Press Release 08.09.09
Get smart about art in one weekend
Attend openings, debates, guided tours and performances and hear artists speak about their work when art weekend Kopenhagen Contemporary opens on the 18 -20 September.
During an intense weekend, delve into the art world when style-setting galleries, exhibition halls, studios and museums open their doors to more than 40 special events, which with few exceptions are free.
See a joint exhibition, Dark Side of the Moon, at the newly re-opened gallery Nils Stærk Contemporary Arts on Ny Carlsberg Vej where a handful of players on the art scene have established themselves. Or attend a panel debate where gallery owner Nicolai Wallner and curator Anders Kold among others, discuss how to interpret impalpable art. Enjoy a brunch talk at Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (Centre of Contemporary Art) or attend artist talks with Jeppe Hein, Joachim Koester and John Kørner.
The events and their arrangers come from both the established forces and the newly opened galleries and exhibition studios such as Gallery Bo Bjerggard, IMO, Gallery Christina Wilson, WAS-Wonderland Art Space, Koh-I-Noor, the National Gallery of Denmark and Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The goal is to show the wide range as well as the high level of quality on the Copenhagen art scene.
This is the second time that Wonderful Copenhagen together with Kopenhagen Publishing has organized Kopenhagen Contemporary – an annual event with focus on what’s new and noteworthy on the Danish art scene. This time, it is also in conjunction with Art Copenhagen in Forum.
See the entire program for Kopenhagen Contemporary at www.kopenhagencontemporary.com
Among the more than 40 events are:
Art Talks
Brunch Talk
Time: Saturday, 19 September at 11:00am
Place: Centre for Contemporary Art - Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Oslo Plads, Copenhagen Ø
Art talk with John Kørner
Time: Saturday, 19 September at 12:00 noon
Place: Art Copenhagen, Forum
Art and the financial crisis
Debate with Karsten Ohrt, Christian Have, Kristian Von Hornsleth
Time: Sunday, 20 September at 2:00pm
Place: Art Copenhagaen, Forum
Openings
Fri Porto
Time: Friday, 18 September from 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Place: Centre for Contemporary Art - Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Oslo Plads, Copenhagen Ø
Ingen Frygt at Momentan
Time: Friday, 18 September from 9:00pm – 10:00pm
Place: Guldbergsgade 41, Copenhagen N
Carnegie Art Award 2010
Time: Saturday, 19 September from 12:00 noon – 5:00pm
Place: Kunsthal Charlottenborgy, Kongens Nytorv
Guided tours
Louisiana
The World is yours + Green Architecture for the Future
Time: Saturday, 19 September at 11:30am
Place: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
Gallery Bo Bjerggaard
Passage + Group Exhibition, Nina Roos and others
Time: Saturday, 19 September at 12:30pm
Place: Gallery Bo Bjerggaard, Flæsketorvet 85A, Copenhagen V
V1 Gallery
Kasper Sonne
Total Revolution
Time: Saturday, 19 September from 12:00 – 12:20pm
Place: Flæsketorvet 69-71
The National Gallery of Denmark
Mike Nelson
Kristus och Judas: a Structural Conceit
Time: Saturday, 19 September at 15:00pm
Place: Sølvgade 48-50
Film Screenings
Future Shorts DK
With Superflex, Martin Thurah and others
Time: Tuesday, 15 September and Wednesday, 16 September
Place: Gloria Biograf (theatre), Rådhuspladsen
Normannerne
Poul Gernes & Per Kirkeby
Time: Saturday, 19 September at 10:00am
Place: Grand Teatret, Mikkel Bryggers Gade 8, Copenhagen K
Wonderful Copenhagen and Kopenhagen Publishing organize Kopenhagen Contemporary in collaboration with Copenhagen’s leading galleries, exhibition spaces and museums.
For more information, please contact:
Wonderful Copenhagen
Frederikke Møller Kristiansen, Press
Tel.: +45 3355 7432
Email: fmk@woco.dk
Thomas Meier Lorenzen, Project Manager
Tel.: +45 3355 7481
Email: tml@woco.dk
Kopenhagen Publishing
Torben Zenth, Editor
Tel.: +45 4015 5393
Email: torben@kopenhagen.dk
