Copenhagen Contemporary

Name: Copenhagen Contemporary
Address: Refshalevej 173A, København K, Copenhagen, 1432, DK
Telephone: +4529898087
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Copenhagen Contemporary

Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is an international center for contemporary art and cultural experiences.
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Copenhagen Contemporary (CC) is an independent institution which works to create an international centre for contemporary art and cultural experiences.

19/08/2026

What makes a monster?

This year’s Golden Days explores monstrosity and evil – and why we’re so drawn to it.

Join us at CC for an evening exploring the monstrous: as myth, as history, and as something lived in the body, from the perspectives of artists rooted in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).

CC Director Marie Laurberg is joined by Jessie Kleemann and Martin Brandt Hansen for a conversation, followed by Kleemann’s performance Qivittoq, embodying the Inuit myth of the outcast mountain wanderer.

Explore CC’s new exhibition Fire & Ice – On Belonging and Becoming in Kalaallit Nunaat, which centers on works by contemporary artists who live, work, and have ties to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland).

The event ticket gives you access to the entire art center, where you can explore works by Camille Henrot, James Turrell, and Kengo Kuma and Associates.

A DJ set closes out the evening.

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17:30–20:00 Copenhagen Contemporary

★ Tickets: 200 DKK – just 60 DKK more than regular admission, with access to all of CC, all day.
★ CC Members: 150 DKK

19/08/2026

In the Veins (2026) by Camille Henrot, is a film that deals with raising children in a time of climate crisis and mass extinction 🫀

The film had its Scandinavian premiere at Copenhagen Contemporary for Paper Planes. The film interweaves the artist’s personal experiences with ecological crisis and the increasing pressures on all aspects of family life, caregiving and the protection of children and wildlife.

Grounded in Henrot’s experience of motherhood, the film reflects on care, responsibility and the survival of future generations in a world shaped by climate collapse and mass extinction.

Part of Camille Henrot: Paper Planes, on view now at CC.

18/08/2026

NEW EXHIBITION COMING TO CC

Fire & Ice: On Belonging and Becoming in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland)

In Fire & Ice, voices with Greenlandic ties take centre stage. In a time when the country occupies more space in the world than ever before – but rarely gets to speak for itself – the exhibition asks one simple, big question: what does it mean to belong? To a country, a lineage, a language.

The exhibition together eight prominent and emerging contemporary artists with ties to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). Through immersive video works, sculpture, photography, performance and installation, the exhibition explores personal stories of belonging, identity, climate and colonial legacy.

Opening 10 September.

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Participating artists:

Martin Brandt Hansen
Emilia Sølvsten
Inuuteq Storch
Jessie Kleemann
Inuk Silis Høegh
”Eriaqisaq” Kim Kleist-Eriksen
Lisbeth Karline Poulsen
Julie Edel Hardenberg

17/08/2026

This week’s CC Summer Nights: a special live concert by mikey

The Copenhagen duo mikey moves between dreamy, melancholic and danceable pop, blending vulnerable vocals with sounds from club music, early new age and contemporary R&B. For one night only, they bring a special audiovisual show created for the occasion.

The concert is free, and CC Members can bring a friend into the exhibitions for free from 17:00–21:00.

mikey performs 19:30-20:00

CC you under the sun 🔆

16/08/2026

At the entrance to Paper Planes, a pack of dogs awaits you 🐕‍🦺

Camille Henrot’s sculpture series ‘Dogs’ features leashed figures that seem to guard the exhibition, or perhaps wait for an owner who never came back. Some sit patiently, others pull at their leads, some seem ready to play.
The dogs are made from materials including papier-mâché, wax, aluminium and wood, each suggesting its own breed and personality.

Through the image of the dog, Henrot reflects on care and dependency. The dogs seem to guard the space, yet they’re the ones left tied up, dependent on an owner who isn’t there. Who is really taking care of whom?

‘Dogs’ by Camille Henrot, on view at CC, as part of Paper Planes 🦴

15/08/2026

“I’m not in the business of making people feel better about themselves or comfortable”

Ann-Sofie Back (SE) reimagines everyday objects as clothing, deconstructing 20 years of her own collections into new, uncomfortable shapes. ‘Go as You Please’ spans 1998 to now, built from scorched mannequins, autopsy tables, wigs and death masks bearing Back’s own face.

Every sculpture carries a tag, like those used in a morgue. Death runs through the work both literally and figuratively – Back had buried her fashion career, and recently faced mortality up close.

On view now at CC, as part of Shapeshifters — Magic in Art & Fashion. In collaboration with and with support from

14/08/2026

First (second, third, fourth) dates are easier when there’s something to look at besides each other. Come wander CC together.

Bring a date or a friend. 🩶

13/08/2026

Real Live takes over CC Summer Nights tonight with a B2B set from How Goes and Franarchy 🔆

Today’s weather forecast: clear skies, sunshine and 20+°C. Perfect conditions for a cold one in the outdoor area and some tunes from experimental subculture label Real Live.

The music is free, and CC Members can bring a friend into the exhibitions for free from 17:00–21:00.

CC you under the sun

12/08/2026

👀 Aftershock, James Turrell (2024) at CC

11/08/2026

ALPHA Seminar at CC – Body, Power and Aesthetics 🦾

We adorn the body, discipline it, optimize it. When does shaping the body become a kind of magic?

ALPHA and CC invite you to an evening inside the exhibition Shapeshifters – Magic in Art & Fashion, Thursday 20. August, 18:00–21:00.

The evening includes a tour with the exhibition’s curator, an artist conversation on the body and fashion, and a workshop where you make your own talisman to take home. The event concludes outside with drinks, live music and a great view of the sunset.

Programme: 18:00 — Curator’s tour with Ane Lynge-Jorlén, Director of ALPHA

18:40 — Body, Power and Aesthetics: a conversation with artist Lina Hashim and designer Jeppe Juel

19:30 — Make Your Own Talisman workshop (limited capacity)

20:00 — Outdoor concert with mikey (DK)

Tickets: DKK 140 (all-day CC admission included) DKK 25 for members
 Workshop ticket is free at checkout (25 spots only)

Part of a Nordic seminar series supported by The Nordic Culture Fund

Adresse

Refshalevej 173A, København K
Copenhagen
1432

Hvad er åbningstiderne?

Tirsdag	11:00 - 18:00
Onsdag	11:00 - 18:00
Torsdag	11:00 - 21:00
Fredag	11:00 - 21:00
Lørdag	11:00 - 21:00
Søndag	11:00 - 18:00

Telefon

+4529898087

Internet side

http://copenhagencontemporary.org/

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