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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

January 01, 1970

This article is about the museum in Humlebæk, Denmark. For the museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, see Louisiana State Museum.

The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,[a] also known as just Louisiana is an art museum located on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, 35 km (22 mi) north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark, and has an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II to the present day; in addition, it has a comprehensive programme of special exhibitions.[2] The museum is also acknowledged as a milestone in modern Danish architecture, and is noted for its synthesis of art, architecture, and landscape, such as was showcased in an installation entitled "Riverbed" shown in 2014–2015. It has been called a "Danish beacon in the international art world." The museum occasionally also stages exhibitions of work by the great impressionists and expressionists, such as Claude Monet, who was the focus of a major exhibition in 1994. It has between 600,000–700,000 visitors per year, 17–33% of whom reside in nearby Sweden.[3][4][5][6]

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
The garden and façade of the building facing the sea of the Øresund sound.
Established1958
LocationHumlebæk, Denmark
TypeArt museum
Collection size3,500
Visitors613,000 (2022)[1]
FounderKnud W. Jensen
DirectorPoul Erik Tøjner
ChairpersonLars Henrik Munch
Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (vice)
ArchitectJørgen Bo
Wilhelm Wohlert
Claus Wohlert
Public transit accessHumlebæk Station
Nearest parkingOn site
Websitelouisiana.dk

The museum is included in the Patricia Schultz book 1,000 Places to See Before You Die and ranks 85th on a list of most visited art museums (2011). In late November 2012, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art launched Louisiana Channel, a web-TV channel contributing to the development of the museum as a cultural platform. In 2013, the museum's music department launched Louisiana Music, a web page dedicated to musical videos produced by the museum in collaboration with world-famous musicians.

Location edit

The museum is located by the Øresund coast in the North Zeeland region, some 30 km (19 mi) north of central Copenhagen and 10 km (6 mi) south of Elsinore. From the regional train station in Humlebæk, it takes 10–15 minutes to walk to the museum.[7]

History edit

A few times a year, we read in the newspapers that now some city or municipality wants to have its own Louisiana, and there’s only one reply to that: Even if you can create a building, you cannot create a Knud W. Jensen.

— Jørgen Sthyr, New Carlsberg Foundation, 1968

The history of the museum goes back some 170 years. The name of the museum is derived from the first owner of the property, hofjægermester Alexander Brun, who named the estate after his three wives, all called Louise. Brun built the villa in which the part of the museum resides in 1855.[8] A hundred years later, in 1955, businessman and cheese wholesaler Knud W. Jensen purchased the by now abandoned villa and surrounding property after being snubbed of the opportunity to purchase land around Rungstedlund for his planned museum; this was reportedly due to the sellers objection on the grounds of modern art not being art. Jensen had been interested in art and literature since the 1940s, but after acquiring the publishing company Gylendal in 1952, his interest in art materialized; Jensen founded the Art at the Workplace association, leasing artworks to companies for the enjoyment of their employees.[9] Meanwhile, he found conventional art museums at the time to be alienating and uninviting, citing the National Gallery of Denmark as a typical example.[10][11][12] As Jensen felt that these buildings' grandiose architecture didn't fit for modern art, he aimed to create a museum with an "appropriate atmosphere" wherein people "...feel obliged [...] to approach the works of art." He has further stated a great sense of inspiration from American museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art.[13]

I have not been able to learn much about Alexander Brun, the Master of the Royal Hunt who built Louisiana in 1855, but enough so that I can form a picture of him. He was married three times, and each time he found a girl named Louise, which was perhaps a fashionable name then. It’s a good story, which has also been told many times. It was natural to preserve this lovely name. I could not very well call it Humlebæk Museum of Modern Art or Jensen Museum instead. People would die laughing. So, better to let them smile at the curious and poetic name “Louisiana”, which most people thought had something to do with the state of Louisiana in America.

