Copenhagen exhibitions calendar 2019
3.7.2019
Photo: Jonas Heide Smith
In 2019 there’s plenty happening on the city’s buzzing arts scene - everything from small experimental places to big galleries showcasing both Danish and international names. We have gathered a selection of the exhibitions below to help you plan your 2019 itineraries.
January
| TEGN, Huskmitnavn | Nikolaj Kunsthal | End: 06.01.19 |
| Solar Egg, Bigert & Bergström | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 13.01.19 |
| BIG ART by Bjarke Ingels Group | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 13.01.19 |
| Crossings, Angela Melitopoulos | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 13.01.19 |
| Colours&Frames, J.F. Willumsen | ARKEN | End: 13.01.19 |
| Dea Trier Mørch | Louisiana | Start: 17.01.19 |
| Into the World | Louisiana | Start: 17.01.19 |
| The Moon | Louisiana | End: 20.01.19 |
| Van Gogh | ARKEN | End: 20.01.19 |
| Food Chain Café, Nina Beier | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | End: 20.01.19 |
| Women of surrealism | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | End: 20.01.19 |
| Out of Ousia, Alicja Kwade | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Elemental, Alejandro Aravena | Louisiana | |
| Where, When, How Often and with Whom | Louisiana | |
| Joachim Koester | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| Flip Sides | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| WINDOWS OF LIGHT, Arthur Van Der Zaag | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| Ove Arup and the Philosophy of Total Design | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
February
| Spring exhibition 2019 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | Start: 02.02.19 |
| Grønningen | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | Start: 02.02.19 |
| Joachim Koester | The National Gallery of Denmark | End: 03.02.19 |
| Sonja Ferloc Mancoba | The National Gallery of Denmark | Start: 07.02.19 |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | Start: 09.02.19 |
| BACKWARDS, Andreas Emenius | Nikolaj Kunsthal | Start: 09.02.19 |
| It is All White, Anna Domnick | Nikolaj Kunsthal | Start: 09.02.19 |
| Out of Ousia, Alicja Kwade | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 17.02.19 |
| Ove Arup and the Philosophy of Total Design | Danish Architecture Center | End: 17.02.19 |
| FOCUS video art festival (group show) | Nikolaj Kunsthal | Start: 21.02.19 |
| WINDOWS OF LIGHT, Arthur Van Der Zaag | Nikolaj Kunsthal | End: 24.02.19 |
| Elemental, Alejandro Aravena | Louisiana | End: 28.02.19 |
| Pipilotti Rist | Louisiana | Start: 28.02.19 |
| Perfect Poses? | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | Start: 28.02.19 |
| Where, When, How Often and with Whom | Louisiana | |
| Dea Trier Mørch | Louisiana | |
| Into the World | Louisiana | |
| Flip Sides | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| BACKWARDS, Andreas Emenius | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| It is All White, Anna Domnick | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
March
| Spring exhibition 2019 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 10.03.19 |
| Where, When, How Often and with Whom | Louisiana | End: 10.03.19 |
| Flip Sides | The National Gallery of Denmark | End: 10.03.19 |
| Superflex | The Cisterns | Start: 16.03.19 |
| Liu Xiaodong | Louisiana | Start: 21.03.19 |
| EU exhibition | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | Start: 22.03.19 |
| FOCUS video art festival (group show) | Nikolaj Kunsthal | End: 31.03.19 |
| Sustainable cities | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Pipilotti Rist | Louisiana | |
| Dea Trier Mørch | Louisiana | |
| Into the World | Louisiana | |
| Sonja Ferloc Mancoba | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| Perfect Poses? | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | |
| Grønningen | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| BACKWARDS, Andreas Emenius | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| It is All White, Anna Domnick | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| Dorte Mandrup | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
April
| Grønningen | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | Start: 06.04.19 |
| MFA Degree Show 2019 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | Start: 12.04.19 |
| Asger H. Gjerdevik | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | Start: 26.04.19 |
| Hans Purrmann | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | Start: 26.04.19 |
| Dea Trier Mørch | Louisiana | End: 28.04.19 |
| Into the World | Louisiana | End: 28.04.19 |
| Pipilotti Rist | Louisiana | |
| Liu Xiaodong | Louisiana | |
| Sonja Ferloc Mancoba | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| EU exhibition | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Perfect Poses? | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | |
| BACKWARDS, Andreas Emenius | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| It is All White, Anna Domnick | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| Dorte Mandrup | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Sustainable cities | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
May
| Sonja Ferloc Mancoba | The National Gallery of Denmark | End: 05.05.19 |
| MFA Degree Show 2019 | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 19.05.19 |
| Dorte Mandrup | Danish Architecture Center | End: 26.05.19 |
| Pipilotti Rist | Louisiana | |
