Current exhibitions
Flowers and World Views
22 March - 20 October 2013
The exhibition presents a spectacular and lush extravaganza of flower paintings spanning two centuries. Explore familiar and rare exotic flowers – and find strange blooms you have never seen before.
The exhibition offers a sensuous walk through the rich variety of the world of flowers, but it also digs deeper to show that a flower is not simply a flower. The artists’ representations of flowers, fruit, and plants are affected by history and the prevalent world view.
We the People (Detail)
1 June 2012 - 31 December 2013
The Danish-Vietnamese artist Danh Vo has made a full-scale replica of the Statue of Liberty. However, the statue has not been welded together to reach its full height of 45 metres; rather, it has been split into approximately 400 fragments that have been scattered across the entire world. You will be able to experience a total of approximately 100 elements in the Sculpture Street.
European Art 1300-1800
Permanent exhibition with artworks from the Collections
A unique opportunity for gaining insights into 500 years of art from all of Europe.
With the exhibition European Art 1300-1800 the Gallery opens up a treasure trove featuring works by some of the greatest figures from art history, including Mantegna, Cranach, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt and many more.
Danish and Nordic Art 1750-1900
Permanent exhibition with artworks from the Collections
From the birth of Danish painting through the famous Golden Age of Danish art to the dawn of Modernism.
The major features of Danish and Nordic art over 150 years are unfolded in a display that features both an historic overview and special themes of immediate relevance to contempoary life, while also focusing on artists of particular importance. At the same time, this display casts light on some of the more overlooked chapters in the history of Danish art.
French Art 1900-30
Permanent exhibition with artworks from the Collections
In the exhibition French Art 1900-1930, you can experience some of the museum's most famous works by artists such as Picasso, Braque, Derain and Matisse. The starting point for the display is Paris, the most important art metropolis in the early 1900s.
Danish and International Art after 1900
Permanent exhibition with artworks from the Collections
Modern art from the 20th century and the very latest contemporary art now fills the exhibition rooms of the Gallery’s white building, offering a wide-ranging display of the main movements within Danish art. The display includes rooms focusing on major individual figures, on collective movements, and on important works and trends from the international art scene of the period.
Coming exhibitions
Asger Jorn
28 February - 15 June 2014
Asger Jorn is one of the pre-eminent artists within 20th century Danish art. In 2014 SMK will stage a large retrospective celebrating the centennial of the artist’s birth.
Elmgreen & Dragset
19 September 2014 - 4 January 2015
Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset surprise us, shock us, and turn the world upside down in their art, which will be featured in a major exhibition at SMK.
