In this special tour, exhibition curator Lotte Løvholm and art educator Astrid Brincker Olson follow the traces of Karoline Ebbesen’s deep fascination with the moon as a motif and symbol, which she used as a central and recurring element in her artistry. The tour focuses on the role of the moon in visual art throughout history and how it has been used as a motif, source of inspiration, spiritual force, and a temporality and place to place art in and let creativity begin.

In this tour, we slow down, inspired by the slow looking method, and examine the art in depth with the moon as a simple angle of approach that nevertheless contains endless nuances and perspectives. The tour takes us from Ebbesen’s treasure trove of works in the Kurhuset, through the streets in the twilight of Midsummer’s Eve, and down to Sct. Hans Have, where Nine Moons for Karoline (2016) by contemporary artist Matilde Duus is located.

“I think about when you got sick and were admitted to Sct. Hans Hospital, and how you settled into your inner universe. Black moon, waving hand (always the left one), window to the soul in your chest (…)” – Matilde Duus

Kaååråålines Verses
The exhibition Kaååråålines Vers (Kaååråålines Verses) is the Roskilde Museum of Contemporary Art’s autumn exhibition, displayed in Kurhuset, located in the former Sankt Hans Hospital, where the artist Karoline Ebbesen lived from the mid-1880s until her death in 1936. During her long hospitalization, Ebbesen produced works in textiles, embroidery, collage, drawing, and text, and developed her own font and alphabet. The exhibition presents Ebbesen’s works alongside new large-scale installations by Danish and international artists, all with direct references to Ebbesen.

Practical information
Language: Danish
The tour lasts 1.5 hours
Meeting point: At the entrance to the exhibition, Kurhuset, Kurhusvænge 3

Photo: Lise Haller Baggesen, Little Sunray sat watching the Moon, Roskilde Festival 2025.