Programme 2023

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Aaron Heino's sculptures have always conveyed traditional values of beauty, albeit using an aesthetic that feels appropriate to the medium of contemporary sculpture. The works in Heino’s ‘citrus’ series are sculptural illusions in which stone, marble or cast aluminium appear like flesh, moulded by the artist as a metaphor for the mind.

Aaron Heino's work 'If There's No Other Way' (2022) will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Galleria Heino.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

The female protagonists in Cristina de Miguel’s energetic and expressive works surf, dance, do yoga and perform exorcisms – even the ones lounging appear to be in action. Empowered radiant women, feeling freedom in their bodies. In her new suite of large-scale drawings, you experience freedom. The euphoria of being present in the moment. Freedom in form and being.

Three large new works on paper by Cristina de Miguel will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by V1 Gallery.

For CHART 2023, Galleria Heino will present ‘The Transient’ (2022) by Pink Twins. The film depicts the seemingly uncontrollable yet algorithmically consistent growth rhythms of various garden plants.

The work is fully animated and generated using artificial intelligence. Rooted in ideas of self-transformation, ‘The Transient’ explores an interesting shared dynamic between humans and the plant kingdom.

The artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Frances Goodman’s ‘Spit/Swallow’ (2013/2016) is a self-portrait of the artist and an iconic example of work investigating the thin line that exists between desire and disgust. Envisioned as a metaphoric play on female stereotypes, ‘Spit/Swallow’ (2013/2016) considers: women who swallow their words, women who accept what is given to and expected of them, women who spit out their thoughts and feelings, women who reject societal expectations and norms, as well as the obvious sexual innuendo that the title references.

Frances Goodman's work ‘Spit/Swallow’ will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by SPECTA.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Eeva Karhu uses the process of layering photographic images as a method for collecting the passage of time. In her ‘Path (Moments)’ series, Karhu photographs the route she walks to get home daily, over a period of three months. Layering all of these images together to capture a whole season in a single image, her photographs become an abstraction that alters reality by blurring the borders between one moment and the next.

Selected examples from Eeva Karhu's ‘Path (Moments)’ series will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Persons Projects.

For CHART 2023, Þula will present the premiere of ‘Koss’ (2023) by Anna Maggý, the artist’s latest video work.

‘Koss’ is a highly personal work that interrogates what it means to be a young queer female today, as well as concepts of love, lust and gay utopia. Through explorations of her own life and identity, Maggý's practice focuses on the resilience of women and the playful yet deeply-rooted bonds that kisses can create.

This artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, Galerie Anhava will present ‘Airs Above the Ground’ (2010) by Salla Tykkä, an artist, filmmaker and photographer whose work addresses issues of gaze, power, gender, control and memory.

The film centres around the Lipizzan horse – considered to be the oldest extant breed in Europe, dating back to the 16th century. Bred to perform the purest form of classic riding, the High School dressage, Lipizzaner stallions are born dark and gradually grow lighter until they are completely white. In ‘Airs Above the Ground,’ images of these horses are used to provide a glimpse of our history, present, and future.

The artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Guðmundur Thoroddsen works primarily between the media of painting and sculpture. The artist often questions our histories, social structures, and ideas of masculinity. In his abstract works, Thoroddsen explores colour, shapes, texture, and atmosphere. The artist often plays with figurative gestures within his works, which is somewhat of an open invitation for the audience to experience the painting in their own personal ways.

A new painting by Guðmundur Thoroddsen will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Þula.

For CHART 2023, Gernes-Fonden has joined forces with Tableau to launch LIGHT FLOWER – a light sculpture first conceptualised by artist Poul Gernes during his time serving as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1987 and 1991. Each LIGHT FLOWER is handcrafted in Copenhagen making each lamp somewhat unique.

During CHART, the lamps will be presented at the LIGHT FLOWER BAR in the upper foyer at Kunsthal Charlottenborg for all visitors to enjoy.

Gernes-Fonden is a non-profit charitable foundation supporting artists contributing to contemporary society, and expanding knowledge around the life and work of Poul Gernes. Half of the revenue will go to charitable purposes to help artists according to the regulations stated in the foundation.

Start Collecting with CHART is a new curated exhibition, specifically for CHART 2023, featuring 35 works by some of the most well-known artists working in the Nordic region today, alongside the next generation of rising stars.

Our focus for CHART 2023 is to open the conversation around collecting art. We want to demystify how the process works and to make it easier for first-time collectors to form new relationships with the galleries that are exhibiting at CHART.

All of the works in this exhibition are priced at a maximum of 20.000 DKK. We hope that by building transparency and presenting stand-out works within a specific price range, we can encourage more people to start their collecting journey.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Kunsthall Oslo will present ‘Practising Water,’ the first monograph on the Ethiopian artist Robel Temesgen, with a catalogue essay by the German critic and curator Jan Verwoert. The book is designed by Neslihan Ramzi.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, RSS Press will launch ‘Our Future with Nature,’ a publication that emerges from the exhibition series ‘The Writing of Nature and Nature-scape,’ held by the SixtyEight Art Institute as part of the Erasmus+ project C6: Creativity, Culture and Collaboration to Combat Climate Change. Like the exhibitions, the book looks at how artistic and scientific practices can supplement and enrich one another as we attempt to face the consequences of climate change.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, At Last Books will launch ‘Rubber Pencil Devil,’ the fourth publication in an ongoing series of flip books cataloging Alex Da Corte’s fifty-seven-part film, ‘Rubber Pencil Devil’ (2018). The flip book features an essay by Jamillah James for ‘A Season in He’ll,’ Da Corte’s solo exhibition curated by Jamillah James at Art + Practice, Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Hammer Museum.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Longetti will launch its second collaboration between publisher and visual artist Anna Stahn and writer Rasmus Halling Nielsen - 'ALT HVAD DU SER, ALT HVAD DU KAN FINDE' / 'ALL THAT YOU SEE / ALL THAT YOU CAN FIND'. The publication is an artist’s book for kids about cities, landscapes and observing. With overdone drawings and poetry written in caps lock, it is an experiment in making something wonderful, funny and inspiring for kids without talking down to them or compromising the quality of the drawings and texts included.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with both Anna Stahn and Rasmus Halling Nielsen.

The Deep Reading Room at CHART 2023, is imagined as a space for quietness and contemplation. Visitors can immerse themselves in the world of art books. Created by Plethora in collaboration with Københavns Møbelsnedkeri and CHART, here you will find a curated selection of different publications being presented by the publishers at this year’s Book Fair.

We are exposed to a lot of content and information every day and this is especially true when visiting an art fair or book fair. We hope this environment offers the chance to slow down, take a break for a minute and digest the material you have already experienced.

