EXHIBITIONS
During Arne Jacobsen’s lifetime, his work was exhibited in Denmark, Europe and the United States. He participated in design fairs and group exhibitions and had major solo exhibitions in Amsterdam, Glasgow and Vienna among other places.
The list is based on the work of Carsten Thau and Kjeld Vindum published in their monumental monograph Arne Jacobsen (1998) with further additions and revisions made by Arne Jacobsen Design Archives.
1920s
1925
Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris
Participation with a chair (awarded a silver medal)
1927
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Copenhagen
Participation with Library Furniture
1929
The Danish Association of Architects’ Housing and Building Exhibition in Forum, Copenhagen
Participation with House of the Future with Flemming Lassen and the Paris chair
Exhibition stall for the roofing felt factory Phønix A/S, Vejen
Bar for CLOC
1930s
1932
Copenhagen Cabinetmakers’ Guild’s exhibition
Participation with living room furniture with Flemming Lassen
Radiofoniudstillingen (The Broadcasting Exhibition), Industribygningen, Copenhagen
Exhibition design and poster for the exhibition
1934
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with Dragør Strandbad (Dragør Beach Baths)
1936
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with the building for Novo at Frederiksberg, the H.I.K. tennis hall, the bank branch office Sct. Stefan and single-family detached houses
1939
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with Stelling House
80 years of architecture drawings at Charlottenborg
Participation
1940s
1940
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with proposal for Søllerød Town Hall with Flemming Lassen
1941
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with for Aarhus City Hall with Erik Møller
Charlottenborg Christmas Exhibition, Copenhagen
Participation with watercolours
1943
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with Søllerød Town Hall with Flemming Lassen and printed textiles with Jonna Jacobsen (née Møller)
1944
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with locker room building at the YMCA in Emdrup
Handtryckta Textilier. Och därmed harmonierande tapeter, Nordiska Kompaniet, Stockholm
Solo exhibition of printed textiles
1945
Lord & Taylor, New York
Exhibition of upholstery and curtain fabrics
1946
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with wallpapers and printed textiles
1948
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with proposal for the terraced house development Søholm
Exhibition with sculptor Hugo Liisberg at the Danish Museum of Art & Design (now Designmuseum Danmark), Copenhagen
Exhibition of printed textiles
1950s
1950
The National Danish Crafts Association’s exhibition
Participation with printed textiles
L’Architecture contemporaine Danoise, Musée Municipal d’Art Moderne, Paris
Participation with Bellavista, Stelling House, Aarhus City Hall, Søllerød Town Hall
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with Student housing for Gentofte Kommunes Ungdomsboliger, interior design for coffee import firm L. Paulsen & Co., the terraced housing development Søholm, proposal for day nursery and kindergarten for Foreningen Børnevennerne and the proposal for a hunting association lodge in Vejle
Danish Architecture of Today, RIBA, London
Participation with the tennis hall for H.I.K. and Aarhus City Hall, among other projects
1951
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with projects for the single-family detached house for C. A. Møller and Munkegaard School, among other designs
1952
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with the terraced housing development Søholm, among other projects
The National Danish Crafts Association’s exhibition, Zurich
Presentation of the Ant
1953
The National Danish Crafts Association’s spring exhibition, Copehagen, Aarhus, Odense, Oslo
Participation with the Ant, furniture for the American-Scandinavian Foundation and printed textiles
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with Single-family home for engineer C.A. Møller, Hårby Centralskole, the social housing development Islevvænge and the experimental classroom for Munkegaard School
1954
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with the Massey-Harris building, proposals for terraced housing developments on Ørnegårdsvej and an office building for A. Jespersen & Søn
Architecture exhibition at Aarhus City Hall
Participation with watercolors and the Munkegaard School, among other projects
1955
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation as main exhibitor with several single-family detached homes, Rødovre Town Hall, Glostrup Town Hall and the housing development Søholm III
H55 International Exhibition of Applied Arts of Housing and the Interior, Helsingborg
Participation with Series 7 and as the exhibition architect for the Danish section of the exhibition
Habitations individuelles au Danemark, The House of Denmark, Paris
Participation with several single-family detached homes and Series 7
1956
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation
1957
Hverdagens Stole (Everyday Chairs), The Danish Museum of Art & Design
Participation with the Ant, Series 7 and Grand Prix, among other designs
Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition
Solo exhibition featuring Munkegaard School, office building for A. Jespersens & Søn, Rødovre Town Hall and summer residence Kokfelt, among other designs
XI Triennale in Milan
Participation with Grand Prix chair, loudspeaker and AJ cutlery, among other designs (awarded the Grand Prix for the Grand Prix chair and a silver medal for the loudspeaker)
The International Architectural Exhibition Interbau, Berlin
Participation with four atrium houses, one of which was decorated with designs such as the Grand Prix chair, Series 7, the Ant, Eklipta, Royal Lamp, among other designs
1958
Interskandinaviska Artek, Stockholm
Participation with the plywood chairs
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with SAS Royal Hotel, among other designs
Formes Scandinaves, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Participation with a proposal for the interior design of SAS Royal Hotel, including a presentation of the Swan and the Egg
1959
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation
RIBA, London
Solo exhibition
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Solo exhibition
1960s
1960
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation
Exhibition of Danish architecture, The House of Denmark in Paris
Participation with the Munkegaard School
XII Triennale in Milan
Participation with chairs, including the Ant and the Egg
The Arts of Denmark, travelling exhibition premiering at the Metropolitan Museum, New York
Participation
1961
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with Saint Catherine’s College
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui,The House of Denmark in Paris
Participation
1962
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation
1963
Exhibition of indoor architecture in celebration of the 550th anniversary of Landskrona, Sweden
Participation
The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
Solo exhibition
1964
Dansk Arkitektur i Udlandet (Danish Architecture Abroad), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
Participation
Documenta III, Kassel
Participation with the Egg, among other designs
1965
Fredericia Furniture Fair
Participation with the Oxford series, among other designs
1966
Fredericia Furniture Fair
Participation with the Oksen chair (the Ox) and the Vippestolen (Tilt chair) series
1967
Danish Design Centre, Copenhagen
Solo exhibition
1968
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation
McLellan Galleries, Glasgow
Solo exhibition
1969
Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition
Participation with proposal for public swimming baths in Lyngby, competition proposal for Amsterdam city hall, Castrop-Rauxel city centre and Mainz City Hall with Otto Weitling and VOLA, among other designs
Scandinavian Furniture Fair, Copenhagen
Participation with the Lily, among other designs
1970s
1970
Scandinavian Furniture Fair
Participation with the TV chair and the Lily
1971
Scandinavian Furniture Fair
Participation with Series 3400, among other designs
Major recent exhibitions
Major recent exhibitions
1987
Arne Jacobsen. Architecte et designer danois 1902-1971, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Retrospective
2002
Arne Jacobsen – Absolutely Modern, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
Retrospective
2020
Arne Jacobsen – Designing Denmark, Trapholt, Kolding
Retrospective
Gesamtkunstwerke. Architecture by Arne Jacobsen and Otto Weitling in Germany
Berlin, Fehmarn, Mainz, Hannover, Castrop-Rauxel, Hamburg
Retrospective