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Moderna Museet Malmö . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Malmö Konsthall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Malmö Konstmuseum . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Skissernas Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Kulturen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Historiska Museet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Lunds Konsthall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Krognoshuset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Dunkers kulturhus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Ordrupgaard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Glyptoteket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Den Hirschsprungske Samling . . . . . . . . 9

Kunstindustrimuseet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Statens Museum for Kunst . . . . . . . . . . 10

Wanås . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Wanås

Helsingborg

Humlebæk

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Copenhagen

The Öresund Bridge

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Around the Sound is a ticket that, for just SEK 249, allows you to travel around both the Swedish and the Danish sides of the Öresund Sound. You can travel by train, bus and ferry – the only requirement is that you cross the Öresund Bridge in one direction and take the Helsingborg-Helsingør ferry in the other. The ticket is valid for two days. You can find out more about the Around the Sound ticket at Skånetrafiken’s website, www.skanetrafiken.se

Here are some suggestions for art lovers who want to take their own art tour

around the Öresund Sound. Over the course of two days, you can visit some of

the finest art museums and institutions in Skåne and Zealand.

You’ll get the most out of your art tour if you plan your journey in advance. Visit

the various websites and find out what exhibitions are running when you are

planning to travel. Malmö artist Jan Hemmel is your guide. Jan is a cultural jour-

nalist who has worked for Sveriges Television as a director, reporter and presenter.

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Art around the SoundThis is an ideal tour for those who want to experience world art in new, exciting

settings, from the renaissance castle in Malmö to the graceful buildings of Den-

mark’s Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, set in undulating grounds, and from

Ordrupgaard’s bold modernist extension to classical statues in the Glyptotek’s

lush winter garden in Copenhagen. Two days. Let’s start in Malmö.

2 Malmö KonsthallYou can also see modern art at Malmö Konsthall, in one

of Europe’s largest and most beautiful exhibition halls.

Major exhibitions have been shown here since 1975,

featuring artists such as Miró, Peter Greenaway, Keith

Haring, Louise Bourgeois and Tony Cragg, as well as

contemporary experimental art and breathtaking instal-

lations. Many visitors return to the gallery day after day,

thanks to its excellent organic restaurant.

www.konsthall.malmo.se

1 Moderna Museet MalmöStockholm’s Moderna Museet has gained a worldwide

reputation for its collection of art. The museum now also

has a presence in Malmö, in the form of the Moderna

Museet Malmö. Collaboration between the two museums

ensures that there is always an exciting collection of the

great names in modern art, such as Rauschenberg, Klein,

Warhol and Fahlström, to name just a few.

www.modernamuseet.se

Monogram by Robert Rauschenberg

Malmö Konsthall, Architect: Klas Anselm

Moderna Museet Malmö, Architects: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter (the old part by John Smedberg 1901)

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3 Malmö KonstmuseumOut on Slottsholmen, in the same

building as Malmö Museums, is Malmö

Konstmuseum, with its outstand-

ing collection of modern Nordic art.

One of the major Swedish artists, Carl

Fredrik Hill, is represented here. Born

in 1849, he was a successful painter

living in France until he had a nervous

breakdown in 1878 and was brought

home to Sweden. Here, he was cared

for at a mental hospital and at his

home in Lund until his death in 1911.

During this period he produced

thousands of sketches – sur-

real, obsessive, dreamlike sketches

that have fascinated subsequent

generations. His paintings are on

display, although his sketches are

not always on show. However, the

museum’s bookshop has a book

of Hill’s sketches – these might

prove to be the source of the most

intense artistic experience of your

tour.

www.malmo.se/konstmuseum

Photo: Ulf Celander

Sketch by Carl Fredrik Hill

4 Skissernas MuseumIn the sculpture park in front of Skissernas Museum

stands a battered bronze briefcase on a paving-stone

plinth. This is a study for part of a larger monument

dedicated to the memory of diplomat Raoul Wallenberg,

which stands at the corner of First Avenue and 47th

Street in Manhattan, New York. The paving stones are

from the former Jewish ghetto in Budapest, while the

briefcase symbolises the thousands of protective pass-

ports issued by Wallenberg to save Hungarian Jews from

the Nazis. Wallenberg himself died in a Soviet prisoner-

of-war camp, but it is not known when or how.

When the Museum of Sketches was founded in 1934, it

was called the Archive for Decorative Art. It was set up as

a research project to study the “birth of art” by collecting

and analysing studies and sketches for public artworks,

both paintings and sculptures. Thanks to donations from

artists and acquisitions the collection quickly grew,

moving from the art institution where it was founded

into its own museum. Its premises have since been

extended five times, and the museum is now home to

more than 30,000 works. Its galleries house miniature

versions of sculptures and full-size plaster models, such

as Henry Moore’s Hill Arches, which almost fills an entire

room. And not forgetting the paintings, from simple,

tentative pencil sketches to enormous murals by the

Mexican artists Diego Rivera and José Orozco.

