MY FRIEND THE ART — Egill Sæbjörnsson

My Friend the Art is the first large-scale solo exhibition in Denmark with the world-renowned Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson.

February 7—June 7 2026

The exhibition unfolds as a sensorially engaging universe featuring monumental coloured pencils, seemingly classical white sculptures with animated surfaces, and floral reliefs that are activated and coloured by luminous projections.

Through humour and speculative thinking, the exhibition proposes an alternative framework in which art is understood as a form of evolutionary life – an Object Species – developing alongside humanity.

Colour, form and material are treated as qualities that, in collaboration with humans, are capable of generating joy and new ways of relating to the world. Art emerges here as a force rather than as objects: something we coexist with, and something that shapes us just as we shape it.

The exhibition also reflects on art’s caring and healing potential. This dimension is emphasised through the inclusion of drawings by the Icelandic pioneer of art therapy, Sigríður Björnsdóttir, as well as through spaces and furniture that invite visitors to draw and create themselves. 

My Friend the Art reflects the relationship between art and humanity as a form of friendship – open, playful, and constructive – where participation, sensory experiences and care are central.

Egill Sæbjörnsson (b. 1973, Iceland; lives and works in Berlin, Reykjavík and New York)
Sæbjörnsson’s works have been presented internationally at institutions including Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; MoMA PS1, New York; Frankfurter Kunstverein; and the National Gallery of Prague. He represented Iceland at the 57th Venice Biennale and, in 2019, was nominated for the Ars Fennica award in Finland.

The exhibition is supported by the The 15 June Foundation, A.P. Møller Foundation, the Augustinus Foundation, the Axel Muusfeldts Foundation and the Danish Arts Foundation