Den Frie Udstilling: MAJOR WORKS

Den Frie Udstilling was founded in 1891 and is Denmark’s oldest artists’ association. Every year, a working committee is elected from among the association’s members, who set the framework for the next exhibition. In 2025, the committee consists of members Kirsten Ortwed, Morten Stræde and Uffe Isolotto.

With the exhibition MAJOR WORKS, the focus will be on one main work from the individual artist’s production. This year, the artists have chosen one Major Work to exhibit – this can of course be understood in different ways: the best work, the most important (as designated by others), the most exhibited, the most widely known, a sketch or a model that led the work on the trail of something that turned out to be crucial. The decision about what an artist’s major work is, is often made by others than the artist – by curators, critics, perhaps even collectors, but in this exhibition the decision is put back in the hands of the artists, to let them give their own answer to what the core of their practice looks like. The concept for this year’s exhibition means that not only new works from the past year will be shown, but that on the contrary, landmark works that are representative of the individual artists’ practices will also be revisited and pointed out. Each work will stand out sharply in its own right and, as always, will be part of a collective artistic context.