Untold stories from Denmark´s colonial past on display at SMK
(WorldNews Denmark)

Astrid Holm, Rose Laying the Table, 1914 Exhibition | News about the art| 26.apr.2017 Untold stories from Denmark`s colonial past on display at SMK A new special display at SMK - What Lies Unspoken, co-created with the Malmö University research project Living Archives and the Royal Library in Copenhagen - explores new perspectives on works from the SMK collections that can be linked to Denmark`s colonial history. The exhibition marks the first step of an ongoing effort to shed new light on challenging subjects that are often overlooked within the realm of art. At first glance all seems perfectly tranquil in Jens Juel`s monumental painting of the Ryberg family. The same applies to Astrid...