Gift Ideas for Art-Lovers This Holiday Season
Searching for December gift inspiration? With the winter holidays nearly here, many of us are purchasing presents for friends and loved ones. It can also be a great moment for self-care, and if you’re looking to treat yourself, we have the perfect recommendations for you.
This year marked the first edition of the CHART Book & Print Fair as a standalone event - highlighting the artistry of book-making and print publishing. We were delighted to welcome 26 independent publishers to Charlottenborg, alongside Kunsthal Charlottenborg and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts where they showcased inspiring presentations featuring everything from artist monographs, photo books, zines, lithographs, etchings and posters to limited edition socks!
In celebration of the success of this year’s Book & Print Fair, we have selected 1 recent publication from each publisher to recommend to art lovers looking for inspiration this holiday season.
Scroll down for a curated selection of books and prints – perfect to treat yourself or someone special.
CHART Book & Print Fair 2025
Photo by Joakim Züger / BARSK Projects
Gardar Eide Einarsson, 'Pardon ME', 2025
Courtesy of the artist and At Last Books
*[asterisk] (DK)
Jonas Georg Christensen - Af en bys struktur (2025)
*Published as part of Jonas Georg Christensen’s Documented Observations series, the book presents a sequence of photographs that trace unexpected uses of urban space, reading these images as gestures or marks that map the city’s emerging places.
200 DKK
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At Last Books (DK)
Gardar Eide Einarsson - Pardon ME (2025)
*Pardon Me examines the strange political theatre of the annual U.S. presidential turkey pardoning ceremony. Long staged as light entertainment, this ritual masks a far darker logic: a grotesque parody of sovereign power and its ability to decide who may live and who may die.
300 DKK
Blackbook Publications (DK)
Nicolás Wormull - Hitta Hem (2025)
*Published as a deeply personal photo essay, the book reveals a sequence of images capturing the Wormull's daugher's move to Sweden, tracing her depression, daily struggles, and gradual healing as quiet signs of an inner journey returning to her light.
190 DKK
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bladr (DK)
Minh Ngọc Nguyễn - Sour Sun (2021)
*Published as a study of Minh Ngọc Nguyễn’s Sour Sun, the book presents images that examine consumerist objects through altered scales and colors, reading these interventions as disruptions that reframe Southeast-Asian symbols within the shifting cultural landscapes.
260 DKK
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Blankt Papir Press (DK)
Louise Bøgelund Saugmann - Quiet by Nature (2018)
*Published as part of Louise Bøgelund Saugmann’s Quiet by Nature project, the book presents forest photographs captured through changing seasons, reading these images as traces of a calm landscape, that invites viewers to slow down and breathe.
1200 DKK
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BORCH Editions (DK)
Alexander Tovborg - map of purgatory (2024)
*Created within Tovborg’s visual mapping of Dante’s journey, this edition forms part of a sequence of prints that chart hell, purgatory, and paradise, reading these images as symbolic paths or diagrams that outline the epic’s shifting realms and spaces.
5100 DKK
Alexander Tovborg, map of purgatory, 2024, hand coloring, line etching on Hahnemühle Bütten 300 g, paper size 53 × 39.5 cm – plate size 41.5 × 30 cm, edition of 12, series of 3, printed by Thomas Castenschiold Dehlholm, published by BORCH Editions, signed and numbered by the artist
Courtesy of the artist and BORCH Editions
Nicolai Howalt, 'Fungi,' 2025
Courtesy of the artist and Fabrikbooks
Breadfield Press (SE)
Kirstine Autzen - How to Become an Archive (2025)
*The book presents a sequence of photographs and objects that trace the life, loss, and transformation of personal belongings, reading these images as fragments that map memory and identity.
385 DKK
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Curated Works Publishing (DK)
Lawrence Ebelle - Beyond the window sill (2021)
*Lawrence Ebelle’s Beyond the Window Sill – Copenhagen Behind the Scenes presents a sequence of illustrations and stories that trace life inside the city’s neighbourhoods, reading these images as intimate gestures that map the rhythms and hidden corners of Copenhagen’s everyday life..
(price available on request)
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EKELY (DK)
Janaina Tschäpe - Untitled (20217)
*Janaina Tschäpe’s lithograph Untitled (2017) presents a dynamic and immersive composition in which her signature interplay of fluid forms and organic textures challenges conventional approaches to the lithographic medium.
7.500 DKK
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Fabrikbooks (DK)
Nicolai Howalt - Fungi (2025)
*Fungi by Nicolai Howalt explores fungi’s unseen forms through experimental photography, blending art, science, and organic processes into visual meditation.
370 DKK
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forlaget AFTRYK (DK)
Gudrun Hasle - Skitsebøger 2003-2025 (2025)
*Gudrun Hasle’s sketchbooks, kept since 2003, reveal intimate diaries where mistakes, emotions, and ideas evolve into drawings and later finished works.
