Observingarts: ORDRUPGAARD At Home with Hammershøi 4 March 2016

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interiør. Med klaver og sortklædt

kvinde. Strandgade 30, 1901, Ordrupgaard.

Foto: Pernille Klemp

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) is considered one of the most original and talented artists of his generation. Time seems to have come to a standstill in his atmospheric interior paintings the appeal of which has not diminished over time. Next spring Ordrupgaard marks the centenary of Vilhelm Hammershøi’s death with an exhibition that will be the first to focus exclusively on the importance of the home in Christianshavn to the artist’s career.

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Observingarts: REVISIT: Thorbjørn Lausten 14 November 2015

With the exhibition format REVISIT, Overgaden delves into its own history for the third year running. This year the focus is Thorbjørn Lausten’s 2003 exhibition Datablik (‘Dataview’) and his long-standing, pioneering work at the intersection of art, science and technology. More at: Overgaden

ART EXHIBITION: Matisse and the Eskimos at Ordrupgaard - ending 29 November 2015

Henri Matisse. Une fête en Cimmérie, 1964

Musée départemental Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Frankrig. © Succession H. Matisse/billedkunst.dk 2015

Henri Matisse is primarily known for his colourful paintings and brilliant paper cuttings, with their bright colours and many details. But probably few people are aware that in the autumn of his life, Matisse turned his gaze to the far north. The result was a unique series of Eskimo portraits, which can now quite extraordinarily be seen at Ordrupgaard, starting in August. More at Ordrupgaard