Basquiat - Headstrong
Until May 17
Major Basquiat show focused on his rare head drawings on paper.
Copenhagen is a small capital that consistently outperforms its size as an art city. Just under a million people, compact and walkable, but with a museum infrastructure and gallery culture that holds its own against much larger European cities — shaped by a Nordic sensibility that tends toward seriousness, design literacy, and genuine engagement with the role art plays in public life. The Statens Museum for Kunst holds Denmark's national collection: European masters from Cranach and Rubens alongside an exceptional survey of Danish Golden Age painting. The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is one of those museums that catches visitors off guard…
ON NOW
Degas' Obsession
Until Nov 29
Technical research reveals hidden layers in a key Degas ballet painting.
Gauguin & Kihara - First Impressions
Until Dec 6
Gauguin’s collection meets Yuki Kihara’s critical contemporary response.
Ending SoonMonira Al Qadiri
Until Apr 6
Petroculture and extraction rendered as iridescent futuristic forms.
Ending SoonLouisiana's new works
Until Apr 6
Large-scale presentation of recent acquisitions across many media.
Soft Robots
Until Apr 19
Group show on art, AI, and emotional life in technological futures.
Kenneth Rasmussen
Until Apr 26
Large-scale knitted, ceramic, and print works on norm and belonging.
Memoryscapes
Until May 17
Architecture exhibition linking memory, landscape, and future design.
Alia Farid - A Sounding of the Earth
Until May 31
Alia Farid links Gulf histories, extraction, and protective forms.
Alia Farid
Until Jul 26
Alia Farid links Gulf ecologies, oil economies, and spiritual histories.
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Pani, so tradeł / Water that Wanders
Until Aug 16
Monumental textile collages foreground Roma women, memory, and community.
Anna Thommesen – Weavings
Until Aug 16
Major SMK survey of Anna Thommesen’s abstract woven tapestries.
55.6° North
Until Aug 30
Nordic contemporary collection show on identity, climate, and geopolitics.
Sophie Calle
Until Sep 6
A major Sophie Calle survey of text-image works and new series.
CCreate: Kengo Kuma/KKAA
Until Feb 21, 2027
Immersive architecture installation inspired by forest shelter and play.
Sculpture Park
Until Jun 1, 2030
Outdoor sculpture trail around ARKEN’s coastal landscape.
COLLECTIONS
ENDING SOON
COMING SOON
Coming SoonCharlottenborg Spring Exhibition 2026
Starting Apr 11
Open-call survey of emerging contemporary practices across disciplines.
Coming SoonAfgang 2026
Starting May 29
MFA degree show presenting the next generation of artists.
Coming SoonShapeshifters
Starting Jun 26
Nordic fashion-art exhibition on ritual, identity, and transformation.
Coming SoonLucian Freud
Starting Jun 11
Summer exhibition on Freud’s drawing-to-painting process and portraits.
Coming SoonThe Garbage Man
Starting May 24
Thomas Dambo’s recycled monumental works invite play and activism.
Coming SoonCamille Henrot
Starting Jun 5
Largest Scandinavian survey of Camille Henrot across media.
Coming SoonFire & Ice
Starting Sep 11
Group show on belonging, Kalaallit Nunaat, and self-determined narratives.
Coming SoonCome Hell or High Water
Starting May 7
SUPERFLEX turns ARKEN into a submerged ark for all species.
FEATURED ARTISTS
Basquiat - Headstrong
Until May 17
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Major Basquiat show focused on his rare head drawings on paper.
Degas' Obsession
Until Nov 29
Edgar Degas
Technical research reveals hidden layers in a key Degas ballet painting.
Gauguin & Kihara - First Impressions
Until Dec 6
Paul Gauguin
Gauguin’s collection meets Yuki Kihara’s critical contemporary response.
Coming SoonLucian Freud
Starting Jun 11
Lucian Freud
Summer exhibition on Freud’s drawing-to-painting process and portraits.
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
ARKEN Museum of Modern Art
Ishøj near Copenhagen
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Humlebæk near Copenhagen
Copenhagen Contemporary
Refshaleøen, Copenhagen
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
City Center, Copenhagen
SMK – Statens Museum for Kunst
Indre By, Copenhagen