A successful exhibition is always more than an exhibition, and the Biennale for Craft & Design has always been more than an exhibition. However, if the Biennale is to function as an exhibition – and more – in the future, it needs to take its own medicine, carrying certain things forward and scrapping others.
Mikkel Hammer Elming was a part of the prize committee at the opening of the Craft & Design Biennale 2023. Here, he shares his thoughts on his experience of the exhibition, the theme, and the considerations the prize committee had when choosing this year's recipient of the Biennale Prize of 100,000 DKK. The Craft […]
Over 200 craft artists and designers applied to the Biennale of Craft & Design 2025, of which 27 exhibitors were selected. The curatorial group UKURANT talks about trends in the applicant field and what they have chosen to prioritise for the upcoming Biennale exhibition.
Join the Biennale Symposium at The Royal Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation. Learn about the curation of the Biennale exhibition, artist talks, and how artisans and designers can utilize new digital technologies in their work. The symposium will be held on November 1st.
Silversmith Lone Løvschal recently received the 2025 Biennale Award for 30 unique spoons – one for each day in a woman’s natural cycle. The spoons were created for the Biennale for Craft & Design, which is on display at Glas – Museum of Glass Art in Ebeltoft until 22 February 2026.
[…] In other words, there is a resurgence of material-based art and craft. Therefore, it might surprise some that Formkraft and the Danish Craft and Design Association, with Biennale 2023, are focusing on conversion, digital craft, and artificial intelligence. The explanation is simple. Craftsmen and designers have always been curious about new materials, techniques, and […]
[…] flower shop, webshop and gallery that showcases crafts, art and design in a beautiful and diverse union. Owner Julius Værnes Iversen helped select participants for the last Biennale for Crafts & Design and was also the exhibition architect for the biennale when it was shown at Copenhagen Contemporary 2023. TILVÆRKS A new gallery focusing […]
Wang & Söderström participated in the Biennale for Crafts and Design 2023, where their work "The Liminal Eatery" won the Biennale Prize of DKK 100,000 donated by the Danmarks Nationalbank's Jubilæumsfond. The Biennale was exhibited at Copenhagen Contemporary from October 13 to November 12, 2023. For the Biennale, the artist duo created a scenario […]
Gut sense While Ihrman’s art connects artistic fiction with an existing landscape, the Danish exhibition Build of Site at the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture takes a tangible approach in its exploration of the Danish pavilion as architectural body and materiality. The architect Søren Pihlmann curated the exhibition in the Danish pavilion at Giardini […]
[…] a year when the world almost ground to a halt and, for many people, was compressed to the local and domestic spheres. The quality of this year’s Biennale is certainly high, and many of the contributions show an extremely high degree of elaboration or detailing, perhaps reflecting that there had been time to allow […]