Open Studios Western Islands Amsterdam

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During the Whitsun weekend of 23, 24 and 25 May, 2015 put more 50 artists for three days open their doors from 12:00 to 18:00. Come see! We are the oldest art route (since 1985) in the most beautiful part of Amsterdam. Everything is within walking / biking distance. Established names and emerging artists Do […]

ABSTRACT VANDALISM

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Abstract Vandalism, a group exhibition with new works by Egs, Nug and Shoe. ‘It’s my uneducated guess that half of all emerging visual artists have –at some point- used the street as a medium. To group all these artists as one movement is nonsense. True, graffiti/street art is the only undeniable art movement since pop […]

Art Competition

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This summer De Atelier offers art academy students the opportunity to create their own exhibition in the heart of Amsterdam for free. Via a special competition they are challenged to translate the theme ‘Revolution’ into visual art. The competing art pieces will be judged by a professional jury and the winner will be announced via this […]

AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM 2014

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Amsterdam Light Festival is a winter light festival for all. For fifty days, the historical center of Amsterdam will present a unique décor for this international light and water festival. The boat tour, Water Colors, exhibit artworks along and above the Amstel River, while the walking route, Illuminade, will take place in the center of […]

EVENT HORIZON

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event horizon, Boundary marking the limits of a black hole. At the event horizon, the escape velocityis equal to the speed of light. Since general relativity states that nothing can travel faster than thespeed of light, nothing inside the event horizon can ever cross the boundary and escape beyond it, including light. Thus, nothing that […]

MANUMISSION

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I was invited by Shehera Grot to be part of a group exhibition at Rotterdam’s best known art gallery ROODKAPJE. Manumission focusses not only on the 150th anniversary of Keti Koti; the dutch abolition of slavery on July 1st 1863, but also addresses consequential issues that today’s generation are confronted with such as identity and […]

Henk Veen Arts Square 2014

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During the five-day event Henk Veen Arts Square, there was a grand exhibition of more than 50 professional artists work, but also showed their art live on canvas. Under the watchful eye of director Bart Siemerink, which visibly enjoyed the audience could see the artists in action, the atmosphere surrounding the artists and talk to […]

Keukenhof 2014

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Set in the heart of the Netherlands’ prime bulb region south-west of Amsterdam, the garden in its present form dates back to 1949, when a group of bulb growers came up with the idea of holding an annual exhibition here, as a showcase for their wares. Sixty five years on, the Keukenhof claims to be […]

Leonard van Munster

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The artwork Under Heaven 03 Leonard van Munster opened on May 19, 2009. Sand and palm trees under the A10. Under the A10, which splits the district with cheap houses and large dishes in the Bos en Lommer, is an oasis. With sand and palm trees. Behind fences, between dozens of pillars that all those […]

Art in public space

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Art in Amsterdam: the city is full of them. Also, many building facades are decorated with works of art. All these artworks make Amsterdam an open air museum. The application of art in public spaces and buildings since the beginning of the last century a tradition in Amsterdam. This gives the city the meantime built […]