— Knud W. Jensen, The Spirit of the Place (Stedets ånd), 1994

Wishing to instead create a museum on a "human scale" that was close to nature, he first approached Jørn Utzon to design the museum; however, Utzon was already commissioned to design the now iconic Sydney Opera House, and so he declined.[14][15] In lieu of this, he partnered up with architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jørgen Bo, who spent a few months walking around the property before deciding how a new construction would best fit into the landscape. This study resulted in the first version of the museum consisting of three buildings connected by glass corridors, which opened in conjunction with the museum as a whole, in 1958.[12][15] The first exhibition had several faults according to Jensen himself, the building lacked climate control and the storage room was insufficient.[16] The museum received criticism, from among others, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, who referred to the newly opened museum as "Cirkusiana".[5] Jensen intended for the museum to be mixture between art, architecture, and nature; music, film, dance, and political debates would all take place at Louisiana. Critics posited that the other forms of entertainment would ultimately distract from the art itself, though Jensen stated that art was not the entire focus of the venue.[10] The decision to have a café built into the museum was also controversial, Jensen stated in an interview that "good drinking and food is very important in connection with experiencing art."[10][13] His personal ideas and ambitions largely steered the development of the museum, despite the existence of a board of directors.[10] He has emphasized the idea of Louisiana as a cultural center, "I believe much more in the idea of a cultural center than [that] of a museum."[13] Shortly after opening, Louisiana became known in the international art world for its at times controversial exhibitions; the museum has used the self-coined "sauna-princippen" (lit. 'the sauna principle'), a combination of uncontroversial "warm" and transgressive "cold" exhibitions.[16][17] One such controversy was a Nam June Paik concert which ended chaotically and with largely negative reactions from the crowd. These controversies nonetheless garnered attention for Louisiana; Jensen expected 40,000 visitors in the first year, the museum received 200,000.[14][5]

Up until 1959, the works featured at Louisiana were primarily Danish in origin. During Jensen's visit to the art exhibition Documenta II in Kassel, Germany, he saw the works Alberto Giacometti, Alexander Calder, and Henry Moore. He described it as a "Documenta shock", and decided to try and persuade the board of directors to start featuring international art at Louisiana. He eventually succeeded, despite the skepticism of the board; at the time there was no internationally inclined modern art museum in Denmark.[10] The art exhibition affected him to such an extent that he organized the exhibition Works from Documenta just weeks after the show was hosted.[18]

The decision to feature international art has later been hailed as "decisive" by art historian Kristian Handberg, and the exhibitions of international art have become a hallmark of the museum; it fostered a "new Louisiana", with new exhibition halls being constructed for the international exhibitions.[19] Among these were Vitality in Art and Movement in Art, composed by Willem Sandberg, along with Jean Tinguely's manifesto Sketch for the End of the World. These exhibitions brought together contemporary artists from both the United States and Europe. Handberg has stated that the achievement of bringing Louisiana into the wider European circulation of international art exhibitions on the part of Jensen is a "remarkable" feat.[20] Louisiana gained the status of state-authorized museum in 1968, and began to receive financial support from the Danish state. It had by this point begun to receive criticism from younger artists who considered the museum to be "old fashioned" and lacking the latest art. It has nevertheless continued to feature modern and contemporary art through its exhibitions, featuring the likes of Nouveau Réalisme, Pop art, and Minimalist art.[10][21]

The collection of the museum includes several pieces made specifically for it, Roy Lichtenstein's Figures in Landscape was painted in 1977 following a visit to the museum. Similarly, Sam Francis created a series of paintings for the museum during his visit in 1979, and Jim Dine's painting for a specific room in the museum.[10] In 2003 the museum was renovated for 50 million kroner in order to improve security and to reduce the risk of fire.[22][23]

In 2013 the museum received harsh criticism after the decision to sell Knud W. Jensen's private villa for demolition, as it was deemed not necessary to the museum. Following the backlash, the museum instead chose to sell the villa on the condition that the buyer wouldn't tear it down.[24][25] As of 2021 the museum has seen "uninterrupted growth" since 2006.[26]

Architecture edit

Each work demands to be seen without too much competition from other works of art and without a restrictive landscape setting.

