Sculptures at Louisiana
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, situated on Denmark’s North Zealand coast, is home to one of the most important collections of works by 20th Century artists. It also hosts many major exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
Louisiana opened in 1958 with works by modern Danish artists, but has since acquired pieces by many well-known international artists. Several have been donations from the New Carlsberg Foundation, including The Cardplayer by Pablo Picasso, reclining figures by Henry Moore, Man and Child by Francis Bacon, and sculptures by Alberto Giacometti.
Modern Art at ARoS
The ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum dates from 1859 and houses the largest collection of Danish art outside Copenhagen. In the early 2000s, a major redevelopment transformed the provincial museum into ‘a national museum with international ambitions’.
As well as the construction of a new, ten storey building, the transformation included the purchase of works by leading international artists, funded mainly by a DKK 40 million donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation. One of the first purchases was Ron Muecks’ Boy (2000), a five metre tall fibreglass sculpture of a crouching boy originally featured in The Millennium Dome in London.
Danish Golden Age at Nivaagaard
Established in 1908, the Nivaagaard Picture Gallery, houses one of the best collections of paintings from the Danish Golden Age (1800-1850).
With a grant from the New Carlsberg Foundation, it was recently able to acquire one of the few paintings from this era still in private hands - The Vesta Temple in Rome (1816) by Christoffer Eckersberg. Eckersberg is often called the Father of Danish painting and his Roman views are amongst the most treasured works in Danish art.
You can find out more about the Museums at www.louisiana.dk, www.aros.dk and www.nivaagaard.dk