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| Left: Poster for Yoko Ono Exhibition, Right: Henry Moore sculpture, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail and Right: One of the glass corridors, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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Left: Building nestled into hill, Right: Detail of Manoir d'essor/ Dynamic Manor, 1969/82 by Jean Dubuffet
Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail of Elevator, Right: Bench, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Alexander Calder sculpture, Right: A Closer Grand Canyon, 1998, David Hockney, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail of Gardens, Right: Waterways surround one of the pavilions, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail of stairs, Right: Detail in cafe, Arne Jacobsen stools lined up, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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Left: Untitled, Fall, 1994-96 by Jennifer Pastor, Right: Per Kirkeby, Bilbilleder/ Car Pictures, 1964
Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Jesus Rafael Soto, The Big Blue, 1964, Right: The Concert Hall, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Details of Museum, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Details of Museum, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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Left: Sculptures by Alberto Giacometti, Painting by Philip Guston, Mirror to S.K, 1960, Right: Sculpture by Giacometti
Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Poul Gernes Target, 1966-68, Right: Sculpture by Miro, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| The cafe at Louisiana, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Wishing Tree for Yoko Ono's Exhibit, Right: Detail of the grounds, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail of my lunch, Right: Detail of the cafe, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Details of Museum, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: A.R Penck, Requiem for Waltraud, 1976, Right: Work by Tara Donovan, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail of work by Tara Donovan, Right: Detail of Museum, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: Detail of Calder Sculpture, Right: Detail of Exterior of Museum, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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Left: Details of the grounds, Right: Henri Laurens, Grande Femme Debout a la Draperie, 1928
Photography: Marcus Hay |
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Left: Pillars by Louise Bourgeois, 1947-49, Right: Poul Gernes, Black and White Decorations, 1980
Photography: Marcus Hay |
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| Left: The Gounds, Right: Exterior of Museum, Photography: Marcus Hay |
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Left: Detail of stairs in Museum, Right: Oskar Schlemmer, Abstract Figure, Sculpture in the Round G, 1921/23
Photography: Marcus Hay |
Could it be said that this is one of the most beautiful
places on earth? I could say it might be true! For years people have been
telling me to board the train to Louisiana in Copenhagen, Having missed it on
my last trips, I now see how important it is to weave into your itinerary if
visiting Copenhagen.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located
directly on the shore of the Øresund Sound
in Humlebæk, north of Copenhagen. It is the most
visited art museum in Denmark with an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating
from World War II
and up until now, as well as a comprehensive programme of special exhibitions,
We were lucky to see an retrospective of Yoko Ono who although a New York
transplant like me, has an exhibition here that profiles her amazing life and
career.
The museum is also
acknowledged as a milestone in modern Danish architecture,
noted for the synthesis it creates of art, architecture and landscape. It
really is amazing the way it folds in and out of the hill and although quite a
big museum, you feel as if the blend between indoor/ outdoor and a wrap around
feel that is not obvious at first glance.
The name of the museum
derives from the first owner of the property, Alexander
Brun, who named the villa after his three wives, all named Louise,
The museum was created in 1958 by Knud W. Jensen,
the owner at the time. He contacted architects Vilhelm Wohlert and Jørgen Bo
who spent a few months walking around the property before deciding how a new
construction would best fit into the landscape. This study resulted in the
first version of the museum consisting of three buildings connected by glass
corridors. Since then it has been extended several times until it reached its
present circular shape in 1991. The interior and the exterior including the
sculpture gardens are magical and breathtakingly beautiful, I loved it so much
I went back twice.
The café is great and the
fare is amazing, you can eat a traditional Danish lunch with Sweden in the
distance over the water via the Calder sculptures, what could be better?
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