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Kirsten Ortwed. Full Length Sculptor of the Year  |  Sculptures, 06 14 2008 - 03 8 2009 The exhibition occupies the Museum's 2000 m² large Sculpture Street and an adjoining exhibition room, and affords a retrospective cross-section of Kirsten Ortwed's oeuvre "in full length" from the 1970s and up to today. Full Length is also the title of the 13 metre-long bronze sculpture which Ortwed has specially created with a view to matching and challenging the enormous space of the Sculpture Street. The other axis of the Sculpture Street is occupied by Ortwed's contribution to the Venice Biennial in 1997, the sculpture group Tons of Circumstances, which Statens Museum for Kunst has just acquired with support from Hermod Lannung's Museum Foundation. Statens Museum for Kunst (Danish National Gallery) Sølvgade 48-50 DK-1307 Copenhagen K Denmark Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 5pm / Wednesday 10 am - 8pm / Monday closed Free admission to the museum collection Admission fee to temporary exhibitions. http://www.smk.dk

Nicolai Abildgaard: body and tradition  |  Art, 08 29 2008 - 01 3 2009 The exhibition presents a rich selection of Danish artis Nicolai Abildgaard's work. It is primarily painting, but other mediums are also represented: drawing, graphics and furniture design. This gives an impression of the breadth of his production and artistic activities. Image: Nicolai Abildgaard, The Wounded Philoctetes, 1775 Statens Museum for Kunst (Danish National Gallery) Sølvgade 48-50 DK-1307 Copenhagen K Denmark Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 5pm / Wednesday 10 am - 8pm / Monday closed Free admission to the museum collection Admission fee to temporary exhibitions. http://www.smk.dk

Triumph of Desire - Danish and International Surrealism  |  Art, 09 6 2008 - 01 11 2009 Salvador Dalí and Wilhelm Freddie. Joan Míro and Ejler Bille. René Magritte and Richard Mortensen. This exhibition interprets Danish Surrealism in an international perspective. This exhibition interprets Danish Surrealism in an international perspective. In more than 130 paintings, collages, photographs, sculptures, drawings, objects, journals and texts, the exhibition sheds light on the Danish Surrealists. Image: Richard Mortensen, Green Birds, 1940. Herning Art Museum ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst Skovvej 100, DK-2635 Ishøj - 20 minutes south Copenhagen. Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10 am -5 pm / Wednesday 10 am -9 pm  Monday closed Admission: adults 50 DKK / concessions 35 DKK http://www.arken.dk/

Reality Check  |   Contemporary Art, 09 6 2008 - 01 4 2009 This autumn's large-scale special exhibition at Statens Museum for Kunst is the most comprehensive presentation of contemporary art in the history of The Danish National Gallery to date. 39 leading international artists turn both the museum and reality upside down in this exhibition covering more than 3,000 m². Image: Ann Lislegaard (f. 1962) Nothing but Space Statens Museum for Kunst 1997 Statens Museum for Kunst (Danish National Gallery) Sølvgade 48-50 DK-1307 Copenhagen K Denmark Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 5pm / Wednesday 10 am - 8pm / Monday closed Free admission to the museum collection Admission fee to temporary exhibitions. http://www.smk.dk

The Making of a Masterpiece  |  Art, 11 8 2008 - 02 1 2009 The exhibition complete the restoration of the Flemish painter Jacob Jordaen's important work The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of a Fish also called The Ferry Boat from Antwerp from c. 1623. The restoration has created new knowlede about Jordaens and the working method. This exhibition communicates the some of the results of this new research. Image: Jacob Jordaens,The Tribute Money. Peter Finding the Silver Coin in the Mouth of a Fish (also called The Ferry Boat from Antwerp) from c. 1623. Statens Museum for Kunst (Danish National Gallery) Sølvgade 48-50 DK-1307 Copenhagen K Denmark Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 5pm / Wednesday 10 am - 8pm / Monday closed Free admission to the museum collection Admission fee to temporary exhibitions. http://www.smk.dk

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