At Horsens Art Museum, a new exhibition is currently presented in the museum’s old wing, focusing on the human figure in art from 1896 to 2022.

For more than a century, artists have explored, challenged, and reinvented the ways in which the human being is depicted,  from naturalistic portrayals and expressionist experiments to modern and conceptual interpretations.

With this exhibition, Horsens Art Museum aims to show how the depiction and perception of the human being have changed in step with society’s development and new currents in art. Here, you can encounter works where the body and face are used as mirrors of contemporary thought as well as reflections of the artist’s own emotions and identities. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on what it means to be human — seen through the eyes of art. Who are we, how do we see ourselves, and how do we see one another?

The collection display can be experienced until spring 2026.