Helle Thygesen is a Danish art and antiques dealer. Having grown up in a family that was “very much into art,” she studied art history at university and worked at the Copenhagen gallery The Apartment from 2012 to 2014. The following year, she launched her eponymous website, where she sells a handpicked selection of modern and contemporary art and decorative objects. She lives in Copenhagen’s leafy northern suburbs. How do you work? I browse online all day, every day. I tend to buy mostly from French and English auction houses. Now that I’ve been around for about five years I have a very good network of dealers who contact me when they have pieces they think I’ll find interesting. This story is from Kinfolk Issue Thirty-Seven Buy Now Related Stories Arts & Culture Issue 49 Checked Out Why is hotel art so boring? Arts & Culture Issue 49 Cult Rooms The history—and future—of Luna Luna Park. Arts & Culture Issue 49 Last Night What did gallerist Selma Modéer Wiking do with her evening? Arts & Culture Issue 47 Thanks, I Hate It How to give feedback to art friends. Arts & Culture Issue 46 Puff Piece On inflatable art. Arts & Culture Issue 44 Hannah Traore The art world's next big thing is a gallerist.