399 DKK
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hurricane publishing (DK)
Carina Zunino - At skabe kunst til offentlige rum (2025)
*At skabe kunst til offentlige rum by Carina Zunino guides artists and collaborators in creating public art, sharing methods, processes, and interdisciplinary insights through stories and expert contributions.
250 DKK
Gudrun Hasle, 'Skitsebøger 2003-2025,' 2025
Courtesy of the artist and forlaget AFTRYK
Inuuteq Storch, 'Necromancer,' 2024
Courtesy of the artist and Marrow Press
Journal (SE)
Jessica Lindgren-Wu - Råda bot, alstra ro (To salve, to shield) (2025)
*Jessica Lindgren-Wu’s Råda bot, alstra ro explores Gotland folklore, healing rituals, and protective traditions through personal journeys, archival research, and reflections on history, magic, and contemporary uncertainty.
425 DKK
Link to web shop
Lodret Vandret (DK)
Lodret Vandret - Book Fair Socks (2023)
*The Book Fair Socks are a limited edition of 70, crafted from a 50/50 merino and Repreve® polyester blend, sized Small–Large, featuring the text “Book fair socks.”
190 DKK
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Marrow Press (DK)
Inuuteq Storch - Necromancer (2024)
*Necromancer by Inuuteq Storch explores Greenlandic society during the Covid pandemic, blending intimate, mystical, and post-apocalyptic imagery to evoke isolation, spirituality, and emotional complexity.
350 DKK
Northing/Kinakaal forlag (NO/CN)
Tonje Li - Lost Jockey (2025)
*Lost Jockey by Tonje Li explores discovery through getting lost, using photographs, collages, and poetic associations to evoke mystery, playfulness, and new perspectives on nature and objects.
410 DKK
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NW Gallery (DK)
Morten Andersen - Operation Doomsday (2019)
*Operation Doomsday captures a lush, jungle-like Norwegian landscape near Gardermoen Airport, emphasizing immersive, experiential photography over traditional postcard beauty, connecting history, nature, and sensory presence.
250 DKK
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Nybrogade Press (DK)
Nybrogade Press - Natural Artefacts: Nature, Repair, Responsibility (2023)
*Natural Artefacts explores the collaborative relationship between humans and nature, proposing new frameworks for understanding, repairing, and responsibly shaping the hybrid world we co-create.
190 DKK
Tonje Li, 'Lost Jockey,' 2025
Courtesy of the artist and Northing/Kinakaal forlag
Plethora Publication, Issue No. 13: Poetics of Emptiness, 2025
Courtesy of Plethora Publication
Plethora Publication (DK)
Plethora Publication - Issue No. 13 (2025)
*Issue No. 13: Poetics of Emptiness is a handcrafted, limited edition exploring absence and presence through paper, light, shadow, and manual techniques, featuring works by international artists in a sculptural format.
2400 DKK
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Rooftop Press (FI)
Timo Vaittinen - Highway (2023)
*Highway presents 168 collages made with Xerox machines and publications in Helsinki University Library, Brooklyn Central Public Library, The Stockholm Public Library and Bibliotheek Sint-Gillis in Brussels between 2013 and 2016.
165 DKK
RSS Press (DK)
Havearbejdets Poesi - en håndbog i kunstneriske havepraksisser (2012)
*Havearbejdets Poesi is an anthology and handbook documenting artistic residencies at Rønnebæksholm, exploring gardens as creative spaces through exercises, reflections, poetry, and collaborative art practices.
250 DKK
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Sidenius Studio (DK)
Lene Adler Petersen - At The Desk (2022)
*At The Desk combines 23 drawings by Lene Adler Petersen with poems by Marianne Larsen, handbound and Riso printed, creating an intimate dialogue between text and image.
Lene Adler Petersen, At The Desk, 2022
Courtesy of the artist and Sidenius Studio
'Typhoon - In The Eye of Taiwan's New Artistics Whirlwinds,' 2024
Courtesy of Tofu Collective
Space Poetry / Pist Protta (DK)
Frans Jacobi - Hysterisk svæv ind i steds-specifik kollektiv øko-bevidsthed (2025)
*Hysterisk svæv ind i steds-specifik kollektiv øko-bevidsthed (2022–2025) combines site-specific texts and photographs by Frans Jacobi, exploring human-influenced ecosystems and immersive experiences in Sostrup Slotspark.
150 DKK
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Tofu Collective (DK)
Typhoon - In The Eye of Taiwan's New Artistics Whirlwinds (2024)
*Typhoon is a product of comprehensive research and forged friendships by Tofu Collective, airing an eclectic capture of the streams that flow, intersect, and diverge within the many layers of Taiwanese art circles.
400 DKK
Link to webshop
V1 SALON (DK)
Emma Kohlmann - Fortune Teller (2025)
Emma Kohlmann’s Fortune Teller (2025) is a lithographic print edition of 60 that reflects her whimsical, organic figures and symbolic, dreamlike visual language rooted in fluid forms and expressive imagination.
3600 DKK
Link to webshop
Emma Kohlmann, 'Fortune Teller,' 2025
Courtesy of the artist and V1 SALON
