It is the official exhibition gallery of the Royal Danish Academy of Art.
[1] Charlottenborg Palace was constructed in 1672–83 as a residence for Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve (1638–1704).
It was constructed in the Baroque architectural idiom shared by Holland, England and Denmark.
In 1787, the ownership of the palace was transferred to the Royal Danish Academy of Art.
[2][3] The corps de logis was rebuilt facing Kongens Nytorv in 1827 to a design by architect Christian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845), and contains the Academy's Festhall and Antiksalen.