30 August – 1 September CHART takes over Kunsthal Charlottenborg. In addition to the art fair, which brings together the entire Nordic art scene, CHART offers an extensive free live programme. read more about opening hours and admission during CHART.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg's visitors can now explore exhibitions with a new app, offering plenty of information in an intuitive format, right at your fingertips. In a wealth of images, texts and audio content, artists and curators share their reflections, offering many ways of approaching the art.
14 June, Kunsthal Charlottenborg opens its doors to this summer’s big exhibition 'Servitudes'. The solo exhibition with Jesper Just is celebrated with a talk, official opening and party.
May 23, Art Week Copenhagen begins, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg has created an interesting programme about, among other things, Europe and the upcoming elections.
Some of the world’s most acknowledged artists, including Olafur Eliasson, participate in the exhibition ‘It’s Urgent!’, which is displayed on billboards throughout Denmark during the spring elections for the EU Parliament and the Danish Parliament. The exhibition is curated by star curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.
From Wednesday 20 March through Sunday 31 March, Kunsthal Charlottenborg transforms into the head quarter for the documentary film festival CPH:DOX. During the festival, you can experience film screenings, concerts, talks, VR experiences, an interactive exhibition and the exhibition 'Europa Endlos'.
In 2017 Ai Weiwei's artwork on Kunsthal Charlottenborg's facade was used for an advertisement for Volkswagen without authorization. Now the artist is suing the German car company, who will be brought to trial in Denmark. The judicial proceedings will be of great significance for all artists who work in Denmark as an issue of principle.
In the group exhibition 'Europa Endlos' a number of today’s most prominent artists such as Monica Bonvicini, Jeremy Deller, Olafur Eliasson, Fischli Weiss, Bouchra Khalili and Wolfgang Tillmans are occupied with themes such as identity, borders, community and migration. The exhibition is curated by Henriette Bretton-Meyer and opens on Thursday 21 March at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in collaboration with the documentary film festival CPH:DOX.
In January 2019 Halfdan Pisket won the award for best comic in Festival International de la Bande Dessinée. Now, the award-winning comic 'Dansker-Triologien' can be experienced at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The opening takes place Thursday 7 February at 5-7pm.
In 2019 Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents artistic talents, established artists as well as international exhibitions portraying contemporary societal challenges in art and politics. Read more about the programme for spring/summer 2019.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg invites to Charlottenborg Art Talk with Alicja Kwade & Minik Rosing followed by the launch of the book 'In Aporie'. The admission is free and everyone is invited Wednesday 30 January at 5pm.
In connection with the 'Big Art' exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents a cavalcade of Lars von Trier's award winning films 26-30 December.
The European humanitarian crisis is the central narrative in the German born artist Angela Melitopoulos’ comprehensive video- and sound installation ’Crossings’, which is presented for the first time in Scandinavia from 22 November 2018 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
At one of Copenhagen's most well-attended cultural events, Kulturnatten 12 October, a five meter tall golden egg with a sauna inside lands in the middle of Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s courtyard. The prize-winning golden egg titled ‘Solar Egg’ is a social sculpture created by the Swedish art duo Bigert & Bergström for Riksbyggen. Visitors will be able to book sauna appointments three days a week during the exhibition period until 13 January 2019.
In collaboration with two-women-machine-show (DK) and Jonathan Bonnici (DK/UK), Dansehallerne and Kunsthal Charlottenborg present the work ALITY. The premiere is 24 September and the work can be experienced until 30 September at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
This weekend, CHART ART FAIR 2018 takes over Kunsthal Charlottenborg with art fair, performances, talks, concerts, architectural installations etc. Read more about the program for this years’ edition of CHART.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg kicks off the autumn season with it's most comprehensive exhibition of large-scale contemporary art to date: 'Big Art'. Art works by some of the most acclaimed artists in the world, including Ai Weiwei, Douglas Coupland, Jeppe Hein, Julie Edel Hardenberg, SUPERFLEX and Lars von Trier, are exhibited at 1:1 scale – the original size of the art envisioned for BIG’s buildings and urban projects globally. The exhibition is presented from 21 September 2018 - 13 January 2019.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg is launching its BIKE ART TOUR – a new, curated bike route that takes you to ten public works of art created by contemporary artists such as BIG & SUPERFLEX, Eva Koch and John Kørner. The objective is to highlight leading examples of Danish contemporary art to all those who occupy and visit Copenhagen – locals and tourists alike.
On May 9, five Copenhagen art centres invites you to Tonight is Art – a magnificent event programme with performances, sound, food and art.
'Ældgammel Baby' is the title of emerging Norwegian artist Tori Wrånes’ first solo exhibition in Denmark. We will be presenting her subtle and sometimes disturbing sculptural universe from 15 September 2017.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents a new exhibition,created especially for the kunsthalle, which explores the artist’s unique ways in which she transmits her profound messages of artistic philosophy and peace through numerous ways to reach all peoples throughout the world.
The International Refugee Day is marked at Kunsthal Charlottenborg by an event on June 20 which features speeches, food, music and the inauguration og Ai Weiwei's installation.
With more than 3500 life jackets from refugees collected at the Greek island of Lesbos, the world-renowned artist Ai Weiwei creates an installation on the facade of Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
The exhibition ’Always many problems’ is an unprecedented chance to experience several of John Kørner’s main pieces gathered at one exhibition along with new paintings and spatial total installations.
On April 28, five Copenhagen art centres invites you to Tonight is Art – a magnificent event programme with performances, theater, dance, sound, food and of course art.
After a long search for the right partner, Kunsthal Charlottenborg has contracted the creative chef Frederik Bille Brahe for a new bar and canteen. On April 27, Apollo Bar opens, but as soon as Wednesday, March 29 the associated canteen opens.
Several private foundations and Danish Arts Foundation provides significant financial support of close to 4,5 mio. DKK, for the 2017 exhibition programme and other activities at Kunsthal Charlottenborg after year of progress.
The group exhibition Welcome Too Late, presents some of today’s leading international artists such as Marguerite Humeau, Katja Novitskova, Iain Ball and Parker Ito, who are dealing with the challenges of portraying a contemporary that changes with explosive rate.
Maria Wandel exhibits filt-tip drawings at the foyer of Kunsthal Charlottenborg in connection with the launch of the artbook 'hemmeligheder alle vegne' (secrets everywhere). The exhibition opened February 8, 2017 with a booklaunch and vernissage.
Kunsthal Charlottenborgs nye biograf, Charlottenborg Art Cinema, har fået en enestående mulighed for i februar og marts at vise en serie anerkendte dokumentarfilm udvalgt af The Why Foundation og skabt af nogle af verdens bedste dokumentarister.