— Knud W. Jensen

The architecture of Louisiana is considered to be an instrumental part of the museum experience, and has been used as a point of comparison to other buildings.[27] Architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jørgen Bo were contacted by Knud W. Jensen to design the new museum building. At first Jensen had contacted Jørn Utzon to design the museum, who himself owned a house in nearby Hellebæk. However, as Utzon was busy with working on his later successful design for the Sydney Opera House, he declined the offer.[14] Wohlert and Bo's study of the property over the course of several months resulted in the first version of the museum consisting of three buildings connected by glass corridors, which opened in 1958 and is designated as the Nordfløj (North Wing).[28] A clear source of inspiration for this building was the Kings Road House by Rudolph Schindler in Los Angeles, along with Richard Neutra's Bailey House in Pacific Palisades.[14] The building was subsequently expanded with the addition of the Vestfløj (West Wing) in 1966 and again in 1971, collectively adding two more floors.[28] The change in architectural direction with the expansion of the Sydfløj (South Wing) in 1982, is largely the result of the increasing size and dimensions of the works of art in the exhibitions. According to Jensen, large portions of the permanent collection had to be stored away for most of the year, as to make room for the temporary exhibitions; the much larger spaces of the South Wing are in that sense "tailor-made for the international collection", in Jensen's own words.[14][16]

 
Concert hall of the Museum

Concert hall edit

In 1976 the concert hall was inaugurated, connected to the North Wing.[29] Its acoustics make it especially suitable for chamber music, but it is also used for other musical genres as well as a wide array of others events and activities such as debates, lectures and symposiums. The chairs are designed by Poul Kjærholm and the rear wall is decorated with paintings created for the site by Sam Francis.[30] In 2007 began a project to produce concert films and musical clips directed by Stéphan Aubé. All the movies are available for free on the Louisiana Music website.

Collections edit

 
A room in Louisiana with sculpture works from Alberto Giacometti

Modern art edit

The museum has a wide range of modern art paintings, sculptures and videos dating from World War II to the present day, including works by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Anselm Kiefer, Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, Yves Klein, Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney and Asger Jorn. The videos are often housed in room settings where the viewer is made to feel part of the scene being portrayed. Perched above the sea, there is a sculpture garden between the museum's two wings with works by artists including Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Jean Arp.

Wessel-Bagge collection edit

Louisiana used to display a collection of Pre-Columbian art. Consisting of more than 400 objects, the collection was a donation from the Wessel-Bagge Foundation in 2001. It is the personal collection left by Niels-Wessel Bagge, a California-based Danish dancer, choreographer, and art collector, who died in 1990.

Exhibitions edit

The Louisiana Museum mounts temporary exhibitions, including installations such as Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson's site-specific work "Riverbed", which was made specifically for the museum and shown from August 2014 to January 2015.[31] The work was in three sections with a theme that related art, architecture and nature, in which a rocky riverbed was created to take up the museum's entire south wing.[31]

Sculpture garden edit

 
Part of the sculpture park of the museum, in the background the Øresund sound can be seen.

The grounds around the museum contain a landscaped sculpture garden. It consists of a plateau and ground that slopes towards the Øresund and is dominated by huge, ancient specimen trees and sweeping vistas of the sea.

