SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark SMK - The National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst) is Denmark’s largest art museum, featuring outstanding collections of Danish and international art from the past seven centuries. SMK is located just off of Copenhagen's Nørreport station. Here you can experience special exhibitions, the royal collections, guided tours, performances, art talks, concerts, workshops and much more. At the SMK you can enjoy the grand masters of art history along with cutting-edge contemporary artists and the rising stars of the art scene. No other museum in Denmark shows such a rich and varied selection of art – from the European classics of the Renaissance to the overwhelming diversity of modern and contemporary art. Here you will find gems by artists such as Mantegna, Nolde, Anna Ancher, Derain, Rubens, Matisse, Hammershøi, Munch, Abramovic, Danh Vo and Elmgreen & Dragset. SMK is especially famous for its beautiful collection of Danish Golden Age art, the country’s most comprehensive collection of Danish contemporary art – and one of the world’s best Matisse collections.  

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is a leading international art museum and an absolute top attraction in Denmark. Art, nature, and architecture combine in a total experience that attracts guests from all over the world all year-round. The Museum is located approx. 40 km north of the city center in Humlebæk, in a beautiful old park offering magnificent panoramic views of the Sound.  The park provides a magnificent setting for Louisiana’s large sculpture collection. The museum collection of modern art is one of the most important in Scandinavia and on view in changing presentations. Permanent highlights include the Giacometti Hall and the Jorn Room and there is also regularly access to one of Kusama’s Infinity rooms. Louisiana is open until 10pm Tuesday - Friday  Classics and shooting international stars The Louisiana Museum is internationally recognized for its exhibition program, with 8 - 10 major exhibitions annually. Here, the classics of modern art, as well as contemporary international artists and architects, are presented.   A vibrant cultural center for children and adults alike With its relaxed atmosphere, the museum also offers a vibrant and dedicated cultural centre with a rich programme of activities and events for children and adults alike.  Take a break at the Louisiana Café When it’s time for a break, the Louisiana Cafe welcomes you to enjoy hot drinks, cakes and a delicious, seasonal lunch and dinner menu. From here you have an astounding panorama view of the sea.Shop Scandinavian design in the Louisiana Store In the museum’s sizeable two-level store, you will find a large and inspiring selection of new and classic items with an emphasis on Danish and Scandinavian design. Interior, clothing, books, posters, graphics, toys and more. Current Exhibitions: Louisiana's New Works, 2/12-2025 - 6/4-2026 From 2022 and onwards, Louisiana has once again been able to add a broad and important variety of works to the museum collection. Great surprises therefore await with works in the entire South Wing as well as several rooms in the North Wing. The exhibition presents more than 130 works by some 80 artists – half of whom are new to the collection. In time they span from a 1945 self-portrait by Diane Arbus to works created this year by Gauri Gill and Issy Wood. Marisol 1/10-25 - 22/2-2026 Marisol (1930-2016) stands as one of the most radical and visionary artists of her generation. She was born María Sol Escobar in Paris to a Venezuelan family, and died in New York, where she had lived and worked for large parts of her life since the 1950s. Despite her enormous fame, especially in the United States, and although her work is imbued with an original, artistic vision, there has not yet been a comprehensive showing of Marisol in Europe. Louisiana is therefore proud to be able to present this exhibition.

Ordrupgaard & Finn Juhl’s House You will find Ordrupgaard and Finn Juhl’s House in scenic, peaceful surroundings just 10 km north of Copenhagen. The museum offers a unique array of world-class art, design and architecture. The park has art to enjoy, too. Monet, Degas, Gauguin – and Hammershøi At Ordrupgaard, you can explore one of Northern Europe’s most important collections of French Impressionism, featuring leading figures like Monet, Degas and Gauguin. In addition, visitors can enjoy an exquisite collection of Danish art focusing on Vilhelm Hammershøi and his contemporaries – as well as a succession of special exhibitions. Finn Juhl, Zaha Hadid and Snøhetta You can also visit the former home of furniture designer Finn Juhl. His iconic furniture engages in a lively dialogue with leading Danish modernist artists, just like when Finn Juhl lived here. Guided tours to Finn Juhl’s House in English: Tuesday-Friday. Saturday and Sunday Finn Juhl’s House is open at 11am-5pm and you may discover the house by yourself. Star architect Zaha Hadid and the award-winning design studio Snøhetta have also made their imprint on Ordrupgaard. Art in the open air In the park, you can explore works by leading contemporary artists. All visitors  can give their inner child free rein, because here you are welcome to run, jump and climb on the art. Of course, you may simply prefer to settle on the lawn and enjoy the many sensory impressions offered by the scenic park. Ever since the couple who founded Ordrupgaard, Wilhelm and Henny Hansen, moved here in 1918, a pleasant, informal atmosphere has infused this place. It still does, making the museum popular with all generations. In the café, the chefs conjure up dishes from fresh Nordic ingredients to provide pit-stop refreshments with breathtaking views to green parkland.   Exhibitions Café Society. Art and Sociability in Belle Époque Paris https://ordrupgaard.dk/en/udstillinger/cafe-society-cafe-society-art-and-sociability-in-paris/ Hammershøi and Danish Art Around 1900 https://ordrupgaard.dk/en/udstillinger/hammershoi-og-dansk-kunst-omkring-ar-1900/ French masterpieces from Monet to Matisse https://ordrupgaard.dk/en/udstillinger/franske-mestervaerker-fra-realisme-til-impressionisme/ Jean Gauguin & the art of ceramics https://ordrupgaard.dk/en/udstillinger/jean-gauguin-and-ceramics/  