The publishers participating at CHART Book Fair produce carefully designed books that really benefit from close attention – from the images and text included, to the weight and feel of the pages. The Deep Reading Room provides the perfect opportunity to take all of this in and experience a book as a physical object, as well as a collection of ideas.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Blackbook Publications will launch Emanuel Cederqvist’s new book, ‘Houses of Grez-sur-Loing.’ Documenting the spatial order of living quarters in Grez-sur-Loing, the book is a photographic meditation on physical restrictions and enforced separation, triggered by the pandemic.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Emanuel Cederqvist.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Strandberg Publishing will present ‘Med Kunsten som Indsats – møder mellem erhvervsliv og samtidskunst’, written by Michael Solgaard. The book covers some of Denmark's most visionary companies that strategically collaborate with contemporary artists, exploring the relationships these companies nurture with the artists, fostering a mutually beneficial and creative connection.

The theme will also be further explored in a talk at CHART presented in collaboration with Strandberg Publishing and moderated by the book’s author, Michael Solgaard.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, hurricane publishing will launch Anders Lee-Larsen’s new collection of poems, ‘CTRL SHIFT END.’ Reading Anders Lee-Larsen is like listening to music; the work vibrates across multiple layers at the same time. ‘CTRL SHIFT END’ is a book with four different cover illustrations that was generated using the artificial intelligence programme Midjourney V3, based on texts from the book.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Anders Lee-Larsen.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, BOOK LAB will launch ‘Tegningens Alfabet’, a monograph with collected works by Morten Schelde. Morten Schelde is primarily known for his signature use of red coloured pencil in large-scale drawings of houses and interiors. However, throughout his 25-year career he has created various installations and paintings, among them a commission for The Crown Prince’s palace at Amalienborg. The publication also features texts by Mads Damsbo, Camilla Jalving, and Lise Pennington.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Bokeh Editions will launch a reprint of ‘En Begynnelse’, a piece of philosophical poetry by the Finnish conceptual artist J. O. Mallander, originally written in 1978. In the text, Mallander paints a reverse vision of Creation, depicting the origin of life. The work holds a strong critical undercurrent, satirizing the way human society is constructed. The current edition was designed by Aleksi Salokannel.

Mads Lynnerup is an artist based between Copenhagen and San Francisco. Lynnerup’s practice incorporates video, performance and printmaking and offers meditations on everyday experiences, as well as tendencies and trends within the artworld.

For the Performance Programme at CHART 2023, Lynnerup will perform ‘Work More/More Work,’ a text-based project. The performance consists of Lynnerup pushing a big wheel made of plywood around Kongens Nytorv and other parts of Copenhagen. The wooden wheel has two words “WORK" and "MORE” written on its side. Depending on which side is up, the text will either read “WORK MORE” or “MORE WORK.”

In collaboration with our key partner UBS, we are pleased to present a panel discussion featuring a variety of dedicated individuals from the art world, exploring the philanthropic potential and ethical dimensions of collecting art. The conversation will delve into the positive social impact of collecting art as well as the collectors’ responsibilities when purchasing artworks, emphasising the importance of fairness, integrity and transparency. Moderated by Marco Antonini, working with Art Sponsorship Partnerships, Family Advisory, Art and Collecting at UBS, participants in the talk will include: Piergiorgio Pepe, President of Quantum Ethics, Fatoş Üstek, Curator and Writer, and Julie Quottrup Silbermann, Director of CHART.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Visit artist Ida Ekblad in her vibrant studio outside of Oslo, Norway, where she shares her thoughts on why she never runs out of ideas, her use of material, and why failing is essential to her practice: “When I leave the studio, I’m almost kind of manic.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

For artist and filmmaker Fiona Tan, time is both a raw material and a subject. In her practice, Tan works as a sculptor in time, using motifs and editing techniques to stretch moments or rearrange historical time: “Editing is like sculpting in time; on the one hand, it's my tool, and at the same time, it's my material.”

Join us for a panel discussion focusing on accessibility in architecture and design. The talk will explore how innovative design can emphasise universal principles that foster inclusivity, user-friendliness and consideration for diverse needs. By embracing universal design, the discussion will highlight how buildings and public space can be transformed to provide equal access, and enhance quality of life, for all individuals. Moderated by design professional Sarah Müllertz, founder of jewellery brand KINRADEN and former Partner and Head of Global Design at Henning Larsen Architects. Panel participants include: Architect and Founder of Wingårdhs Architects, Gert Wingårdh, Architect Camilla Ryhl Ph.D whom is specialised in the sensory qualities of architecture as well as the interpretation and implementation of universal design as a multidisciplinary value-based ethos and Interior Architect and In-house Architect at Polestar, Rong Guan, previously Senior Lead Architect for Hirsch Bedner Associates Studio in Shanghai.

How do you start an art collection? When can you call yourself a collector? Gain inspiration from prominent art collectors in Scandinavia as well as insight into how to nurture your own collection in this wide-ranging panel discussion. Moderated by Julie Quottrup Silbermann, Director of CHART, participants in the talk include: Khurram Jamil, private collector, Saskia Neuman, Stockholm-based gallerist, and Therese Möllenhoff, Director of the Canica Art Collection in Oslo.

As part of the Cinema Programme at CHART 2023, Þula is proud to host the premiere of ‘Koss’ (2023) by Anna Maggý, the artist’s latest video work.

‘Koss’ is a highly personal work that interrogates what it means to be a young queer female today, as well as concepts of love, lust and gay utopia. Through explorations of her own life and identity, Maggý's practice focuses on the resilience of women and the playful yet deeply-rooted bonds that kisses can create.

The artist will be present at the premiere and will participate in a Q&A with Þula Director, Ásdís Þula following the screening.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Forlaget AFTRYK will present a signing event with Kaspar Bonnén for his book ‘The Past Will Never Leave You.’ The monograph is the first publication to give a comprehensive examination of the acclaimed Danish artist Kaspar Bonnén's practice, which challenges the static nature of art with a dynamic body of work spanning sculpture, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculptures and installation.

Molly Haslund’s work is both performative and sculptural, ranging from autobiographical musical performances to scenographic installations and choreographed group performances in public space.

For CHART 2023, Haslund will perform ‘Flower Drop.’ As part of the performance, a figure appears dressed in a grey suit and walks across pedestrian crossings and along sidewalks, concentrating as they go on holding a bouquet of flowers which obscures their shoulders and face, due to its large size. The colourful flowers attract the attention of surrounding pedestrians and cyclists. Occasionally they drop a single flower and walk on as if they haven't noticed.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Praun & Guermouche will present a book signing of Annee Olofsson’s book ‘This Is Annee Olofsson,’ with the artist. Annee Olofsson’s profound and often eerie photographs, video works and sculptures deal with the complexities of family relationships and the balance of power. ‘This Is Annee Olofsson’ is the artist’s most comprehensive monograph to date, providing a visual journey through her body of work. It shows the great breadth of Olofsson’s practice, with essays by Ruth Noack, Alice Hutchison, Aneta Szyłak, Estelle af Malmborg, and Milovan Farronato.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, RSS Press will host a signing event with Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen and Morten Poulsen on the occasion of the launch of Our Future with Nature. The publication has emerged from the exhibitions The Writing of Nature and Nature-scape, held by the SixtyEight Art Institute as part of the Erasmus+ project C6: Creativity, Culture and Collaboration to Combat Climate Change. Like the exhibitions, the book looks at how artistic and scientific practices can supplement and enrich one another as we attempt to face the consequences of climate change.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, BOOK LAB will launch ‘Tegningens Alfabet’, a monograph with collected works by Morten Schelde. Morten Schelde is primarily known for his signature use of red coloured pencil in large-scale drawings of houses and interiors. However, throughout his 25-year career he has created various installations and paintings, among them a commission for The Crown Prince’s palace at Amalienborg. The publication also features texts by Mads Damsbo, Camilla Jalving, and Lise Pennington.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Morten Schelde.

