Articles

img Lundstrøm Beneath the Surface: </br> The Many Steps towards Perfect Beauty

Af: Clara Bratt Lauridsen, Ellen Egemose, Mads Svanborg Peters, Ayoub Laghrissi, Arkadiusz Goszczak, Bjarke Jørgensen, Jacek Fiutowski

Lundstrøm Beneath the Surface: The Many Steps...

Vilhelm Lundstrøm is known for his rigorous structured compositions on blue backgrounds. But how did he arrive at the finished motif, and did he favour...

img Artists in charge of acquisitions: </br> The acquisition of Danish art for SMK – National Gallery of Denmark, 1866–1973

Af: Anette Østerby

Artists in charge of acquisitions: The acquisition...

or more than a century, acquisitions of Danish art for the SMK collection were made by a committee whose members came from outside the museum....

Af: Jesper Svenningsen

The Early Reception and Appreciation of Plein-Air...

Landscape sketches wielded far greater influence in the nineteenth century than the myth relates – they were both exhibited and collected, ultimately achieving recognition in...

img Hidden Plant Stories: </br> Close and distant readings of houseplants in Danish art 1820–1920

Af: Anette Vandsø, Pernille Leth-Espensen, Anders S. Barfod, Gertrud Oelsner, Nick Shepherd

Hidden Plant Stories: Close and distant readings...

"How can nineteenth-century houseplant art shed new light on the relationship between humans and plants? A plant-centred approach opens up overlooked narratives within art museum...

img Contentious Landscapes </br> Peter Christian Skovgaard’s Late Italian Motifs

Af: Anne-Mette Villumsen

Contentious Landscapes Peter Christian Skovgaard’s Late Italian...

How did Skovgaard’s Italian landscapes become a forgotten part of his work? This article sheds new light on these paintings, using W.J.T. Mitchell’s critical, power-analytical...

img Free of the Canvas </br> Concerning two sound works by Richard Winther and Gunnar Aagaard Andersen in the SMK sound archive

Af: Magnus Kaslov

Free of the Canvas Concerning two sound...

In 1948 and 1949, several artists from the Danish artist group Linien II created a series of experimental works in which they transferred concrete art...

img Willy Ørskov’s Pneumatic Sculptures <br> Inflatable and Unstable Art

Af: Philip Pihl

Willy Ørskov’s Pneumatic Sculptures Inflatable and Unstable...

This article examines Willy Ørskov's pneumatic sculptures from the 1960s and 1970s through the lens of Gilles Deleuze's concept of the time-image. The article argues...

Af: Stine Lundberg Hansen, Laila Lund Altinbas

Christine Deichmann and the Forgotten Greenland Journeys

Christine Deichmann's (1869-1945) art challenged the colonial perspectives of her time on the Greenlandic landscape and people, while she herself was a Danish artist in...

img H(a)unting for Tomorrow <br>Spectral Temporalities and Sites in Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind’s Tomorrow’s Ghosts

Af: Nat Muller

H(a)unting for Tomorrow Spectral Temporalities and Sites...

The Palestinian-Danish artist duo Larissa Sansour and Søren Lind’s 'Tomorrow’s Ghosts' reconceptualises time and identity. This article examines the exhibition’s use of haunting and the...

img Cows Looking Back <br> Agriculture and Life in 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Af: Gry Hedin

Cows Looking Back Agriculture and Life in...

In a time of climate and biodiversity crises, where our relationship with our surroundings needs to be reassessed, landscape painting can help us revisit our...

img Women’s art and Peasant Painters <br> On gender discourse in the Peasant Painter Feud and Agnes Slott-Møller’s resistance

Af: Katrine Bruun Jørgensen

Women’s art and Peasant Painters On gender...

In the spring and summer of 1907, there was a debate in the Danish newspaper Politiken concerning a group of Danish artists and the distribution...

Af: Eva de la Fuente Pedersen

A Saint Sebastian from the Royal Danish...

A painting of Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows was already registered in 1690 as part of the Royal Danish Kunstkammer. In this article, the painting...