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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
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    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
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    27 28 29 01 02 03 04
    05 06 07 08 09 10 11
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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
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    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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Cultural Events

14 April

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

”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

INDEX: Award Exhibition

01.04.2012 - 31.05.2012

INDEX: Award Exhibition in Bilbao focuses on design and design processes that provide sustainable solutions to environmental problems. The Danish non-profit organization INDEX: creates its design under the slogan 'Design to Improve Life'.

  • Location: Spain

The international day for children's literature on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday

02.04.2012 - 02.04.2013

Celebration of the International Day for children's literature on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday April 2nd. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's travel to Spain and display of the Danish Arts Council's exhibition "An illustrated children's book."

  • Location: Spain

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) – focus on danish film

05.04.2012 - 17.04.2012

This fantastic filmfestival are having its 30th anniversary. BIFFF is an institution among horror, cult, thriller and fantasy-fans. In connection with the Danish EU-presidency this year, there is a special focus on Danish Cinema – with support from The Danish Film Institute.

  • Location: Belgium

Danish Films Spring in Austria

08.04.2012 - 29.04.2012

In collaboration with the Danish Embassy in Vienna a number of Austrian cinemas organise film days and small festivals, which film-fans should not miss.

  • Location: Austria

Viggo Rivad: ”Rivad – A retrospective” Exhibition of the almost 90 year old Viggo Rivad’s photopraphs. The images belong to Lars Schwander, who is also curating the exhibition.

11.04.2012 - 30.04.2012

Viggo Rivad, the legendary figure in Danish photography, celebrates summer 2012 his 90th birthday. On this occasion Lars Schwander curates a retrospective selection from his private collection. Amongst there are picture from Barcelona in the 1950’s.

  • Location: Spain

H.M. Queen Margrethe II’s "The Wild Swans" exhibited in Rome

14.04.2012 - 09.09.2012

  • Location: Italy
15 April

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

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

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

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

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

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

INDEX: Award Exhibition

01.04.2012 - 31.05.2012

INDEX: Award Exhibition in Bilbao focuses on design and design processes that provide sustainable solutions to environmental problems. The Danish non-profit organization INDEX: creates its design under the slogan 'Design to Improve Life'.

  • Location: Spain

The international day for children's literature on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday

02.04.2012 - 02.04.2013

Celebration of the International Day for children's literature on Hans Christian Andersen's birthday April 2nd. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's travel to Spain and display of the Danish Arts Council's exhibition "An illustrated children's book."

  • Location: Spain

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF) – focus on danish film

05.04.2012 - 17.04.2012

This fantastic filmfestival are having its 30th anniversary. BIFFF is an institution among horror, cult, thriller and fantasy-fans. In connection with the Danish EU-presidency this year, there is a special focus on Danish Cinema – with support from The Danish Film Institute.

  • Location: Belgium

Danish Films Spring in Austria

08.04.2012 - 29.04.2012

In collaboration with the Danish Embassy in Vienna a number of Austrian cinemas organise film days and small festivals, which film-fans should not miss.

  • Location: Austria

Viggo Rivad: ”Rivad – A retrospective” Exhibition of the almost 90 year old Viggo Rivad’s photopraphs. The images belong to Lars Schwander, who is also curating the exhibition.

11.04.2012 - 30.04.2012

Viggo Rivad, the legendary figure in Danish photography, celebrates summer 2012 his 90th birthday. On this occasion Lars Schwander curates a retrospective selection from his private collection. Amongst there are picture from Barcelona in the 1950’s.

  • Location: Spain

The visionary, Danish-based design group INDEX: exhibits the finalists for INDEX: AWARD 2011 in Luxembourg city spaces

13.04.2012 - 15.05.2012

INDEX: is a Danish-based nonprofit organisation that designs under the slogan "Design to Improve Life". INDEX: works in sync with Danish design tradition to promote and use design and design processes globally to improve the lives of people worldwide.

  • Location: Luxembourg

Sacred music

14.04.2012 - 18.04.2012

The Danish female vocalist Hedwig Rummel and the Lithuanian organist Renata Marcinkutė Lesieur are performing a series of concerts in numerous locations in Lithuania during the feast of Easter.

  • Location: Lithuania

H.M. Queen Margrethe II’s "The Wild Swans" exhibited in Rome

14.04.2012 - 09.09.2012

  • Location: Italy
16 April

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

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

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

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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