It contains works by such artists as Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Max Bill, Alexander Calder, Henri Laurens, Louise Bourgeois, Joan Miró and Henry Moore. The sculptures are either placed so that they can be viewed from within, in special sculpture yards or independently around the gardens, forming a synthesis with the lawns, the trees and the sea.[2] There are also examples of site-specific art by such artists as Enzo Cucchi, Dani Karavan and George Trakas.[32]

Louisiana Literature Festival edit

Louisiana Literature festival is an annual festival that takes place at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Launched in 2010, the festival each year features about forty writers from across the world. They perform on stages around the museum and in the sculpture park, and attract more than 15,000 people each year.[33]

Directors edit

Partners and sponsors edit

Republic of Fritz Hansen is the Louisiana's main corporate partner through 2024.[35] Realdania has supported Louisiana'a architectural exhibitions since 2006. The new Carlsberg foundation has supported Louisiana's acquisition programme generously throughout most of the museum's history.[35]

References edit

  1. ^ The official name of the museum is also "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art" in Danish, it is not translated into Danish.
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  3. ^ "About Louisiana". Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  4. ^ "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art". Wonderful Copenhagen (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ^ a b c "Louisiana – ett älskat museum". Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  6. ^ admin_newsoresund (2022-03-30). "Svenske gæster en del af Louisianas DNA" (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  7. ^ Priya (2020-04-03). "Museum Walk: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark". Outside Suburbia Family. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  8. ^ "The Louisiana History". Louisiana. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  9. ^ "Knud W. Jensen - Forretningsmand og museumsdirektør - lex.dk". Den Store Danske (in Danish). 2023-09-13. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "LOUISIANA AS A PLACE | KUNSTEDER.DK". www.kunsteder.dk. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  11. ^ Weschler, Lawrence (1982-08-22). "LOUISIANA IN DENMARK". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  12. ^ a b "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art » Historien om kunstmuseet". KAUFMANN (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  13. ^ a b c "Knud W. Jensen discusses the Louisiana Museum ; part 1". The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Boganmeldelse: Louisiana – Arkitektur og landskab". arkitektforeningen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  15. ^ a b "Louisiana", Journal (in Danish), no. 3/08, Post Danmark Frimærker, pp. 2–5, May 2008
  16. ^ a b c Skjøth, Lise (1989). "Denmark's Louisiana Museum, age: thirty; status: work-in-progress - interview with Knud W. Jensen". Museum. 41 (XLI) (3): 160–164. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0033.1989.tb00793.x – via UNESCO (UNESCDOC Digital library).
  17. ^ "Han bytte ostarna mot konst". DN.se (in Swedish). 1992-01-25. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  18. ^ Handberg, Kristian (June 2017). "The Shock of the Contemporary: documenta II and the Louisiana Museum" (PDF). On Curating (33): 34–41.
  19. ^ Strøm, Anya (2005-03-30). "Staff". artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  20. ^ Handberg, Kristian (26 October 2018). "Pejlinger 66: Louisianas pejling af samtiden og 1960'erne". Periskop - Forum for Kunsthistorisk Debat (in Danish). 2018 (20): 72–89 – via Tidsskrift.dk.
  21. ^ "Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark - Museum Review". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  22. ^ "Louisiana skal renoveres for 50 millioner". Jyllands-Posten (in Danish). 2002-01-27. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
