stranger than kindness nick cave exhibition

The Black Diamond venue serves as a cultural outpost of the Royal Danish Library, an old building in central Copenhagen holding one of Northern Europe’s largest collections of rare books, manuscripts and artists’ archives.

In particular, the Arts Centre Melbourne is the custodian of the Australian Performing Arts collection, to whom Cave donated his archive in 2006. The retrospective has been developed and designed by Royal Danish Library’s exhibition coordinator Christina Back and the Arts Centre Melbourne’s director of collections Janine Barrand, as the two institutions collaborated on the project. The poster of “Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition,” running March 23 to Oct.

The exhibition is set to offer a journey into the creative world of Cave, bringing together large-scale installations and original atmospheric soundscapes with more than 300 objects from the musician’s own collection, the Nick Cave archive at Arts Centre Melbourne, the collections of the Royal Danish Library and a number of private lenders. The initiative is not surprising, in light of the personal relationship Gucci’s creative director Alessandro Michele has with Cave, who is a regular guest at Gucci fashion shows and events, including the latest LACMA’s Art + Film Gala hosted earlier this month in Los Angeles. 3 at The Black Diamond venue - part of the Royal Danish Library - in Copenhagen. The Kering-owned fashion house will be the main sponsor of “Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition,” running March 23 to Oct.

SUPPORTING FRIENDS: Gucci is strengthening its commitment in support of arts and cultural activities sponsoring an upcoming exhibition on Australian musician Nick Cave.

Stranger than kindness nick cave exhibition