The walk from the Old Villa towards the Cafe takes you through the museum's characteristic glass corridors and halls of the so-called North Wing. Here you can experience a wide-ranging selection of works from the collection.
The villa itself houses a selection of constructivist art - a movement that is based on geometry and most often appears with clearly defined colors, surfaces and shapes.
A direction of constructivism is called Op Art, a movement where artists work with means that are intended to directly affect our sensory apparatus. The Villa displays works by, among others, Josef Albers, Auguste Herbin, Victor Vasarely and Jesús Rafael Soto.
In the glass corridors, you can experience a dialogue between works located indside and outside. Here, you encounter classic pieces by artists such as Giacometti and Max Ernst, as well as a group of colored stone globes by Alicja Kwade.
Giacometti Gallery
The works of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti form a true point of reference at the Louisiana. The museum's large collection of his original sculptures – enviable even on an international scale – seem to be align in a truly unique way with the architecture.
In the Giacometti Hall, his iconic sculptures are displayed opposite Marlene Dumas' painting 'Mourning Marsyas' from 2024.
Humour and sharp critique
Take a turn to the right and into the small room below the staircase leading down to the spacious Giacometti gallery. Here you can see works from the museum collection of Austrian artist Birgit Jürgenssen (1949-2003). She emerged on the art scene in Vienna in the 1970s and, primarily through photography and drawing, created a distinctive visual universe characterised by humour, poetry and sharp social critique.
Jürgenssen explored the roles and expectations that shape people’s lives, particularly those of women. With great expressive variety, her works highlight the limitations that arise from rigid identities, while at the same time pointing to possible means of escape, stating “Be very creative, refuse your role.”
From the Giacometti Gallery the route takse you into a glass corridor, exhibiting some new works in the collection: El Anatsui's sculpture group 'Akua's Surviving Children', which was last shown in connection with the exhibition 'Ocean' opposite Jannis Kounellis' work 'Untitled' from 1993. From here there is also a view of the park with Danish artist Henry Heerup's original and humorous stone figures.
In the final and high-ceilinged room before reaching the Cafe, you can enjoy a fine selection of Asger Jorn’s paintings.
