Plant Fever. The World on the Windowsill uncovers the hidden story of how plants from tropical and subtropical regions found their way into Danish hom…

Melchior Lorck (born in Flensburg in 1526 or 1527, died c. 1583) was the first Danish artist to achieve international renown. Trained in the tradition…

How does a changing understanding of the museum’s public role influence the way exhibitions are created today? In what ways can exhibitions transform,…

Women Artists in Denmark 1880-1910 shines a spotlight on a number of female artists’ contributions to the Danish art scene at the end of the nineteent…

In the mid-19th century, intrepid explorers began to shine a light on the darkness of the deep. The mystique of what lay beneath the surface of the va…

The present volume offers a fresh take on classical antiquity’s enduring presence in popular culture. It is structured around three key themes – histo…

When the first European explorers ventured into the unknown Pacific Ocean, their minds were filled with tales of remote, paradisiacal islands. Hopeful…

When it comes to images, we are all animists. Deep down, we all know that images can – at least potentially – be alive or come to life. Nowadays, we m…

Hospitalized following a mental health crisis in 1929, Louis Marcussen (1894—1985) begins a spectacular journey. He fills his room at the psychiatric…

‘A lover of light’: in 1912, a French critic used these words to describe the great Danish painter Peder Severin Krøyer, who had close ties to the Fre…

Cultural differences are often the trigger for conflict – whether politically motivated or arising from dissonant understandings of national culture.…