Ragnar Kjartansson is an artist who lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland. An underlying sense of pathos and irony connect all of Kjartansson’s works, as the artist blurs the distinctions between mediums, approaching his painting practice as performance, likening his films to paintings, and his performances to sculpture. Throughout, Kjartansson conveys an interest in beauty and its banality, and he uses durational, repetitive performance as a form of exploration.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to present a talk between Ragnar Kjartansson and Tine Colstrup, Curator at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, where Kjartansson’s work is currently the subject of a large-scale retrospective exhibition.

*Limited amount of seats. First come, first served.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Blankt Papir Press will present a signing event with Janemaria Mekoline Pedersen for her new book ‘Dysfertil.’ When Pedersen started working on this project she was still trying to become a mother. ‘Dysfertil’ is the artist’s journey towards acceptance – in the book she turns herself inside out to show us the spectrum of hope and despair.

Francis Patrick Brady is an artist, writer and lecturer based between London, UK, and Malmö, Sweden.

For CHART 2023, Brady will perform ‘Untitled (Three angry men, an ant, a grasshopper and a honeybee walk into Kongens Nytorv),’ a participatory performance about art, society, infinity and angry dead men. As Brady reconstructs a conversation (that never occurred), between Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp and Jorge Luis Borges, viewers are invited to play chess, make marble sculptures and leaf through the books of the infinite Library of Babel.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Blackbook Publications will host a signing event with Emanuel Cederqvist for his new publication ‘Houses of Grez-sur-Loing.’

Documenting the spatial order of living quarters in Grez-sur-Loing, the book is a photographic mediation on physical restrictions and enforced separation, triggered by the pandemic.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Join us for a visit in A K Dolven’s studio in London, where we talked to the Norwegian artist about her inspirations and a selection of her diverse artwork: “Art is not about the painting itself. It’s about the world outside the painting.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

German artist Jonathan Meese believes that art should rule the world, and that to play is the most radical thing you can do. Louisiana Channel visited him at his studio in Berlin: “The goal is clear – the goal is the dictatorship of art.”

Escho is here to document moments of spontaneity, file the transitory, and offer new, unusual and vibrant sounds from Denmark and beyond. What will happen?

For CHART 2023, DJ Escho will play eclectic sounds by different people for an hour. See you there!

Mija Milovic’s musical influences span from 90’s grunge/alt-rock to the Renaissance, referencing everything from the cutout techniques used by 20th century composers, to soundcloud sample-culture. With a bending voice that feels both warm and haunting, Milovic’s vocal style has been compared to Joni Mitchell, Annie Lennox and the Deal sisters from The Breeders.

For CHART 2023, Milovic will perform a live set touching on themes of life, love, anxiety, loneliness, togetherness, tender and aggressive transformations, and the challenges of figuring out who you are and how you want to be in the world. Milovic will be accompanied by Sø Skinnebach (violin and vocals), Alvilda Reiter Jakobsen (guitar and bass), Oliver Laumann (drums) and holger hartvig (guitar and vocals).

Over the course of the last 15 years or so, Christian d’Or has been a permanent, left-field fixture on the Copenhagen music scene. His personal take on the culture of music, coupled with his ability to match old records with the sounds of today, has led him to carve out a well-defined space for himself in the contemporary music industry.

There is a distinct thread that runs through Kasper Bjørke’s vast body of work.

Whether it’s an instrumental club track, a radio friendly affair, one of his forays into the more ambient side of things - or everything that falls in between - the DNA of Bjørke’s sound is unmistakably his own.

For CHART 2023, these two local heroes and longtime friends will join forces behind the DJ decks to blend their collections of finely curated italo, disco, world and old school house jams.

Julie Pavon literally becomes her music when the beat drops. Even though she is just getting started, the world has already started to notice what she’s doing. In 2020, Pavon debuted the highly infectious ‘Herd Animals,’ which received a lot of media attention and a lot of airtime on Denmark’s biggest radio station. Her second single ‘Jealous,’ Pavon’s first international release, premiered on BBC Radio and has since received radio plays in over 13 countries including: Poland, Ukraine, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Serbia, Japan and Ireland.

For CHART 2023, Pavon will perform a live set inside the courtyards at Charlottenborg. Her genuine lyrics and fierce energy are sure to empower everyone in attendance, inspiring people to be themselves without compromising, just like Julie Pavon.

Mira Campau is a Copenhagen-based DJ with an unending love for music that moves and connects people. She collects and mixes mainly club music, fusing deep basslines with lots of percussion and nostalgic vocals. Throughout the last few years she has been an unavoidable presence all over the Danish club scene as well as on radio stations in the UK, Italy and Belgium.

For CHART 2023, Campau will play a blend of different musical influences that span from Chicago house to batida to bruk – the result will be a set that’s sure to get you moving.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Aaron Heino's sculptures have always conveyed traditional values of beauty, albeit using an aesthetic that feels appropriate to the medium of contemporary sculpture. The works in Heino’s ‘citrus’ series are sculptural illusions in which stone, marble or cast aluminium appear like flesh, moulded by the artist as a metaphor for the mind.

Aaron Heino's work 'If There's No Other Way' (2022) will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Galleria Heino.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

The female protagonists in Cristina de Miguel’s energetic and expressive works surf, dance, do yoga and perform exorcisms – even the ones lounging appear to be in action. Empowered radiant women, feeling freedom in their bodies. In her new suite of large-scale drawings, you experience freedom. The euphoria of being present in the moment. Freedom in form and being.

Three large new works on paper by Cristina de Miguel will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by V1 Gallery.

For CHART 2023, Galleria Heino will present ‘The Transient’ (2022) by Pink Twins. The film depicts the seemingly uncontrollable yet algorithmically consistent growth rhythms of various garden plants.

The work is fully animated and generated using artificial intelligence. Rooted in ideas of self-transformation, ‘The Transient’ explores an interesting shared dynamic between humans and the plant kingdom.

The artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Frances Goodman’s ‘Spit/Swallow’ (2013/2016) is a self-portrait of the artist and an iconic example of work investigating the thin line that exists between desire and disgust. Envisioned as a metaphoric play on female stereotypes, ‘Spit/Swallow’ (2013/2016) considers: women who swallow their words, women who accept what is given to and expected of them, women who spit out their thoughts and feelings, women who reject societal expectations and norms, as well as the obvious sexual innuendo that the title references.

