May 2013
International coalitions continue to work toward artistic freedom
Founded in 1921, PEN International is the oldest organization devoted to freedom of artistic expression for writers. PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee was established in 1960 to raise awareness of increasing numbers of imprisoned writers (including journalists, translators and historians). more >
January 2013
Nordic Cool
Nordic Cool 2013. This is the title of a major 4-week cultural festival in Washington, D.C., featuring art and culture from the frozen North. more >
December 2012
New Danish Minister for Culture
The New Danish Ministry for Culture since December 2012 is Marianne Bruus Jelved. more >
Former Danish Culture Minister Wants to Reveal Names of Artists Who Failed to Get Grants
Denmark’s former culture minister Uffe Elbaek wants to disclose all the names of artists who applied for government grants, whether they were awarded funding or not. more >
Danish lawmakers want to play the naming game
The country's former culture minister wants to disclose the names of all artists who have applied for government grants, including those whose proposals were rejected. more >
August 2012
Denmark's Aarhus picked for European Capital of Culture 2017
The Danish city of Aarhus was recommended on Friday by an EU selection panel as one of two European Capitals of Culture to be chosen for 2017. more >
June 2012
Debating Soft Power and Cultural Cooperation in the EU
As part of the Danish EU Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Ministry of Culture are hosting a ‘Meeting of Cultural Directors’ from 13-15 June. more >
February 2012
Team Culture 2012 - The Danish Minister for Culture launches a search for new European opportunities
”What can art and culture do in a time of crisis?” That is the assignment given by the Danish Minister for Culture, Mr Uffe Elbæk, to 12 European cultural notabilities when they meet in Copenhagen on February 27-28. more >
January 2012
The Capital Region of Denmark enters into a strong new cultural collaboration
For the first time, a cultural agreement has been signed between the region, the municipalities and the government, according to a press release issued by the Capital Region of Denmark.
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Culture and creativity as engines for a stronger and innovative Europe
Article by the Danish Minister for Culture Uffe Elbæk more >
Danish Agency for Culture
The Danish Agency for Culture is an agency under the aegis of the Danish Ministry of Culture, established on January 1, 2012. The agency is a merger of three former agencies: The Danish Arts Agency, the Heritage Agency of Denmark, and the Danish Agency for Libraries and Media. more >
November 2011
Per Arnoldi resigns as chairman of the Danish Arts Council
Per Arnoldi has decided to resign as the head of the Danish Arts Agency with immediate effect. more >
February 2010
Danish cabinet reshuffled
Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has reshuffled his cabinet, changing the holders of all but five of the 18 ministerial portfolios. Per Stig Møller is the new Minister for Culture. more >
December 2009
A copyright violator in Denmark wants authorities to arrest him
A citizen of Denmark Henrik Anderson decided to check the force of the copyright laws in the country and copied some DVDs anyway, a whole bunch of them. Having uploaded the contents of 100 discs to his computer (for personal use), he's asking to be arrested. The Anderson case shows the public the paradox of contradictory laws and selective enforcement. more >
November 2008
Sydney Opera House architect dies
The Danish architect of the iconic Sydney Opera House, Jorn Utzon, has died at the age of 90, after suffering a heart attack. Mr Utzon, an award-winning architect, put "Denmark on the world map with his great talent," said Danish Culture Minister Carina Christensen. more >
July 2008
Experience economy is good, but why, nobody knows
Research reports have found that too little is known about Denmark’s experience economy and that government policy is fractured across multiple ministries. more >
April 2008
What's Denmark's cultural secret?
Even in an age of funding cutbacks, the Danes have done a better job than most in promoting the arts in Europe. more >
March 2008
Turn artists into teachers, say Danes
Unemployed artists in Denmark should teach in schools instead of just receiving unemployment benefits, the ministries of culture and education have proposed. more >
February 2008
Artist-in-residence program in Denmark 2009
To promote creative exchange between Danish and foreign artists and art institutions, The Danish Arts Council has established an artist-in-residence program in Denmark. The program makes it possible to invite artists from abroad to stay and work in Denmark for extended periods. more >
January 2008
Culture is good for you!
Two Nordic Council committees are co-hosting a hearing about culture and health. more >
New Danish focus on culture and experience economy
The Danish government has launched a new initiative to boost the national culture and experience economy by strengthening the interaction between culture and business.
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October 2007
Denmark's offer of help to persecuted writers
The Danish government has proposed providing refuge for persecuted writers in Denmark. more >
March 2007
Policy by donor countries
What part does culture play in the development cooperation policy of the various donor countries? more >
November 2006
Ministers criticised for their absence
"Is it down to lack of interest that none of the Nordic Ministers of Culture are here to present the new culture reform?" Lars Wegendal, the Social Democrat chairperson of the Nordic Council Culture and Education and Training Committee asked during Thursday's debate in Copenhagen. more >
October 2006
Annual culture fix renewed
City museums, galleries and cultural institutions open their doors after-hours on Annual Culture Night for an evening of unusual and sometimes bizarre experiences. more >
NEW WEBSITE ON DANISH PERFORMING ARTS
Danish Centre for Performing Arts is presenting its first international website, www.DanishPerformingArts.info. more >
September 2006
Culture from the Middle East in Denmark
Every third year the Danish Centre for Culture and Development organises a huge cultural festival focused on a specific region in the world. more >
May 2006
Danish Arts Council's new publication
The Danish Arts Council has commissioned a review into its arts education in folkeskole, the Danish municipal primary and lower secondary school. more >
February 2006
First Nordic Culture Forum
Artists, administrators from the culture sector, politicians and civil servants from throughout the Nordic Region gathered for Culture Forum in Copenhagen on Monday 27 February. Key figures in Nordic culture came together for the first time to discuss an interdisciplinary platform for the development of Nordic art and culture. more >
January 2006
Denmark's greatest hits
The minister of culture unveiled the nation's cultural canon yesterday, turning up the volume of the debate that has been raging ever since he announced plans to create the list. more >
Parliaments to influence culture policy?
