Gitte Ørskou, museum director and Kristin Lundell, press officer
12.12 2019
A new Museum Director in town
In the fall of 2019, Gitte Ørskou became the museum’s eleventh director and with many years of experience from the Danish art and museum world it was now time for her to take on the Swedish counterpart. In the Moderna Museet podcast, she talks about her views on art and what a modern museum should look like. How bold should one be when rehanging the collection and how important are attendance numbers? And has she ever tried using the nickname danish newspapers gave her to win a discussion?
Moderna Museet will publish ten episodes of the podcast in 2019. Opening music: “Walk on By” by Perro Del Mar. The podcast is in Swedish.
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Published 12 December 2019 · Updated 13 February 2020
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