Frances Goodman's work ‘Spit/Swallow’ will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by SPECTA.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Eeva Karhu uses the process of layering photographic images as a method for collecting the passage of time. In her ‘Path (Moments)’ series, Karhu photographs the route she walks to get home daily, over a period of three months. Layering all of these images together to capture a whole season in a single image, her photographs become an abstraction that alters reality by blurring the borders between one moment and the next.

Selected examples from Eeva Karhu's ‘Path (Moments)’ series will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Persons Projects.

For CHART 2023, Þula will present the premiere of ‘Koss’ (2023) by Anna Maggý, the artist’s latest video work.

‘Koss’ is a highly personal work that interrogates what it means to be a young queer female today, as well as concepts of love, lust and gay utopia. Through explorations of her own life and identity, Maggý's practice focuses on the resilience of women and the playful yet deeply-rooted bonds that kisses can create.

This artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, Galerie Anhava will present ‘Airs Above the Ground’ (2010) by Salla Tykkä, an artist, filmmaker and photographer whose work addresses issues of gaze, power, gender, control and memory.

The film centres around the Lipizzan horse – considered to be the oldest extant breed in Europe, dating back to the 16th century. Bred to perform the purest form of classic riding, the High School dressage, Lipizzaner stallions are born dark and gradually grow lighter until they are completely white. In ‘Airs Above the Ground,’ images of these horses are used to provide a glimpse of our history, present, and future.

The artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Guðmundur Thoroddsen works primarily between the media of painting and sculpture. The artist often questions our histories, social structures, and ideas of masculinity. In his abstract works, Thoroddsen explores colour, shapes, texture, and atmosphere. The artist often plays with figurative gestures within his works, which is somewhat of an open invitation for the audience to experience the painting in their own personal ways.

A new painting by Guðmundur Thoroddsen will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Þula.

For CHART 2023, Gernes-Fonden has joined forces with Tableau to launch LIGHT FLOWER – a light sculpture first conceptualised by artist Poul Gernes during his time serving as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1987 and 1991. Each LIGHT FLOWER is handcrafted in Copenhagen making each lamp somewhat unique.

During CHART, the lamps will be presented at the LIGHT FLOWER BAR in the upper foyer at Kunsthal Charlottenborg for all visitors to enjoy.

Gernes-Fonden is a non-profit charitable foundation supporting artists contributing to contemporary society, and expanding knowledge around the life and work of Poul Gernes. Half of the revenue will go to charitable purposes to help artists according to the regulations stated in the foundation.

Start Collecting with CHART is a new curated exhibition, specifically for CHART 2023, featuring 35 works by some of the most well-known artists working in the Nordic region today, alongside the next generation of rising stars.

One of the key focuses for CHART 2023 is to open up the conversation around collecting art. We want to demystify how the process works and to make it easier for first-time collectors to form new relationships with the galleries that are part of CHART.

All of the works in this exhibition are priced below a fixed threshold of 20.000 DKK. We hope that by building transparency and presenting stand-out works at a more affordable price point, we can encourage more people to start their collecting journeys.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Kunsthall Oslo will present ‘Practising Water,’ the first monograph on the Ethiopian artist Robel Temesgen, with a catalogue essay by the German critic and curator Jan Verwoert. The book is designed by Neslihan Ramzi.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, RSS Press will launch ‘Our Future with Nature,’ a publication that emerges from the exhibition series ‘The Writing of Nature and Nature-scape,’ held by the SixtyEight Art Institute as part of the Erasmus+ project C6: Creativity, Culture and Collaboration to Combat Climate Change. Like the exhibitions, the book looks at how artistic and scientific practices can supplement and enrich one another as we attempt to face the consequences of climate change.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, At Last Books will launch ‘Rubber Pencil Devil,’ the fourth publication in an ongoing series of flip books cataloging Alex Da Corte’s fifty-seven-part film, ‘Rubber Pencil Devil’ (2018). The flip book features an essay by Jamillah James for ‘A Season in He’ll,’ Da Corte’s solo exhibition curated by Jamillah James at Art + Practice, Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Hammer Museum.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Longetti will launch its second collaboration between publisher and visual artist Anna Stahn and writer Rasmus Halling Nielsen - 'ALT HVAD DU SER, ALT HVAD DU KAN FINDE' / 'ALL THAT YOU SEE / ALL THAT YOU CAN FIND'. The publication is an artist’s book for kids about cities, landscapes and observing. With overdone drawings and poetry written in caps lock, it is an experiment in making something wonderful, funny and inspiring for kids without talking down to them or compromising the quality of the drawings and texts included.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with both Anna Stahn and Rasmus Halling Nielsen.

The Deep Reading Room at CHART 2023, is imagined as a space for quietness and contemplation. Visitors can immerse themselves in the world of art books. Created by Plethora in collaboration with Københavns Møbelsnedkeri and CHART, here you will find a curated selection of different publications being presented by the publishers at this year’s Book Fair.

We are exposed to a lot of content and information every day and this is especially true when visiting an art fair or book fair. We hope this environment offers the chance to slow down, take a break for a minute and digest the material you have already experienced.

The publishers participating at CHART Book Fair produce carefully designed books that really benefit from close attention – from the images and text included, to the weight and feel of the pages. The Deep Reading Room provides the perfect opportunity to take all of this in and experience a book as a physical object, as well as a collection of ideas.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Blackbook Publications will launch Emanuel Cederqvist’s new book, ‘Houses of Grez-sur-Loing.’ Documenting the spatial order of living quarters in Grez-sur-Loing, the book is a photographic meditation on physical restrictions and enforced separation, triggered by the pandemic.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Emanuel Cederqvist.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Strandberg Publishing will present ‘Med Kunsten som Indsats – møder mellem erhvervsliv og samtidskunst’, written by Michael Solgaard. The book covers some of Denmark's most visionary companies that strategically collaborate with contemporary artists, exploring the relationships these companies nurture with the artists, fostering a mutually beneficial and creative connection.

The theme will also be further explored in a talk at CHART presented in collaboration with Strandberg Publishing and moderated by the book’s author, Michael Solgaard.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, hurricane publishing will launch Anders Lee-Larsen’s new collection of poems, ‘CTRL SHIFT END.’ Reading Anders Lee-Larsen is like listening to music; the work vibrates across multiple layers at the same time. ‘CTRL SHIFT END’ is a book with four different cover illustrations that was generated using the artificial intelligence programme Midjourney V3, based on texts from the book.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Anders Lee-Larsen.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, BOOK LAB will launch ‘Tegningens Alfabet’, a monograph with collected works by Morten Schelde. Morten Schelde is primarily known for his signature use of red coloured pencil in large-scale drawings of houses and interiors. However, throughout his 25-year career he has created various installations and paintings, among them a commission for The Crown Prince’s palace at Amalienborg. The publication also features texts by Mads Damsbo, Camilla Jalving, and Lise Pennington.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Bokeh Editions will launch a reprint of ‘En Begynnelse’, a piece of philosophical poetry by the Finnish conceptual artist J. O. Mallander, originally written in 1978. In the text, Mallander paints a reverse vision of Creation, depicting the origin of life. The work holds a strong critical undercurrent, satirizing the way human society is constructed. The current edition was designed by Aleksi Salokannel.

