Selected grants

Nicolai Howalt works with photography in a conceptual and highly experimental approach. In his two series Elements and Silver Migration he examines the possibilities and limitations of photography in physical materials. With funding from the New Carlsberg Foundation, Musée de l’Elysée now adds 26 pieces from the two series to its collection.

The Skovgaard Museum in Viborg recently acquired a rarely seen landscape painting by the Danish Golden Age artist P.C. Skovgaard with support from Aage og Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond and the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Based on four archetypes Alexander Tovborg has created a new religion in his art project New Eternity (2010–12). Two of the archetypes are now on display at Museum of Religious Art in Lemvig. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation the museum has acquired two of Tovborg’s paintings.

As a student of some of the leading artists of the Danish Golden Age, including Rørbye, Købke and Eckersberg, Frølich learned drawing and painting from the best. Eckersberg’s influence in particular is evident in this early life study by Frølich, which the Skovgaard Museum has now acquired with funds from the Danish Agency of Culture and Palaces and the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Just over two decades ago, Wilhelm Marstrand’s Liggende Model (Reclining Nude) was bought by a private Swiss collector at a Danish auction. When the Danish authorities blocked the export of the painting, the new owner promptly packed the little Golden Age gem away in a safe-deposit box in Copenhagen. Now, Marstrand’s painting has finally found a permanent home at The Nivaagaard Collection, thanks in part to support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.

With grants from the New Carlsberg Foundation, the art museums Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, HEART and Sorø Kunstmuseum have acquired several important works by Gunnar Aagaard Andersen. The acquisitions are significant contributions to the museums’ collections of Danish concrete art.

Adam og Eva (Adam and Eve) from 1892 is one of Kristian Zahrtmann’s rare treatments of a Biblical topic as well as a rare example of a female nude by the painter. With support from the Danish Agency of Culture and Palaces and the New Carlsberg Foundation, Faaborg Museum can now add the painting to its collection.

Hats, bonnets, veils and hair ornaments ... In her characteristic subtle art photographs, Trine Søndergaard has depicted 19th-century headgear from the Skive region in 17 photographic works. The photo series Hovedtøj (Headgear), which is currently shown at Skive Museum, now finds a permanent home at the museum thanks to a donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Cannibalism, mounds of entrails and little homunculi kicking at torn-off heads. Christian Lemmerz’s monumental judgment-day vision Dante’s Dream is not for the faint of heart. The artist’s principal work, which comprises 18 large drawings, was recently acquired by Randers Museum of Art thanks to grants from the New Carlsberg Foundation and other donors.

Njideka Akunyili Crosby has made a strong name for herself in the international art scene in recent years with figurative and interior images that are simultaneously classical and groundbreaking. A donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation has now enabled SMK, the national gallery of Denmark, to acquire one of her principal pieces.

Art Museums of Skagen recently acquired a principal piece by the Skagen painter Laurits Tuxen. The painting, Aftenselskab i Atelieret på Strandvejen (Evening Party in the Studio on Strandvejen) marks a new direction in Tuxen’s late figure compositions.

Thorbjørn Lausten’s work revolves around rendering the invisible visible and giving form to the fleeting. This is exemplified in his two light installations QED and Dissipator 2, which Esbjerg Art Museum has now added to its collection with support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Olaf Rude’s landscape painting Landskab. Skejten (Landscape. Skejten) illustrates the scenic setting of the Fuglsang Estate in 1911. In the piece, Rude combines inspiration from the contemporary European art scene with familiar local themes from the Danish island of Lolland. With support from the Danish Agency of Culture and Palaces and the New Carlsberg Foundation, Fuglsang Art Museum now adds the painting to its collection.

Aage Gitz-Johansen’s works shed new light on the artistic portrayal of Greenlandic culture. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation, Nuuk Art Museum now adds four of the artist’s works to its collection.

Lea Porsager’s work HORNY VACUUM is an artistic abstraction on the enigmatic natural phenomenon of the intangible neutrino particle. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation, the Museum of Contemporary Art in the Danish city of Roskilde has now acquired the piece for its collection. From 24 September it is on display at the museum in Porsager’s solo exhibition [WEAK] FORCE.

Julie Nord’s free-wheeling fantastical pictorial narratives with their abundant ornamentation are a celebration of the non-rational and quirky. They rattle our notion of the familiar world and bring a sinister feel to the places where we feel most safe and secure. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg now adds Nord’s principal work A Winter Night to its collection.