Future Ours

Future Ours addresses the future of our planet and presents visions from twenty-one artists and collectives from around the world in the courtyard of Kunsthal Charlottenborg and in streets, train stations and bus stops across Denmark in the summer of 2025.

The exhibition explores how art can serve as a unique tool for critical world-building by proposing new social, political and economic models, reweaving a dialogue between social, economic, and ecological equity for the planetary community at large.

The artists featured are:
Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture, Canal Street Research Association, Congolese Plantation Workers Art League (CATPC), Eduardo Navarro / F.O.C.A., Futurefarmers, The Institute of Queer Ecology, MAHKU – Huni Kuin Artists Movement, Maya Bird-Murphy & Mobile Makers, Maya Lin, Mercvria, New Red Order, Newton and Helen Harrison / Center for the Study of the Force Majeure, NOMASMETAFORAS & Consejo de Mayores UAIIN-CRIC, Olafur Eliasson, Otobong Nkanga, Raqs Media Collective, Robert Zhao Renhui & The Institute of Critical Zoologists, Simone Fattal, Suzanne Treister, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Yugoexport

The exhibition, curated by Patricia Domínguez, Jeppe Ugelvig and Hans Ulrich Obrist, was prominently showcased by ART 2030 in New York during the Summit of the Future held in connection with the UN General Assembly in September 2024. Future Ours was centrally displayed inside the UN Headquarters and at hundreds of bus stops across New York City. As a result, the presentation of Future Ours in New York reached an estimated audience of over 100 million people.

The Kunsthal Charlottenborg Biennale is an international art exhibition held in public spaces. The artworks are presented on advertising panels throughout Denmark, making the exhibition accessible nationwide. The Biennale takes place every two years, driven by the aim of bringing contemporary art to an even wider audience.

Future Ours is initiated by ART 2030 and Kunsthal Charlottenborg in collaboration with AFA Decaux and curated by Patricia Domínguez, Jeppe Ugelvig and Hans Ulrich Obrist. The exhibition is supported by the Augustinus Foundation, the Bikuben Foundation, the Obel Family Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation.