Ron Eikenhout, Anneke Renes and more. With during the opening Warderobe! and performance of Auxsz (Jazz)

From December 2011 up till the 14th of March 2012, De Zwarte Ruyter is ringmaster to the willy-nilly realm of Dennis de Bel, accompanied by his stupendous Dilly-Dally Foundry.

With renound artists like Niels Smits van Bugst, Aad van der Kooij, Henk Tas, Anton Vrede and many others.

Première of the new film piece by Rotterdam artist Katarina Zdjelar, winner of the C.o.C.A. Commission 2011, a work grant presented annually by Stichting C.o.C.A ., which was founded by four Rotterdam-based collectors. Journalist Koen Kleijn (De Groene Amsterdammer) interviews the artist and the collectors.

For the 2nd edition of the artproject EASTPAK Artist Studio, over 130 artists, graphic designers, product designers, DJ’s, jewelry designers and celebrity chefs have been invited to design 200 unique EASTPAK backpacks for charity. Some big names have joined the project in support of Designers Against AIDS.

Artist-run space Het Wilde Weten invited artists, and small, independent publishers, to present their publications at the 3rth edition of the WildBookMarket (WBM). Opening Friday 10 Feb 19-23h / open on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 Feb 14-19h.

An exhibition night featuring Lubok and Wouter Venema. Music provided by Vakantie and Elkin!

Rotterdam based artist / photographer Rubén Dario Kleimeer opens his exhibition ‘Drie Beeldparen’ in Blaak 10 gallery. With the gaze of an ethnographer, a reseacher of spatial and social contexts, Rubén questions the spaces in which we dwell, work and and spend leisuretime. In three image pairs he combines recent photoworks from China with assignments from Rotterdam.

The filmscreening presents the famous film dial HISTORY (68 min) by Belgian artist Johan Grimonprez along with Besmette Stad (18 min).

The digital revolution has encouraged new perspectives on crafts. On the one hand, there is an increasing interest in the return of traditional crafts and techniques like sewing, knitting and carpentry. On the other hand, digital technologies have given these crafts an innovative impulse. This has resulted in a new genre: ‘Digital Crafts’.

Please join us on Thursday February 9 for the first Heldenavond of the year 2012: Sander van de Pavert, better known as mister ‘Lucky TV’, is our guest of honour.

Ongekend aims to release talented contemporary artists to a broad public. The era of ‘ready-made art’ is over. Time has come for affordable ‘haute couture’ on the walls. An exhibition, and after that an auction of the works of 50 young and recently graduated artists will take place on Sunday February 12 at 3pm.

At Boompjes 60-68 ToonZaal foundation presents the exhibition Breekbaar LichaamM (Vulnerable BodyM) The show hostst Charley Chase (BE) Dirk Hendrikx (BE) & Ronald Bal (NL), three visual artitst who use the human body as core subject in their work.

Rotterdam Artists in Residence organizes a bike-tour as an official Art Rotterdam-event. This is a unique possibility for the public to see the international artists who are in town for a temporary working period. In one and a half hour RotterdamByCycle will guide you along some of the highlights of Art Rotterdam-events in town.

On Friday 10 February we are opening five exhibitions: ABSALON, Mister Delta, Kindred Collections, Intervention #20 by Evelyne Janssen, and a display about Maarten van Heemskerck, celebrated with an event on the central courtyard of the museum and an afterparty at the Schouwburg.

On the 8th of February the contemporary art fair Re:Rotterdam will kick off for its 2nd year in Rotterdam.