A unique place for art loversIn the heart of Copenhagen’s historical district right by the canalside lies Gammel Strand, an art institution focusing on modern and contemporary art. Gammel Strand showcases 6-8 exhibitions annually focusing on new Danish talent, the international contemporary art scene and artist's art-historical themes in a present-day perspective. Gammel Strand is a locally rooted, internationally oriented art centre and cultural hub in the heart of Copenhagen. The exhibition program presents art that takes a critical and nuanced approach to the present and focuses on the big questions of the time – from the intimately personal to global dilemmas. Gammel Strand is also a platform for conversations, debates, and activities that bring people, art, and culture together in new communities.New exhibition: Daddy Issues29.01.26 - 03.05.26“Daddy Issues” is a group exhibition exploring the role of the father — a theme increasingly visible in public debate, literature, and pop culture, yet rarely centered in visual art. Featuring works by 25 Danish and international artists, the exhibition examines the father–child relationship in all its complexity: from conflict and absence to care and reconciliation. Through sculpture, painting, film, photography, and installation, the exhibition maps the shifting landscape of fatherhood from the 1950s to today, with a strong focus on contemporary art.In connection with the series of exhibitions Gammel Strand regularly presents a per­spec­tivizing programme of events involving talks and debates, literature readings, concerts and guided tours. Visitors can also enjoy the café, the charming courtyard, buy art books, posters, and design items in the shop.

ARKEN is Denmark's leading museum for contemporary art.  ARKEN is Denmark's largest museum for contemporary art. You can experience exhibitions of contemporary art that relate to you, the life you live, and the communities and societies you are part of. Each year, the museum also presents a variety of exhibitions featuring modern Danish, Nordic, and international art. The museum building is an attraction in itself. Designed by architect Søren Robert Lund, the building resembles a stranded ship with its pointed bow jutting into the landscape, just a few meters from the water. The museum is situated in scenic surroundings with a long sandy beach, making a visit to the museum perfect for a walk or a dip in the waves. Kenneth Rasmussen - GODDAMMIT - 18.09.25–26.04.26Step into a jungle of knitted plastic, colossal linocuts, and imaginative ceramic figures, where artist Kenneth Rasmussen channels his inner life and experiences as a person with special needs. His works are spontaneous, sensory, and socially critical — a healing process that transforms mental chaos into artistic form and activist expression. Creativity meets societal norms, and visitors are invited to explore a rich and detailed universe where art becomes both personal narrative and shared reflection.The exhibition is full of surprising spaces, and on the way around you get very close to the artist and his gaze on the contemporary. Frederik Næblerød unfolds a unique, humorous and boundary-breaking idiom in his works, which are sampled from science fiction, myths, dreams and images that he sees in everyday life. Næblerød creates art out of a great inner necessity, and at ARKEN there is an exhibition where art and life flow together.  

