Who will win BKF prize Artist-run Exhibition Places of the Year 2018?
Now 38 places have been nominated. But there are still many missing, because artist-run exhibition venues are a large and wide-ranging part of Danish art life. Hurry up and send your nominations to BKF by 15 August at the latest, so that together we can pay tribute to the important work that takes place on the self-organized art scene.
In a laundromat. In the arrival hall at an S-train station. In a self-built, mobile mini art gallery that travels with the art in changing landscapes and cities. In basements, apartments and abandoned industrial premises, in temporary and more permanent exhibition spaces. All year round, all over the country, committed and persistent professional artists ensure that new, exciting, Danish and international contemporary art reaches people.
This large and important artistic work pays tribute to the Association of Visual Artists with the award Artist-run exhibition sites of the year 2018 - and you can join:
Send one or more nominations to bkf@bkf.dk before 15 August, so that we can celebrate the artists' own exhibition spaces and project spaces together.
The provisional nominees are:
Artists' own exhibition venues and projects are driven by an admirable commitment and are often financed by the artists' own funds. They play an important role in the development of the entire artistic life, and deserve far more recognition and visibility. Therefore, for the third year in a row, BKF is awarding the Artist-run Exhibition Places of the Year award. The winning statuette 'Artist Run' was created by sculptor Anders Bonnesen.
CAMP – Center for Art on Migration Politics
House of Danish Graphic Designers
Graphics, Fyn's Graphic Workshop
Sondrup Kunsthal, mobile exhibition space for contemporary art.
Mogens Otto's Exhibition Container
M100, Odense. Milena Bonifacini: Barrel.
Skovsnogen Deep Forrest Artspace
Project room D7. Rune Bosse and Anna Bak: Abyss.