. Housed in a former B&W welding hall redesigned by architect Dorte Mandrup, its 7,000 m² of industrial space presents total installations, performance art and monumental video works conceived to engage visitors physically and sensorially.
Now on view
7 exhibitions
Alia Farid A Sounding of the Earth
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
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
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…
Shapeshifters – Magic in Art & Fashion
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…
Camille Henrot Paper Planes
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…
CCreate: Kengo Kuma/KKAA Earth | Tree
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…
James Turrell Aftershock
Aftershock is an immersive installation created specifically for CC by the American artist James Turrell. The experience of Aftershock begins outside the work, where you are asked to wait before ascending the…
