The Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation (Danish: Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond) is a non-profit organization founded by the Danish dancer, scenographer and art collector Niels Wessel Bagge. Items from Bagge's own art and crafts collection are now on display in four Danish art museums. Each year, the foundation awards five to 10 grants to Danish artists.
History Niels Wessel Bagge was born into a wealthy family in Copenhagen. He later moved to America where he had a career in showbiz. He established the foundation in the United States through his will in 1994 and selected the businessman Ebbe Wedell-Wedell as its first chairman. The foundation is now based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Management The foundation is administrated by a board consisting of Nina Wedell-Wedellsborg (chairman), lawyer Christian Alsøe, IT entrepreneur Juri Krasilnikoff and artist Lulu Refn.
Grants
2000s Year Recipients Ref 2003 FOS (Thomas Poulsen) Ref Rannvá Kunoy Ref Kaspar Bonnén Ref Peter Mandrup Ref Peter Brandes Ref Jane Reumert Ref 2004 Iben West Ref Malene Landgreen Ref Kristian Dahlgaard Ref Inuk Silis Høegh Ref Doris Bloom Ref Pernille Kløvedal Helweg Ref 2005 FOS (Thomas Poulsen) Ref Rannvá Kunoy Ref Kaspar Bonnén Ref Peter Mandrup Ref Peter Brandes Ref Jane Reumert Ref 2006 Anette Harboe Flensburg Ref Viera Collaro Ref Peter Land Ref Lars Nørgård Ref Krass Clement Ref John Kørner Ref Kristian Devantier Ref Gunleif Grube Ref Eske Kath Ref Kirsten Dehlholm Ref 2007 Peter Linde Busk Ref Alexander Tovborg Ref Anders Bonnesen Ref Lars Tygesen Ref Jun-Ichi Inoue Ref Per Morten Abrahamsen Ref Karin Kaster Ref Sonny Tronborg Ref 2008 Astrid Kruse Jensen Ref Esben Klemann Ref Mie Olise Kjærgaard Ref Nicolai Howalt / Trine Søndergaard Ref Jonas Hvid Søndergaard Ref 2009 Adam Saks Ref Jeppe Hein Ref Eva Koch Ref Cathrine Raben Davidsen Ref Eva Steen Christensen Ref Erik Varming Ref Morten Buch Ref
2010s Year Recipients Ref 2010 Jeannette Ehlers Ref Morten Schelde Ref Marie Søndergaard Lolk Ref Andreas Schulenburg Ref Ulrik Crone Ref Erik Varming Ref Christian Skeel Ref Peter Callesen Ref Superflex Ref 2016 Sophie Dupont Ref Christian Danielewitz Ref Astrid Myntekær Ref Absalon Kirkeby Ref Ditte Gantriis Ref Troels Sandegård Ref 2016 Silas Inoue Ref Amalie Smith Ref Merete Vyff Slyngborg Ref Tina Maria Nielsen Ref Jean Marc Routhier Ref Morten Skrøder Lund Ref Sian Kristoffersen Ref 2017 Kirsten Ortwed Ref Heine Kjærgaard Klausen Ref Peter Brandes Ref Benedikte Bjerre Ref Mathias and Mathias Ref2024 Cecilie Norgaard Javier Tapia Tinne Zenner Berit Heggenhougen-Jensen Rebekka Hilmer Heltoft Anna Stahn Jytte Rex Åse Eg Jørgensen Frederik Næblerød Freja Sofie Kirk Martin Brandt HansenRef
References
External links Official website