This is how it all started
more than 25 years ago
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Andersen’s was founded in 2005 by Claus Andersen ( Graduated at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen). It developed organically from Andersen’s Wohnung (together with Anselm Reyle and Thilo Heinzmann) in Berlin, which started in 1997, out of the need for building an artistic dialogue. Over the past twenty years, Andersens has been vital in the development of the contemporary art scene in Copenhagen, from beeing a key advisor in the founding of CPH:DOX, to founding a variety of magazines from Øjeblikket to Magasin Schäfer, to the infamous art bar Imbiss to Founding the Biggest art fair in Scandinavia, Chart art fair. As well as being board member in different art institutions and the national art foundation.
At Andersen’s, we show art relevant to our times, sometimes political, sometimes radical but always in dialogue with the surrounding society and supporting a deeper understanding and free-minded exchange of ideas and ideals in contemporary art. It’s a nonbinary organism, our financial freedom derives only from the sales of the art we show.
Andersen’s successful placed substantial key installations in many Danish museum among others by Olafur Eliasson, Anselm Reyle, Tomas Saraceno, Michelangelo Pistoletto , Martin Brandt Hansen and Goudipal , As well as many important works by most of the other artist represented, last but not least, we have been a key partner in Several Venice Bienale Pavilions ( Saraceno, FOS, Roepstorff) , as well as public commissions by among others Olafur Eliasson to the upcoming Cloud City Aalborg by Tomas Saraceno , which will be the biggest public commissions to date in Denmark, opening in 2026.
At Andersen’s we’re very proud of having represented artis that spans over many generations from Freddie A. Lerche and Albert Mertz to Thilo Heinzmann, Anselm Reyle, Katja Strunz, Pia Ronnicke , Ingen Frygt and Henrik Olesen to Cecilia Fiona, Fernanda Iglavao, Martin Brandt Hansen, Esben Weile Kjaer, Melanie Kitti, Farshad Farzankia and Jasmin Franko. We have aimed to include and be an important platform for a new voice on the international art scene.
In 2022 Andersen's appointed Lene Renner as Director and partner to strengthen the relationship with artists and clients, as well as to develop the platform that Andersen's stands on. Renner's background comes from a variety of businesses, mainly fashion, she has worked for eleven years at KØS, the National Museum of Public Art and founded the Fashion Brand Sur Le Chenin, which is now part of the family.
Be nicer than you have to be.
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