# Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation

The Niels Wessel Bagge Art Foundation (Danish: Niels Wessel Bagges Kunstfond) is a non-profit organization founded by the Danish dancer, scenographer and art collector Niels Wessel Bagge. Items from Bagge's own art and crafts collection are now on display in four Danish art museums. Each year, the foundation awards five to 10 grants to Danish artists.

## History

Niels Wessel Bagge was born into a wealthy family in Copenhagen. He later moved to America where he had a career in showbiz. He established the foundation in the United States through his will in 1994 and selected the businessman Ebbe Wedell-Wedell as its first chairman. The foundation is now based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

## Management

The foundation is administrated by a board consisting of Nina Wedell-Wedellsborg (chairman), lawyer Christian Alsøe, IT entrepreneur Juri Krasilnikoff and artist Lulu Refn.

## Grants
### 2000s

| Year | Recipients | Ref |
| 2003 | FOS (Thomas Poulsen) | Ref |
| 2003 | Rannvá Kunoy | Ref |
| 2003 | Kaspar Bonnén | Ref |
| 2003 | Peter Mandrup | Ref |
| 2003 | Peter Brandes | Ref |
| 2003 | Jane Reumert | Ref |
| 2004 | Iben West | Ref |
| 2004 | Malene Landgreen | Ref |
| 2004 | Kristian Dahlgaard | Ref |
| 2004 | Inuk Silis Høegh | Ref |
| 2004 | Doris Bloom | Ref |
| 2004 | Pernille Kløvedal Helweg | Ref |
| 2005 | FOS (Thomas Poulsen) | Ref |
| 2005 | Rannvá Kunoy | Ref |
| 2005 | Kaspar Bonnén | Ref |
| 2005 | Peter Mandrup | Ref |
| 2005 | Peter Brandes | Ref |
| 2005 | Jane Reumert | Ref |
| 2006 | Anette Harboe Flensburg | Ref |
| 2006 | Viera Collaro | Ref |
| 2006 | Peter Land | Ref |
| 2006 | Lars Nørgård | Ref |
| 2006 | Krass Clement | Ref |
| 2006 | John Kørner | Ref |
| 2006 | Kristian Devantier | Ref |
| 2006 | Gunleif Grube | Ref |
| 2006 | Eske Kath | Ref |
| 2006 | Kirsten Dehlholm | Ref |
| 20107 | Peter Linde Busk | Ref |
| 20107 | Alexander Tovborg | Ref |
| 20107 | Anders Bonnesen | Ref |
| 20107 | Lars Tygesen | Ref |
| 20107 | Jun-Ichi Inoue | Ref |
| 20107 | Per Morten Abrahamsen | Ref |
| 20107 | Karin Kaster | Ref |
| 20107 | Sonny Tronborg | Ref |
| 20108 | Astrid Kruse Jensen | Ref |
| 20108 | Esben Klemann | Ref |
| 20108 | Mie Olise Kjærgaard | Ref |
| 20108 | Nicolai Howalt / Trine Søndergaard | Ref |
| 20108 | Jonas Hvid Søndergaard | Ref |
| 20109 | Adam Saks | Ref |
| 20109 | Jeppe Hein | Ref |
| 20109 | Eva Koch | Ref |
| 20109 | Cathrine Raben Davidsen | Ref |
| 20109 | Eva Steen Christensen | Ref |
| 20109 | Erik Varming | Ref |
| 20109 | Morten Buch | Ref |

### 2010s

| Year | Recipients | Ref |
| 2010 | Jeannette Ehlers | Ref |
| 2010 | Morten Schelde | Ref |
| 2010 | Marie Søndergaard Lolk | Ref |
| 2010 | Andreas Schulenburg | Ref |
| 2010 | Ulrik Crone | Ref |
| 2010 | Erik Varming | Ref |
| 2010 | Christian Skeel | Ref |
| 2010 | Peter Callesen | Ref |
| 2010 | Superflex | Ref |
| 2016 | Sophie Dupont | Ref |
| 2016 | Christian Danielewitz | Ref |
| 2016 | Astrid Myntekær | Ref |
| 2016 | Absalon Kirkeby | Ref |
| 2016 | Ditte Gantriis | Ref |
| 2016 | Troels Sandegård | Ref |
| 2016 | Silas Inoue | Ref |
| 2016 | Amalie Smith | Ref |
| 2016 | Merete Vyff Slyngborg | Ref |
| 2016 | Tina Maria Nielsen | Ref |
| 2016 | Jean Marc Routhier | Ref |
| 2016 | Morten Skrøder Lund | Ref |
| 2016 | Sian Kristoffersen | Ref |
| 2017 | Kirsten Ortwed | Ref |
| 2017 | Heine Kjærgaard Klausen | Ref |
| 2017 | Peter Brandes | Ref |
| 2017 | Benedikte Bjerre | Ref |
| 2017 | Mathias and Mathias | Ref |