Toves Galleri
Copenhagen, Denmark
The artist-run exhibition space Toves Galleri is named after, and situated in, the shopping mall Toves Galleri, which in turn is named after the local Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen, who grew up in the neighbourhood. From the onset the exhibition space was dedicated to the experiment, itself being an experiment; an artistic workout space assimilating into the context of an empty, bankrupt shopping mall with a fitness centre as it’s closest neighbour. The artist Pind founded the exhibition space inviting 20-something artists to participate in the project with him, using the artists’ previous works as starting point for a new beginning.
After a year with various exhibitions and events, the place now seems to have found it’s platform, supported by a now smaller group of visionary artists, who have reinvented the space, and generously will provide the local art scene with the possibility to experience or exhibit projects or curated shows in the probably largest, white cube, artist-run exhibition space in the city.
The artist-run exhibition space Toves Galleri is named after, and situated in, the shopping mall Toves Galleri, which in turn is named after the local Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen, who grew up in the neighbourhood. From the onset the exhibition space was dedicated to the experiment, itself being an experiment; an artistic workout space assimilating into the context of an empty, bankrupt shopping mall with a fitness centre as it’s closest neighbour. The artist Pind founded the exhibition space inviting 20-something artists to participate in the project with him, using the artists’ previous works as starting point for a new beginning.
After a year with various exhibitions and events, the place now seems to have found it’s platform, supported by a now smaller group of visionary artists, who have reinvented the space, and generously will provide the local art scene with the possibility to experience or exhibit projects or curated shows in the probably largest, white cube, artist-run exhibition space in the city.