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Cultural Calendar

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  • JANUARY
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    29 27 28 29 30 31 01
    02 03 04 05 06 07 08
    09 10 11 12 13 14 15
    16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    23 24 25 26 27 28 29
    30 31 01 02 03 04 05
  • FEBRUARY
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    30 31 01 02 03 04 05
    06 07 08 09 10 11 12
    13 14 15 16 17 18 19
    20 21 22 23 24 25 26
    27 28 29 01 02 03 04
    05 06 07 08 09 10 11
  • MARCH
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    27 28 29 01 02 03 04
    05 06 07 08 09 10 11
    12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    19 20 21 22 23 24 25
    26 27 28 29 30 31 01
    02 03 04 05 06 07 08
  • APRIL
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    26 27 28 29 30 31 01
    02 03 04 05 06 07 08
    09 10 11 12 13 14 15
    16 17 18 19 20 21 22
    23 24 25 26 27 28 29
    30 01 02 03 04 05 06
  • MAY
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    30 01 02 03 04 05 06
    07 08 09 10 11 12 13
    14 15 16 17 18 19 20
    21 22 23 24 25 26 27
    28 29 30 31 01 02 03
    04 05 06 07 08 09 10
  • JUNE

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    28 29 30 31 01 02 03
    04 05 06 07 08 09 10
    11 12 13 14 15 16 17
    18 19 20 21 22 23 24
    25 26 27 28 29 30 01
    01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Cultural Events

30 March

Denmark in transition - A photographic snapshot

01.02.2012 - 31.03.2012

A major photo project with some of the best photographers in Denmark creates an overall picture of Denmark from 2008 to 2009.

  • Location: Germany

Hammershøi and Europe

04.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

The major spring exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark presents the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916). The exhibition takes a new approach to Hammershøi by having his art enter into a dialogue with fellow European artists of his day.

  • Location: Denmark

Asger Jorn and Triolektisk football

01.03.2012 - 31.05.2012

Fundación Athletic Bilbao and the Danish Embassy in Madrid present a documentary on Danish painter Asger Jorn and triolektic football during the conference series "Thinking Football".

  • Location: Spain

Monumental Motion

16.03.2012 - 15.04.2012

Monumental Motion is a unique photo exhibition that focuses on Danish bicycle culture in Copenhagen, the city of cyclists.

  • Location: Belgium

Danish Cinema Festival

23.03.2012 - 30.03.2012

In Tallinn on 23-30 March and in Tartu on 26-28 March Danish film week brings to the audiences a selection of recent Danish films.

  • Location: Estonia

A night with world-famous Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen

30.03.2012 - 30.03.2012

The Czech traditional children's event at libraries: "A night with Andersen" is now supplemented with a special Danish reading element, where you can meet Danes reading the Andersen tales in the original language, Danish, and compare words and sounds to the reading in Czech.

  • Location: Czech Republic

”More Than Meets The Eye” – an exhibition of Danish jewellery design

30.03.2012 - 30.04.2012

The exhibition displays the works of 14 Danish designers showing a great diversity in approaches to design and use of materials.

  • Location: Netherlands

BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts presents one of the world's top baroque orchestras - Concerto Copenhagen

30.03.2012 - 01.04.2012

Concerto Copenhagen makes the old baroque music vital, relevant and contemporary. At BOZAR, Concerto Copenhagen plays Orchestra Suites Nos. 1-4 by Johan Sebastian Bach, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

  • Location: Belgium
31 March

Žemyna – Earth Goddess – an international archaeological project with the participation of the world cities of Odense and Kaunus

01.01.2012 - 30.06.2012

The archaeology club Harja from Odense Museum in Denmark is launching a 3 year project for seniors, professional archaeologists and volunteers to promote archaeological activities in both Denmark and Lithuania.

  • Location: Lithuania

Ida Ferdinand and Ane Vester exhibit at Aloft Hotel in Brussels

11.01.2012 - 27.04.2012

Ida Ferdinand exhibits at Aloft Hotel in Brussels from January 11th to April 27th and Ane Vester exhibits at the same hotel May 9th to August 31st.

