During the first half of 2020, Kunsthal Charlottenborg will present a group exhibition curated by the New York-based artists’ collective DIS, a solo show featuring internationally acclaimed artist Jane Jin Kaisen, focusing on her overwhelming film work from the Venice Biennale, and exhibitions featuring up-and-coming artists from all over the world.
In collaboration with Gyldendal and Apollo Bar, Kunsthal Charlottenborg invites you for eight evenings with live talks, performances, guided tours of the current exhibitions, author meetings and long table dinners. Charlottenborg Live takes place every Wednesday from October 23 - December 11, 2019.
On the occasion of the Golden Days Festival everyone born in 1989 can get free admission to Kunsthal Charlottenborg on 21-22 September, when we open again after the double opening of the exhibitions with Eva Koťátková and Irena Haiduk.
Art & Porn marks the fiftieth anniversary of the legalisation of visual pornography and shows how the relationship between pornography and art has developed over the past five decades. What are the implications of changing the boundaries of what citizens may experience in public space? The comprehensive group exhibition is produced in collaboration with ARoS and presents a number of new incorporated works, when the exhibition opens 4 October 2019 at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
On Friday 20 September 5-8pm the exhibitions 'Confessions of the Piping System’ and 'Seductive Exacting Realism' will open at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The solo exhibitions with the Czech artist Eva Koťátková and the Serbian artist Irena Haiduk will be celebrated with free admission and bubbles for the first arriving at the opening.
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.
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.
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.