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Installation view of Camille Henrot, Paper Planes at Copenhagen Contemporary

Copenhagen ContemporaryRefshaleøen

Camille Henrot, Paper Planes

Now showing5 June 2026 – 31 December 2026kr 140

Camille Henrot's largest Scandinavian solo show spans film, sculpture, painting and installation, led by the Scandinavian premiere of her film In the Veins.

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In one corner, thirteen dogs stand on their leads on a blue running track, as if a dog walker had just stepped away. They're matted wool, wax, metal and wood. One is a chain, and another has pliers for a head.

This is Henrot's largest show in Scandinavia, built around her 35-minute film In the Veins, which cuts between injured wild birds learning to fly again and her own children at bath time and bedtime. Around it sit two monumental Abacus bronzes, paintings lifted from etiquette manuals, scrolls of printed spam and Interphones. You pick up a receiver for advice about a manipulative dog, and the sympathetic voice soon wants your personal details.

Politiken gave it five hearts, and Art in America's Emily Watlington called the film "worth the wait". Entry is the CC ticket, 140 DKK at the desk with no booking, and Thursdays run to 21:00. CC is closed on 31 December, the last date, so 30 December is the final day.

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Camille Henrot's largest Scandinavian solo show fills the former shipyard halls on Refshaleøen with film, sculpture and painting, led by the Scandinavian premiere of In the Veins. James Turrell's Aftershock is in the same building.

Look for

  • The thirteen leashed dogs

    Look for dogs of matted wool, wax, metal and wood held on leads over a blue running track, one formed from a chain and one with pliers for a head.

  • In the Veins

    In the 35-minute film, injured birds try flying again with the help of a human hand, and a child's bathwater, dyed red, spirals down the drain.

  • Interphones

    Pick up a phone for help with a manipulative dog or a possibly unfaithful partner, and the caring automated voice soon turns into a request for personal information.

  • Office of Unreplied Emails

    Printed emails of the kind that pile up in an inbox's 'other' folder run on long scrolls, a one-sided stream of spam sentimentality.

  • The Abacus bronzes

    Two monumental bronzes, shown in Europe for the first time, bend curved rods and movable beads into organic, almost bodily forms.

Good for

  • Evening Visits
  • Out-Of-Town Guests
  • Rainy Days

Skip if

You want a break from climate news: the centrepiece film is about extinction and climate grief.

With kids

Ages 3-17 pay 25 DKK, under-3s are free, and under-12s must come with an adult. The film shows injured wild animals being treated in rehabilitation clinics.

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