Exhibitions

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

THE ESSENCE OF COLOUR – The Art of Queen Margrethe II

With 135 works THE ESSENCE OF COLOUR is the biggest exhibition to date of H.M. the Queen’s art. At the exhibition we enter a personal universe and follow the Queen’s artistic development over 35 years.

The subjects range from the close surroundings through imaginary landscapes to the most recent depictions of radiantly coloured rocks and bones.

Damien Hirst donation
 

ARKEN has received a very generous donation from The Merla Art Foundation, London, founded by Dennis and Jytte Merla Dresing, consisting of a total of eight works by the world-famous British artist Damien Hirst (b. 1965). This means that ARKEN’s collection has been enriched with a fine representation of one of the absolutely central artists of recent times. Damien Hirst’s works raise existential questions of mankind’s position in the universe.

ARKEN’S COLLECTION

We present ARKEN’s collection as a permanent exhibition. ARKEN’s collection contains works by the greatest international stars on the art scene. The museum owns more than 300 works of Danish, Nordic and international contemporary art. ARKEN’s COLLECTION shows some of the best ones. See for example the recent acquisition Your Negotiable Panorama (2006) by the world-famous artist Olafur Eliasson. Uniquely in Denmark ARKEN also presents a special room with works by the British artist Damien Hirst.