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  27. ^ april 2022, Af Kristina Raderschad-27 (2022-04-27). "Peter og Mette var usædvanligt heldige, da de fik fingre i denne perle, der går under navnet "Ønskehuset"". BO BEDRE (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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This article is about the museum in Humlebaek Denmark For the museum in New Orleans Louisiana see Louisiana State Museum The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art a also known as just Louisiana is an art museum located on the shore of the Oresund Sound in Humlebaek 35 km 22 mi north of Copenhagen Denmark It is the most visited art museum in Denmark and has an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art dating from World War II to the present day in addition it has a comprehensive programme of special exhibitions 2 The museum is also acknowledged as a milestone in modern Danish architecture and is noted for its synthesis of art architecture and landscape such as was showcased in an installation entitled Riverbed shown in 2014 2015 It has been called a Danish beacon in the international art world The museum occasionally also stages exhibitions of work by the great impressionists and expressionists such as Claude Monet who was the focus of a major exhibition in 1994 It has between 600 000 700 000 visitors per year 17 33 of whom reside in nearby Sweden 3 4 5 6 Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtThe garden and facade of the building facing the sea of the Oresund sound Established1958LocationHumlebaek DenmarkTypeArt museumCollection size3 500Visitors613 000 2022 1 FounderKnud W JensenDirectorPoul Erik TojnerChairpersonLars Henrik MunchDorte Mandrup Poulsen vice ArchitectJorgen BoWilhelm WohlertClaus WohlertPublic transit accessHumlebaek StationNearest parkingOn siteWebsitelouisiana wbr dk The museum is included in the Patricia Schultz book 1 000 Places to See Before You Die and ranks 85th on a list of most visited art museums 2011 In late November 2012 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art launched Louisiana Channel a web TV channel contributing to the development of the museum as a cultural platform In 2013 the museum s music department launched Louisiana Music a web page dedicated to musical videos produced by the museum in collaboration with world famous musicians Contents 1 Location 2 History 3 Architecture 3 1 Concert hall 4 Collections 4 1 Modern art 4 2 Wessel Bagge collection 5 Exhibitions 6 Sculpture garden 7 Louisiana Literature Festival 8 Directors 9 Partners and sponsors 10 References 11 External linksLocation editThe museum is located by the Oresund coast in the North Zeeland region some 30 km 19 mi north of central Copenhagen and 10 km 6 mi south of Elsinore From the regional train station in Humlebaek it takes 10 15 minutes to walk to the museum 7 History editA few times a year we read in the newspapers that now some city or municipality wants to have its own Louisiana and there s only one reply to that Even if you can create a building you cannot create a Knud W Jensen Jorgen Sthyr New Carlsberg Foundation 1968The history of the museum goes back some 170 years The name of the museum is derived from the first owner of the property hofjaegermester Alexander Brun who named the estate after his three wives all called Louise Brun built the villa in which the part of the museum resides in 1855 8 A hundred years later in 1955 businessman and cheese wholesaler Knud W Jensen purchased the by now abandoned villa and surrounding property after being snubbed of the opportunity to purchase land around Rungstedlund for his planned museum this was reportedly due to the sellers objection on the grounds of modern art not being art Jensen had been interested in art and literature since the 1940s but after acquiring the publishing company Gylendal in 1952 his interest in art materialized Jensen founded the Art at the Workplace association leasing artworks to companies for the enjoyment of their employees 9 Meanwhile he found conventional art museums at the time to be alienating and uninviting citing the National Gallery of Denmark as a typical example 10 11 12 As Jensen felt that these buildings grandiose architecture didn t fit for modern art he aimed to create a museum with an appropriate atmosphere wherein people feel obliged to approach the works of art He has further stated a great sense of inspiration from American museums such as the Museum of Modern Art 13 I have not been able to learn much about Alexander Brun the Master of the Royal Hunt who built Louisiana in 1855 but enough so that I can form a picture of him He was married three times and each time he found a girl named Louise which was perhaps a fashionable name then It s a good story which has also been told many times It was natural to preserve this lovely name I could not very well call it Humlebaek Museum of Modern Art or Jensen Museum instead People would die laughing So better to let them smile at the curious and poetic name Louisiana which most people thought had something to do with the state of Louisiana in America Knud W Jensen The Spirit of the Place Stedets and 1994 Wishing to instead create a museum on a human scale that was close to nature he first approached Jorn Utzon to design the museum however Utzon was already commissioned to design the now iconic