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ARKEN Later?
All the best parts of a festival, the club, and long, light summer evenings gathered in one place – ARKEN Later? Let’s fill the museum with life, sound, and community.
ARKEN Later?
All the best parts of a festival, the club, and long, light summer evenings gathered in one place – ARKEN Later? Let’s fill the museum with life, sound, and community.
ARKEN KIDS
Experience lots of fun with art when ARKEN KIDS takes over the museum on children’s terms.
ARKEN KIDS
Experience lots of fun with art when ARKEN KIDS takes over the museum on children’s terms.
Revamping ARKEN
Starting from 04.08.25, your visit to the museum will be a little different.
Revamping ARKEN
Starting from 04.08.25, your visit to the museum will be a little different.
Bright Future
Smukfest, ARKEN, and Esben Weile Kjær have joined forces to create two large-scale bounce sculptures.
Bright Future
Smukfest, ARKEN, and Esben Weile Kjær have joined forces to create two large-scale bounce sculptures.
POOL
If you need a break from art, take a sensory bath in Pool, which is a different and fun way into art for children and the young at heart.
POOL
If you need a break from art, take a sensory bath in Pool, which is a different and fun way into art for children and the young at heart.
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Lisa’s Chickens
Under deres fødder står de mest populære pigenavne i Danmark i det år, hvor værket er fra. Hønsene går frit rundt, som var det en hønsegård.
Lisa’s Chickens
Under deres fødder står de mest populære pigenavne i Danmark i det år, hvor værket er fra. Hønsene går frit rundt, som var det en hønsegård.
Marguerite Humeau
Torches by Marguerite Humeau invites you into a sensuous total universe where Humeau's organic, sculptural works are brought to life through light and sound.
Marguerite Humeau
Torches by Marguerite Humeau invites you into a sensuous total universe where Humeau's organic, sculptural works are brought to life through light and sound.
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Kørners Art Contest 2025
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Kørner's Art Contest celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and everyone is invited to the opening reception. This year's theme is STOF (MATERIAL), and 26 works have been selected from more than 350 entries by art and design students in secondary schools across the country.
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(POP-UP) LÆRKE BAGGER X ARKEN
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Come and experience a playful and unique world of knitting when LÆRKE BAGGER X ARKEN presents personal interpretations of the ‘Inner Child’ sweater, designed by Lærke Bagger.
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Frederik Næblerød: Halloween Workshop & Wine
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Be inspired by one of Denmark’s most exciting contemporary artists, Frederik Næblerød, and create your own Halloween mask.
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Make Halloween Masks with Frederik Næblerød SOLD OUT
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Get inspired by one of Denmark’s most exciting contemporary artists, Frederik Næblerød, and create your own Halloween mask.
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Season Opening – Monira Al Qadiri
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What are the consequences of our relationship with oil for our climate, economies, and culture? This autumn, ARKEN presents a major exhibition by Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri (b. 1983), who will install large-scale works throughout the museum's Art Axis: Floating sculptures shaped like petrochemical molecules, pearlescent, rotating drill heads, and a video piece that lets us fly like drones through an oil field.
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Workshop with Frederik Næblerød
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Grab your friends and join a unique drawing workshop with artist Frederik Næblerød, where you’ll create your own artworks on paper using colored chalk, oil pastels, and colored pencils. It’s going to be a massive workshop where you and your friends can create together with others – and enjoy sitting in 'The Botanical Garden', which Frederik Næblerød has decorated from floor to ceiling.
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