October Art: Don’t give this the Freudian slip!

 

A Closer Look
ongoing, ends Nov 29; Louisiana Museum of Modern, Gl Strandvej 13, Humlebæk; open Tue-Fri 11:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00; tickets: 115kr; louisiana.dk

Take a close look at one of Britain’s most influential and talented artists.

Post-1982, Freud mostly focused on graphic pictures and this exhibition consists of 52 intriguing black and white body sketches he made during that period.

Overall it is a fascinating and powerful study of the human body you don’t want to look away from.

The exhibition is part of the Louisiana ‘On Paper’ series and is a follow-up on a retrospective of Lucian Freud at Louisiana in 2007. (LK)


CW Eckersberg

Oct 8-Jan 24; SMK; open Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00, Wed 10:00-20:00; free adm

The works of the ‘father of Danish painting’, CW Eckersberg, are coming to SMK where an extensive exhibition will honour his impressive compositions and realistic works. (LK)

(photo: SMK.dk)
(photo: SMK.dk)

 

Learning from Japan
opens Oct 8; Designmuseum Danmark, Bredgade 68, Cph K; Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00, Wed 11:00-21:00; 100kr

Explore the highly influential relationship between Japanese and Danish design. The exhibition will show many crafts, that are rarely shown in public, so this is definitely worth a visit! (LK)

(photo: Cao Fei_Whose Utopia - My Future is not a Dream)
(photo: Cao Fei_Whose Utopia – My Future is not a Dream)

 

Nowton: Sue Pollen
Oct 24-Dec 13; Gentofte Hovedbibliotek, Hellerup; open Mon-Fri 10:00-20:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-16:00; free adm

Discover the world before the modern man. Pollen presents beautifully simple and minimalist sculptural works that seem completely naked, but inherit a story of birth and evolution. (LK)

(photo: Pegasus Photo by Musikkens Genius, PrivnR, Lyndelse)
(photo: Pegasus Photo by Musikkens Genius, PrivnR, Lyndelse)

 

 

Transformations
Oct 17-Jan 31; Moderna Museet, Malmö; open Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00; 70kr

The innovative exhibition features art that triggers thoughts about life and death, and imagination and play, in a totally new way. It offers a mobile app that allows visitors to take a journey through time. (LK)

(photo: Moderna Museet)
(photo: Moderna Museet)

 

 




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