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One of Europe's oldest kunsthaller has been showing art in the same building since 1917. Kunsthal Aarhus on J.M. Morks Gade, beside the Molleparken park in central Aarhus, was established on the initiative of the Aarhus Art Association of 1847 with a founding mission to inspire and promote general knowledge of the fine arts - and it has been doing exactly that, under shifting names, for over a century. The building tells its own story. Architect Axel Hoeg-Hansen drew the original 1917 art building; C.F. Moller Architects expanded it in the 1990s and 2000s to today's 1,000 square metres of exhibition space across five galleries. From 1955 to 1972 the institution traded as Aarhus Permanente - the building famously repainted "festive brick red" for the occasion - showing art alongside everyday objects and tools, and for a long period it ran as an artist-led venue for local painters. The 2013 relaunch as Kunsthal Aarhus brought professional management, a new visual identity by Designit, and a programme of international, national and local contemporary art. Exhibitions cover the full contemporary register - painting, sculpture, installation, video, performance and cross-disciplinary projects - through solo shows, thematic group exhibitions and dialogue exhibitions pairing Danish and foreign artists. The centenary in 2017 added the Sculpture Park, which turned the surrounding green space into a changing open-air exhibition with works by FOS, Soren Thilo Funder, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Willy Orskov and Jimmie Durham. Admission is free, the cafe and shop follow the opening hours, and the location - ten to fifteen minutes on foot from the central station, close to the pedestrian streets and ARoS - makes it an easy addition to any Aarhus art circuit. Open Tuesday to Sunday, closed Mondays.