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Willumsen's Museum

Art museum for J. F. Willumsen's art and art collection. From June 6 to September 20 you can see the exhibition "Descendant - curated by Lars von Trier". Due to renovation, the collection exhibition with Willumsen's works will open on July 16.

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Current exhibitions

Vilhelm Hammershøi. Five Portraits, 1901-1902. Thielska Gallery.

Descendant

Curated by Lars von Trier

6 June 2026 – 20 September 2026

Willumsens Museum's first special exhibition after reopening in 2026 is curated by film director Lars von Trier. It gathers works by artists who have inspired Trier, charting the visual arsenal his films draw on. Trier himself has selected the artworks in the exhibition, which according to the director form the ‘family’ that has sustained and nourished his own work and without which he would not have been able to develop visually and artistically as he has. Key among them is Vilhelm Hammershøi’s monumental "Five Portraits". At the age of XNUMX Trier travelled to Stockholm solely to see the painting at the Thiel Gallery. The exhibition presents works by Paul Gauguin, Caspar David Friedrich, Carl Fredrik Hill, Per Kirkeby, Edvard Munch, Ejnar Nielsen, August Strindberg, Rudolph Tegner, Gustav Vigeland, Elisabeth Karlinsky, Hans Scherfig, Karl Madsen, Carl Holsøe, Svend and Vilhelm Hammershøi, J.F. Willumsen and Lars von Trier himself.

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Join us for family workshops, talks, public tours, yoga events and more

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Every Sunday

clocks 14.00 - 15.00

Public tour

Join us for an inspiring and thought-provoking tour of the exhibition.“DESCENDANT – curated by Lars von Trier”. Here you are invited to get closer to the works and stories when one of the museum's skilled communicators guides you through the exhibition's central themes, perspectives and artistic approaches (in Danish).

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Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday

clocks 10.30 - 14.30

Summer holiday at Willumsens Museum

Bring the whole family for a creative and cozy time at Willumsens Museum. Throughout the school summer holidays, we invite you to a creative fun, where children and adults can explore art together and let their imaginations run wild in our brand new art workshop.

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Three yogis do gentle yoga in the museum garden at Willumsens Museum

Every month

selected Wednesdays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Morning yoga amidst art

Take a break from everyday life and find peace in beautiful surroundings at Willumsens Museum. We invite you to an hour of gentle morning yoga. An experience where body and mind are allowed to land in the middle of the inspiring universe of art. Everyone can join, regardless of experience. The yoga is led by Louise from Lo-Yoga. She gently guides you through calm movements and breathing that provide energy and well-being.

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Every Friday

9.00 am – 12.00 pm

With baby at the museum

At Willumsens Museum we would like to create an open and safe environment for parents with babies.
Parents and children are always welcome at the museum, but we have set aside an hour every Friday and an area of the café especially for you on maternity leave, so there is room for you and everything that comes with having a little one.

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Workshops and talks

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20/8

at 5:30 p.m.

Role models or not?

“I saw a TV movie about Munch, and then I became very interested in painting…” (Lars von Trier)

The beginning of a lifelong artistic career can sometimes be formulated in such a simple way. Because the need to be reflected in others is fundamentally human. It is through reflection that we learn to understand ourselves and the world around us. From the first years, when a child reads his parents, to the search for role models in adolescence and the continued search of adulthood for people, experiences and stories that can show new paths.

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25/8

at 5:30 p.m.

Art – Censorship – Satire

Satire often stings in Lars von Trier's films, poking fun at bourgeois norms or exposing hypocrisy. Using Trier's films and attitudes as a starting point, CBS researcher and former director of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptoketet Flemming Friborg and satirist, music educator and actor Frederik Cilius discuss difficult and complex questions about today's understanding of the sins of the past and whether art is a special space of freedom without moral responsibility.

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27/8

at 5:30 p.m.

Trier's visual magic

What is it about Vilhelm Hammershøi's paintings that can seem so fascinating? In this lecture by Annette Rosenvold Hvidt, we will look at a number of the visual phenomena in Hammershøi's work, which have inspired film director Carl Th. Dreyer and later Lars von Trier, among others.

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17/9

at 5:30 p.m.

Live Pictures

Von Trier's painterly images constitute an aesthetic excess that complicates and nuances the story told, which is always built around simple contradictions. It is by virtue of this aesthetic excess that the films transcend the transgressive provocation from which they seem to spring, and become the great art that they are.

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Café Honest

A cup of coffee on the table and flowers in a vase

The opening hours of Café Ærligt follow the museum's general opening hours, which are:

Monday	Closed
Tuesday	10: 00 - 17: 00
Wednesday	10: 00 - 17: 00
Thursday	10: 00 - 17: 00
Friday	10: 00 - 17: 00
Saturday	10: 00 - 17: 00
Sunday	10: 00 - 17: 00

Welcome to Café Ærligt at Willumsens Museum. You are welcome to visit the café without purchasing a ticket for the exhibitions. It can get busy around lunchtime. If you want to avoid waiting, it is a good idea to order before you go to the museum. Then the food will be ready for you when you return. If you are coming with a larger group, you can book a table in advance.

The café can be contacted at tel: +452244 4886 or you can book a table using the form above.

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