A tall painting of a kitchen in hot orange, pink and yellow on a white gallery wall
Two visitors walk past a large folded yellow aluminium sculpture in a white gallery with tall windows
Two visitors look at a wide woven wall hanging in bands of red, ochre, cream and blue in a white gallery
A visitor in a camel coat looks at a dark granite block balanced on a polished steel cone in a white gallery
A performer sits on a single chair inside a mint green box room while two visitors watch in a white gallery
Two screens on white gallery walls, one coral and one pale blue, each showing a blurred figure, with a white bench between them
A painting of Copenhagen rooftops and green spires at dusk in deep blues
Two visitors look at a very wide painting of a yellow sun behind a pink cloud on orange and blue and green rain on pink, in a white skylit hall

Living artists only

Museum of thePresent Tense

A Copenhagen museum for art made in the last 25 years, by artists still making it.

Exhibitions

Now on

Four this season

Two in the galleries, two on the way. Every work made in the last 25 years.

The collection

Works

Made after 2001

Painting, sculpture, sound and performance. When a work turns 25, it moves on.

See every work

By the numbers

When a work turns 25 it moves on to another museum, so the count changes every autumn.

Works in the collection
1240
Living artists
214
Years, the oldest a work can be
25
Works older than 2001
0

Coming up

Tours and workshops in the galleries, plus one late opening a month with the bar in the courtyard.

See every event

Visit the museum

Nutidsgade 12, 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark

Opening hours

Monday
Closed
Tuesday
10:00 to 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 to 18:00
Thursday
10:00 to 21:00
Friday
10:00 to 18:00
Saturday
10:00 to 17:00
Sunday
10:00 to 17:00

Tickets

Adults
140 DKK
Students and over 65s
90 DKK
Under 18s
Free
Members
Free
Plan your visit

Journal

Notes

From the galleries

Written by the curators, the studios and the install team while the work is still new.

Read the journal