ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

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ARoS Aarhus Art Museum
Round trip on the roof of the museum

The ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum is one of the local architectural firm Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen designed art museum in the Danish city of Aarhus with an emphasis on contemporary art . It is one of the largest art museums in Northern Europe . Its roof installation makes it a striking eye-catcher for the city. The name is derived from Aros , the old name of the city, from which an association with the old Latin word Ars , art , is generated through capitalization .

ARoS is the first Danish art museum to open outside of Copenhagen . It has moved within the city several times since it was founded in 1859.

history

In 1847 a community of art-interested citizens came together in the Danish city of Aarhus and founded the Aarhus Art Museum in 1859 . The museum was initially housed in a loft of the newly built Aarhus town hall on Domkirkepladsen. Today the Kvindemuseet (women's museum) is located here. It was not until 1877 that the art museum moved into its own premises designed by the architect W. Th. Walther. In 1891 the building was extended by two side pavilions according to plans by Vilhelm Dahlerup . In 1967 the next move took place in the Vennelystparken . The new domicile was designed by the architect CF Møller, who was also responsible for buildings at Aarhus University .

Soon the new building no longer met the expectations and ambitious plans of those responsible for the museum. For the 125th anniversary of the art museum in 1984, the Aarhus City Council announced support for a new building, financially and materially in the form of the area next to the Musikhuset Aarhus, at the heart of the city. The project found further support from members of the royal family, in particular Queen Margrethe II , Prince Henrik and Crown Prince Frederik , as well as in the form of a donation from the Carlsberg Foundation . 110 participants from all over the world were represented in the architectural competition to design the new building. The decision was made in favor of the local architects Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen , who completed the new building in 2003.

The official opening took place on April 7, 2004 in the presence of the patron Margaret II . In order to express the change that the museum has transformed from a small provincial institution into an institution with international ambitions, the Aarhus Art Museum was given the name ARoS .

The building

Stair tower

The executing architects Schmidt, Hammer & Lassen from Aarhus won a worldwide competition with one hundred and ten participants.

The cube-shaped building with a base area of ​​52 by 52 meters and a height of 43 meters includes a total area of ​​17,700 square meters, which are spread over nine floors. These can be reached via a spiral stair tower or via the glazed elevator. In addition to exhibition space, there is also an auditorium , library, café and restaurant in the building. On the roof terrace is the widely visible and accessible Your rainbow panorama by Olafur Eliasson .

Art

The museum's collections include 1,100 paintings, 400 sculptures and installations, 200 videos and over 7,000 drawings, photographs and graphics. The permanent exhibition includes the themes of the Golden Age and Modernism by Danish artists for the period from 1770 to 1930 and international contemporary art from 1980. The exhibition objects include characteristic works by Vilhelm Hammershøi , as well as works by Svend Wiig Hansen , Carsten Höller , Robert Jacobsen , Per Kirkeby , Arthur Køpcke , Peder Severin Krøyer and Bill Viola . The five meter high colossal sculpture Boy by Ron Mueck is also known .

A junior museum integrated as an experiment zone is intended to bring art closer to children in particular and - in the literal sense of the word - make it understandable.

Web links

Commons : ARoS Aarhus Art Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b de.aros.dk: ARoS Aarhus Art Museum - The History (PDF, 192 kB, May 7, 2017)
  2. ^ The history of ARoS. Retrieved October 3, 2012 .

Coordinates: 56 ° 9 '14.4 "  N , 10 ° 11' 58.4"  E