Join us for a panel discussion, featuring experts from different strands of the art world, offering valuable insights into the considerations that come into play when artworks are being acquired for different destinations. Participants include: Arja Miller, Director of Helsinki Art Museum and Helsinki Biennial, Christine Buhl Andersen, Board Member of Ny Calrsbergfondet and Glyptoteket, and Peder Lund, Founder and Owner of Oslo-based gallery Peder Lund. Moderated by the Swiss-Swedish journalist Roland-Philippe Kretzschmar, the conversation will explore how the process varies when purchasing artwork for museums, private foundations and public foundations, as well as other contexts.

Klara Kristalova’s works often describe transformations of various kinds. She is interested in transitional stages between childhood and adulthood, man and nature, and dream and reality. The artist is mostly known for her sculptures in glazed stoneware, but also works with bronze, mixed media and works on paper.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to present a talk between Klara Kristalova and Marijana Schneider, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Plethora Magazine will host a signing event with Tilde Bay Kristoffersen for her book ‘Æon.’ Developed over a 10 year period that the artist views as a photographic journey, and realised using materials from an Italian Art Deco sketchbook from 1942, artist Tilde Bay Kristoffersen composes mesmerizing photographic tableaus that explore transience, intimacy, elemental infinity and the human condition.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Anders Lee-Larsen will be signing his new collection of poems, published by hurricane publishing.

Reading Anders Lee-Larsen is like listening to music; the work vibrates across multiple layers at the same time. CTRL SHIFT END is a book with four different cover illustrations that was generated using the artificial intelligence programme “Midjourney V3,” based on texts from the book.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Blankt Papir Press will host a signing event with Louise Bøgelund Saugmann for her book ‘26.01.18.’ Bøgelund Saugmann visited the same forest in the outskirts of Copenhagen (Pinseskoven) for six years. During each visit, she would take 12 photographs with her medium format camera of the same scene with trees, sitting in the same position on a specific rock each time. She would then use the analogue photographic process of layering one image upon another as her method for collecting the passage of time, imagining that each individual photographic fragment was a breath from the forest.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, RSS Press will present a signing event with Moniek Driesse for her book ‘This morning, I caught you in a drop on my finger.’ In this bilingual (Spanish/English) publication, imaginaries of the past, present, and future that govern our relationship with water, are permitted to draw maps that can serve as tools to re-imagine our surroundings. This book on the waters of Mexico City contains a series of visual essays, maps, love letters and reflections, edited and curated by Moniek Driesse.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Longetti will launch its second collaboration between publisher and visual artist Anna Stahn and writer Rasmus Halling Nielsen - 'ALT HVAD DU SER, ALT HVAD DU KAN FINDE' / 'ALL THAT YOU SEE / ALL THAT YOU CAN FIND'. The publication is an artist’s book for kids about cities, landscapes and observing. With overdone drawings and poetry written in caps lock, it is an experiment in making something wonderful, funny and inspiring for kids without talking down to them or compromising the quality of the drawings and texts included.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with both Anna Stahn and Rasmus Halling Nielsen.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Sandra Mujinga uses her art to investigate ideas of the body, and the privilege of invisibility. Visit her in her studio in Oslo, Norway: “There’s definitely an element of horror in my work. And I’m fascinated by the horror in itself.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Catherine Opie was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at her studio in Los Angeles, California in January 2016: “I was never an optimist in thinking that my images would change laws. But I certainly thought that I would be able to create a history.” Catherine Opie, photographer of minority groups and subcultures, can be both political and very internal.

Giorgio Celin is a Barcelona-based visual artist whose vibrant figurative paintings stem from his idiosyncratic lived experiences, fantasies and memories. Celin’s work explores themes of migration, belonging, queerness, intimacy and nostalgia. Characterised by bold figures and vivid colours, the artist’s canvases effortlessly capture, and offer an alternative narrative to, the stories of the Latinx diaspora.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to present a talk between Giorgio Celin and Zippora Elders, Chief Curator and Head of the Curatorial Department & Outreach at Gropius Bau in Berlin.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Forlaget AFTRYK will present a signing event with Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen for his book ‘One World or None.’ The publication charts the development of Asmund Havsteen-Mikkelsen artistic practice and how it has evolved in response to the climate crisis. In 2018, Havsteen-Mikkelsen’s project 'Flooded Modernity', a capsized replica of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, went viral in international media. His works are in private and public collections throughout Denmark, Europe, the US and South Korea.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Decadence Comics will present a signing event with Stathis Tsemberlidis, who will be signing editions of his books, including ‘Binary Decay,’ ‘Prismatik Man #2,’ and ‘Transmutations.’

Hannah Toticki is an artist whose work investigates topics such as working life, the economy, debt and agricultural policy. Toticki uses humour and distinct visual expressions to create conversations and inspire reflection, often combining her physical works with performances and lectures.

For CHART 2023, Toticki will perform ‘Longing for Common Closeness’. The performance materialises the internalised measures of social distancing. The costumes of the performers make the idea of invisible distance visible, playing with the government directive experienced in many countries globally to keep a distance from fellow human beings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ann Lislegaard is well-known internationally for her visionary videos, animations, and sound-light installations that engage storytelling—specifically science fiction—to explore the malleability of human perception. In Lislegaard's work, experiences of simulated environments are created using an interdisciplinary approach that combines architecture and cinema, fictional narratives as well as ideas that explore the relationship between human beings, machines, and animals.

For CHART 2023 we are delighted to present a talk between Ann Lislegaard and Caroline Ugelstad, Director of Exhibitions and Collections and Chief Curator at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Praun & Guermouche will present a book signing of Annee Olofsson’s book ‘This Is Annee Olofsson,’ with the artist. Annee Olofsson’s profound and often eerie photographs, video works and sculptures deal with the complexities of family relationships and the balance of power. ‘This Is Annee Olofsson’ is the artist’s most comprehensive monograph to date, providing a visual journey through her body of work. It shows the great breadth of Olofsson’s practice, with essays by Ruth Noack, Alice Hutchison, Aneta Szyłak, Estelle af Malmborg, and Milovan Farronato.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, At Last Books will present a signing event with artist David Risley for his book ‘Against God, Against Guns, Against Energy. Gun Store Paintings.’ The book is a collection of 64 watercolour paintings by Risley, painted during the pandemic in 2020. The paintings, all showing the same motif, depict people waiting in line for the gun store to open in Culver City, LA, when lockdown was announced. The image of the Gun Store is an image of America. The image changes as it changes. The book includes texts by Lindsay Preston Zappas, Labi Siffre, William Pym and Christian Viveros-Fauné.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, RSS Press will present a signing event with Sidsel Nelund for her book ‘Things in Contemporary Curating: The Aesthetics of the Right to Assemble and the Need to Withdraw.’ Through close readings of key exhibitions, the book develops a new aesthetic: an ‘aesthetics of the thing’. Here the word ‘thing’ is understood in its original meaning, namely as an object, a form of political gathering, and a topic. The book considers exhibitions that use democratic meetings as a curatorial approach, and asks, “if the exhibition space were a space for democratic gatherings, how would it look?”

