AHC relocates and opens expansive new facilities for the visual arts

In January 2025, Art Hub Copenhagen will move to Thoravej 29 in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district, unveiling a range of studios, workshops for artistic production and a brand-new exhibition space. Now AHC invites artists and curators to apply to join them.

It has been five years since Art Hub Copenhagen (AHC) first opened its doors as a new type of art institution in Copenhagen. Ever since, AHC has focused on creating development opportunities for visual artists and facilitating experimental interactions between art, artists and the public.

These efforts are now being further strengthened. In January 2025, AHC will move from Halmtorvet in Copenhagen’s meatpacking district to Thoravej 29 in the Nordvest district, where new and expansive facilities await in an old industrial building, sustainably redesigned by the young architectural team pihlmann architects.

At the new location, AHC will offer 14 studios and five large workshops for artistic production, providing resources for professional artists, curators and art researchers.

Part of a new artistic environment
Now, visual artists, curators and art writers can apply to move with AHC to Thoravej at the turn of the year.

The new facilities provide a professional space for work – a place to create, research, experiment, write, network and have meetings. Most importantly, it offers the chance to be a key part of and contributor to a new artistic community in Copenhagen, which will also feature an exhibition space and large stage for public events.

More information on how to apply to join AHC at Thoravej can be found here. The application deadline is Sunday, 20 October 2024.

Better conditions for art
On 17 January next year, the doors to Thoravej 29 will officially open, and with it, AHC’s new exhibition space will be unveiled.

The space will serve as a new, international platform for contemporary art, hosting four exhibitions a year. The programme will primarily be shaped by early-career artists, curators and practice-based researchers, and largely organised through open calls. The exhibition programme will be announced later this autumn.

Artistic Director of AHC, Jacob Fabricius, states:

“Over the past five years, AHC has hosted three artists at a time, but with our move to Thoravej 29, we are now expanding the number and will thus be far better equipped to address the city’s shortage of studios and workshop facilities and to help create better conditions for artistic development, production, research and new experiments. Our ambitious goal of engaging more people in contemporary arts will too truly take flight. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome artists into new work facilities and the public to exciting exhibitions and new events every week.”

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MORE ABOUT THORAVEJ 29

When AHC relocates to Thoravej 29, the institution will become part of both a public meeting place and a professional community. Thoravej 29 is not just an address in Nordvest, but also the name of a member-based association for the various organisations housed in the building.

The vision for Thoravej 29 is that its members – primarily from the visual arts, performing arts and social sector – join forces to explore the major issues and challenges of today through interdisciplinary collaborations and events. Read more here.

The building at Thoravej 29, owned by the Bikuben Foundation, is a 1960s industrial building transformed by pihlmann architects. Adhering to a principle of the building reusing itself, the architects have created a sustainable space where for instance old concrete floor slabs have been repurposed as stairs and furniture.

Nominated ”Building of the Year” by Licitationen, the building is a gathering place which offers a wide range of facilities, including workshops for artistic production, studios, an exhibition space, a black box for performing arts development, a stage for public events, a café and office spaces.

AHC will oversee the studios, workshops and exhibition space, and will also host weekly events on the stage.

In 2021, shortly after the Bikuben Foundation acquired the building at Thoravej 29 and before renovation began, AHC gave five curators the opportunity to each transform one of the building’s floors into a temporary exhibition space, showcasing works by 23 artists. See images of the project here.

You can follow the renovation of Thoravej 29 with pihlmann architects here.