Children are more present than ever – in families, in public debates, and in the discussion between generations. However, the view of children and their position in society has changed significantly in recent decades, and there is a long distance from the "free flower children" of the hippie era and the 1980s’ Christiane F. to Greta Thunberg's "School Strike for Climate."

Titled Just Kids, Gammel Strand opens the exhibition-year with an experimental, generational perspective on children in visual art. With the child as both subject and theme, Just Kids explores how our perception of children has evolved over time and shows how childhood, creativity, and innovation have been tied to the very myth of the artist.

Among the exhibiting artists are Danish and international names such as Lene Adler Petersen (DK, b. 1944), Paul McCarthy (US, b. 1945), Esben Weile Kjær (DK, b. 1992), Ursula Reuter Christiansen (DE/DK, b. 1943), Signe Frederiksen (DK, b. 1987), Sidsel Meineche Hansen (DK, b. 1981), Pernille Clausen (DK, b. 1945), and Pope.L (US, b. 1955).

The exhibition's title and ethos are taken from Patti Smith's autobiographical novel Just Kids, which maps out artist myths and creativity in 1960s New York.