A panel discussion exploring the significance of art in public space and the role of art in urban development. The panel features a diverse range of participants, including Ebbe Stub Wittrup, an artist with experience in creating art both for pre-existing buildings and new constructions, Poul Høilund an architect specialising in destination development, and Maria Eichhorn, an art consultant working for Statens Kunstråd to increase the scope of art in the public sphere. Moderated by Anne Mette Rahbæk, Head of Development at Realdania By & Byg.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Enter the world of Danish photographer Astrid Kruse Jensen whose fascinating images float between reality and memory: “Contrasts, duality, beauty, pain. There is no darkness without light. Nothing is visible without something being invisible. That fascinates me, and I work very deliberately with it.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Join us as we visit painter Anna Bjerger at her home in Sweden, where she talks about how she paints from old, anonymous photographs, and what that means for her as an artist: “You can’t fake it. You’ve got to have genuine feeling for this image.”

Francis Patrick Brady is an artist, writer and lecturer based between London, UK, and Malmö, Sweden.

For CHART 2023, Brady will perform ‘Untitled (Three angry men, an ant, a grasshopper and a honeybee walk into Kongens Nytorv),’ a participatory performance about art, society, infinity and angry dead men. As Brady reconstructs a conversation (that never occurred), between Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp and Jorge Luis Borges, viewers are invited to play chess, make marble sculptures and leaf through the books of the infinite Library of Babel.

David Risley plays music, makes paintings, writes, curates, and teaches. He co-founded CHART and ran David Risley Gallery for 20 years. Risley used to run a small record store, ‘The Gutter,’ from a corner of his former gallery. The idea for the store originated from his intimate relationship with music, especially punk and rock.

For CHART 2023, DJ Risley will play tunes spanning across a broad spectrum of genres.

Vilhelm Strange, guitarist and producer for acclaimed Danish band Liss, and Andrea Thuesen, guitarist and songwriter for grunge rock trio Baby in Vain, join forces to create Snuggle. Together, their sound is like a symbiosis of different musical eras, weaving grungy guitar riffs with breathy vocals.

For CHART 2023, Snuggle will perform a live set that can be compared to a fuzzy sonic blanket, evoking the wall-of-sound style of 90s grunge and shoegaze, as well as eclectic 2000s pop productions.

DJ and vinyl pusher Boogie Rookie has gained a lot of attention in recent years in the Copenhagen disco scene as well as amongst the rare records community. He is known to mix everything from afrobeat to Manchester house to italo disco in his eclectic all-vinyl sets. This unique selection of records and his flair for energising the dance floor has seen him playing parties everywhere from Heartland Festival to the Italian Riviera to Parisian disco clubs all within the last year alone.

At CHART 2023, Boogie Rookie will select a special set of records that fit and reflect the beautiful atmosphere of Charlottenborg.

Indie soul singer Toby Ernest made a name for himself as lead singer of the cult trio The Late Great Fitzcarraldos as well as collaborating with artists such as Coco O, Laid Back and Kasper Bjørke. He grew up on a small island in Denmark listening to British soul music and after living in Cuba and Los Angeles and spending time in Jamaica and South America, his ears opened to Caribbean and Brazilian music, as well as the grooves of the West Coast.

For CHART 2023, Toby Ernest will perform an intimate set, taking the listener on a journey through lush forests to tropical beaches where the palm trees gently sway to the grooves of his timeless pop songs and hypnotic soul ballads.

Danish synthpop duo First Hate have firmly established themselves in the Copenhagen music scene over the past 10 years with a mixture of heartfelt expression, unbridled hedonism and wide-ranging club musical influence. First Hate is formed of duo Anton Falck and Joakim Wei Bernild. Their latest album ‘Cotton Candy’ was released to critical acclaim after a five-year hiatus and has led to comparisons between them and bands like New Order and Pet Shop Boys.

For CHART 2023, Anton Falck and Joakim Wei will deliver an unforgettable DJ set featuring a range of First Hate’s musical predecessors as well as some of their current favourite tracks.

Sønderborg-based multidisciplinary artist Emil Mercedes Baadsgaard is the figure behind USSEL. Having released two EPs and a number of catchy singles, USSEL has quickly become a hot name in the Danish underground music scene. With a sound that is both hellish, deep and vulnerable, USSEL’s performances are nothing short of a powerful and engrossing experience for everyone present.

For CHART 2023, USSEL will perform a live set that will take listeners on an emotional roller coaster ride, moving from party-starting pop bangers to raw and punk-infused emo rap.

Emma Sehested Høeg & Jonas Visti's tastes cannot easily be categorised. Wherever they are playing, their sets incorporate a wide range of influences, from house to brazil, jazz, afrobeat, psychedelic rock and much more.

For CHART 2023, they want everyone to prepare for a huge energy explosion that is sure to make the crowd dance and sweat.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Aaron Heino's sculptures have always conveyed traditional values of beauty, albeit using an aesthetic that feels appropriate to the medium of contemporary sculpture. The works in Heino’s ‘citrus’ series are sculptural illusions in which stone, marble or cast aluminium appear like flesh, moulded by the artist as a metaphor for the mind.

Aaron Heino's work 'If There's No Other Way' (2022) will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Galleria Heino.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

The female protagonists in Cristina de Miguel’s energetic and expressive works surf, dance, do yoga and perform exorcisms – even the ones lounging appear to be in action. Empowered radiant women, feeling freedom in their bodies. In her new suite of large-scale drawings, you experience freedom. The euphoria of being present in the moment. Freedom in form and being.

Three large new works on paper by Cristina de Miguel will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by V1 Gallery.

For CHART 2023, Galleria Heino will present ‘The Transient’ (2022) by Pink Twins. The film depicts the seemingly uncontrollable yet algorithmically consistent growth rhythms of various garden plants.

The work is fully animated and generated using artificial intelligence. Rooted in ideas of self-transformation, ‘The Transient’ explores an interesting shared dynamic between humans and the plant kingdom.

The artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Frances Goodman’s ‘Spit/Swallow’ (2013/2016) is a self-portrait of the artist and an iconic example of work investigating the thin line that exists between desire and disgust. Envisioned as a metaphoric play on female stereotypes, ‘Spit/Swallow’ (2013/2016) considers: women who swallow their words, women who accept what is given to and expected of them, women who spit out their thoughts and feelings, women who reject societal expectations and norms, as well as the obvious sexual innuendo that the title references.

