Our Galleries
The extension was erected in 1998 to accommodate the extensive modern art assortment. The two buildings are linked by a glass panelled ‘Street of Sculptures’ walkway and theatre which stretches the complete length of the museum and looks out onto the Østre Anlæg park. During the 19th century the works were virtually exclusively by Danish artists, and for this reason the Museum has an unrivalled assortment of paintings from the so-called Danish Golden Age. That the nation was able to produce footage of high creative quality was one thing new, and a consequence of the institution of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1754. The Royal Cast Collection is held at the West India Warehouse, Toldbodgade 40, between The Little Mermaid and Nyhavn in Copenhagen. It consists of over 2,000 bare plaster casts of statues and reliefs from collections, museums, temples, church buildings, and public locations all through the world, from antiquity to the Renaissance. SMK gained its modern French art collection in 1928 when it was donated by the late collector Johannes Rump.
NGA officers stated that the Tower Galleries would most likely home modern artwork, and the creation of a definite “Rothko Room” was possible. The two buildings are linked by a walkway beneath 4th avenue, known as “the Concourse” on the museum’s map. In 2008, the National Gallery of Art commissioned American artist Leo Villareal to rework the Concourse into an inventive set up. Today, Multiverse is the most important and most complex … Read More