The collections are divided up into an international

section – covering Mexico, West Africa and Europe, and

including Matisse’s sketches for Vence Chapel in France

– as well as a Nordic section and a Swedish section. The

works represent a magnificently varied journey through

the history of modern art. The museum’s collection is

constantly evolving. It now includes graffiti and street

art, as well as film and video, but the more traditional

forms of art – painting and sculpture – remain a source

of rich variation and real entertainment.

www.adk.lu.se

Let’s turn our attention inwards, to-

wards the plains and coastline of

Skåne. The train journey from Malmö

to the university city of Lund takes

just a quarter of an hour.

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6 Historiska MuseetJust one block away from Kulturen is Historiska

Museet. Founded in 1805, this is Sweden’s sec-

ond largest archaeological museum. For those

with an interest in art there’s a section that’s

well worth a visit: the department of mediaeval

church art. The numerous sculptors’ interpreta-

tions of Christ on the cross, the grieving Mary

and the figures around them make for a power-

ful experience.

www.luhm.lu.se

5 KulturenLund is a compact city, and it’s only a short walk to the

next museum, Kulturen. Kulturen was founded in 1892

with the aim of collecting cultural artefacts that were at

risk of being lost, originally only from Sweden but subse-

quently also from around the world. The interpretation of

what constitutes a cultural artefact is extremely broad.

Here you will find doll’s houses and Japanese samurai

armour, masks from Asia and Africa, harvesting tools and

ceramics, glass and Egyptian mummies, rocking-chairs and

modernist paintings from the early 20th century – to men-

tion but a few of the museum’s 2.5 million objects. Many

of these are arranged in settings according to their histori-

cal origins.

Kulturen is also an open-air museum, and many buildings

have been brought here and re-erected in the museum’s

large grounds: a 14th century mediaeval house and a 16th

century peasants’ house, a 17th century church and an

18th century parsonage, and a tenement soldier’s cottage

and a middle-class house dating from the 19th century.

There are exhibitions about the history of glass and the

art of printing, as well as fascinating special exhibitions,

such as one consisting of unique objects made by women

in the Ravensbrück concentration camp during the Second

World War. An exhibition on “the Design of Death” takes

Kulturen’s collection of weapons as its starting point. Kul-

turen is a museum that provides visitors with a wealth of

impressions – surprise, confusion and enlightenment – just

as every good museum should.

www.kulturen.com

Kulturen, Lund

Silver tableware by Wiven Nilsson

Historiska Museet, Lund

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7 Lunds KonsthallA few blocks further south is Mårtenstorget

Square with its market. Here you can see the

current art exhibitions at Lunds Konsthall

which first opened its doors in 1957, and at...

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14th century brick building – such

historical juxtapositions are not unusual

in Lund. The square is also home to the

Saluhallen food hall, with its restaurants

and shops.

www.lundskonsthall.se www.konstforeningenaura.se

9 Dunkers KulturhusOn to Helsingborg. On the edge of the Sound in the heart of Helsingborg is Dunkers Kulturhus – a meeting

place for culture in the Öresund region. This cultural centre includes an art gallery with varying exhibitions.

From Dunkers Kulturhus you can see across to Helsingør on the Danish side. Kronborg Castle, a renaissance

castle where Shakespeare’s Hamlet is often staged in the summer months, rises up above the town.

www.dunkerskulturhus.se

Konsthallen, Lund. Architect: Klas Anselm

Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg. Architect: Kim Utzon

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Ordrupgaard, near Klampenborg, is the next stop on

your train journey. Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Monet,

Renoir, Corot... yes, all the big names are represented

in the collection. As you explore the beautiful Danish

collection, stop to take in Hammershøi’s mysterious

interiors, which vibrate with silence.

In today’s museum world, there are strict requirements

in terms of factors such as security and atmospheric

humidity. In 2005, the acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid

therefore created a large, wave-like extension to

Ordrupgaard in glass and black concrete, which has

attracted international attention. Furniture designer

and architect Finn Juhl’s house is now also part of

Ordrupgaard. The building is an unparalleled example

of Danish modernism in terms of architecture, furniture

design and art.

www.ordrupgaard.dk

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10 LouisianaHeading towards Copenhagen, get off the train at Hum-

lebæk station and walk to the Louisiana. The museum

buildings enjoy a beautiful setting in a labyrinthine and

varied park full of sculptures by artists such as Henry

Moore, Jean Arp and Alexander Calder, with a steep slope

down towards the Öresund Sound. The Louisiana Mu-

seum has a unique open and welcoming atmosphere and

a superb restaurant. The collection includes over 3,000

works, many of which are masterpieces by artists such as

Picasso, Giacometti, Kiefer, Baselitz, Hockney, Kirkeby and

many others. This is a vibrant museum with five or six

major exhibitions each year and generous opening hours.

www.louisiana.dk

The Calder Terrace, Louisiana. Architects: Jørgen Bo & Vilhelm Wohlert

Ordrupgaard. Architect: Zaha Hadid

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13 Den Hirschsprungske SamlingDen Hirschsprungske Samling showcases 19th century

Danish art from what is often referred to as “the Danish

Golden Age” through to the Skagen Painters, with P.S.

