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The painted Etruscan tombs in Tarquinia, north of Rome, offer detailed insight into life and death in this ancient pre-Roman culture. After extensive restoration, the more than 2,600-year-old Etruscan frescoes in the Tomb of the Painted Vases have now re-emerged. The restoration was carried out with support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.

With the theme of ‘Landscapes of Care’, Copenhagen Architecture Festival begins on 7 October. The wide-ranging festival programme was created with support from the Danish Arts Foundation, The Dreyer Foundation, Realdania and the New Carlsberg Foundation.

When the UN General Assembly convenes for its 76th session in New York, the Danish artist group SUPERFLEX presents bold and striking climate statements both in Central Park and on the facade of the iconic UN Building. The project Interspecies Assembly, which is supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation, among others, is presented on 21–24 September and can also be accessed online.

On 27–29 August you can take a boat trip through Copenhagen’s waterways to experience contemporary performance art, as the city serves as a stage for performances unfolding in surprising locations along bridges and canals. The project was realized with support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.

The New Carlsberg Foundation establishes its second Restart Fund for art venues. Art museums, art halls and non-commercial exhibition venues can apply to the fund until 9 August.

Olafur Eliasson recently transformed Fondation Beyeler into a microcosm, and we are invited in. Along with ducks, flowers and other organisms we become participants in a unique spatial and sensory universe as we experience the installation and its interplay with the museum’s architecture and natural surroundings. The New Carlsberg Foundation has supported the development of the digital platform of this solo exhibition.

After the destructive fire in 2019, the House of Denmark on Champs-Élysées in Paris has now been restored. The exhibition hall, which has been re-designed by the architecture firm COBE, is ready to open. While the physical reopening has to wait due to Covid restrictions, the House of Denmark is now launching its new digital platform, ‘Le Bicolore’, with support from the New Carlsberg Foundation.

Niels Lergaard’s large painting Familien, Oplysning, Forskning, Poesien (Family, Enlightenment, Science, Poetry), which was originally donated to the teacher’s college Haderslev Statsseminarium by the New Carlsberg Foundation in 1955, was in need of repair after years of wear and tear. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation the painting now appears revitalized after much-needed restoration by conservators from the National Museum of Denmark.

The online magazine Kunstkritikk launches an expanded international edition.

The National Museum of Denmark is launching a major vision and branding process aimed at highlighting the museum’s core stories, raising its public profile and laying the foundation for the future development of the museum’s activities.

The art film Skarpretteren (The Executioner) by Ursula Reuter Christiansen is considered one of the principal works in Danish feminist art. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation the film is now placed into a broader context in a new exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark.

Jais Nielsen’s faded monumental decorative project on Amager has received a thorough makeover.

Astrid Noack’s studio in Nørrebro returns to active use.

Faaborg Museum, which has a rich tradition and history, has taken a big step forward, helped along in part by a donation from the New Carlsberg Foundation.