Isle Hessner's weathering-steel sculpture stands by Ilimmarfik, the campus of the University of Greenland (Ilisimatusarfik) in Nuuk, unveiled in 2015. It is called "Hyldest til fangerkonerne" in Danish, which roughly translates to "Tribute to the Hunters' Wives." It honours the wives of Greenland's hunters through the form of the ulu ("ulo" in Greenlandic), the traditional women's knife. Because the ulu takes a different shape on Greenland's east and west coasts, Hessner united both forms in a single work, a symbol of community between the two coasts.

A mural by street artist Cheeky wraps around a concrete wall in Nuuk, a blue-toned face and a mask held by a hand beside the words "Stay True," rendered in her bold, comic-influenced line work. The paired face and mask explore the idea of wearing a mask, and taking it off. Cheeky has described how many Greenlanders, especially young people, feel they must mask themselves and endure prejudice when they move to Denmark. With this artwork she wanted to bring those experiences to a wider audience. Someone has since added "cool" above the original text, so it could now be read as "Stay True, Stay Cool."

A mural of a young woman's face split with a bare skull, framed by branching antlers, painted on a wooden wall of a shed in Nuuk's Nuussuaq district.

A steel tupilak, catching the low evening sun, marks the route to Ajagaq, the municipality's arts workshop, where local artists have carved and shared Greenlandic craft traditions since 2015.

This graffiti painting depicts a steel-and-glass skyline crowding out a small village of colorful traditional houses, both suspended on a loading bar still in progress. Painted in 2020 by Greenlandic artist Inuk Højgaard, the mural speaks to the widening gap between life in Nuuk and in Greenland's smaller communities. Højgaard himself resists calling it a simple critique of the capital's growth.

Nuuk Art Museum on a sunny June day, flying a rainbow flag. The museum showcases Greenlandic art across generations from soapstone, bone, and ivory carvings to classic paintings and contemporary art.

Ajagaq is an arts handicraft workshop operated by the municipality since 2015. Here local artists carve, sculpt, and share Greenlandic craft traditions. The green front of the house displays two bold tupilak murals.

Photo of a painting by Johan Markussen (1906-1994). Affectionately known as Ujuaanngivasik, he was a legendary self-taught Greenlandic artist from Narsaq celebrated for his vibrant "naïve" oil paintings.