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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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. (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.

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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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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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a press release that her nomination for the prestigious Lacoste Elysée Prize awarded by the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée was revoked on grounds that her work was 'too pro-Palestinian'.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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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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news  04.10.11  Jolien Verlaek

What would daily life look like on the moon?

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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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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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Iraq in Venice 22.03.13
Following studio visits across Iraq, other meetings and much careful thinking, Curator Jonathan Watkins and Commissioner, The Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (RUYA), have selected eleven artists to participate in Welcome to Iraq, the official Pavilion of Iraq at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia.
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Christo’s latest project, an awe-inspiring installation in an industrial relic in Oberhausen, looks more like a captured dirigible than much of the previous fabric-based work he’s created with his late wife Jeanne-Claude. DR - 22.03.13

Thomas Berghuis 21.03.13
Guggenheim Appoints Thomas Berghuis Curator of Chinese Art.
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Jack Jaeger (1937–2013) 21.03.13
Artist, curator, and editor Jack Jaeger passed away five days ago.
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From London's Olympic Cauldron to Australia's gruesome anti-smoking campaign, take a look at some of the most innovative designs from around the world, on display at the Design Museum in London from 20 March. The winner will be announced on 17 April. INCL The Gentlewoman and a square by Superflex. DR - 20.03.13

Anthony Huberman 19.03.13
Anthony Huberman has been named director of the San Francisco CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, reports Andrew Russeth of the New York Observer.
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Higlights op Tefaf (met Velázquez, Lievens, Soutine, Dubuffet...) DR - 17.03.13

3d print race in design: dress, car and houseDR - 09.03.13

Two of the biggest art museums in California may soon become one. According to the Los Angeles Times DR - 08.03.13

A visit to Pivô, a new art space housed in Oscar Niemeyer's iconic Copan Building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil (video) DR - 02.03.13

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