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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Josef Strau on Mike Kelley (Artforum). DR - 01.05.13

This is a love letter to Brussels. DR - 01.05.13

Opening soon Frieze Art Fair New York. This year Frieze Projects is continuing last year's tradition of remembering a legendary New York spot by having artists cook as a tribute to FOOD, the restaurant Gordon Matta-Clark, Tina Girouard, Carol Gooden and others ran in Soho beginning in 1971 at 127 Prince Street. (It’s a Lucky Jeans store now.) DR - 27.04.13

US court rules in favour of Richard Prince in copyright appeal. A three-judge panel finds that most of the works in the artist’s “Canal Zone” series, which include appropriated images of Jamaican Rastafarians by the photographer Patrick Cariou, are “transformative”. DR - 26.04.13

Turner prize 2013 shortlist takes a mischievous turn. A streak of subversive humour runs through the work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tino Sehgal, Laure Prouvost and David Shrigley – all nominated for this year's £40,000 art prize. DR - 25.04.13

As more and more people get their information and do their research online, often from the comfort of their own couches, the future of public libraries seems very much up for the debate these days. Research shows: Libraries aren't irrelevant yet.Not in the USA at least. DR - 25.04.13

Opening soon: Zone2Source 24.04.13
Zone2Source is a new international platform which invites artists to develop projects inside and outside of the glass pavilions of the Amstelpark
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New York and London-based artist Ellen Cantor(1963–2013) has died. Cantor was perhaps best known for her ongoing film work Pinochet Porn, which the artist continued to work on as funding allowed since 2009. DR - 23.04.13

Last Call! Short term residencies this Summer at V2. DR - 19.04.13

Tonight at the Stedelijk: Ann Goldstein meets Larry BellDR - 18.04.13

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