The Nordic Council Culture Committee has mandated a new working party to draw up proposals for a long-term Nordic cultural policy. more >
December 2005
Denmark creates new music portal
The Danish Arts Agency, under the Danish Ministry of Culture, has created a new online portal for music. more >
November 2005
Mohammed cartoons on the agenda of Mecca summit
Caricatures of Mohammed published in a Danish paper, which have already caused uproar in Muslim communities in Denmark and abroad, will be on the agenda at an Islamic summit in Mecca in December. more >
Danish Arts Council support overseas residencies
The Literature Committee of the Danish Arts Council has announced support to enable two Danish writers to take up artists' residencies in New York. more >
October 2005
Minister's Muslim culture comments upset canon work
Work to establish a canon over milestones in Danish culture has become bogged down. Several members of the canon committee have threatened to resign after the Minister of Culture implied it was a tool to fight Muslim culture. more >
September 2005
Culture takes centre stage for city governments
Cities are looking to cultural events as a way to attract wealthy taxpayers. more >
August 2005
Shortlist chosen for Danish Arts Council festival funding
The Danish Arts Council has announced the allocation of development funding for three short-listed proposals, one of which will receive major funding in order for the project to be realised during an International Festival of Contemporary Art to be held in 2007-2008. more >
March 2005
Danish Arts Council Earmarks EUR 800,000 for International Contemporary Arts Festival
The Danish Arts Council has earmarked DKK 6 million (approx. EUR 800,000) toward realizing its ambitious International Contemporary Arts Festival, 2007. more >
UNESCO Programme Grants Funding to 51 New Media Projects in Developing Countries
The Bureau of UNESCO’s International Programme for the Development of Communication granted US$1,050,000 million to 51 media projects in developing countries and countries in transition at its meeting at Headquarters, (March 7 - 9), which was chaired by Torben Krogh from Denmark. more >
February 2003
Danish museum suffers spending crunch
After widespread furor over spending cuts at the Royal Cast Museum, Culture Minister Brian Mikkelsen reluctantly granted the museum funding enough to open 10 hours per week. more >
August 2013
NCCPR 2013 - 6th Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research
The 6th Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research, titled 'Cultural Policy in a Transformed Cultural Landscape' will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark in August 2013. more >
June 2012
Next Step - setting culture on the agenda for the future of Europe
A conference debating the decisions to be made in regard to EU 2014 -2020 policies and budget and these desicions' impact on the cultural landscape of Europe in the future. An international conference under the Danish EU Presidency. more >
November 2011
Joint Nordic Conference 2011 'The Future of Development Research'
Call for Papers: Workshop number 3, 'Culture and Development: The role and meaning of culturally sustainable development in development research and praxis'. more >
May 2011
Building Bridges, Crossing Borders
The ASSITEJ PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES will be a significant event for the entire Öresund Region. A cornucopia of international performances will be presented to children and young people in Copenhagen and Malmoe, to their parents and grandparents and to everyone, who already has – or now will find – an interest in exciting, innovative theatrical expressions and new international visions and outlooks. more >
June 2010
16th International Conference on Cultural Economics
The Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI) invites you to attend its 16th international conference on cultural economics in Copenhagen on June 10-12, 2010. The Call for Papers has just started. more >
April 2010
Journeys of Expression VIII
Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events in Copenhagen. more >
September 2008
Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique
This conference will present and discuss the most advanced and exciting research on digital content creation, its socio-cultural contexts and educational consequences. more >
August 2008
Understanding Conflicts - Cross-Cultural Perspectives
An international, interdisciplinary research conference on the diversity of conceptions and cultural images of conflicts. more >
May 2007
April 2005
November 2012
UNESCO commissions 'World Heritage: Benefits beyond borders'
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO commissioned the Director of the International Institute for the Inclusive Museum to compile and edit a book: "World Heritage: Benefits beyond borders". more >
July 2012
Welcome to Team Culture 2012
The present crisis is about much more than economy, finances or debt. In reality it represents a much deeper crisis in our European values. To us – the members of Team Culture 2012 – it is clear that we as Europeans have lost our vision of the good society. more >
April 2011
Mapping of International Design Policies and Strategies for Leading Design Schools and Research Institutions
Prepared for the Danish Vision Committe 'Design 2020'. Internationally, there is an increasing awareness of the possibilities afforded by design policies and design when it comes to creating stronger innovation policies and more innovation. more >
June 2009
Declaration from the CBSS' 15th Ministerial Session
The declaration from the CBSS' 15th Ministerial Session which took place in Elsinore 3-4 June 2009 is now available. The Session of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) was attended by Ministers from almost all Member States and the Vice-President of the European Commission. more >
October 2008
Visas: the discordant note
This White Paper sums up some of the problems and challenges of bringing international artists into Europe, or from one country in Europe to another. more >
November 2007
Culture Stories:Understanding Cultural Urban Branding
Published in the academic journal Planning Theory, this article argues for a narrative approach to the study of urban branding and planning. more >
July 2007
May 2007
Danish Architectural Policy 2007
Intended as a contribution to a broad and lively discussion on how to retain and further develop architectural quality as a central conduit of culture. more >
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