Who – and perhaps more importantly, what – determines which crafts and designs end up in the collections and exhibitions of Danish museums? It's a relevant question on several fronts – not only in terms of the visitor experience, but also regarding which works are preserved for posterity in museum collections. Ultimately, the selection […]
The hand, the heart and the brain Maria Lind leans on three key concepts when planning exhibitions. One of them is called ‘the critical zone’, another she calls ‘women in the north.’ The third thematic thread that weaves its way through most of the art and crafts Maria Lind chooses to present at Kin […]
Art historian Mette Bielefeldt Bruun and design student Selma Bækkeskov Momme Nielsen have visited four different exhibitions in Copenhagen, all of which are positioned at the intersection of art and design.
In the ongoing production of exhibitions, it is an art to seize upon a subject that has not been given much space in museums but which actually attracts public attention – and deserves much more attention. Vejen Art Museum has succeeded in doing this with its new focus on Art Deco in Denmark. While […]
[…] role as that of a weaver — attentive to connections, timing, and the subtle space between the artwork and the world around it. I tend to build exhibitions as ecosystems: interwoven, layered and with multiple points of entry. Since 2020, I’ve been developing Delte Vande (Shared Waters), a project where cultural and political narratives […]
[…] documentation! An art centre that combines physical form and written or visual communication and documentation like two birds with one sure and obvious stone, so that the exhibitions shown here are just as much documented and disseminated after the exhibitions are over. Like an archive of the contemporary scene that you can dive into […]
[…] the floors? or should the entire room be a work of art in which lighting, colours, textiles and furniture are components of a whole? With the Visiona exhibitions, Panton was given the opportunity to – according to his own statement – realise the most exciting commissions for the German company Bayer. The exhibitions were […]