Krøyer at the forefront. The paintings are hung in beau-

tiful rooms where some of the furniture comes from

the artists’ homes. This seductive journey through more

than a century of history is a firm favourite among

those with a love of nostalgia.

www.hirschsprung.dk

14 KunstindustrimuseetAre you interested in chairs? The café of Kunstindustrimuseet

is decorated with furniture created by Danish icons such as

Hans J. Wegner and Poul Kjærholm. Interested in 19th cen-

tury Japanese craftsmanship? International textile art from

the renaissance through to the modern day? 18th century

porcelain? International poster art? You’ll find all this and

much more besides at the Danish Museum of Art & Design.

The museum is housed in a beautiful large building, set in

idyllic grounds where the Grønnegård Theatre performs classic

comedies in the summer. www.kunstindustrimuseet.dk

12 GlyptoteketNext stop: Copenhagen Central Station. From here it’s

just a short walk to Glyptoteket, with its delightful

palm garden, Palmehave, where you can sit beneath the

glass roof, surrounded by plants and sculptures, and en-

joy a cup of tea or an excellent lunch. “Glyptotek” is the

Greek word for sculpture collection, and this is Northern

Europe’s largest collection of antique art from Egypt,

the Middle East, Greece and Italy. You’ll also find more

recent works here by sculptors such as Auguste Rodin

and painters such as Paul Gauguin.

Just like Louisiana and Ordrupgaard, the Glyptotek was

originally a private collection, in this case owned by

brewer Carl Jacobsen, who donated his house and col-

lection to the state at the end of the 19th century. The

same is true of some other well-known Copenhagen

museums, such as the David Collection and the Hirsch-

sprung Collection. Both of these have a main focus based

on the interests of the collectors.

www.glyptoteket.dk Glyptoteket, Laurent-Honoré Marqueste, Perseus Slaying Medusa

P.S. Krøyer, Summer Evening on the Beach at Skagen: the Artist and his Wife. 1899

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One day left on your ticket? An obvious suggestion is

Wanås in northern Skåne. Take the train to Hässleholm

and then the bus to Wanås. We leave the plains of

Skåne behind us and venture into the forests of Göinge.

This is where the 15th century stronghold of Wanås

can be found, with its organic

agriculture and grounds that

have been transformed over the

course of the last 20 years into

a sculpture park with the feel of

a dense and enchanted forest,

where twisting paths lead to the

works of art.

Work on the sculpture park

began in the mid-1980s. This

was the idea of the lady of the

manor, Marika Wachtmeister.

She had identified a trend for

large works of art, requiring a

great deal of space. She began

by inviting 25 artists to exhibit

in the grounds of Wanås. Ten

years later, the work of more

than 100 artists had been shown

at the sculpture park, which

included ten permanent works.

Since then, the park has continued to grow apace.

There are now 40 works by Nordic and international

artists such as Per Kirkeby, Roxy Paine, Maya Lin, Robert

Willson, Dan Graham, Ann-Sofi Sidén, Jenny Holzer and

Antony Gormley. The park is open daily, all year round,

from 08:00 until 19:00.

At Wanås, it’s not just the grounds

that have been given over to art.

The cowshed and warehouse dating

from the 18th and 19th centuries

have been converted into new ex-

hibition spaces, and over the years

Wanås has become an important

institution both for the Swedish

arts and internationally. For those

who take the time to explore the

paths in the grounds and the barns

and stables, it soon becomes quite

evident that a voyage through the

world of art can be an exciting ad-

venture. And don’t forget to show

your bus ticket at the entrance to

Wanås – you’ll get a 25% discount

on the admission charge.

www.wanas.se

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Statens Museum for Kunst, Nicolai Abildgaard, The Wounded Philoctetes, 1775

Wanås, Antony Gormley, Together and Apart, 2001.

15 Statens Museum for KunstAs is fitting for a large museum, Statens Museum for

Kunst embraces both the classical and the modern,

everyday realism, eccentric symbolism, the mysterious

and the challenging aspects of art, from both Denmark

and the rest of the world, spanning seven centuries.

Here are a few a few examples.

Charming idyll: the Dutch artist Frans van Mieris’

17th century inn interior Sending the Boy for Beer

(Room 263). Dramatic torment: Danish artist Nikolai

Abildgaard’s 1775 work The Wounded Philoctetes

(Room 217). Surprising intensity: Matisse’s 1905 port-

rait of his wife, with a wide streak of green across her

forehead and nose (Room 203).

It’s unlikely that even the most diligent of visitors

would be able to discover all the artistic treasures that

eagerly await them in just two days. Should you spend

an extra day in Copenhagen or head back to Malmö? If

you’ve made wise choices from the travel opportunities

available and are looking for more artistic experiences,

there are a number of alternatives with an Around the

Sound ticket.

www.smk.dk

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