VISUAL ARTS Denmark has a long tradition for funding the visual arts. First it was the Church that commisioned the artists and later on also the Kings and the nobility. Today the modern Danish state continues this linie of funding of the visual arts. The funding does not reflect political strategies, but is given after the evaluation of applicants by independent institutions or councils. Three-year working grants are awarded as subsidies to promising young talent and lifelong subsidies are awarded to artists recognised for long-term accomplishments within the arts. Travel scholarships are awarded to artists wishing to find inspiration abroad. The agency manages the financial support provided for artists and artistic activities by the Danish state, a support granted by (primarily) The Danish Arts Council and The Danish Arts Foundation. On behalf of the Danish state, The Danish Arts Agency also manages a continous cultural exchange between Denmark and foreign countries in the field of literature, music, theatre, and visual art. The Danish Arts Agency acts furthermore as a service unit and attends to the bookkeeping and accounting of a number of organizations under the Danish Ministry of Culture. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts The Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Culture. ’Overgaden’ The Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall
The Danish Arts Foundation (Statens Kunstfond)
Subsidies to the visual arts are managed by the Danish Arts Foundation under the provisions of the Danish Arts Foundation Act of 1964, as amended in 1997.
Statens Kunstfond
Kongens Nytorv 3
DK-1050 København K
+45 33 74 45 00
(ma-fr 9-16)
Fax: 33 74 45 45
statenskunstfond@kunststyrelsen.dk
www.kunststyrelsen.dk
The Danish Arts Agency (Kunststyrelsen)
The Danish Arts Agency is an administrative unit under the Danish Ministry of Culture.
Kunststyrelsen
Kongens Nytorv 3
DK-1050 Copenhagen K
ks@kunststyrelsen.dk
www.kunststyrelsen.dk
Phone: +45 33 74 45 00
(mon-fri 9-16)
Fax: +45 33 74 45 45
For information about cultural exchange, please contact:
The Visual Art Centre
visualart@danish-arts.dk
The National Workshop for Arts and Crafts
The National Workshop for Arts and Crafts provides workshops and training facilities for artists. The National Workshop also has a number of guest apartments available for the use of provincial and foreign artists.
The National Workshop for Arts and Crafts
(Statens Værksteder for Kunst og Håndværk)
Gl. Dok Pakhus
Strandgade 27B
DK-1401 Copenhagen K
Tel. +45 32 96 05 10
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts is a national body established to advise the Government on issues of art.
(Akademiet for de Skønne Kunster)
Kongens Nytorv 1
DK-1050 Copenhagen K
Tel. +45 33 12 68 60
www.akademiraadet.dk
’Overgaden’
The Exhibition Hall of the Ministry of Culture, 'Overgaden', exhibits contemporary Danish art.
(Kulturministeriets Udstillingssted “Overgaden”)
Overgaden Neden Vandet 17
DK-1414 Copenhagen K
Tel. +45 31 57 72 73
The Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall
The Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall exhibits Danish, Nordic and international art.
(Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning)
Nyhavn 2
DK-1051 Copenhagen K
Tel +45 33 13 40 22
www.charlottenborg-art.dk