| Liu Xiaodong | Louisiana | |
| It is All White, Anna Domnick | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| BACKWARDS, Andreas Emenius | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| EU exhibition | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Perfect Poses? | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | |
| Sustainable cities | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Asger H. Gjerdevik | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| Hans Purrmann | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
June
| The Colour of Memory | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | Start: 07.06.19 |
| On the steppes of Genghis Khan | The National Museum | Start: 07.06.19 |
| BACKWARDS, Andreas Emenius | Nikolaj Kunsthal | End: 09.06.19 |
| It is All White, Anna Domnick | Nikolaj Kunsthal | End: 09.06.19 |
| Liu Xiaodong | Louisiana | End: 10.06.19 |
| Jesper Just | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | Start: 15.06.19 |
| Ich Bin / I am, Birgit Jürgenssen | Louisiana | Start: 13.06.19 |
| Asger H. Gjerdevik | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | End: 19.06.19 |
| Pipilotti Rist | Louisiana | End: 23.06.19 |
| Perfect Poses? | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | End: 23.06.19 |
| Homeless Souls | Louisiana | Start: 28.06.19 |
| Incoming, Richard Mosse | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | Start: 29.06.19 |
| How a Hare transforms into a Turtle | Nikolaj Kunsthal | Start: 29.06.19 |
| EU exhibition | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | |
| Hans Purrmann | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
July
| EU exhibition | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Jesper Just | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Ich Bin / I am, Birgit Jürgenssen | Louisiana | |
| Homeless Souls | Louisiana | |
| The Colour of Memory | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | |
| Hans Purrmann | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| Incoming, Richard Mosse | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| How a Hare transforms into a Turtle | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum | |
| On the steppes of Genghis Khan | The National Museum |
August
| On the steppes of Genghis Khan | The National Museum | End: 07.08.19 |
| EU exhibition | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 11.08.19 |
| Jesper Just | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | End: 11.08.19 |
| Generation Wealth | Louisiana | Start: 22.08.19 |
| The Golden Age of Danish Painting | The National Gallery of Denmark | Start: 22.08.19 |
| Danish Contemporary Art | Arken | Start: 24.08.19 |
| Code Art Fair | Start: 29.08.19 | |
| CHART Art Fair | Start: 30.08.19 | |
| Ich Bin / I am, Birgit Jürgenssen | Louisiana | |
| Homeless Souls | Louisiana | |
| The Colour of Memory | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | |
| Hans Purrmann | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| Incoming, Richard Mosse | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | |
| How a Hare transforms into a Turtle | Nikolaj Kunsthal | |
| BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
September
| Code Art Fair | End: 01.09.19 | |
| CHART Art Fair | End: 01.09.19 | |
| Patricia Piccinni | ARKEN | End: 08.09.19 |
| Homeless Souls | Louisiana | End: 15.09.19 |
| Hans Purrmann | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | End: 15.09.19 |
| Incoming, Richard Mosse | Kunstforenigen GL. STRAND | End: 15.09.19 |
| Marsden Hartley | Louisiana | Start: 19.09.19 |
| Vejen til Palmyra | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | Start: 20.09.19 |
| Ich Bin / I am, Birgit Jürgenssen | Louisiana | End: 22.09.19 |
| The Colour of Memory | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | End: 22.09.19 |
| How a Hare transforms into a Turtle | Nikolaj Kunsthal | End: 29.09.19 |
| Danish Contemporary Art | ARKEN | |
| Generation Wealth | Louisiana | |
| The Golden Age of Danish Painting | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
October
| Art & Porn | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | Start: 05.10.19 |
| Tatiana Bilbao | Louisiana | Start: 10.10.19 |
| Pablo Picasso | ARKEN | Start: 12.10.19 |
| Generation Wealth | Louisiana | |
| Marsden Hartley | Louisiana | |
| The Golden Age of Danish Painting | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| Vejen til Palmyra | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Pablo Picasso | ARKEN | |
| Danish Contemporary Art | ARKEN | |
| BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group | Danish Architecture Center | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
November
| Art & Porn | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Generation Wealth | Louisiana | |
| Marsden Hartley | Louisiana | |
| The Golden Age of Danish Painting | The National Gallery of Denmark | |
| Vejen til Palmyra | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Pablo Picasso | ARKEN | |
| Tatiana Bilbao | Louisiana | |
| Danish Contemporary Art | ARKEN | |
| Meet the Vikings | The National Museum |
December
| The Golden Age of Danish Painting | The National Gallery of Denmark | End: 08.12.19 |
| Art & Porn | Kunsthal Charlottenborg | |
| Generation Wealth | Louisiana | |
| Marsden Hartley | Louisiana | |
| Vejen til Palmyra | Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek | |
| Tatiana Bilbao | Louisiana | |
| Pablo Picasso | ARKEN | |
| Danish Contemporary Art | ARKEN |