ArtCruising

Emilie Jouvet  & Art Boy Dancing @ ArtRebels

Ohlala le chic chicks by Emilie Jouvet and colourful men by Stephan aka Art Boy Dancing. Get excited viewing the Parisian underground lesbian scene or enjoy Art Boy Dancing’s paintings and collages at ArtRebels conceptual store and gallery.

Web: www.artrebels.com
Place: ArtRebels, Flæsketorvet 17-19, Meat Packing District
Time: Thurs-Fri July 30-31 11.00 - 19.00. Sat Aug 1 11.00 - 16.00
Opening event and exhibition: Wed July 29 17.00 to late

Urban Meltdown @ warehouse 9

Queer music/art/performance festival July 29-31. Artistic and colourful underground extravaganza.
July 29: Cool Summer Tranny Café. July 30: Rock n´ Roll Queer Bar and July 31: Queer Art Lounge, Dj’s, Performances & Visual Art.
Web: http://warehouse9.dk/blog/?p=659
Place: Warehouse 9, Building 66, Halmtorvet 13, Meat Packing District
Time: Thur to Fri July 31, 22.00 - 5.00  (50 DKK tickets, all profits support queer art & activism)
ArtCruising Opening: Wed July 29, 21.00-2.00 (free entrance)

‘Flashback’ @ HANS ALF GaLLERY

International group exhibition with John Øivind Eggesbø’s (NO) ‘Love Nest’, - signs and memorable moments in nature, nostalgic flashbacks by Salvatore Moschetto (IT), paintings of 80’s porn stars & ‘2078 Fifth Avenue’ – a remarkable New Yorker story by benandsebastian (UK/DK) and You Little Teapot (DK).

Web: www.hansalf.com
Place: HANS ALF Gallery, Flæsketorvet 26 - 28, Meat Packing District
Time: Thurs - Fri noon- 18.00. Sat noon - 16.00 pm
ArtCrusing Opening: Wed 29 July 5.00 pm to late evening

Dorothée Smith @ DASK Gallery

DASK Gallery presents French photographer Dorothée Smith who explores the limits of gender representation through portraits of androgynous young Parisians.

Web: www.daskgallery.com
Place: DASK Gallery, Flæsketorvet 24, Meat Packing District
Time: Thurs - Fri July 30-31 noon - 18.00 Sat Aug 1 noon - 16.00
ArtCruising Opening: Wed July 29 17.00 to late evening

PINUPS Magazine @ WAS

New York PINUPS is the triennial artist’s publication playing on the historical centerfold practice of nudie magazines by making the centerfold the sole feature.

Web: www.wonderlandonline.dk
Place: WAS, Absalonsgade 21B, Vesterbro (next to Meat Packing District)
Time: Fri July 31 – Sat Aug 1 noon – 16.00
ArtCruising Opening: Sneak preview Wed July 29 17.00 to late evening
Opening Event: Thurs July 30 17.00 –23.00. Drinks, DJs and Nudity!

La Petite Mort by Anika Lori @ V1 Gallery

Anika Lori's second solo exhibition ‘La Petite Mort’ shows her colorful and playful universe of exotic masks and female portraits investigating and challenging identity as well as culturally established codes.

Web: www.v1gallery.com
Place: V1 Gallery, Flæsketorvet 69, Meat Packing District
Time: Sat-Sun Aug 1-2 noon – 16.00.
Opening: Fri 31 July. Afterparty 23.00 at Jolene

Foursomes- ArtCruising/ Gay Couples Battle & dj Icons Special @ Jolene

Funky gay couples battle. Djuna Barnes & Rosa Lux vs. Lars Erik Frank and old boys’ desperate house vibes. Beautiful people and a lot of ugly feelings.

Place: Jolene, Flæsketorvet 81-85, Meat Packing District
Time: Wed July 29 20.00 to late

[Fe]Male Icons @ Fotografisk Center

Portrait exhibition of 80s and 90s icons like Leigh Bowery,
Pierre & Gilles, Eva & Adele, Marc Almond, Boy George, Antony and
Mike Stripe (REM), as well as works by Søren Solkær Starbird, Ole Christiansen & Stephen Freiheit.

Web: www.photography.dk
Place: Amaliegade 28, City
Time: Tue-Sun July 28-Aug 2 11.00 – 17.00

TransForm @ Galleri FEDT

Three cutting-edge male photographers each with a different expression on the same theme; transformation of the male gender. Pierre Molinier (FR), Jeffrey Silverthorne (USA) and Steven Freiheit (DE/DK)
Web: http://gallerifedt.dk
Place: FEDT Gallery, Nansensgade 66, City (basement)
Time: Mon-Fri July 27-31 16.00 - 21.00, Sat & Sun Aug 1-2 14.00 - 19.00

Gender Test @ Backyard Gallery

The group show ‘Gender Test - Playing with Identity’ features images of men and women playing with gender codes. Photographs and paintings by Linda Hansen, Liv Carlé Mortensen, Diana Velasco, Kine Ravn, & Morten Vejlgaard, Maria Wæhrens, Tomas Lagerman Lundme & Laura Eriksen 

Web: www.backyardgallery.dk
Place: Backyard Gallery, Højbro Plads 21B, City
Time: Mon - Fri July 27-31 noon - 19.00. Sat – Sun Aug 1-2 noon - 17.00

Typisk Lesbisk AKA we love LaChris

Under the name Typisk Lesbisk, visual activists Kasper Riisholt and Anne Mie Dreves explore aspects of contemporary gay culture through happenings, posters and design. For this project they join forces with journalist Chris Pedersen in order to reflect upon gay stereotypes and homo clichés.

Web: www.welovepeople.dk
Place: We Love People, Dyrkøb 7, City (ground floor)
Time: Mon-Fri July 27-31 13.00 – 18.00. Sat Aug 1 noon - 15.00

LYST a Lustful Exhibition @ Overgaden

30 artists show works that all touch upon and tangle notions of desire, lust and sex. LYST is idiosyncratically compiled and driven by desire and includes local artists as well as international superstars

Web: http://lystexhibition.blogspot.com.
Place: Overgaden, Institute for Contemporary Art, Overgaden Neden Vandet 17
Time: Mon- Sun July 27-Aug 2 13.00 - 17.00 pm (some days to 8.00 pm)
Opening Night: Fri July 24 17.00 - 22.00 pm
ArtCruising Opening: Fri July 24 17.00 - 19.00

Works at Work by Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Visit the exhibition of contemporary art displaying interactive works or tour the canals of Copenhagen while listening to surprising stories focusing on gender. You can travel in time and imagination in the indoor balloon or sleep one night in the exhibition space. Artists: ArtRebels, Bosch & Fjord, Bureau Detours, Collective Strings, Women down the Pub, Parfume and Urban Sound Institute.

Web: www.kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk
Place: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Nyhavn 2, City
Time: Sat-Thurs July 25-30 noon - 17.00
Tickets: 60 DKK

Urban Treasure Hunt by Rumkammerat

Challenge your creative thinking and see neat details of Vesterbro - the area that combines the red light district, designer clothes and sushi bars. Join any
time of day at the Meat Packing District (in the core Art Cruising Zone) – look for an orange circle to find the first clue! The walk takes 2-3 hours.
Web: www.rumkammerat.dk (Phone: +45 35835825 noon - 17.00 if you need assistance)