Sydney Opera House and so he declined 14 15 In lieu of this he partnered up with architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jorgen Bo who spent a few months walking around the property before deciding how a new construction would best fit into the landscape This study resulted in the first version of the museum consisting of three buildings connected by glass corridors which opened in conjunction with the museum as a whole in 1958 12 15 The first exhibition had several faults according to Jensen himself the building lacked climate control and the storage room was insufficient 16 The museum received criticism from among others the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter who referred to the newly opened museum as Cirkusiana 5 Jensen intended for the museum to be mixture between art architecture and nature music film dance and political debates would all take place at Louisiana Critics posited that the other forms of entertainment would ultimately distract from the art itself though Jensen stated that art was not the entire focus of the venue 10 The decision to have a cafe built into the museum was also controversial Jensen stated in an interview that good drinking and food is very important in connection with experiencing art 10 13 His personal ideas and ambitions largely steered the development of the museum despite the existence of a board of directors 10 He has emphasized the idea of Louisiana as a cultural center I believe much more in the idea of a cultural center than that of a museum 13 Shortly after opening Louisiana became known in the international art world for its at times controversial exhibitions the museum has used the self coined sauna princippen lit the sauna principle a combination of uncontroversial warm and transgressive cold exhibitions 16 17 One such controversy was a Nam June Paik concert which ended chaotically and with largely negative reactions from the crowd These controversies nonetheless garnered attention for Louisiana Jensen expected 40 000 visitors in the first year the museum received 200 000 14 5 Up until 1959 the works featured at Louisiana were primarily Danish in origin During Jensen s visit to the art exhibition Documenta II in Kassel Germany he saw the works Alberto Giacometti Alexander Calder and Henry Moore He described it as a Documenta shock and decided to try and persuade the board of directors to start featuring international art at Louisiana He eventually succeeded despite the skepticism of the board at the time there was no internationally inclined modern art museum in Denmark 10 The art exhibition affected him to such an extent that he organized the exhibition Works from Documenta just weeks after the show was hosted 18 The decision to feature international art has later been hailed as decisive by art historian Kristian Handberg and the exhibitions of international art have become a hallmark of the museum it fostered a new Louisiana with new exhibition halls being constructed for the international exhibitions 19 Among these were Vitality in Art and Movement in Art composed by Willem Sandberg along with Jean Tinguely s manifesto Sketch for the End of the World These exhibitions brought together contemporary artists from both the United States and Europe Handberg has stated that the achievement of bringing Louisiana into the wider European circulation of international art exhibitions on the part of Jensen is a remarkable feat 20 Louisiana gained the status of state authorized museum in 1968 and began to receive financial support from the Danish state It had by this point begun to receive criticism from younger artists who considered the museum to be old fashioned and lacking the latest art It has nevertheless continued to feature modern and contemporary art through its exhibitions featuring the likes of Nouveau Realisme Pop art and Minimalist art 10 21 The collection of the museum includes several pieces made specifically for it Roy Lichtenstein s Figures in Landscape was painted in 1977 following a visit to the museum Similarly Sam Francis created a series of paintings for the museum during his visit in 1979 and Jim Dine s painting for a specific room in the museum 10 In 2003 the museum was renovated for 50 million kroner in order to improve security and to reduce the risk of fire 22 23 In 2013 the museum received harsh criticism after the decision to sell Knud W Jensen s private villa for demolition as it was deemed not necessary to the museum Following the backlash the museum instead chose to sell the villa on the condition that the buyer wouldn t tear it down 24 25 As of 2021 the museum has seen uninterrupted growth since 2006 26 Architecture editEach work demands to be seen without too much competition from other works of art