Revolution in Reverse?

06/10/11  Ann Demeester

In the light of the art cuts and the rise of ultra-neoconservative ideas by the Dutch government, Ann Demeester tries to assess the country that we are living in right now. And asks: can a revolution happen in reverse?

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Space out in Holland...It's not an option!

opinion  02.07.11  Jonas Ohlsson

Holland NOW is not the Holland I came to 15 years ago. But I will stay and fight. Thatcher, Reagan, Bush... Rutte?!

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Culture In Context:
Preserving What Has Been Learned

opinion  23.06.11  Jeremiah Day

This morning (23 June) Jeremiah Day and Rezi van Lankveld hosted a reading of an open letter and made a statement of solidarity in defense of the Dutch cultural heritage, in front of the Van Gogh museum. Read the letter here.

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Despotic powers

opinion  22.06.11  Metahaven

The anti-arts attitude which this government has adopted was carefully incubated by years of Wilders-copyrighted hate speech, which has now become standing policy.

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The Battle of the Narratives

02/05/11  BAVO

Dutch research bureau BAVO reflects on the possibilities for political art in times of political populism.

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Cultural Cutbacks in Europe: The Swedish Scenario

31/01/11  Johan Lundh

Right-wing governments have come to power in several places in Europe this year, and they are cutting back cultural subsidies. Sweden has been dealing with a changed political climate since 2006.

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The Contemporary Artist as Role Model in a Crisis of Competence

19/10/10  Pascal Gielen & Camiel van Winkel

In a universe of increasing incompetence, in which amateurism flourishes, the contemporary artist offers an interesting role model. Society can learn much from the ways in which the contemporary artist makes his ignorance effective.

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Mike Kelley 02.02.12
Artist Mike Kelley has passed away at his home in Los Angeles, having apparently taken his own life.
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Jerry Saltz is thrilled about the appointment of Massimiliano Gioni as the chief director of the Venice Biennale. His prediction: 'Massi' will be the curator who will finally include 'outsider artists' in our biennials. JV - 02.02.12

De Appel is moving 02.02.12
De Appel arts centre is moving to the Prins Hendrikkade 142 on 24th May 2012.
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IT’S OFFICIAL! The Museum of Modern Art is now in the entertainment business. Mark Thursday, January 26, as the night MoMA departed its acoustically challenged home for the sacred ground of Radio City Music Hall. The reason: a one-night-only performance of Swanlights, a visually and vocally elevating concert by Antony and his Johnsons, a sextet that expanded into a sixty-piece orchestra for their appearance on one of the biggest and most storied stages on earth. DR - 02.02.12

Venice Biennial 01.02.12
Massimiliano Gioni, curator of the New Museum New York and Artistic Director of the Trussardi Foundation Milano, was chosen to curate the 55th International Art Exhibition, which will be held in 2013.
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Shit art world people say 30.01.12
Formula: pick a group of people, think of things that they'd probably say on a given day, and then make a video. Here's the latest one in the 'Shit ______ say' youtube hype.
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Artists' lectures at De Ateliers 30.01.12
Philip-Lorca DiCorcia is the first to start off the new artists' lecture series of De Ateliers: Spring Blossom 2012. Tomorrow, tuesday January 31st at 17.00 hrs.
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Artinfo.com asks: Was art dealer Giti Nourbakhsch wacked by the Berlin art mafia?  JV - 30.01.12

Australia's most influential art dealer Ron Coles is charged with allegedly masterminding one of the country's largest ever art frauds. JV - 30.01.12

Why is Jeremy Deller spending a week in a cave full of bats with just a large tub of nuts for company? JV - 30.01.12

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