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Scan Magazine | Mini Theme | Christmas in Denmark
LEFT: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark’s premier art destination, is located on the waterfront of the Danish riviera a mere 35-minute train ride north of Copenhagen. RIGHT: Until the beginning of January you can witness world-famous contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson’s works at the museum.
Winter wonders at the Louisiana Museum Often hailed as one of “the world’s favourite museums” Louisiana is currently engaged in a spectacular and bold dialogue with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson, who has transformed the entire south wing into a rocky riverbed landscape. Text & Photos: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark’s premier art destination, is located on the waterfront of the Danish riviera a mere 35-minute train ride north of Copenhagen. Here, the museum beckons with its world-class art collections, Danish modernist architecture, lovely natural landscape, and an exhibition programme of international scope. Until the beginning of January you can witness world-famous contemporary artist Olafur Eliasson (who shot to fame with the Weather Project in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall) in his radical, fascinating and unique take on the museum. The
central work is a huge, site-specific and rocky landscape, reminiscent of Iceland, that reverses the relation between nature and art. The span of the museum’s activities will be further enhanced with the opening of the first major exhibition in Scandinavia of pioneering modernist German artist Paula Modersohn-Becker. Her career was remarkably short (she died 1907, aged 31, shortly after having her first child) but her paintings are groundbreaking and extremely intense. Modersohn-Becker was also one of the first female painters to produce female nudes.
About the Louisiana Museum In 1958, visionary Danish manufacturer Knud W. Jensen transformed a 19th-century villa on the Øresund strait into a Modernist oasis, adding glass pavilions and a surrounding sculpture park. The name is derived from the previous owner’s three successive wives, all called Louise. The Louisiana Shop is one of Denmark’s leading design shops with an assortment of items ranging from classic to new and experimental Scandinavian design. When hunger hits, you can enjoy a great Nordic lunch and dinner buffet in the Louisiana Cafe adjacent to the concert hall, with a panoramic view of the Calder Terrace and the sea. The huge three-storey Children’s Wing features active workshops for kids and their parents, a LEGO room, and tours. Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 11am - 10pm Saturday-Sunday 11am - 6pm Mondays closed
Visit www.louisiana.dk for updates on current exhibition schedules.
Current and future exhibitions at Louisiana include: Olafur Eliasson Riverbed Until 4 January 2015 Paula Modersohn-Becker 5 December 2014 – 6 April 2015 Richard Mosse The Enclave 5 February – 25 May 2015
Major works from the collection on show in the west wing until 18 January 2015
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