Red Door Gallery and Magazine is an independent, artist-led cultural platform that has existed continuously since 2009. What began as a small publication has grown into an international hybrid infrastructure: a printed and digital magazine, a physical gallery space in Copenhagen, and an ongoing program of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and festivals that are free to the public and publicly accessible. Pretty much, a culture house without the governmental or private funding, a grassroots initiative from and for artists.

For over fifteen years, Red Door has supported writers, translators, cultural organizers, performers, artists, filmmakers, musicians, artistic researchers, and creative practitioners working outside commercial frameworks. It has functioned as a space for experimentation, international exchange, and critical cultural dialogue, connecting local communities with a global network of contributors and collaborators. We've focused on the multicultural, multimedia, multilingual expressions to create platforms of dialogue where representation is at the center of the room.

Today, that continuity is under threat.

Rising rents and utilities, increased costs of digital infrastructure, and broader economic instability, combined with tariffs and logistical barriers affecting international distribution, make it increasingly difficult to sustain Red Door as a physical space and a site of free cultural production. Like many independent cultural initiatives, Red Door operates without structural public funding and relies on a combination of voluntary labor, symbolic fees, and community support... and due to our love for art and community, we've released more than 40 issues of Red Door Magazine, more than a dozen art and poetry books through Red Press, almost 100 podcast episodes, several free public festivals, and dozens of cultural projects within the Nordic region. Suffice it to say, we neverstop. Which is why your support is needed.

This campaign is a collective effort to stabilize the most basic conditions of existence for one year. It does not cover salaries, publications or any of the more sustainable projects. It just covers the physical infrastructure (and the free-for-all programming) for one year of RED DOOR, while we work on becoming a self-sustained union/non-profit organization. The current amount of 250k dkk (40k usd) will help us with:

If you've been published, exhibited, heard and supported at Red Door, or if you've benefitted and enjoyed from our many activities, please allow us the opportunity to keep our adored red door open.

If you'd rather give a mobilepay donation, the code is 3302AS