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Danish Visual Artists is the voice of artists and art. Here you can read more about the association's statements, consultation responses, debate articles in the press etc.
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Stop the suffering of the Palestinian people
In Danish Visual Artists, we have previously been critical of the war in Gaza, which is only escalating and spreading. With the growing seriousness of the situation, we on the board therefore experience an urgent need to once again state that the genocide must stop.
Debate: Visual arts can engage citizens and society – but the Finance Act forgets it
The visual arts are not only beneficial to cultural life, but to society as a whole, not least in the climate field. Therefore, the Minister of Culture should create an ambitious action plan that secures new talents and strengthens their working conditions, writes BKF's representative Marie Thams on Altinget.dk.
Cultural, artistic, spiritual reinforcement?
"If we want to strengthen art and culture as part of what we gather around – and not leave it on the platform, reduced to decoration – we must act. And it must happen on art's own terms," writes Marie Thams in the editorial in the professional journal Billedkunstneren #3 2025.
The myth of supply and demand
The art ecosystem does not function like a market, writes Marie Thams, representative of the Danish Association of Visual Artists, on Kulturmonitor.
Involve artists in climate projects
Chairperson Marie Thams was interviewed by the Althingi today: “The government itself has requested that art and culture play a role in solving the major crises. We are motivated by that. Now we are coming up with a concrete proposal for how this can happen,”
Boards with active artists make the best decisions
It is crucial that boards of directors in art institutions and in the cultural field in general are anchored in artistic expertise. For boards where artistic expertise is represented, it ensures that decisions are made with insight that is based on a deeper understanding of the artistic processes, writes Marie Thams in the Altinget.
Art in climate work - Demands for change
New publication from the Association of Visual Artists on the skills of visual artists in the green transition.
Art must not be sacrificed at the expense of the Armed Forces
Excluding the Armed Forces from the art circular is an unprecedented step that deprioritises the role of art in government buildings. It sends a signal that art has no place in our common security institutions, writes Marie Thams in the Altinget.
Strengthen Nordic art and culture in all its diversity
The Nordic Council honors writers, filmmakers and musicians in the Nordics every year. But where are the visual artists?
We must have an eye for the whole person
Hear BKF's spokesperson Marie Thams lament the defense area's exception in the art circular in Kulturen on P1.
The defense is exempt from the state's art circular
Symbol politics. If something is to happen with the art circular, it must be strengthened, says Marie Thams, head of the Association of Visual Artists.
Art academies are strengthened in the new finance law
The government's draft financial law, which will be published tomorrow, Friday, suggests that the Funen and Jutland Art Academy will each be strengthened by an additional DKK 1 million annually for the next four years. The Association of Visual Artists is pleased.
Businesses can still depreciate art purchases
Politicians have so far not taken the Frigast committee's recommendation to heart.
Call to the Minister of Culture
Reject the Frigast Committee's recommendation to abolish companies' ability to deduct purchases of art from tax.
Why cut back on art in the workplace?
In the upcoming issue of Billedkunstneren, Marie Thams addresses the Frigastudvalget's recommendation to abolish the system that allows companies to depreciate art purchases.
BKF's board: Artists and citizens must have the freedom to express their thoughts – also about war
The violent war in Gaza is causing catastrophic civilian casualties and exposing people's lack of equal rights globally.
Do not touch the companies' depreciation of art purchases
The Free Gas Committee proposes to rehabilitate the system that allows companies to depreciate art purchases. This will mean a significant loss of income for the artists, says head of the secretariat and lawyer Klaus Pedersen from the Visual Artists Association.
The foundations' strategies must balance the needs of the arts
Read BKF's front person Marie Thams's contribution in the Altinget's theme debate on the relationship between foundations and cultural life.
Hearing response from BKF to the ban on inappropriate treatment of objects with significant religious significance
BKF does not support the government's proposal for a ban to stop Koran burnings. Read the response to the consultation here.
AI-generated images are not free
The AI companies' use of copyrighted material calls for an agreement with the rights holders for the extensive image material. Point of view of BKF's secretariat manager Klaus Pedersen in ING/DATATECH.
BKF met with the Folketing's culture committee
The Association of Visual Artists represented the Danish Parliament's culture committee on Friday at the Cultural Meeting in Mors and used the opportunity to speak about museum reform.
Greater inclusion and diversity must create real change in the Danish art institutions
The Association of Visual Artists today launches a series of recommendations to ensure diversity, equality and real inclusion in the Danish art institutions.
BKF's contribution to cultural policy statement
This spring, Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt will submit a cultural policy statement to the Folketing and has asked a number of cultural actors and organizations for contributions.
Correct the unfair distribution of funds by earmarking new funds for the art academies outside Copenhagen
State subsidies to the art academies outside Copenhagen have been unfair and lopsided. Read Marie Thams' post in Altinget Kultur.
Has the Minister of Culture forgotten the most important link in the food chain?
Remember the artists in the new museum act. Read Marie Thams' post in Kulturmonitor today.
Switching off works of art is unacceptable
The Association of Visual Artists has learned that Aarhus Municipality has switched off a number of light artworks for an extended period, and has written to Councilor Nicolaj Bang for an explanation.
Remember the artists in the new museum act
The Minister of Culture has summoned museum representatives to a meeting about an upcoming museum reform. The Association of Visual Artists calls for the visual artists, the content producers, to be included in the upcoming law.
The Association of Visual Artists met the Culture Committee
Today, the Association of Visual Artists represented the Danish Parliament's Culture Committee at the Kulturmødet Mors, where BKF's representative Marie Thams had the opportunity to put forward a number of concrete proposals on how art and the work of artists can be strengthened.
Art and visual artists have their natural role in the fight against climate change
Development of new technology alone is unfortunately not enough to avert the climate crisis, writes representative of the Association of Visual Artists Marie Thams in a debate post on Klimamonitor on 26 June.
Debate: The Statens Kunstfonds and Realdania's new recommendations for housing construction overlook an important point
The Statens Kunstfonds and Realdania's Housing Laboratory's recommendations on how we can renew and put a new perspective on housing construction in Denmark do not mention the importance of art. Marie Thams, head of the Association of Visual Artists, wonders that.
