news  11.07.11  Domeniek Ruyters

The decision to stop the funding of SKOR seems to be an ideological one.

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news  14.06.11  De Zaak Nu

The Dutch art world is shocked by the news of the culture cuts that were announced by the Dutch Secretary of Culture Halbe Zijlstra on June 10th.

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Ann Goldstein reviews her first year at The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

21/02/11  Jolien Verlaek

E-flux, the New York-based distributor of information on art, has taken the initiative of setting up a worldwide system of time-based currency for artists and curators. Anton Vidokle, co-founder of e-flux and Time/Bank talks about the motives behind this alternative economic service.

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Never before did an artist win the Turner Prize with a sound installation. Susan Philipsz was this year's art world favourite to be awarded the prize, and she did. In the Tate report above you can see the artist collecting the prize from Miuccia Prada and give a shout out in her speech to the protesters outside the building: 'Art and education is a right not a privilige and I support the arts against the cuts'. Read the Guardian report here.

news  08.11.10  Pieternel Vermoortel

A report on the serious cuts in funding for the arts in the UK.

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A walk through The Temporary Stedelijk

news  27.08.10  Jolien Verlaek

Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum
28/08/10 - 09/01/11

With the exhibitions Taking Place and Monumentalism, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam finally opens its doors after 6 years of closure - temporarily. For those who can't wait untill August 28: this video will give you a preview, including talks to curator Jelle Bouwhuis on his Monumentalism show (Dutch) and artist Ruth Buchanan on her experience of working in the Stedelijk Museum.

news  12.06.10  Laurie Cluitmans & Arnisa Zeqo

A short obituary.

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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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