The shutdown of cultural life meant canceled exhibitions, canceled teaching jobs and a decline in the sale of art. During the corona crisis, BKF was in dialogue with the Ministry of Culture and the Danish Parliament's spokespersons for culture regarding help for artists.
Here is a selection of BKF's news and press releases about the artists' conditions during the corona crisis.
Find more BKF articles about artists' conditions during COVID-19 by using the search function at the top of the page.
On top: Trine Søndergaard: NEARLY NOW. Closed exhibition at Gl. Holtegaard, March 2021. Photo: David Stjernholm.
Finally: Kunstens rum reopens on 16 January 2022...
Shutdown creates uncertainty despite positive new agreement, 20 December 2021…
6 out of 10 visual artists have not applied for aid packages, 1 September 2021…
BKF: Get the art world involved in the reopening of society, 2 March 2021,
Pernille Kapper Williams: Untitled. 2005/2020. Limited edition © Photo: Mikkel Høgh Kaldal.
Corona arts support scheme reopens until March, 18 February 2021…
Corona scheme for artists extended, 21 January 2021...
Work grants for corona-affected artists are ready, 19 January 20221
Corona scheme for artists reopens with new criteria, 18 December 2020
Artists get better opportunities to apply for corona aid, 11 December 2020
Extra work grants and extended aid packages for artists, 28 October 2020…
Rezan Arab: The Crowd. Office of Emergency 2020.
BKF: Do like Norway, give art life corona aid, 14 October 2020...
Few artists have applied for temporary corona scheme for artists, 24 August 2020…
Latest on COVID-19 pools for artists, 1 July 2020…
Open letter: Remove minimum requirements in aid package for artists, 19 June 2020…
Aid packages for artists extended to 8 August – apply now, 17 June 2020…
Voices in the art world: Art after corona, 9 June 2020...
Application deadline for temporary art support scheme extended, 6 June 2020...
BKF welcomes the advanced reopening of the art scene, 21 May 2020...
See all BKF's webinars on aid packages and artists 20 May 2020...
BKF: Think about art in restarting society, 19 May 2020...
BKF's plan for the arts during COVID-19, 19 May 2020…
Galleries: Drastic decline in art sales, 19 May 2020…
Aid package for artists extended, 15 May 2020…
Webinar: About combinator scheme in aid package for freelancers, 13 May 2020...
Cultural life gets pool for new projects during the Corona crisis, 13 May 2020...
Faranak Sohi: Masketjoho. Art Gallery Brantebjerg 2020.
Advice for Artists on COVID-19 Relief Packages, 11 May 2020…
Art life reopens – but later than expected, 8 May 2020...
Overview: Latest news on artists and relief packages, 24 April 2020…
BKF webinar on temporary art support scheme for artists with combined income, 22 April 2020…
Get answers about Corona cancellations and compensation, 20 April 2020…
We must find new ways to reopen cultural life, 16 April 2020...
Artists with a ragtag economy get an aid package, April 7, 2020…
BKF webinar on visual artists' finances and aid packages in the corona crisis, 2 April 2020...
Help package for freelancers and the self-employed opened, 1 April 2020…
Artists can keep subsidies despite corona cancellations, 31 March 2020...
BKF to clients: Maintain agreements with the artists, 29 March 2020...
Several artists, but not all, covered by aid package, 27 March 2020…
BKF: Get all artist finances included in aid package, 26 March 2020...
Artists tell: How the corona crisis affects us, 26 March 2020...
BKF: Buy contemporary art now, 25 March 2020…
Kristoffer Ørum: Signal crab. From the corona-closed exhibition at Vejle Art Museum Navigeringer, 2020.
COVID-19 in the art world – advice and guidance, 20 March 2020…
Artists fall out of the government's new aid package, 19 March 2020…
Need for a relief package that fits artist terms, March 18, 2020…
The corona crisis goes beyond art sales, 16 March 2020...
BKF and the corona crisis, 12 March 2020...