AUGUSTIANA ART PARK & ART GALLERY
Augustiana is an historical and architectural gem on the banks of Augustenborg Fjord with a long and varied history and an exciting future as an international art park and art gallery. The focus of the programme is professional contemporary art. Augustiana presents temporary exhibitions in the Art Gallery and a variety of art projects and events in the Art Park.
Opening Hours
Art Gallery:
Tuesday-Sunday: 12.00 – 16.00. Closed on Mondays.
Art Park:
Open 24/7 all year
Admission Free
Amel Ibrahimović
04.07.24 – 15.09.24
Amel Ibrahimović’s solo exhibition is about how we use art to create physical and mental spaces. A prime example of the artist’s practice is the Bosnian House Konak project, most recently presented at the National Gallery of Denmark’s exhibition Connections – Danish Artists from Ex-Yugoslavia (2022) and just acquired by the Danish Arts Foundation.
Bosnian House Konak features an architectural model of a house that Amel’s father designed in 1997 immediately after the havoc caused by the conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It combines traditional Bosnian building style with socialist ideals of collective fellowship and solidarity. Amel also aims to create a global, geopolitical shelter for the world’s 100 million homeless – based on concepts such as hospitality, togetherness, community and solidarity. The exhibition also features drawings, video, photography, video installations etc. Together they provide us with a retrospective look at more than two decades of Amel’s artistic practice.
Sara Sjölin, Lasse Bruun, Sia Hurtigkarl Degel, Camilla Thorup, Anne Marie Ploug, AVPD (Aslak Vibæk & Peter Døssing), Theis Wendt, Johanne Rude Lindegaard and Tina Maria Nielsen
29.05.24 – 18.08.24
In collaboration with the organisation Kunst På Arbejde (KPA) [English: Art At Work], Augustiana is delighted to launch SPORT & ILLUSIONS, a group exhibition that spotlights the two topics in the title.
Sóley Ragnarsdóttir
31.08.24 – 10.11.24In 2024, Sóley Ragnarsdóttir’s solo exhibition Queen of Hearts will be presented first at Gerðarsafn Museum (Iceland) and then at Augustiana Art Gallery (Sønderborg). The destinations mark two poles in the artist’s biography – Sóley’s first institutional exhibition in her home country, and her first solo exhibition in Als, where she grew up.
Sóley currently lives and works in Stenbjerg, Thy, where her nearest neighbour is the North Sea. In her works, she mixes locally found materials – amber, shells, shards of glass polished by the sea, and ocean plastic found on the beach etc. – with acrylic paint on canvas and napkins hardened with the use of epoxy. For several generations, napkins were collector’s items in the artist’s family. Sóley perpetuates that practice and invests it with new meaning. Ocean plastic and napkins are both ‘modest’ materials – a virtually invisible part of society’s throw-away culture. But the artist transforms the materials into highly decorative, expressive works – round, two-dimensional objects hanging on a wall, or three-dimensional sculptural shapes.
The exhibition is an apt call to stop right now and look down into sand – and forget oneself in the details and decorations. Read more
There are several sculptures in Augustiana Art Park. You can find their location on our map.
The park is open 24 hours a day and worth a visit at any time of the year. The spacious grounds, situated between the palace and the fjord, feature some distinctive works, rare trees and shrubs, and a breathtaking view of Augustenborg Fjord.
Take the web app with you around the town and read or hear about the different sights. For example, you can start by walking along Storegade or Slotsallé, which both lead to the palace. The web app covers the whole old town, the harbour, gardens, forest and most of the Augustenborg Path to Brovold.
You can also find eateries and overnight accommodation in the web app.
Explore the town at your leisure – the guide helps you along the way. Enjoy your tour.
Augustiana is situated in the beautiful mansions of Augustenborg Palace. The history and function of the mansions are inextricably linked to that of the palace.
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