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LABORATORIUM: Kim Buck
Goldsmith Kim Buck's decades of questioning what jewellery can be, shown through key works and new pieces made for the exhibition.
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Preview: written before the show opened
One of the press images for this show is a 5-gram bar of 24-carat gold, refiner's marks and all, with the word MAMMON stamped across it and a red cord through one corner. That's Kim Buck in one object: the museum says his pieces often start from wordplay or a saying.
Designmuseum Danmark calls this the most extensive presentation of his work so far, older pieces next to new ones made for the show, and the fifth in its LABORATORIUM series on how designers work. Expect his Opblæst (Puffed Up) rings, which look like inflatable vinyl but are pure silver under coloured powder coat, and a gold daisy brooch, Elsker, elsker ikke, with two petals already pulled off. It settles "loves me, loves me not" before your date has texted back.
Read the titles: they carry half of each idea. The museum ticket covers it (DKK 140, DKK 90 under 27, free under 18 and with the Copenhagen Card), and Thursdays run until 20:00.
Editor's pick
Goldsmith Kim Buck has spent decades asking what jewellery can be. The show pairs key works from that career with new pieces made for the exhibition.
Look for
MAMMON (2026)
A small 24-carat gold bar, refiner's stamps still on it, with MAMMON stamped across the face and a red cord knotted through one corner like a pendant.
Opblæst i farver signet rings
Seven chunky signet rings in black, blue, orange, green, red and yellow that look like puffed-up vinyl pool toys but are pure silver, powder-coated.
Elsker, elsker ikke
A white-and-gold daisy brooch with two loose petals lying beside it, the old loves-me, loves-me-not game made in metal.
Giv Os Alle Vort Daglige Brød
A plain metal bread tin from 2012 with the line 'Give us all our daily bread' engraved into its lid.
Heavy Weights rings (2026)
New rings with bulbous glitter-speckled tops in pink, coral and orange, silver under a powder-coat finish.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Locals Who've Seen It All
- Nerding Out
With kids
Under-18s get in free.
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Image credits
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- LABORATORIUM: Kim BuckDesignmuseum Danmark
- Sending all my love — Vintage Postcards from the Middle EastCourtesy of The David Collection
- The Art of Desire – an Ottoman Sex Manual and its Context (Begærets Kunst)Courtesy of The David Collection
- Som Supaparinya: Reroute:© Som Supaparinya
- Designmuseum DanmarkJasparbang / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The David CollectionOrf3us / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
- Kunsthal CharlottenborgKevin Wallis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- SMK – National Gallery of DenmarkJiří Komárek / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rosenborg CastleFalk2 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0