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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.

31/08/2026

“I am fighting for my own narrative in this work.”

For Iraqi-Danish artist Lina Hashim, Ornaments of Silenced is a way of reclaiming the image of the “Muslim woman” – an image so often shaped by other people’s projections.

Made from an intricate mix of textiles, jewellery, beads, glitter, religious objects and found materials, the rotating masks both conceal and expose. Drawing on Islamic ornamentation and architecture, Hashim explores the body as a site where visibility, control and desire intersect.

The masks become repeating figures that question who gets to look, who gets to be seen, and who gets to define what a body means. Between seduction and discipline, Ornaments of Silenced becomes a space for Hashim to challenge imposed narratives.

Lina Hashim is part of Shapeshifters – Magic in Art & Fashion, on view now at CC.

In collaboration with and with support from

27/08/2026

Today we mourn the passing of Yayoi Kusama, one of contemporary art’s leading figures.

In 2015, CC’s Director Marie Laurberg met Kusama in her Tokyo studio. The meeting remains part of CC’s invisible history, marking a connection to an artist whose groundbreaking practice helped expand the possibilities of installation art.

For more than seven decades, Kusama developed a singular artistic language of dots, nets, flowers and infinite patterns, opening spaces for imagination and freedom.

In the 1960s, she created some of the earliest environments and installations in art history, paving the way for the engulfing, immersive art experiences that continue to inspire us today.

Kusama’s art will vibrate into infinity.

22/08/2026

Alien, yet oddly familiar. Organic, yet metallic and machine-like. Limbs speckled with oil-spill colours, weathered as if they’ve existed since the dawn of time.

For the Abacus series, Camille Henrot imagined an ancestor to the computer and the algorithm. Looming large, they reflect our own relationship with technology: how easily we become small in the face of the machines we depend on.

And yet, their threat is concealed by soft, rounded forms and bright primary colours that make them feel almost friendly.

On view as part of ‘Paper Planes’ at CC.

20/08/2026

“I had a very long journey from child labour to become a fashion designer”

Abbas Mandegar’s journey is woven into his work. In ‘Made in Pakistan’ (2024), the Sweden-based Afghan artist and designer transforms metal sewing tools into heavy, intricate garments that carry both physical and emotional weight.

The work draws on a childhood shaped by factory labour, where sewing tools replaced toys. Mandegar alchemises these objects into art, turning tools of labour into intricate forms of ornamentation and sculpture.

At the same time, he alchemises a history marked by hardship and displacement into something beautiful, without erasing its weight. ‘Made in Pakistan’ becomes both a reclamation of his own story and a reflection on the human suffering behind the global fashion industry.

Abbas Mandegar is part of Shapeshifters – Magic in Art & Fashion, on view now at CC.

In collaboration with and with support from

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.

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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

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