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Danish Visual Artists is the voice of artists and art. Here you will find our latest news and selected articles from the magazine Billedkunstneren
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After a break and a move, the artist-run exhibition space M100 is back in Odense with new energy and greater ambitions.
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Comment: In municipal visual arts councils we often talk about quality, community and education. But all too often we lose sight of when the work is revealed. It is in everyday life – not at the opening – that art should work, writes visual artist and member of the visual arts council in Middelfart Municipality, Cecilia de Jong.
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Fortunately, the Danish Association of Visual Artists is constantly gaining new members. Each issue of the Danish Association of Visual Artists presents one of them. This time Peter Ringgaard, who works from Copenhagen, Thailand and Tisvilde.
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“We never find ourselves in situations where we have to discuss whether one or the other's practice should be prioritized,” say artist couple Kirsten Astrup & Maria Bordorff. They also point out that there are different phases in life, and that no one can or should be expected to be able to do it all at once.
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How do you set yourself up as an artist? And what does it look like where the works are created?
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In a time of crises and imminent war, art and culture can also play an important role. Because by creating or engaging in art and culture, communities can sprout, and this often helps people to hold on to life. At the same time, art can bring out the middle tones when polarization is imminent, finds Kathrin Maurer, professor at SDU and Fellow at the Nordic Humanities Center.
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The new issue focuses on, among other things, artist-run exhibition spaces, art in a time of crisis, and the work of an arts council, which focuses on quality, community, and education, but often loses sight of when the work is revealed.
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Artists, museums and art galleries are now joining forces to significantly improve artists' conditions. In a joint agreement that will come into effect on April 1, 2026, the recommended minimum rate for exhibition fees will be increased by 40 percent over the next four years.
Latest issue of
The magazine Billedkunstneren
The upcoming issue focuses on, among other things, artist-run exhibition spaces, art in a time of crisis and the work of an arts council. Meet Thilo Frank, Astrup & Bordorff, Cecilia de Jong, Heidi Hove, Charlotte Thrane, Tine Oksbjerg, Rebekka Bohse Meyer and Peter Ringaard.