UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

New Muslim Homes

8 September 2026 – 31 October 2026 The foyer at Farum Kulturhus

Islam was once primarily an immigrant religion in Denmark, and Muslims were first and foremost people who came here as immigrants or refugees. Today, the picture is different: the Danish Muslim population is no longer dominated by first-generation immigrants, and Islam is no longer ‘foreign’ in Denmark. As a living religion and religious practice, Islam naturally develops within its Danish context, and as Muslim families and communities take root here, new identities and aesthetic expressions emerge.

One example is new Danish Islamic art and decorative objects. These may include posters with Islamic calligraphy or Ramadan ornaments. Increasingly, these objects find their way into Danish Muslim homes, where they simultaneously reflect both the Danish and the Muslim through their stylistic expression and the traditions of which they are a part. In this way, these seemingly inconspicuous objects are part of a negotiation of community and identity.

In the exhibition ‘New Muslim Homes’, we meet the creative Danish entrepreneurs who design and produce the art and decorative objects and who, from the beginning, have helped develop new Danish-Muslim aesthetic expressions. Through their work, ideas and motivations, we gain insight into the new identities that the objects represent and into how what was once perceived as ‘coming from outside’ has gradually become ‘at home’.

The exhibition was created in collaboration with postdoc Maria Lindebæk Schmidt Lyngsøe and the research project Pious Practices Among Danish Muslims at the University of Copenhagen. It is funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Photo: Maria Mawla produces Ramadan candles. 2026.