Afgang Live

True to tradition, the annual MFA Degree Show is accompanied by Afgang Live, which this year takes place on May 3 and 10. A number of the graduating artists will participate, and the evening consists of performances and introductions by the artists themselves.

At Afgang Live on May 3, you can experience performances, readings, introductions and more from the following artists: Maja Li Härdelin, Hannah Amalie Nielsen, Amber Green, Ida Raselli, Aske Stærmose Thiberg, Ayesha Ghaoul, Ville Laurinkoski, Rebekka Hilmer Heltoft & Simin Stine Ramezanali.

At Afgang Live on May 10, you can experience the following artists: Hannah Amalie Nielsen, Hollie Solvild, Ville Laurinkoski, Rebekka Hilmer Heltoft, Simin Stine Ramezanali, Maja Li Härdelin.

Afgang Live will take place by the works in the exhibition and in the cinema.

There is free entry to Kunsthal Charlottenborg on Wednesday May 3 and Wednesday May 10 at 17-20.

About the exhibition:

Afgang is the MFA Degree Show presented by this year’s graduates from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts’ Schools of Visual Arts. Curated by Natalia Sielewicz from the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the 2023 instalment contains everything from performance, film and painting to text statements and sculptural objects that spread out across the floor, walls and ceiling.

The participating artists are: Johannes Arvidsson, C Clement, Anders Davidsen, Helene Norup Due, Ayesha Ghaoul, Amber Green, Maja Li Härdelin, Niels Holk Hartnack, Rebekka Hilmer Heltoft, Emil Krog, Kaja Lahoda, Ville Laurinkoski, Nellie Lindquist, Kristian Alexander Norden Minthe, Charley Mortensen, Anton Munar, Niels Østergaard Munk, Hannah Amalie Nielsen, Mads Hyldgaard Nielsen, Jessica Olausson, Aske Olsen, Simon Persson, Søren Frederik Petersen, Simin Stine Ramezanli, Adele Marie Rannes, Ida Raselli, Marine Morel Sanati, Ida Schrader, Hollie Solvild, Andreas Tang, Aske Thiberg, Sophia Yoma Vanhala, Mira Winding, Sofie Winther

The exhibition is presented in a setting steeped in tradition and history, specifically the large skylight halls at Kunsthal Charlottenborg – a building which opened in 1883 with the vision of showing the very latest art. MFA Degree Show 2023 is accompanied by an ambitious event that includes performances, guided tours and more.

Supported by the 15. Juni Fonden, Augustinus Fonden, Birgit Vibeke Tofts Mindefond, Det Obelske Familiefond, William Demant Fonden.