When the UN General Assembly convenes for its 76th session in New York, the Danish artist group SUPERFLEX presents bold and striking climate statements both in Central Park and on the facade of the iconic UN Building
62 kunstmuseer, kunsthaller og mindre udstillingssteder fra hele landet har netop fået bevilget midler fra Ny Carlsbergfondets seneste genstartspulje
Tate Modern has in recent years had a dedicated focus on purchasing Danish art. Most recently, significant works of art by SUPERFLEX and Olafur Eliasson have been added to the collection
When the UN General Assembly convenes for its 76th session in New York, the Danish artist group SUPERFLEX presents bold and striking climate statements both in Central Park and on the facade of the iconic UN Building. The project Interspecies Assembly, which is supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation, among others, is presented on 21–24 September and can also be accessed online.
Ferdinand Ahm Krag’s works call to mind nature’s wondrous structures and processes. Thanks to a donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation, Rogue Planet II and The Book for Traversing Eternity have now been included in the collection of Esbjerg Kunstmuseum.
Tate Modern has in recent years had a dedicated focus on purchasing Danish art. Most recently, significant works of art by SUPERFLEX and Olafur Eliasson have been added to the gallery’s collection thanks to a donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation.
With expressive brushstrokes, L. A. Ring presents a sweeping view of the landscape in this painting of fields with wild flowers near the Danish town of Frederiksværk. The painting makes an important addition to the collection at Øregaard Museum in an acquisition made possible by support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.
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The New Carlsberg Foundation’s Art Awards are given in recognition of special contributions to the Danish art and museum landscape. Four art awards were recently handed out. The New Carlsberg Foundation’s Artist Grant is awarded to both Nina Beier and Kathrine Ærtebjerg. Director of the Hirschsprung Collection Gertrud Oelsner receives Carl Jacobsen’s Museum Professional Grant. And the New Carlsberg Foundation’s Honorary Grant is awarded to curator Kjeld Kjeldsen at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
The Carlsberg Foundation has appointed two new members to the Board of Directors of the New Carlsberg Foundation. Lisette Vind Ebbesen, director of Art Museums of Skagen, and Toke Lykkeberg, director of the exhibition space Tranen, will join the board of Brewer Carl Jacobsen’s old foundation on 1 April. The historic enlargement of the Board from three to five members is part of the ongoing remodelling of the New Carlsberg Foundation with an eye to embracing an increasingly diverse and dynamic Danish art scene.
The New Carlsberg Foundation invites applications for individual research fellowships within the foundation’s scope of activities. Three types of grants are available: (1) PhD fellowships (up to DKK 1.5 million per grant), (2) postdoc fellowships (up to DKK 1.8 million per grant) and (3) individual project funding. The New Carlsberg Foundation’s Research Initiative was launched in 2010 with the aim of generating new research-based knowledge about art while building a connection between university and museum research.
With political approval in place and donations from, among others, Købmand Herman Sallings Fond and the New Carlsberg Foundation, a large extension of ARoS is now becoming a reality. A principal component of the project, which is titled The Next Level, is The Dome, a huge work of art created by the internationally acclaimed American artist James Turrell.
