New underground art space in London: The Tanks

news  25.07.12  Maaike Gouwenberg

Tate Modern has launched an underground space, made especially for performance and video art, that will be the beating heart of the museum.

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Big in Kabul

news  30.06.12 

Carolyn Bakargiev-Christov opens Afghan branche of dOCUMENTA(13) A report from The Daily Star. Also an interview with curator Aman Mojadidi.

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0. Democracy without secrets
New initiative by Metahaven and Jonas Staal

news  07.06.12  Domeniek Ruyters

0. (www.nulpunt.nu) is a web application by Metahaven, Jonas Staal and Brenno de Winter that aggregates all documents produced by the Dutch government and the public sector into a user friendly online database.

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The New Stedelijk Museum

news  09.05.12  Jolien Verlaek

After an eight-year renovation full of drama, including a three-year delay, a bankrupt construction company, budget exceedings by millions of euros's - to name but a few - the beautiful, new (empty) Stedelijk Museum opens its doors to the press.

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ARCO Naranja

news  14.02.12  Domeniek Ruyters

With 150,000 visitors, ARCOmadrid is Spain’s largest art event. This year, ARCOmadrid is coloured orange, in honour of the Netherlands.

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Lacoste's Act of Censorship
Interview with Larissa Sansour

news  02.01.12  Nat Muller

On December 20th Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour issued a press release that her nomination for the prestigious Lacoste Elysée Prize awarded by the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée was revoked on grounds that her work was 'too pro-Palestinian'. Following a barrage of articles in the art and mainstream press, the Musée de l’Elysée cancelled the whole prize. Nat Muller caught up with Larissa Sansour now the dust has slightly settled.

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Support for Charles Esche

news  18.10.11 

In recent days, the local Labour party (PvdA) in Eindhoven has criticised the museum policy of the Van Abbemuseum. They demand the museum to make more revenue with their exhibition programme - in other words, make so-called 'blockbuster' exhibitions.

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Life without oxygen
MoonLife Concept Store in Amsterdam

news  04.10.11  Jolien Verlaek

What would daily life look like on the moon?

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Cutlure*

news  17.09.11 

One more time the art world is showing what to think of the cuts. Please come to The Hague!

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September Art Festivals 2011

news  05.09.11  METROPOLIS M

A wave of art festivals overflows The Netherlands this month. Check metropolism.com regularly for reviews and previews on the September festivals.

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Call for a dialogue in Turkey 18.06.13
As public cultural institutions dedicated to the sharing and support of a wide range of ideas and information, we deplore the violent suppression of legitimate public protest in Turkey.
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On Friday night Swiss police fired rubber bullets and teargas at an artist-activist group who took over Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata and architect Christophe Scheidegger's politically uncomfortable 'favela cafe' at Art Basel, a fully working eatery in the guise of Brasil's ad-hoc urban areas. Art Basel had allowed the group to protest for a limited time. (video) DR - 17.06.13

Superuse: meet the Dutch architects transforming the world with waste. A new exhibition shows how to grow mushrooms on coffee grounds, make a playground out of old wind turbines – and how much you can do with a windscreen DR - 12.06.13

Orhan Pamuk in The Newyorker: In order to make sense of the protests in Taksim Square, in Istanbul, this week, and to understand those brave people who are out on the street, fighting against the police and choking on tear gas, I’d like to share a personal story. DR - 09.06.13

More on OccupyGezi in Turkey. Part 1 & Part 2 DR - 08.06.13

We’ve braved our fair share of long lines at the Venice Biennale. Waiting’s rarely fun, but it hasn’t been entirely awful thanks to artist Jonas Staal and De Heren van Design’s “Ideological Guide to The Venice Biennale”. We’ve been reading a lot of it. DR - 31.05.13

Mugshot vs. Facebook = Surveillance vs. Social Media. DR - 30.05.13

Dioramas by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, to be shown in Venice, reconstruct his illegal detention in China in minute detail. DR - 29.05.13

Iraq pavilion challenges 'rockets and bombs' view of country to showcase an art world painstakingly emerging from shadow of Saddam and invasion. DR - 29.05.13

Launch Global Curating Prize 29.05.13
Qatar Museums Authority and Fondazione Prada announced the launch today of Curate, a global competition to find new curating talent, the first of its kind. Entry opens today Wednesday 29 May 2013 online on www.curateaward.org
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