Jens Faurschou

Jens Faurschou (born 1960) is a Copenhagen-based art collector and art advisor.[1] He is the founder of several art-related institutions, most notably the contemporary art institution, Faurschou Foundation. He is also founder of Copenhagen's centre for large-scale contemporary installation art, Copenhagen Contemporary, and co-founder of the Danish production company for virtual reality art, Khora Contemporary.[2]


He originally operated the commercial gallery, Galleri Faurschou (1986 - 2011), but decided to close the gallery in 2011 in order to open the non-commercial entity, Faurschou Foundation, which now has exhibition spaces in Copenhagen and Beijing.[3]

Life and career

Jens Faurschou was born on the island of Funen in the central part of Denmark. As a student of Economics at the Copenhagen Business School, he started working at an art library in Copenhagen, which introduced him to the art world. In 1986, in partnership with his now former wife, Luise Faurschou, he opened his first gallery in Copenhagen, Galleri Faurschou. During this time, he became known as a dealer for works by Edvard Munch.[4] A second gallery was opened in Beijing's art district, 798, in 2007.[5] The galleries exhibited international artists Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Gabriel Orozco, Danh Vo, Bill Viola, Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, as well as Danish artists, Michael Kvium, and Christian Lemmerz, among others.[6]

After twenty-five successful years, both galleries were closed, and then transformed into private art institutions. After Jens and Luise Faurschou's divorce, Jens Faurschou continued to run Faurschou Foundation.[7]

References
  1. Edited from an interview with Clemens Bomsdorf. "Jens Faurschou on Life Beyond the Gallery", Wall Street Journal, August 7, 2014.
  2. Private Museum Conference Webpage. "Jens Faurschou", PMC.
  3. Anna Dickie. "Jens Faurschou in Conversation", Ocula, August 19, 2015.
  4. Kjeld Hybel and Nikolaj Heltoft. "Han ejer kunst for mange millioner: »Det er filantropi. Fuldstændig. Jamen, det er det!«", Politiken, March 18, 2016.
  5. Tom Mouna. "Faurschou Foundation turns 10", Time Out Beijing, March 17, 2017.
  6. MHB. "Faurschou udlever de store drømme i Nordhavnen", kunsten nu, August 31, 2011.
  7. World Art Foundations Webpage. "Faurschou Foundation Beijing", World Art Foundations.
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