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AHC on Thoravej 29, 2400 Copenhagen NV. Photo: Hampus Berndtson.

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Room Room, AHC, Thoravej 29. Photo: Hampus Berndtson.

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Opening in Room Room, 17 January 2025. Photo: Emil Basse.

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Workshop in the casting workshop, Gathering, 4 April 2025. Photo: Emil Basse.

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Performance by Laurits Gulløv: Rikochet. Photo: Christian Brems.

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Performance by Justin F. Kennedy in Room Room. Photo: Emil Basse.

ABOUT

AHC – Art Hub Copenhagen – is an art institution in Denmark dedicated to facilitating and accelerating artistic development and knowledge production through residencies, research programmes, public events and partnerships.

By offering a wide range of opportunities through diverse and tailored programming, AHC supports both emerging and established artists, curators and writers in developing and positioning their practice, research and professional network, thereby strengthening the contemporary art scene at large.

Moreover, AHC takes part in interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships at local, national and international levels, aiming to bring different people and institutions together and foster engaging exchanges with the public through exhibitions, events, critical discourse and knowledge sharing.

THE BACKGROUND OF AHC

Initiated and founded by the Bikuben Foundation in 2018, AHC is a non-profit organisation with an independent board of art and business professionals and a dedicated team leading the institution’s mission.

The vision for AHC stems from a report published by the Bikuben Foundation in 2016, which investigated the field of visual arts in Denmark through interviews with various art professionals. The report identified key challenges, including a shortage of work and studio spaces in Copenhagen, as well as possible initiatives, such as the fostering of more interdisciplinary, international and sustainable environment for artists, curators, researchers and art writers. These findings laid the groundwork for a new type of art institution, ultimately leading to the establishment of AHC.

Since 2019, AHC has been situated at Halmtorvet in Copenhagen’s meatpacking district. In January 2025, the institution moved to the northwestern part of the city and opened new studio spaces, workshops, and a exhibition space. At Thoravej 29 AHC is a part of the community project Thoravej 29.

AHC is primarily founded by the Bikuben Foundation, with additional support for its research hosting activities from the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Other programmes are supported by local, national and international partners and foundations.

You can read the statutes of the Union Art Hub Copenhagen here (in Danish).

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AHC Policy

AHC works purposefully to support and create opportunities for visual artists and other art professionals regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, identity, and sexuality. We do this, among other things, through residency programmes, which provide time, space, and language for diverse practices and thus space for a wide field og artists from both Denmark and abroad.

AHC wants to create inclusive communities that welcome people regardless of background, based on an artistic conversation in a non-prejudiced space across methods and disciplines. We do this by creating a framework for critical thinking and discussion that unfolds in public programs, research courses and seminars.

AHC does not tolerate racism, homophobia, transphobia, body shaming, ableism, sexism, and behavior intended to harass or intimidate other, neither in our organisations and residencies, nor at our public events and exhibitions.

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