The Danish Arts Council’s Committee for International Visual Art provides funding for promotion of works and projects of Danish artists abroad. Artists, museums, galleries, exhibition sites and promoters of art may seek funding according to the specific qualities of the project.
Emphasis is placed on the ability of the works or projects to be integrated over the long run in an international dialogue and exchange.
Travel and accommodation in connection with international exhibits
Funding may be sought for direct expenses with respect to travel, lodging and any transport of works in connection with solo and group exhibitions at art museums and other exhibition sites abroad. A prerequisite for attaining funding is that, at the time of application, the relevant museum/exhibition site has entered into an agreement with respect to the exhibition. With respect to major exhibits – for example, biennales and suchlike, it is presumed the exhibit organizer/art museum will apply for travel and accommodation expenses for the relevant artist(s).
International conferences, seminars, research, etc.
Funding is provided for direct expenses with respect to travel and lodging in connection with, for example, participation in conferences, seminars and research. A prerequisite for attaining funding is that, at the time of application, there is an invitation from the relevant site.
Promotion of Danish art internationally
The committee wishes to use this pool more generally to advance the promotion of Danish art abroad. The committee does not want to establish detailed criteria for the award of such funding but wishes to provide funding for initiatives that can promote the works/projects of Danish artists abroad in a professional and qualitative way including the participation in major international biennales of Danish artists.
Promotion of foreign art in Denmark
Funding may be provided for direct expenses with respect to travel and lodging for foreign artists in connection with exhibits at Danish art museums and other exhibition sites.
For further information on the above-mentioned programmes please contact the Visual Arts Centre, contact person: Bea Fonnesbech Jensen, , tel: +45 33 74 45 31.
Residencies in Denmark: DIVA
The Danish Arts Council’s Committee for International Visual Art selects, on the basis of recommendations of the Danish art world, the international artists who are invited for an artist-in-residence program in Denmark within the DIVA exchange program. For further information please visit DIVA's homepage
International residencies
The committee awards residencies to Danish visual artists in the following cities:
New York (12-month residency) one application deadline a year – January 16, 2007 (for residencies in 2008)
Los Angeles (12-month residency) one application deadline a year – January 16, 2007 (for residencies in 2008)
Berlin (6-month residency) one application deadline a year – January 16, 2006 (for residencies 2008)
Cité des Arts – Paris (Maximum 6-month residency) one application deadline a year – April 16, 2006 (for residencies in 2007/2008)
Istanbul (5-month residency spring/ 4-month residency autumn). Application deadlines: January 16, 2007 (for residencies autumn 2007) and April 16, 2007 (for residencies spring and autumn 2008)
The committee awards residencies for Danish curators in Cuba (2-week residency). Application deadline for residencies in spring 2007 – August 10, 2006
Contact the Visual Arts Centre for additional information on international residencies, contact person: Catherine Lefebvre, , tel: +45 33 74 45 39.
The Danish Arts Council’s Committee for International Visual Art
H.C. Andersens Boulevard 2
DK-1553 Copenhagen V
Application deadlines in 2008:
January 15, April 15, August 15 and October 15.
About the Danish Arts Agency's Visual Arts Centre
The Visual Arts Centre handle, for the Danish Arts Foundation, the secretarial functions of the Visual Arts Purchase and Grants Committees, the Craft and Design Committee and the Architecture Committee. Moreover, the centre administers works acquired by the Danish Arts Foundation under the so-called deposit plan.
For the Danish Art Council, the centre handles the secretarial functions of the Committee for the Visual Arts and the Committee for International Visual Art.
In regard to the international activities and funding The Danish Arts Councils Committee for International Visual Art is responsible for the grants and for defining the operation tasks administert and put into action by the Visual Arts Centre. Tasks such as arranging seminars, inviting international curators and art-people on visiting programmes, being responsible for the updating of The Danish Art Archive kunstdk.dk, giving information on Danish art in general - and so forth.
Moreover, in terms of international efforts, the Visual Arts Centre participates in the Danish Arts Agency’s international coordination, contributing to and consulting on cross-art initiatives, such as the Danish Art Council’s current New York initiative and the “Regarding Denmark” exhibition that was organized in connection with a state visit to Athens in May 2006.
Finally, the Visual Arts Centre acts as consultant to the Ministry of Culture in cases involving visual art, which includes answering inquires from Parliament and other inquiries from the Minister of Culture and taking part in the preparation of laws and executive orders.
