Oak Foundation Denmark Arts Grants (2008)

• Concerto Copenhagen

  To fund an increase in the concert activity of Concerto Copenhagen (CoCo) and to allow it to expand its performances throughout Denmark. CoCo is the leading baroque orchestra in Scandinavia and performs 16th to 18th century music on historically authentic instruments. Founded in 1991, the orchestra is very well known abroad and has given many concerts outside Denmark. (Over three years)

• Den Hirschsprungske Samling

  To support the relabelling of the paintings in the Hirschsprung Collection and the production of a new catalogue for the collection, as over the last few years new information has come to light on the acquisition of the paintings. These improvements will increase the appeal of the collection to both the Danish and an international public.

• Experimentarium

  To support the exhibition "Prøv Verden" ("Try the World") at the Experimentarium (Science Museum). The aim of the exhibition is to take visitors on a sensitive but challenging journey around the world, a journey which focuses on the eight goals for the development by 2015 of the poorest countries in the world as defined by the United Nations. The purpose of the exhibition is to create a new understanding of poverty, social aid and globalisation.

• Johannes Larsen Museet

  To support the retrospective exhibition "The Art of Seeing" by the contemporary Danish artist John Olsen at the Johannes Larsen Museum in Kerteminde, in celebration of the artist’s 70th birthday. The aim of the exhibition and the catalogue is to highlight the various stages of John Olsen’s work over five decades, as a graphic artist, sculptor, painter and photographer.

• Kunstindustrimuseet

  To support the exhibition "Helt sin egen – Lorenz Frølichs design" (“Completely his Own Man – the Designs of Lorenz Frølich”) at the Danish Museum of Art & Design. Through this exhibition, and using written, verbal and digital means, the museum wishes to place new focus on this 19th century artist, considered an icon of Danish design.

• Kvindemuseet i Ǻrhus

  To support the exhibition "Sysler og Samlinger" (“Occupations and Collections”) at Kvindemuseet i Århus (Women's Museum). The exhibition aims to present the stories of girls from the wartime generation to the youth of today, and will draw on the history and art of the period, using paintings, pictures, installations, prose, lyrics, music and film. The basis is the life of the artist Kirsten Justesen, who is in her early sixties.

• Louisiana, Museet for Moderne Kunst

  To support a large retrospective exhibition by the Danish artist Per Kirkeby at Lousiana Museum of Modern Art to celebrate his 70th birthday. Per Kirkeby is an artist with a strong international reputation, and is well represented in the Louisiana collection. This exhibition will document the visions of the artist, his techniques and the central questions that inspired him.

• Louisiana, Museet for Moderne Kunst

  To support the exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, of one of the influential masters of the 20th century, Max Ernst (1891-1976). The exhibition "Max Ernst. Dream and Revolution" is the first comprehensive retrospective presentation of the artist in Denmark. The exhibition consists of approximately 200 works, including paintings, collages, drawings and sculptures, as well as the special Max Ernst techniques of frottage and decalcomania. The works exhibited have been lent by collections and museums worldwide.

• Nivaagaard Malerisamling

  To support the Nivaagaard Malerisamling museum by providing new lighting in three exhibition rooms housing the collection of European Renaissance and Baroque paintings from the period 1500-1650, and a collection by Danish painters from the Golden Age.

• Roskilde Domkirke

  To provide Roskilde Cathedral with a new bronze door, created by the Danish artist Peter Brandes, for the Western portal – the so-called Royal Portal – and to support a total renovation of the Cathedral's St Andrew's Chapel, including the provision of new furniture (altar, altarpiece, baptismal font, altar silver, railings and stalls) also to be carried out by Peter Brandes. (Over three years)

• Rye Kirke

  To support the restoration of two paintings in Rye Church, "Ascension Day", painted by Hendrik Krock in 1715, and "The Entombment" painted by I.H. Cabott in 1793. Both paintings require urgent restoration.

• Skovgaard Museet

  To support the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue of "Agnes Slott-Møller, Beauty – an Eternal Joy. Art and the Nation around 1900" showing at Skovgaard Museum, Fyns Kunstmuseum, Vejen Kunstmuseum and Øregaard Museum. The exhibition is based on research into the artist's work, and aims to reintroduce Agnes Slott-Møller (1862-1937) back into Danish art history.

• Teater Hedeland

  To support Teater Hedeland's outdoor summer opera for 2008, "Turandot", by the Italian composer Puccini. Teater Hedeland was launched in 2002 and has performed summer operas every year since then outside Roskilde, in the largest outdoor amphitheatre in Scandinavia.

• Teatermuseet i Hofteatret

  To support the renovation of the Teatermuseet i Hofteatret (the Theatre Museum in the former Court Theatre). The renovation, which will see the restoration of the interior to its original character as a Royal Theatre, will include the front curtains, carpets and balcony seats as well as the repainting of the pillars and walls of the boxes and the stage front. Furthermore it will bring the fire protection system totally up-to-date.

• Vincens Steensen-Leth. Tranekær

  To support a series of summer classical concerts with international artists at Stoense Church in Langeland. In 2008 the programme included the Takacs Quartet, the pianist Lise de la Salle, the clarinetist Michael Collins and the London Winds, the baritone Simon Keenlyside and the pianist Malcolm Martineau.

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