Kunsthal Charlottenborg is one of the largest and most beautiful exhibition spaces for contemporary art in Northern Europe The exhibition space presents an ambitious program with international outlook featuring talents as well as established stars from both Denmark and abroad. Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents uncompromising and agenda setting art still understandable for everyone. The trendsetting exhibition program is supplemented with a large number of activities like artist talks, performances, concerts and film screenings. Ever since Kunsthal Charlottenborg opened in 1883, the venue has hosted exhibitions featuring many of the leading contemporary artists of the given times, accommodating many different types of shows and activities. Charlottenborg now celebrates its long history with a large-scale exhibition featuring all-new and older works alike. Together, they will evoke and add nuance to the history of Kunsthal Charlottenborg, a venue without a collection or a historical archive. Embracing chaos, affinities and time glitches, the exhibition Full of Days forges intuitive connections between historical moments and less-remembered shows, stories and events. Through a cacophony of voices, contemporary and historical artists are framed into a reflection on the elusiveness of time and the multiplicity of its representations, offering a non-linear account of one the Kunsthal’s possible histories. Special Exhibithions (Kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk):     Larissa Sansour - These Moments Will Disappear Too: 26 September 2025 – 15 February 2026Kunsthal Charlottenborg presents Larissa Sansour’s largest exhibition to date, blending science fiction, opera, and documentary to explore themes of forced migration, loss, trauma, and environmental threats. The show reflects on history, identity, and the right to home and land through ten works created between 2003 and 2025, many in collaboration with Søren Lind. This marks Sansour’s first large-scale solo exhibition in Denmark; she previously represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale in 2019.Aleksandra Domanović - Canopy Collapse: 9 October 2025 – 15 February 2026Kunsthal Charlottenborg hosts Aleksandra Domanović’s first Scandinavian solo exhibition, presenting works from the past 15 years that explore how technology, the internet, gender, and cultural memory shape identity in a hyper-connected world. Through sculpture, video, photography, and digital media, Domanović examines technological systems and their cultural impact, drawing connections from Yugoslav cybernetics to today’s digital networks. Her conceptually driven practice offers a critical yet playful perspective on how technological change influences who we are and how we remember.Charlottenborg Art Books The independent bookstore offers a distinctive selection of books and magazines, including publications in the fields of fine art, critical design, typography, literature, and theory.Apollo Bar & Canteen Apollo Bar & Canteen are Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s bar and dining place by chef and creator Frederik Bille Brahe. Every weekday from Tuesday to Friday, you can enjoy a healthy and delicious lunch at the canteen, and all week you can enjoy breakfast, lunch or an exciting dinner or just a cup of coffee, a glass of wine or a drink at the bar next to the courtyard.

Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is Copenhagen’s international art center showing installation art created by world stars and new emerging talentsIt occupies the magnificent former B&W welding hall offering a total of 7,000 m2 of beautiful industrial halls with plenty of space to show the technical and large formats in which many contemporary artists work: total installations, performance art, and monumental video works. Art that can often be entered and sensed with the whole body.  Copenhagen Contemporary is one of Scandinavia’s largest exhibition venues for contemporary art and a lively meeting place for a wide audience. CC creates collaborative partnerships and organises events with a number of different partners across cultural genres locally and internationally. You can attend art talks, art walks, concerts, creative workshops for children, visit CC’s own shop offering Scandinavian design, and experience the unique and historical city district of Refshaleøen.  Situated centrally in B&W’s iconic welding hall, CC is an international power hub in Copenhagen’s new cultural district. The special quality of this area continues to be defined by its industrial history: the area is raw and green with commanding views across Copenhagen Harbour. The district is a mix of first-class gourmet restaurants and small entrepreneurial initiatives; you can go for a dip in the sea, for a sauna, enjoy a glass of wine, and eat grilled food, buy quality bread and visit Copenhagen’s most popular food market with stalls from across the world and lounge areas by the water’s edge. Not forgetting the climbing, skating,and skiing activities, the flea market, and the theatre and music festivals, which are just some of the many activities this area has to offer.  Exhibtions (copenhagencontemporary.org): CC Create x Monster Chetwynd – A Feather in your Hat – 13.04.25 – 01.03.26Experience Monster Chetwynd’s spectacular total installation in Hall 4, where her legendary DIY aesthetic is combined with humor, imagination, and grotesque elements. At the center is the Big Red Hat Shop, inviting visitors into the artist’s creative universe through hats, masks, and performative actions. The exhibition is the first chapter of CC Create, transforming Hall 4 into an open studio for play, learning, and co-creation, where hosts help guests explore their creativity. Alia Farid – A Sounding of the Earth – 03.10.25 – 06.04.26In October 2025, Glyptoteket and Copenhagen Contemporary open the exhibition A Sounding of the Earth—the first solo exhibition in Denmark by Alia Farid. The exhibition, the artist’s largest in Scandinavia, explores the terrain and cultural heritage of the Arabian Gulf, shaped by both ancient history and modern conflicts. Farid combines handmade and industrial objects to highlight the region’s complex history and ecological changes. The exhibition is part of Hosting Histories, where contemporary artists rethink Middle Eastern cultural heritage. Farid’s works challenge simplified narratives and show how materials and stories are transformed through migration, the oil industry, and archaeology.