With their thought-provoking and visually striking works, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme fill two of Copenhagen’s largest art institutions with electronic soundscapes, sampled archival material, 3D-printed ancient masks and images layered with quotes from critical and poetic texts in Arabic and English.
On 27 April, Copenhagen Contemporary opens its doors to Residential, an exploratory exhibition created by Project Art Works. For more than 25 years, this British artists’ collective has spearheaded collaborative art practice with neurodivergent people, inviting visitors to participate in brand new ways of co-creation and reflection.
Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) kicks off 2024 filling the entire ground floor with new and outstanding art. Two very different exhibitions – the international artist Kapwani Kiwanga and Danish artist Cathrine Raben Davidsen – transform CC’s three large halls, and more than 2.000 m2 of space with mesmerizing paintings, poisonous flowers, and vibrant installations.
Copenhagen Contemporary is delighted to present their 2024 program unfolding a variety of distinctive and inspiring art.
The Beckett Foundation and Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) are proud to announce the winner of the Beckett Prize 2023: the Danish artist Jane Jin Kaisen. The award is a recognition of her ground-breaking artistic work which, through filmic works, navigates the intersection between lived experience, embodied knowledge and political narratives. The prize comes with a grant of DKK 250,000.
In October, the Danish artist Hannah Toticki will open her biggest exhibition to date in Scandinavia. Made specifically for Copenhagen Contemporary, Storage of the Gods earnestly and humorously wrestles with the great questions of life in an age with no shared sense of sacredness.
A new experimental group exhibition at Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) presents the building materials of tomorrow in the intersection of art and architecture. A critical comment on the way we build today, Reset Materials - Towards Sustainable Architecture explores the future of architecture in 10 compelling works created in collaboration between architects, artists and manufacturers.
For the first time in the Nordic region, Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) and the Glyptotek present a solo exhibition by the international artist Abbas Akhavan. The artist recreates Palmyra’s treasured columns and Iraq’s looted National Museum in an exhibition spanning the two art institutions.
Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) unveils the art content of Yet, it Moves!, a pathbreaking research and exhibition project featuring a stellar array of Danish and international artists. Opening in May at CC and in urban spaces across Copenhagen, the exhibition explores the universe’s only constant: movement!
Will our buildings in the future be constructed out of fungi, nettles, and recycled plastic? Can we cultivate bricks like we do crops? And how will sustainable materials change our understanding of architectural beauty and values? This summer Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) proudly open the doors to a large experimental exhibition: Reset Materials - Towards a Sustainable Architecture.
Arts at CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary join forces and announce the first open call for Collide Copenhagen Today, we are pleased to announce a three-year partnership between CERN and Copenhagen Contemporary through Collide, Arts at CERN’s flagship international residency programme.
In a unique collaboration, two of the largest cultural institutions in Denmark are inviting their audiences to join them on a journey across time and space. Over the next three years, a series of exhibitions will help form new perspectives on the cultural heritage of the Middle East and its significance today.
A big, experimental group show at Copenhagen Contemporary presents a new phenomenon in the intersection of art and fashion: the aesthetics of mending. In Beautiful Repair, a stellar array of spectacular, tactile works unfold the visual and material vocabulary of a new creative generation, sparking a conversation about the importance of craft, concepts of beauty, resources and the sociocultural rol
A wealth of great art experiences awaits at CC in the new year. We look forward to presenting an exhibition program embracing a wide variety of artistic manifestations – from aesthetics and technology to fashion design and social debate. In 2023 CC is showcasing some of the biggest stars of the contemporary art world, while providing a space for emerging artists pushing art in new directions.
The Beckett Foundation, in partnership with Copenhagen Contemporary (CC), has established an art prize to be awarded annually to a Danish artist who has made an original contribution in the field of art. The first winner of the Beckett Prize is Cathrine Raben Davidsen, whose captivating, dreamlike paintings make up a singular personal universe exploring life, death, transformation and time.
Francis Alÿs’s magnum opus, Children’s Games, presents an array of poetic and political video works exploring play as an expression of life. With the whole world as a stage, the internationally renowned Belgian artist documents play culture in different countries, while highlighting the universal nature of play.
Presenting spectacular works in and about water, Dangerous When Wet is an experimental art exhibition taking you on a magical journey at a public pool with a ritual washing and purple slime. A stellar array of Danish and international artists are contributing to the show’s exploration of love, identity and sexuality.
Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is Copenhagen’s international art center showing installation art created by world stars and new emerging talents. CC occupies the magnificent former B&W welding hall offering a total of 7,000 m2 of beautiful industrial halls with plenty of space to show the technical and large formats in which many contemporary artists work: total installations, performance art, and monumental video works.
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Denmark