Beautiful Repair: Mending in Art and Fashion at Copenhagen Contemporary explores the aesthetics of mending through the lens of art and fashion.
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Metal Detector Hobbyists Get a Museum Show in Denmark
The Hunt for Denmark’s Past at the National Museum of Denmark gathers some of amateurs’ and hobbyists’ most remarkable finds.
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The Cold Gaze and the Myth of Objectivity
A Copenhagen exhibition offers a rich view into the creative production and daily life in the Weimar Republic, with its glamour and its grotesquerie.
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Danish Artist’s Racist “Covid China” Artwork Draws Outrage
Instead of apologizing, the artist mocked a Chinese student who protested the work.
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Omicron’s Rapid Spread Shuts Down Museums Across Europe
Art institutions in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and elsewhere are impacted by the new wave of closures.
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How a Documentary Used Animation to Protect the Identity of Its Main Character
Afghan refugee Amin didn’t feel comfortable telling director Jonas Poher Rasmussen his story without a way to conceal his identity. Rasmussen explains the process to Hyperallergic.
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Four Teachers Decide to Just Be Drunk All the Time
The Danish dramedy film Another Round is a dark but very funny movie about alcoholism.
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The Happiness Museum Shares Denmark’s Well-being Secrets
According to the United Nation’s annual ranking, Denmark is the world’s second happiest country.
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Danish Court Stops Watchmakers From Cutting Up An Artist’s Work to Create Timepieces
The court issued an injunction against owners of the watch brand Kanske, who planned to slice up a painting by Danish artist Tal R and use the canvas pieces as decorative faces for a line of luxury wristwatches.
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Pipilotti Rist Brings Out the Weirdness of Being Human
“I was a wild girl,” Rist has said of herself as a child, and her radiantly colorful videos honor this rebellious spirit.
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Courtroom Sketches from Ai Weiwei’s Legal Battle Against Volkswagen
The artist has filed a lawsuit against the company for copyright infringement after the automaker used one of his works about the refugee crisis as a backdrop for its cars.
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A Tiny Danish Town Will Get Western Europe’s Biggest Skyscraper
The planned project will rise 1,049 feet tall in a rural town of just 7,000 people.