and without a restrictive landscape setting Knud W JensenThe architecture of Louisiana is considered to be an instrumental part of the museum experience and has been used as a point of comparison to other buildings 27 Architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jorgen Bo were contacted by Knud W Jensen to design the new museum building At first Jensen had contacted Jorn Utzon to design the museum who himself owned a house in nearby Hellebaek However as Utzon was busy with working on his later successful design for the Sydney Opera House he declined the offer 14 Wohlert and Bo s study of the property over the course of several months resulted in the first version of the museum consisting of three buildings connected by glass corridors which opened in 1958 and is designated as the Nordfloj North Wing 28 A clear source of inspiration for this building was the Kings Road House by Rudolph Schindler in Los Angeles along with Richard Neutra s Bailey House in Pacific Palisades 14 The building was subsequently expanded with the addition of the Vestfloj West Wing in 1966 and again in 1971 collectively adding two more floors 28 The change in architectural direction with the expansion of the Sydfloj South Wing in 1982 is largely the result of the increasing size and dimensions of the works of art in the exhibitions According to Jensen large portions of the permanent collection had to be stored away for most of the year as to make room for the temporary exhibitions the much larger spaces of the South Wing are in that sense tailor made for the international collection in Jensen s own words 14 16 nbsp Concert hall of the Museum Concert hall edit In 1976 the concert hall was inaugurated connected to the North Wing 29 Its acoustics make it especially suitable for chamber music but it is also used for other musical genres as well as a wide array of others events and activities such as debates lectures and symposiums The chairs are designed by Poul Kjaerholm and the rear wall is decorated with paintings created for the site by Sam Francis 30 In 2007 began a project to produce concert films and musical clips directed by Stephan Aube All the movies are available for free on the Louisiana Music website Collections edit nbsp A room in Louisiana with sculpture works from Alberto Giacometti Modern art edit The museum has a wide range of modern art paintings sculptures and videos dating from World War II to the present day including works by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein Andy Warhol Anselm Kiefer Alberto Giacometti Pablo Picasso Yves Klein Robert Rauschenberg David Hockney and Asger Jorn The videos are often housed in room settings where the viewer is made to feel part of the scene being portrayed Perched above the sea there is a sculpture garden between the museum s two wings with works by artists including Henry Moore Alexander Calder and Jean Arp Wessel Bagge collection edit Louisiana used to display a collection of Pre Columbian art Consisting of more than 400 objects the collection was a donation from the Wessel Bagge Foundation in 2001 It is the personal collection left by Niels Wessel Bagge a California based Danish dancer choreographer and art collector who died in 1990 Exhibitions editThe Louisiana Museum mounts temporary exhibitions including installations such as Danish Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson s site specific work Riverbed which was made specifically for the museum and shown from August 2014 to January 2015 31 The work was in three sections with a theme that related art architecture and nature in which a rocky riverbed was created to take up the museum s entire south wing 31 Sculpture garden edit nbsp Part of the sculpture park of the museum in the background the Oresund sound can be seen The grounds around the museum contain a landscaped sculpture garden It consists of a plateau and ground that slopes towards the Oresund and is dominated by huge ancient specimen trees and sweeping vistas of the sea It contains works by such artists as Jean Arp Max Ernst Max Bill Alexander Calder Henri Laurens Louise Bourgeois Joan Miro and Henry Moore The sculptures are either placed so that they can be viewed from within in special sculpture yards or independently around the gardens forming a synthesis with the lawns the trees and the sea 2 There are also examples of site specific art by such artists as Enzo Cucchi Dani Karavan and George Trakas 32 Louisiana Literature Festival editLouisiana Literature festival is an annual festival that takes place at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Launched in 2010 the festival each year features about forty writers from across the world They perform on stages around the museum and in the sculpture park and