Agenda

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Wed 11 April

Grand opening Buurtsalon Buurtexpo

On Wednesday April 11 the interactive ‘Buurtexpo’ will officially open its doors. The exhibition is realized by Buurtflirt in an empty store which is turned into a temporarily exhibition space for local talent.

Wed 18 April

Patat MET: Jasper Griepink, Piet Langeveld & Toine Klaassen

For the first edition of MET, these contemporary urban wizards will bake you an ordinary ‘Patatje MET’ in the middle of the exhibition space!

Art

Easter bunny at Schouwburgplein

Shortly before Easter, creative collective Vage Gasten turned the industrial Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam green. The guys made a installation, a huge sundial with a Easter bunny from outer space in the middle, all in.. grass.

Sun 15 April

Landscape Drawings 2.0

In the next period in Podium O 950 opens the solo exhibition: “Landscape drawings 2.0” of Tom van Campenhout.

Mon 09 April

The Unprotected Pole

A filmprogram investigating in the filmic screen.

Thu 26 April

Opening: Alexandre Singh “The Humans”

Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art presents the on-site realization of The Humans, a theatrical play that aims to ‘create a new world’ by visual artist and writer Alexandre Singh. This project, on view from 26 April to 28 October 2012, came into being after seven years of correspondence between Alexandre Singh and Defne Ayas, Witte de With’s newly appointed director.

Thu 12 April

Talk by Ou Ning

Come join us on Thursday 12 April 2012 (7 – 9 pm) at Witte de With for a talk by Ou Ning, one of China’s leading independent thinkers, as he expands on the mercurial possibilities in the art world, cross-disciplinary explorations between art, architecture, and literature, and having multiple hats as artist, editor, writer, activist, and curator.

Fri 30 March

Opening exhibition Karin Trenkel and Thomas Nolden

In the exhibition of Karin Trenkel and Thomas Nolden, nature plays an important role. Both artists were born in The opening will be celebrated with the performance of music from Franz Schubert by Waldin Roes (song) and Janine de Leeuw (piano).

Fri 20 April

Making Douala 2007-2013

the Traveling Exhibition of the Triennial SUD, shows the effects of inscribing contemporary art into public space on the daily life in and the perception of the city of Douala.

Sat 31 March

Debate and opening Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin

On Saturday, March 31 the opening of ‘Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin’ will take place in the Nederlands Fotomuseum.

Fri 30 March

Opening Mesh Print Club

Finally… Mesh Print Club has a brand new studio! To celebrate this we invite you to join us at the grand opening, performed by Willem Kars.

Sat 21 April

Museumstraat: 5 museums en route through town

New & completely different: 5 museums en route through town! Five of Rotterdams finest museums present unique shows in the living quarters of quite common and not quite so common inhabitants.

Sat 31 March

THE SELF-MOVING NUMBER

Sils Project Space is proud to announce its forthcoming exhibition, The Self-Moving Number. This exhibition brings together four artists whose work deals with notions of time, space and materiality. Aesthetics from different time periods, as well as questioning the stuff the moon’s made of and gifs steeped in gestalt are presented here as a survey that looks at the object. How do we associate with it? What is its role in the wider cultural field? How does an object’s composition dictate how we view it?

Fri 23 March

Hellebou Vol. 4: Here and There

Presenting works produced in Hellebou by Marijke Appelman, Joshua Thies, Dico Kruijsse, Inge Aanstoot, Johanne Birkeland and Ellen Henriette Suhrke. Material from Hellebou has been reinterpreted or reenacted for this occasion.

Fri 06 April

Opening: Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE!

Highbrow, Lowbrow, Nobrow – MOUSSE! is an exhibition of contemporary Mousse Art produced in collaboration with Harlan Levey, Editor in Chief of Modart Europe.

Fri 23 March

Tossing around with a chair in the corridor

Tetsushi Higashino and Jean-Charles de Quillacq will present the exhibition ‘Tossing around a chair in the corridor’ at Duende.

Sat 24 November

Piet Zwart Institute - Open House

Our annual Open House offers prospective applicants the opportunity to meet both students and staff and learn more about the diversity of research at the Piet Zwart Institute.

Sat 21 April

FACES

Exhibition focuses on the other ‘face’ of Curaçao and Beijing.

Mon 19 March

Finissage Koinuma en Van Halem

Fragmented Surreality celebrates is finissage, welcome. Artists will be present.

Tue 03 April

Booklaunch

The event will include a presentation by artist Angela Bulloch.