Frances Goodman's work ‘Spit/Swallow’ will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by SPECTA.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Eeva Karhu uses the process of layering photographic images as a method for collecting the passage of time. In her ‘Path (Moments)’ series, Karhu photographs the route she walks to get home daily, over a period of three months. Layering all of these images together to capture a whole season in a single image, her photographs become an abstraction that alters reality by blurring the borders between one moment and the next.

Selected examples from Eeva Karhu's ‘Path (Moments)’ series will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Persons Projects.

For CHART 2023, Þula will present the premiere of ‘Koss’ (2023) by Anna Maggý, the artist’s latest video work.

‘Koss’ is a highly personal work that interrogates what it means to be a young queer female today, as well as concepts of love, lust and gay utopia. Through explorations of her own life and identity, Maggý's practice focuses on the resilience of women and the playful yet deeply-rooted bonds that kisses can create.

This artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, Galerie Anhava will present ‘Airs Above the Ground’ (2010) by Salla Tykkä, an artist, filmmaker and photographer whose work addresses issues of gaze, power, gender, control and memory.

The film centres around the Lipizzan horse – considered to be the oldest extant breed in Europe, dating back to the 16th century. Bred to perform the purest form of classic riding, the High School dressage, Lipizzaner stallions are born dark and gradually grow lighter until they are completely white. In ‘Airs Above the Ground,’ images of these horses are used to provide a glimpse of our history, present, and future.

The artwork is included in the CHART Cinema Programme; a series of videos presented in a loop at the cinema in Kunsthal Charlottenborg throughout the fair.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to spotlight several presentations by artists that will be exhibited in the foyer and stairway leading up to the fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Guðmundur Thoroddsen works primarily between the media of painting and sculpture. The artist often questions our histories, social structures, and ideas of masculinity. In his abstract works, Thoroddsen explores colour, shapes, texture, and atmosphere. The artist often plays with figurative gestures within his works, which is somewhat of an open invitation for the audience to experience the painting in their own personal ways.

A new painting by Guðmundur Thoroddsen will be presented as part of the Special Projects programme for CHART 2023 by Þula.

For CHART 2023, Gernes-Fonden has joined forces with Tableau to launch LIGHT FLOWER – a light sculpture first conceptualised by artist Poul Gernes during his time serving as a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts between 1987 and 1991. Each LIGHT FLOWER is handcrafted in Copenhagen making each lamp somewhat unique.

During CHART, the lamps will be presented at the LIGHT FLOWER BAR in the upper foyer at Kunsthal Charlottenborg for all visitors to enjoy.

Gernes-Fonden is a non-profit charitable foundation supporting artists contributing to contemporary society, and expanding knowledge around the life and work of Poul Gernes. Half of the revenue will go to charitable purposes to help artists according to the regulations stated in the foundation.

Start Collecting with CHART is a new curated exhibition, specifically for CHART 2023, featuring 35 works by some of the most well-known artists working in the Nordic region today, alongside the next generation of rising stars.

Our focus for CHART 2023 is to open the conversation around collecting art. We want to demystify how the process works and to make it easier for first-time collectors to form new relationships with the galleries that are exhibiting at CHART.

All of the works in this exhibition are priced at a maximum of 20.000 DKK. We hope that by building transparency and presenting stand-out works within a specific price range, we can encourage more people to start their collecting journey.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Kunsthall Oslo will present ‘Practising Water,’ the first monograph on the Ethiopian artist Robel Temesgen, with a catalogue essay by the German critic and curator Jan Verwoert. The book is designed by Neslihan Ramzi.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, RSS Press will launch ‘Our Future with Nature,’ a publication that emerges from the exhibition series ‘The Writing of Nature and Nature-scape,’ held by the SixtyEight Art Institute as part of the Erasmus+ project C6: Creativity, Culture and Collaboration to Combat Climate Change. Like the exhibitions, the book looks at how artistic and scientific practices can supplement and enrich one another as we attempt to face the consequences of climate change.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, At Last Books will launch ‘Rubber Pencil Devil,’ the fourth publication in an ongoing series of flip books cataloging Alex Da Corte’s fifty-seven-part film, ‘Rubber Pencil Devil’ (2018). The flip book features an essay by Jamillah James for ‘A Season in He’ll,’ Da Corte’s solo exhibition curated by Jamillah James at Art + Practice, Los Angeles, in collaboration with the Hammer Museum.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Longetti will launch its second collaboration between publisher and visual artist Anna Stahn and writer Rasmus Halling Nielsen - 'ALT HVAD DU SER, ALT HVAD DU KAN FINDE' / 'ALL THAT YOU SEE / ALL THAT YOU CAN FIND'. The publication is an artist’s book for kids about cities, landscapes and observing. With overdone drawings and poetry written in caps lock, it is an experiment in making something wonderful, funny and inspiring for kids without talking down to them or compromising the quality of the drawings and texts included.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with both Anna Stahn and Rasmus Halling Nielsen.

The Deep Reading Room at CHART 2023, is imagined as a space for quietness and contemplation. Visitors can immerse themselves in the world of art books. Created by Plethora in collaboration with Københavns Møbelsnedkeri and CHART, here you will find a curated selection of different publications being presented by the publishers at this year’s Book Fair.

We are exposed to a lot of content and information every day and this is especially true when visiting an art fair or book fair. We hope this environment offers the chance to slow down, take a break for a minute and digest the material you have already experienced.

The publishers participating at CHART Book Fair produce carefully designed books that really benefit from close attention – from the images and text included, to the weight and feel of the pages. The Deep Reading Room provides the perfect opportunity to take all of this in and experience a book as a physical object, as well as a collection of ideas.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Blackbook Publications will launch Emanuel Cederqvist’s new book, ‘Houses of Grez-sur-Loing.’ Documenting the spatial order of living quarters in Grez-sur-Loing, the book is a photographic meditation on physical restrictions and enforced separation, triggered by the pandemic.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Emanuel Cederqvist.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Strandberg Publishing will present ‘Med Kunsten som Indsats – møder mellem erhvervsliv og samtidskunst’, written by Michael Solgaard. The book covers some of Denmark's most visionary companies that strategically collaborate with contemporary artists, exploring the relationships these companies nurture with the artists, fostering a mutually beneficial and creative connection.

The theme will also be further explored in a talk at CHART presented in collaboration with Strandberg Publishing and moderated by the book’s author, Michael Solgaard.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, hurricane publishing will launch Anders Lee-Larsen’s new collection of poems, ‘CTRL SHIFT END.’ Reading Anders Lee-Larsen is like listening to music; the work vibrates across multiple layers at the same time. ‘CTRL SHIFT END’ is a book with four different cover illustrations that was generated using the artificial intelligence programme Midjourney V3, based on texts from the book.