attract more than 15 000 people each year 33 Directors edit1958 1993 Knud W Jensen 34 1995 1998 Lars Nittve 1998 2000 Steingrim Laursen 2000 Poul Erik TojnerPartners and sponsors editRepublic of Fritz Hansen is the Louisiana s main corporate partner through 2024 35 Realdania has supported Louisiana a architectural exhibitions since 2006 The new Carlsberg foundation has supported Louisiana s acquisition programme generously throughout most of the museum s history 35 References edit The official name of the museum is also Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Danish it is not translated into Danish https www be rlingske dk aok louisianas besoegstal naermer sig rekordaaret inden corona bare URL a b Louisiana AOK Retrieved 2009 06 03 About Louisiana Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Retrieved 2024 03 01 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Wonderful Copenhagen in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 02 a b c Louisiana ett alskat museum Sydsvenskan in Swedish 2008 05 24 Retrieved 2024 03 04 admin newsoresund 2022 03 30 Svenske gaester en del af Louisianas DNA in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 04 Priya 2020 04 03 Museum Walk Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek Denmark Outside Suburbia Family Retrieved 2024 03 02 The Louisiana History Louisiana Retrieved 2020 02 02 Knud W Jensen Forretningsmand og museumsdirektor lex dk Den Store Danske in Danish 2023 09 13 Retrieved 2024 03 04 a b c d e f g LOUISIANA AS A PLACE KUNSTEDER DK www kunsteder dk Retrieved 2024 03 01 Weschler Lawrence 1982 08 22 LOUISIANA IN DENMARK The New Yorker ISSN 0028 792X Retrieved 2024 03 01 a b Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Historien om kunstmuseet KAUFMANN in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 01 a b c Knud W Jensen discusses the Louisiana Museum part 1 The WFMT Studs Terkel Radio Archive Retrieved 2024 03 01 a b c d e Boganmeldelse Louisiana Arkitektur og landskab arkitektforeningen dk in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 02 a b Louisiana Journal in Danish no 3 08 Post Danmark Frimaerker pp 2 5 May 2008 a b c Skjoth Lise 1989 Denmark s Louisiana Museum age thirty status work in progress interview with Knud W Jensen Museum 41 XLI 3 160 164 doi 10 1111 j 1468 0033 1989 tb00793 x via UNESCO UNESCDOC Digital library Han bytte ostarna mot konst DN se in Swedish 1992 01 25 Retrieved 2024 03 04 Handberg Kristian June 2017 The Shock of the Contemporary documenta II and the Louisiana Museum PDF On Curating 33 34 41 Strom Anya 2005 03 30 Staff artsandculturalstudies ku dk Retrieved 2024 03 01 Handberg Kristian 26 October 2018 Pejlinger 66 Louisianas pejling af samtiden og 1960 erne Periskop Forum for Kunsthistorisk Debat in Danish 2018 20 72 89 via Tidsskrift dk Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Copenhagen Denmark Museum Review Conde Nast Traveler Retrieved 2024 03 01 Louisiana skal renoveres for 50 millioner Jyllands Posten in Danish 2002 01 27 Retrieved 2024 03 02 Louisiana realdania dk in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 02 Louisiana saetter hussalg i bero efter hard kritik Politiken in Danish 2013 02 08 Retrieved 2024 03 04 Louisiana Jensens private hus overlever Politiken in Danish 2013 06 24 Retrieved 2024 03 04 Sonne Birgitte 2021 07 10 Kunsten og Louisiana En milliontilforsel til museer er et billigt skridt imod et Danmark i balance www nordjyske dk in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 02 april 2022 Af Kristina Raderschad 27 2022 04 27 Peter og Mette var usaedvanligt heldige da de fik fingre i denne perle der gar under navnet Onskehuset BO BEDRE in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 02 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link a b Architecture amp History Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Retrieved 2024 03 01 Map sculpture park Louisiana Guide Louisiana Guide Retrieved 1 March 2024 Arkitekturen in Danish AOK Archived from the original on 2013 08 20 Retrieved 2011 10 18 a b Riverbed Louisiana Museum of Modern Art 2014 Retrieved 12 November 2019 Louisiana Louisiana Archived from the original on 2009 01 04 Retrieved 2009 06 03 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art fokus pa nyere tids billedkunst KunstDK in Danish Retrieved 2024 03 02 Knud W Jensen Gyldendal Den Store Danske in Danish Retrieved 5 August 2015 a b Louisiana partners and sponsors Louisiana Retrieved 2022 11 09 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Louisiana Museum of Modern Art official website Louisiana Channel official website Louisiana Music official website 55 58 10 N 12 32 35 E 55 96944 N 12 54306 E 55 96944 12 54306 Retrieved 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