Crossing Borders: Migration and the Visual Arts in Denmark, 1800-2021
This conference highlights the migration of artists and ideas to Denmark over the past 200+ years to examine their collective influence on the history of the visual arts. The day will feature talks from artists and scholars showing that migration is not a new phenomenon to Denmark, but rather has strong and established traditions still visible within Denmark’s museums, artistic practices, and communities today.
Registration
Registration is free – please send a mail to crossingborders@glyptoteket.dk before 22 September 2021.
Schedule
| 8:30-9:30 | Registration and light breakfast |
| 9:30-9:45 | Welcoming remarks |
| 9:45-11:00 |
Opening keynote: Beyond boundaries: Migration as a Challenge to Art History Burcu Dogramaci, Professor of Art History, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany Moderator: Anne Ring Petersen |
| 11:00-11:15 | Short break |
| 11:15-12:45 |
Panel 1: Rethinking Migration and Art History in Denmark Moderator: Rasmus Kjærboe |
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Flowing Music, Flowing Art: Towards a Liquid Understanding of Early Modern Culture Margit Thøfner, Senior Lecturer in the History of Art, Department of Art History, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |
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Between Paris, Munich and Copenhagen: The Transnational Career of Bertha Wegmann and Her Nordic Network of Women Artists Carina Rech, Curator for the Collections, Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden |
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Wanted: Ernest Mancoba on the Danish Art Scene Karen Westphal Eriksen, Project Researcher, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 12:45-13:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:45-14:45 |
Panel 2: Negotiating Geography, Place and Belonging Moderator: Kristian Handberg |
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300 Years of Danish Artists in Greenland Nivi Christensen, Director, Nuuk Art Museum, Greenland
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Diasporic inbetweenness in the Work of Artists from the Former Yugoslavia Now Residing in Denmark Tijana Mišković, PhD Fellow, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 14:45-15:15 |
Coffee break |
| 15:15-16:15 |
Panel 3: The Presence/Absence of the Transnational Artist Moderator: Nicol Savinetti |
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The Danish National Gallery Collection: Situating Histories and Narratives of Displacement and Belonging Yvette Brackman, Postdoctoral Fellow, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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To Adopt a Chronotype Yong Sun Gullach, Artist, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| 16:15-16:45 |
Coffee break |
| 16:45-18:00 |
Closing Keynote: Recent and Upcoming Works Halfdan Pisket, Artist, Copenhagen, Denmark Moderator: Nicholas Parkinson |
| 18:00-19:30 |
Reception |
Scientific committee
Nicholas Parkinson, Ph.D., Mads Øvlisen Postdoctoral Fellow, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Anne Ring Petersen, Dr.phil, Ph.D., Professor, University of Copenhagen
Nicol Savinetti, Ph.D., Director, IMMART - International Migration Meets the Arts
Kristian Handberg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Kjærboe, Ph.D., Curator, The Hirschsprung Collection
Funding
Funding for this conference is provided by the Novo Nordisk Foundation in connection with Dr. Nicholas Parkinson’s postdoctoral project, “Copenhagen 1888: Den Franske Kunstudstilling” (2019-2021), hosted by the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.