Exhibitions in Copenhagen

February 2026

February 2026 at a glance: 1 exhibition opened, 0 closed, and 4 more were on view across the city.

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Bedroom, 1890

Edgar Degas, Dancers Practising in the Foyer, 1880s

Specimens on display in the Wild Wonderful World exhibition

Paul Gauguin, Arearea no varua ino (The Amusement of the Evil Spirit), 1894

What the BLOX exhibition in the Stair Gallery at DAC

Opened in February

The Modern Breakthrough: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection18 Feb
The Hirschsprung Collection
A rehang of 116 Danish masterpieces of the Modern Breakthrough, pairing stored works with icons by Hammershøi, Krøyer, the Anchers, L.A. Ring and Bertha Wegmann.

Was on view in February

Degas' Obsessionto 27 Sept
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
One Degas painting, shown unframed in the round: new research with the Getty reveals he reworked Dancers Practising in the Foyer over some 30 years.
Wild Wonderful Worldto 1 Nov
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Treasures from 400 years of collecting: from microscopic plankton and whale skeletons to stardust and gemstones, with the stories of the expeditions behind them.
Gauguin & Kihara – First Impressionsto 6 Dec
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
The Glyptotek's world-class Gauguin collection in dialogue with Yuki Kihara's video, where Samoan and Tahitian voices respond to his paintings.
What the BLOXto 10 Jan
Danish Architecture Center
How Bryghuspladsen became BLOX: OMA's strategies, a large sectional model and the compromises behind the harbourside building that still divides Copenhagen.

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