Previous special exhibitions at the Johannes Larsen Museum
Here you can explore a selection of the museum’s past special exhibitions, shaped by and rooted in the unique spirit of the artist’s home.
Special exhibition: HINDSHOLM. The mainland island
26. March to 12. June 2022
Særudstillingen The special exhibition focuses on a distinctive piece of Danish coastal and cultural landscape – The Hindsholm peninsula. The exhibition is an ambitious and visionary project featuring six of today’s leading Danish photographic artists.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 26. March to 12. June 2022
Special exhibition: Alhed Larsen 150 years
18. June to 25. September 2022
2022 marks the 150th anniversary of Alhed Larsen’s birth. To mark the occasion, we present a major special exhibition and have published a biography about Alhed Larsen, her life, and her art.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 18. June to 25. September 2022
Special exhibition: Bird 2022
1. October to 30. December
At the Johannes Larsen Museum, art and nature are inextricably linked. Birds in particular, as a motif in the art, are a recurring theme.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 1. October to 30. December
Special exhibition: Oluf Høst
7. January to 12. March 2023
This winter, the Johannes Larsen Museum presents a special exhibition featuring works by the great Bornholm painter Oluf Høst (1884-1966).
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 7. January to 12. march 2023
Special exhibition: Reflections Janne Klerk
18. March to 11. June 2023
Photographer Janne Klerk has created an exhibition about contemplation, nature, and the cosmos, which can be experienced at the Johannes Larsen Museum in spring 2023
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 18. March to 11. June 2023
Special exhibition: PLAY OF COLOURS – The Funen Painters’ Palette
17. June to 24. September 2023
In the summer of 2023, Faaborg Museum and the Johannes Larsen Museum each present a major special exhibition in parallel, focusing on the colours of the Funen Painters.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 17. June to 24. September 2023
Special exhibition: Lars Rastrup 2023
With the exhibition ”Lars Rastrup. The forgotten Painter and Photographer from Munkebo”, we aim to highlight a lesser-known artist, with a particular focus on his local motifs.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM-16 PM, until 5/11-23.
Special exhibition: Chain
29. September to 10. December 2023
The artist’s collective Chroma, featuring Iben Høj, Karin Carlander, and Lea Mi Engholm, presents works in knit design, weaving, and ceramics.
When: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM-16 PM
Exhibition: Christmas and festive tables 2023
From 11. November, we invite you inside to decorated tables at the Johannes Larsen Museum. At the museum, we know a thing or two about homeliness and hospitality from the artist’s home in the time of Johannes and Alhed.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM -16 PM
Exhibition: Ida Holm Mortensen (1950-2023)
6. October – 30. December
The memorial exhibition presents works by the painter, ceramicist, and graphic artist Ida Holm Mortensen.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM – 16 PM
Special exhibition: Trækfuglevej – In the footsteps of Thøger Larsens | Kirsten Klein and Steen Folmer Jensen
16. December 23 to 10. March 2024
Experience a unique exhibition where artists Kirsten Klein and Steen Folmer Jensen take you on a poetic journey in the footsteps of Thøger Larsen.
When: Tuesday-Sunday 10 AM – 16 PM
Special exhibition: Rylen in the Limfjord 1924 - 2024
16. March to 23. June
The special exhibition Rylen in the Limfjord presents contemporary visual artists’ and writers’ interpretations of the Limfjord region’s natural and cultural landscape in a historical context.
When: Monday-Sunday 10 AM – 17 PM
Special exhibition: Dorthe Dencker - The protected, the endangered, and the extinct
5. August to 20. October 2024
The exhibition is located in the book rotunda in the garden at the Johannes Larsen Museum. Based on a list of endangered animals, artist Dorthe Dencker has created a small exhibition featuring endangered or extinct species.
When: All days 10 AM – 17 PM June – August.
Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM – 16 PM September – October.
Christmas and festive tables
16. November to 5. January 2025
Look forward to this year’s Christmas and festive tables at the Johannes Larsen Museum – featuring, among others, Bente Scavenius from “Verdensdamerne”, local artist Iben Høj, former museum director Erland Porsmose, and several others.
The photo shows Line Nørgaard’s Christmas and festive table.
Where: Johannes Larsen Museum
When: 16. November to 5. January 2025
Special exhibition: PRESENCE Lars Jonsson and Jens Gregersen
29. June to 6. October 2024
A Swedish–Danish encounter between two nature artists
The summer exhibition 2024 at the Johannes Larsen Museum brings together two of the Nordic region’s most significant nature artists and communicators.
When: All days 10 AM – 17 PM June – August.
Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM – 16 PM September – October.
Særudstilling: Fritz Syberg. Livet vil!
12. oktober to 26. januar 2025
Livet vil! is a solo exhibition about one of the core artists of the Johannes Larsen Museum. Fritz Syberg’s life was full of contrasts, and art became his way of expressing both joy and processing grief and loss.
When: Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM – 16 PM
Special exhibition : Allan Otte & Ulrik Møller
1. February to 18. May 2025
In the winter and spring of 2025, the Johannes Larsen Museum presents a special exhibition featuring painters Ulrik Møller and Allan Otte, two prominent contemporary artists who each, in their own way, take the landscape as their central focus.
When: Tuesday – Sunday 10 AM – 16 PM
Special exhibition: Aqqut / Path. Bolatta Silis-Høegh and Aka Høegh
23. May to 7. September 2025
Where does your path lead?
“Aqqut” means “path” in Greenlandic and is the title of this summer’s major special exhibition at the Johannes Larsen Museum, featuring artists Aka Høegh and Bolatta Silis-Høegh. A central question explores how you find your own path when your parents are also artists.
When: 23.May – 31.May and 1.Sept.-7.Sept.: tuesday-sunday 10 AM -16 PM
Summer: 1.June-31.August: all days 10 AM – 17 PM
Exhibition: Christmas and festive tables
15. November to 4. January 2026
Look forward to this year’s Christmas and festive tables at the Johannes Larsen Museum – more information will be announced continuously, but we already know there will be many exciting tables to experience.
Exhibition: Christmas and festive tables
15. November to 4. January 2026
Look forward to this year’s Christmas and festive tables at the Johannes Larsen Museum – more information will be announced continuously, but we already know there will be many exciting tables to experience.
Special exhibition: Bird 2025
13. September 2025 to 11. January 2026
61 artists and artist groups from Denmark and abroad present their bird-themed works at the Johannes Larsen Museum in the autumn and winter of 2025–26. The exhibition showcases new bird art that will captivate audiences with compelling interpretations of what bird art can and should be today.
