Randers Museum of Art

Welcome to the Randers Museum of Art, situated in the heart of the historic Jutland city of Randers. At first glance, you might assume this regional institution is a quiet, conservative repository for traditional Danish…

We begin our exploration in a space defined by profound poetic stillness, standing before Belu-Simion Fainaru’s installation, 'You Have Always to Start Anew'. Fainaru, an artist from the port city of Haifa, Israel, utilizes the…

Prepare for a jarring thematic shift as we transition from Fainaru's spiritual fragility into the aggressive, cynical, and highly controversial world of Kristian von Hornsleth. We are now entering the section of his massive…

As we move into the next highly provocative space of the 'Super Crash' exhibition, we are confronted with the terrifying intersection of global finance, contemporary art, and the machinery of death. Here, Kristian von Hornsleth…

Continuing our descent into Hornsleth's brutal critique of late-stage capitalism, we arrive at the documentation for 'The Homeless Project'. This ongoing performance, initiated in London, takes the concept of privatization to its…

We now confront what is arguably the most viscerally shocking installation in the Randers Museum of Art: the remnants of the Lunden School Massacre Project. Made in 2009, this project addresses a uniquely modern horror—the…

For our final section within the Hornsleth exhibition, we step into the 'Branding Room', a space dedicated to the absolute surrender of art to the mechanics of capitalism. The subtitle for this space is: 'We want to entertain you…

As we conclude our intense and challenging journey through the Randers Museum of Art, let us take a moment in the quiet of the foyer to decompress and synthesize what we have experienced. We came to a museum in regional Denmark,…