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| Galerie Asbæk | |
|---|---|
| Name | Galerie Asbæk |
| Established | 2006 |
| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Type | Contemporary art gallery |
Galerie Asbæk is a contemporary art gallery based in Copenhagen known for exhibiting international contemporary painting, sculpture, and installation by established and emerging artists. The gallery has participated in major art fairs and collaborated with museums, collectors, and curators across Europe and North America, engaging with dialogues linked to modern and contemporary art movements.
Galerie Asbæk opened amid a Nordic resurgence in contemporary art that involved institutions such as Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Statens Museum for Kunst, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Stedelijk Museum, Fondation Beyeler, Kunsthalle Basel, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Serpentine Galleries, Hamburger Bahnhof, Moderna Museet, Hammer Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Royal Academy of Arts, Neue Nationalgalerie and dealers associated with movements like Fluxus, Minimalism, Pop art, Conceptual art, Abstract Expressionism, Arte Povera, Neo-Expressionism and Postminimalism. Early shows referenced dialogues with artists represented by galleries such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Pace Gallery, Lisson Gallery, Sadie Coles HQ, Marian Goodman Gallery, Sprüth Magers, Perrotin, Thaddaeus Ropac and auction houses like Sotheby's, Christie's and Bonhams.
The gallery was founded by a Danish entrepreneur active in Copenhagen's art scene who worked with curators from institutions including Nicolas Bourriaud-linked exhibitions, collaborators associated with curatorial practices at Hans Ulrich Obrist-curated projects, and advisors connected to collectors like Magnus af Petersens, Peter Brant, Eli and Edythe Broad, Marta and Hans Rausing, François Pinault and Leonard Lauder. Leadership has engaged with figures from galleries such as Iwan Wirth-linked networks and consultants known from collaborations with Theaster Gates, Ai Weiwei, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Yayoi Kusama, Gerhard Richter, Kara Walker, Anselm Kiefer, Tracey Emin, Takashi Murakami, Rachel Whiteread, Julian Schnabel, Marina Abramović, Olafur Eliasson, Ai Weiwei and Damien Hirst.
Situated in central Copenhagen, the premises occupy space near cultural landmarks like Nyhavn, Christiansborg Palace, Tivoli Gardens, The Royal Danish Theatre, Kongens Nytorv, Rosenborg Castle, Amalienborg Palace, Frederik's Church, Copenhagen Opera House, The Black Diamond, Designmuseum Danmark, Torvehallerne, Cisternerne and the contemporary circuits around Vesterbro and Nørrebro. The architectural setting recalls adaptive reuse practices visible in projects by architects associated with Bjarke Ingels Group, Henning Larsen Architects, Schmidt Hammer Lassen, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Snohetta, Zaha Hadid Architects, David Chipperfield, Rem Koolhaas and Jean Nouvel. Gallery spaces have hosted installations referencing techniques used by artists exhibited at Documenta, the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Art Biennial and the Berlin Biennale.
Programming has included solo shows, thematic group exhibitions, and site-specific installations that dialogued with historic exhibitions like This Is Tomorrow, When Attitudes Become Form, Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form, Primary Structures and survey exhibitions at MoMA PS1. The gallery has participated in art fairs such as Art Basel, Frieze London, Zona Maco, Art Basel Miami Beach, TEFAF Maastricht, Independent New York, Ink Miami, Galerie Paris, LISTE Art Fair and regional fairs alongside galleries like White Cube, Anton Kern Gallery, Greenberg Van Doren, Kunsthalle München and Philippe Parreno-curated projects. Curatorial collaborations have involved curators affiliated with Matthew Higgs, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Okwui Enwezor, Chris Dercon, Rosa Martinez, Yvonne Rainer and institutions such as Kunstverein networks.
The roster has included international and Nordic artists whose practices intersect with those of Pieter Bruegel the Elder-referenced historic dialogues and contemporaries like Ed Ruscha, Brice Marden, Cecily Brown, John Baldessari, Robert Rauschenberg, Ellsworth Kelly, Donald Judd, Richard Serra, Claes Oldenburg, Annette Messager, Paula Rego, Louise Bourgeois, Shirin Neshat, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Schütte, Elmgreen & Dragset, Mika Rottenberg, Danh Vo, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tal R, Per Kirkeby, Asger Jorn, Rene Magritte, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Agnes Martin, Bridget Riley, Peter Doig, Kehinde Wiley, Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Sterling Ruby, Kaws, Anish Kapoor, Ai Weiwei, Marina Abramović and younger figures emerging from academies such as Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins, Yale School of Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Slade School of Fine Art and Columbia University School of the Arts.
Critical responses have appeared in publications and media outlets including The Art Newspaper, Artforum, Frieze, ArtReview, ARTnews, Artsy, Hyperallergic, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Die Zeit, Dagens Nyheter, Politiken, Berlingske, Kunstkritikk, Kulturreporter and regional Scandinavian reviews. The gallery's influence is noted in discussions alongside institutional strategies by MOMA, Tate, Centre Pompidou, Guggenheim, Fondation Louis Vuitton and collector trends associated with Peggy Guggenheim, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Samuel Courtauld and Paul Mellon.
Gallery publications have included exhibition catalogues, artist monographs and project books produced in collaboration with printers and publishers such as Thames & Hudson, Steidl, Phaidon, Hatje Cantz, Taschen, Skira, Ringier, Rizzoli, D.A.P., Sternberg Press and curatorial essays by writers connected to Hal Foster, Claire Bishop, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Lucy Lippard, Rosalind Krauss, Griselda Pollock and Boris Groys. The gallery has run education programs, talks, and charity auctions linked to foundations like The Nordic Culture Fund, Danish Arts Foundation, The Danish Ministry of Culture, Prince's Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and collaborations with museums for loaned works to exhibitions at Louisiana Museum, SMK, Arken Museum of Modern Art and international biennials.
Category:Art galleries in Denmark