COPENHAGEN.- It has now become quick and easy to access the latest research from Denmark’s art museums. The National Gallery of Denmark, in partnership with the Danish Agency for Culture, launched the digital journal Perspective with articles focussing on research into the activities and collections of Danish art museums.

You can learn about the plein-air painting of the Danish Golden Age and discover who was really behind the genre’s breakthrough in Denmark, gain insight into technical art historical debates about concept and originality, or read how the barber John Christensen went from being a celebrated figure in the interwar art world to become a marginalised character in art history. The new digital journal provides quick and easy access to the latest research at Denmark’s art museums.

Increased Visibility
The Danish Ministry of Culture and Denmark’s new museum bill have increased demands on Danish museum researchers to publish in peer-reviewed forums and disseminate their research to a wider national and international audience.

“It is both logical and relevant that SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark assumes the role of host and publisher of a new digital journal. We want to contribute to opening knowledge platforms and new publication channels to give Danish art research the profile it deserves,” says Mikkel Bogh, director of The National Gallery of Denmark.

Perspective publishes articles about research relating to exhibitions, as well as on subjects not featured in the materials the museum publishes for a broader audience. This could be research with a specific focus on works and artists represented in Danish collections, as well as research with a more methodological or theoretical focus in fields like museology or historiography.

Facts
Perspective is a digital journal for research articles based on and relevant to art museums. The journal’s articles focus on the art to be found at Danish art museums and museological research based on the work of Danish museums.

The contributors to the journal are Danish and international researchers from art museums, universities and other expert forums. The articles appeal to art museum colleagues and others with a strong interest in and knowledge about art. All articles are peer-reviewed and published in both Danish and English.