  • Location: Belgium

Letter to H.C. Andersen – essays by children and youngsters

15.01.2012 - 02.04.2012

In an essay competition across the whole nation, children and youngsters will give their perspective on the creations of H.C. Andersen, and thereby extend their knowledge of the famous Dane. The final event of the competition will take place in 'Panevėžys Puppet Wagon Theatre', which itself has been awarded the H.C. Andersen prize.

  • Location: Lithuania

SPATIUM - Contemporary Danish Art

19.01.2012 - 13.05.2012

The exhibition SPATIUM at the Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn takes its point of departure in the young, emerging Danish contemporary art scene and includes new site specific as well as some older works.

  • Location: Estonia

Christiania in art – an exhibition across art forms

21.01.2012 - 01.04.2012

Artist from Christiania and Užupis exhibit living works in the fields of visual art, photography and design. The exhibition also offers a programme of documentaries and creative workshops.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fabulous Iceland – from Sagas to novels

31.01.2012 - 29.04.2012

In a series of conversations, the journalist Pétur Blöndal asked contemporary Icelandic authors about their relationship with the literary tradition and the influence exerted on them by the past. The result is an Icelandic literary history of sorts, distilled into brief, individual stories

  • Location: Belgium

Art Exhibition: Per Kirkeby – A Creative Dialogue with the Byzantine Style

01.02.2012 - 08.04.2012

This exhibition offers a unique insight into the influence of Byzantine art on highly renowned Danish artist Per Kirkeby’s imagery.

  • Location: Greece

Denmark in transition - A photographic snapshot

01.02.2012 - 31.03.2012

A major photo project with some of the best photographers in Denmark creates an overall picture of Denmark from 2008 to 2009.

  • Location: Germany

Hammershøi and Europe

04.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

The major spring exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark presents the Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916). The exhibition takes a new approach to Hammershøi by having his art enter into a dialogue with fellow European artists of his day.

  • Location: Denmark

Per Kirkeby and the ’forbidden paintings’ by Kurt Schwitters at BOZAR

10.02.2012 - 20.05.2012

BOZAR, Centre for Fine Arts, shows a major exhibition by the internationally acclaimed Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. Works by Per Kirkeby are displayed in conjunction with the German landscape painter Kurt Schwitters.

  • Location: Belgium

Life’s adventures versus life’s tales

15.02.2012 - 30.05.2012

Families and individuals from all generations enter a competition in Lithuanian storytelling on the topic of "Life’s adventures versus life’s tales: from H.C. Andersen up till today".

  • Location: Lithuania

Best of Danish Film

01.03.2012 - 31.03.2012

The Barbican Centre and the British Film Institute show some of Danish film history's best films, documentaries, films for children and young people, and Danish classics.

  • Location: United Kingdom

Asger Jorn and Triolektisk football

01.03.2012 - 31.05.2012

Fundación Athletic Bilbao and the Danish Embassy in Madrid present a documentary on Danish painter Asger Jorn and triolektic football during the conference series "Thinking Football".

  • Location: Spain

EKKO - a site-specific installation at Namur Station Square

02.03.2012 - 19.04.2012

EKKO is a comprehensive site-specific installation project produced in collaboration between two Danish artists Ida F. Ferdinand and Ane Vester, who both have a connection to Belgium.

  • Location: Belgium

Monumental Motion

16.03.2012 - 15.04.2012

Monumental Motion is a unique photo exhibition that focuses on Danish bicycle culture in Copenhagen, the city of cyclists.

  • Location: Belgium

”More Than Meets The Eye” – an exhibition of Danish jewellery design

30.03.2012 - 30.04.2012

The exhibition displays the works of 14 Danish designers showing a great diversity in approaches to design and use of materials.

  • Location: Netherlands

BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts presents one of the world's top baroque orchestras - Concerto Copenhagen

30.03.2012 - 01.04.2012

Concerto Copenhagen makes the old baroque music vital, relevant and contemporary. At BOZAR, Concerto Copenhagen plays Orchestra Suites Nos. 1-4 by Johan Sebastian Bach, conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen.

  • Location: Belgium

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

Fine art in the Lithuanian Castles

31.03.2012 - 31.12.2012

Lithuanian castles in 8 different cities will present an impressive 36 exhibitions of fine art, with the final exhibition being held in Vilnius city hall. The exhibitions will embrace classic pictorial art in its traditional form, but emphasize how this form of art is still modern in its expressions and content.

  • Location: Lithuania

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