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08 May 2017

Martin has made five new paintings for Marselisborg Gymnasium

Martin in front of his five new paintings ordered by The New Carlsberg Foundation especially for Marselisborg Gymnasium in Aarhus in Denmark. Three other artists also got their separate rooms; Julie Nord, Katrine Ærtebjerg and Jesper Christiansen. Reception at Marselisborg Gymnasium, Tuesday the 23rd of May, 2017, 15:30 hrs.

19 Apr 2017

Martin makes drawings for Danish author Stig Dalagers new take on the myth of Jesus, Easter, 2017, People´s Press, Copenhagen

Out now, April, 2017: The Last Days Of The Rabbi is a free interpretation of the history of the Jewish preacher Josua ben Josef, better known as Jesus of Nazaret. In his narrative Stig Dalager shakes the usual perception of Jesus, as neither Jesus or Judas appears as in the canonized Gospels. "The author and the artist makes a perfect companinonship"- Lisbeth Smedegaard Andersen, Weekendavisen.
"Now he has done it again, Bigum...Halleluja!"- Søren Vinterberg, Politiken.
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04 Apr 2017

Weekendavisen publishes Martins text on Danish light art pioneer and U.S. emigrant Thomas Wilfred (1889-1967)

Only in Danish: Martin went to Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, only to be confirmed that one of the most overlooked artists of the 20th Century was a Dane called Thomas Wilfred. His medium was light, not painted, but used as an artform in itself. He was years ahead of his time, and the general art history still has not discovered him. But Yale University Art Gallery and a handful of dedicated American collectors have.

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22 Sep 2016

Offentligt foredrag/Public talk

Martin Bigum will give a public lecture Wednesday the 28th of September at 16.30 at ARKEN.
You will have the opporunity to greet Martin Bigum when he will do book signing after the lecture.
For tickets go to: Billetto

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