Turning left with the great Wim Wenders

This is a fascinating photographic diary by the German film-maker and visual artist Wim Wenders.
Using material from his work-related travels over the last 30 years – including enormous panoramas of a desolate fairground in Armenia, radioactive landscapes in Fukushima and an open air theatre in Sicily – the exhibition mirrors the broad spectrum of Wenders’ work. 

“Everyone turns right because that’s where the interesting things are, but I turn left … to the places that are strangely quiet or oddly calm,” he explains.

Opens Sep 28; Gammel Strand, Gammel Strand 48, Cph K; glstrand.dk

Art Copenhagen 2014
Art Copenhagen, Scandinavia’s biggest modern and contemporary art fair, will be held for the 18th time this September. All art lovers will have the chance to buy works from international artists. 


Biggest art fair in Scandinavia to be held for 18th time (Photo by: Art Copenhagen)

Opens Sep 19; Forum, Julius Thomsens Plads 1, Frederiksberg; artcopenhagen.dk 

The Good Life 
Swedish artist Carl Larsson’s watercolour depictions of family and childhood scenes from his home in Sundborn demonstrates his pervasive influence on Scandinavian interior design culture. 


Nordic design through paintings (Photo by:Ordrupgaard.dk)

opens Sep 26; Ordrupgaard, Vilvordevej 110, Charlottenlund; ordrupgaard.dk

Ancher vs Krøyer

Friends and rivals, these two Danish painters influenced each other’s lives and art. The exhibition chiefly compares and contrasts their landscapes of Skagen, where they both lived. 


Skagen in two perceptions ( Photo by: Skagens Museum)

opens Sep 27; Arken Museum, Skovvej 100, Ishøj; arken.dk

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