The launch will be accompanied by a book signing with Anders Lee-Larsen.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, BOOK LAB will launch ‘Tegningens Alfabet’, a monograph with collected works by Morten Schelde. Morten Schelde is primarily known for his signature use of red coloured pencil in large-scale drawings of houses and interiors. However, throughout his 25-year career he has created various installations and paintings, among them a commission for The Crown Prince’s palace at Amalienborg. The publication also features texts by Mads Damsbo, Camilla Jalving, and Lise Pennington.

For CHART Book Fair 2023, Bokeh Editions will launch a reprint of ‘En Begynnelse’, a piece of philosophical poetry by the Finnish conceptual artist J. O. Mallander, originally written in 1978. In the text, Mallander paints a reverse vision of Creation, depicting the origin of life. The work holds a strong critical undercurrent, satirizing the way human society is constructed. The current edition was designed by Aleksi Salokannel.

Lulama Wolf is a visual artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Wolf’s paintings aim to challenge various concepts of modernity and reclaim the language of time. Striving to promote a sense of community in all aspects of her work, Wolf’s practice actively engages in dialogue with both her artistic and familial predecessors.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to present a talk between Lulama Wolf and Fatoş Üstek, an independent curator and writer based in London. In October 2023, Üstek will curate Frieze Sculpture 2023, London.

Leo Park is a Stockholm-based painter. Using a distinctly contemporary form of expression, Park delves into art history to fuse traditional imagery with modern references and sensibilities, in a playful search for new perspectives relating to the tradition of painting. The results are oil paintings that pay homage to legendary artists, while still appearing decidedly fresh.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to present a talk between Leo Park and Markús Þór Andrésson, Chief Curator of Exhibitions and Public Engagement at Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Forlaget AFTRYK will present a signing event with Ditte Ejlerskov for her books ‘The Cult of Oxytocin’ and ‘The Rant.’ These publications are an artistic reaction to the development of blockchain technology. Together they present a vision that connects our physical and digital worlds, leading the way towards a possible future, where our spirit and bodies become an integral part of the technological revolution.

Hannah Toticki is an artist whose work investigates topics such as working life, the economy, debt and agricultural policy. Toticki uses humour and distinct visual expressions to create conversations and inspire reflection, often combining her physical works with performances and lectures.

For CHART 2023, Toticki will perform ‘Longing for Common Closeness’. The performance materialises the internalised measures of social distancing. The costumes of the performers make the idea of invisible distance visible, playing with the government directive experienced in many countries globally to keep a distance from fellow human beings during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Join us for a visit in A K Dolven’s studio in London, where the Norwegian artist talks about her inspirations and a selection of her diverse artwork: “Art is not about the painting itself. It’s about the world outside the painting.”

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

German artist Jonathan Meese believes that art should rule the world, and that to play is the most radical thing you can do. Louisiana Channel visited him at his studio in Berlin: “The goal is clear – the goal is the dictatorship of art.”

What makes artist books significant and deserving of collection? Listen to a panel discussion on the subject moderated by the art historian and author Thomas Millroth featuring Sara Lubich, co-founder of platform for artists' books Bladr, Sunna Ástþórsdóttir, Director and Chair of the Living Art Museum, Reykjavík and Rita Marhaug, Head of the Board at Foreningen Trykkeriet, a center for contemporary printmaking in Bergen, and co-founder of the publisher Codex Polaris. Among other things, the conversation will explore the unique qualities, artistic merits and broader cultural value of artist books.

During CHART Book Fair 2023, Decadence Comics will present a signing event with Stathis Tsemberlidis, who will be signing editions of his books, including ‘Binary Decay,’ ‘Prismatik Man #2,’ and ‘Transmutations.’

Mads Lynnerup is an artist based between Copenhagen and San Francisco. Lynnerup’s practice incorporates video, performance and printmaking and offers meditations on everyday experiences, as well as tendencies and trends within the artworld.

For the Performance Programme at CHART 2023, Lynnerup will perform ‘Work More/More Work,’ a text-based project. The performance consists of Lynnerup pushing a big wheel made of plywood around Kongens Nytorv and other parts of Copenhagen. The wooden wheel has two words “WORK" and "MORE” written on its side. Depending on which side is up, the text will either read “WORK MORE” or “MORE WORK.”

Frances Goodman’s work employs the materials of the beauty industry to interrogate the portrayal of women in contemporary society, thereby drawing attention to popular cultural definitions that narrow the possibilities of identity to extremes of consumption, obsession, desire, and anxiety. Physical presentation and transformation are both a crushing expectation and a source of empowerment for the archetypes in Goodman’s elaborate sculptures and installations.

For CHART 2023, we are delighted to present a talk between Frances Goodman and Marie-Ann Yemsi, Independent Exhibition Curator, Contemporary Art Consultant and Member of the Board of Directors at Palais de Tokyo - Center for Contemporary Creation in Paris.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

Visit artist Ida Ekblad in her vibrant studio outside of Oslo, Norway, where she shares her thoughts on why she never runs out of ideas, her use of material, and why failing is essential to her practice: “When I leave the studio, I’m almost kind of manic.”

During CHART Book Fair 2023, BOOK LAB will present a signing event with Rose Eken for her book 'Shrine.' The monograph is an examination of the works of Rose Eken spanning the time from 2018 to 2022, accompanied by essays by art critic and art historian Maria Kjær Themsen, as well as British art critic and author Jonathan Griffin, and PhD of Philosophy Heine Hansen.

We are delighted to partner with Louisiana Channel to screen a number of video interviews recorded with artists exhibiting at CHART 2023.

For artist and filmmaker Fiona Tan, time is both a raw material and a subject. In her practice, Tan works as a sculptor in time, using motifs and editing techniques to stretch moments or rearrange historical time: “Editing is like sculpting in time; on the one hand, it's my tool, and at the same time, it's my material”.

Molly Haslund’s work is both performative and sculptural, ranging from autobiographical musical performances to scenographic installations and choreographed group performances in public space.

For CHART 2023, Haslund will perform ‘Flower Drop.’ As part of the performance, a figure appears dressed in a grey suit and walks across pedestrian crossings and along sidewalks, concentrating as they go on holding a bouquet of flowers which obscures their shoulders and face, due to its large size. The colourful flowers attract the attention of surrounding pedestrians and cyclists. Occasionally they drop a single flower and walk on as if they haven't noticed.

Join us for a panel discussion taking you behind the scenes of some of Denmark's most visionary companies that strategically collaborate with contemporary artists. The conversation between Mads Nørgaard, CEO and Founder of Mads Nørgaard, Rose Eken, Visual Artist and Anders Byriel, CEO of Kvadrat explores why companies are integrating art into the corporate environment, the different possible forms that the relationship between artist and business can take, and the potential for mutually positive impact and creative connection when these relationships are formed. The talk will be moderated by Michael Solgaard, the author of the book ‘Med Kunsten som Indsats – møder mellem erhvervsliv og samtidskunst’ also presented at CHART Book Fair by Strandberg Publishing.