Paintings by Søren Martinsen

“Oh! How nice it was in the countryside” Would say Hans Christian Andersen in his famous story “The Ugly Duckling.” As in the story of the little swan, the works of Danish artist Søren Martinsen confront the myth of the countryside harmonious and idyllic...

Jean-René Gauguin

Zébu, 1916, bronze, 19,3 x 30 x 11 cm. Private collection. Photo : A. Leprince. © ADAGP Paris 2014 Exhibition around sculptor and ceramist Jean-René Gauguin (1881-1961) Born in Paris in 1881, the fourth child of Paul Gauguin and his wife Mette Sophie Gad,...
Kay Bojesen, Playfull design

Kay Bojesen, Playfull design

Playfull design, the work of Kay Bojesen (1886-1958) Kay Bojesen graduated as a silversmith in 1910 after completing his apprenticeship at Georg Jensen. He embraced the movement towards functionalism in Danish crafts and co-founded ‘den Permanente’ – a showcase retail...

Danish living, design and lifestyle

On March 8 and 9, 2014, the House of Denmark brings you in the intimacy of a Danish apartment. You will have the opportunity to discover how “the happiest people in the world” live and decorate their homes: when aesthetics and functionality come together and form a...

Wemaëre and Jorn: the power of opposites

A 20th century Danish-French friendship Nothing indicated that the French artist Pierre Wemaëre (1913-2010), born in Comines in the North, and the Danish artist Asger Jorn (1914-1973) would ever meet. But their encounter in the studio of Fernand Léger in Paris in...

Jacob Aue Sobol

Martin and Pernille Avec toi This exhibition of photographs by Danish Magnum photographer Jacob Aue Sobol is the artist’s first major show in France. It comprises works from his early series “Sabine” from 2004, the highly acclaimed “I, Tokyo” from 2008, the still...

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