Stranger Than Kindness: The Virtual Nick Cave Exhibition Opens Online

20 November 2025 - Press release

www.thenickcaveexhibition.com

 

“an extraordinary exhibition” Gaffa (DK)

“a moving visualization of inspiration and love” Dagbladet Information (DK)

 

In 2020, The Royal Danish Library presented the critically acclaimed Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition - an unprecedented look into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. Today it returns as a dynamic, interactive online experience available to audiences worldwide, with a new audio guide recorded by Nick Cave exclusively for the digital launch. 

With more than 300 objects collected or created by Nick Cave through six decades of his creative and private life, brought together in large-scale installations, Stranger Than Kindness was an artwork in itself. Created for The Black Diamond of The Royal Danish Library, Denmark, with Cave as a co-curator and co-designer, the exhibition was an unorthodox fusion of biography, autobiography and fiction. Met with acclaim by audiences and media alike, it was named as one of the world’s must-see cultural events in 2020 by Time Out Magazine, and eventually travelled to Montreal, Canada where it opened at Galerie de la Maison du Festival in 2022. 

The new virtual exhibition will allow online visitors around the world to access this unique experience via an ultra-high-resolution 3D version of its physical counterpart, allowing for a deeper engagement with the original content which includes extensive archive and newly created material including photographs, letters, artworks, objects, installations, audio and video. 

The exclusive audio guide was recorded in 2025 as a conversation between Nick Cave and co-curator Christina Back, allowing audiences to navigate the exhibition freely accompanied by Nick’s own reflections on the exhibition and its contents. Visitors can also experience the original soundscapes composed for the spaces by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. 

The virtual exhibition is free to enter and can be accessed now at www.thenickcaveexhibition.com