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24-11-2021 News
Calder walk in Hoogvliet
CBK Rotterdam organizes an informal art walk in Hoogvliet with the monumental sculpture Le Tamanoir in the leading role, in addition to Calder Now. Walk along artworks by Calder and fellow…
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Time. And Again. by Ken Lum on Kruiskade
From November 3, 2021, the temporary exhibition of the work Time. And again. (2021)by Ken Lum is on display at Kruisplein. Time. And Again. (2021) consists of a series of five posters, which were commissioned…
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New sculpture in SIR collection
On World Refugee Day, Sunday 20 June, Mayor Aboutaleb of Rotterdam will unveil a new work of art at the head of the Wilhelminapier. On the Maas, directly opposite the future Fenix Movers Museum L’Age…
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The Plait of Kalliopi Lemos
The Plait (2021), a sculpture by sculptor Kalliopi Lemos, was added to the sculpture terrace on the Westersingel on March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, where it was unveiled by alderman Said Kasmi. In 2020,…
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‘Rickey’ is back
Two Turning Vertical Rectangles – the sculpture with the two gigantic revolving plates – by artist George Rickey, is back on the Binnenwegplein in Rotterdam. It had been five years away, but last Monday, September…
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Unveiling new artwork Ben Zegers
On Friday, September 18, the new artwork Everyone is dead except us by Ben Zegers will be unveiled at the Binnenrotte. The unveiling is in the hands of Alderman Kasimi and will take place from…
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Light installation at metro station Maashaven: yellow-free zone by Adrien Lucca
Light artwork for metro station Maashaven: Yellow-free zone by Adrien Lucca Unveiling: 17 December 2018 French artist Adrien Lucca (Paris, 1983) has designed a light artwork for the hall of Metrostation Maashaven in Rotterdam,…
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Het Ding (Untitled, 1957) premiers at the Dutch Film Festival
In Mels van Zutphen’s short documentary film Het Ding (Untitled, 1957) – a paneled-up sculpture of Naum Gabo at the Bijenkorf in Rotterdam slowly becomes visible during months of restoration. Through elusive images and sounds,…
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Column 29-09-2011
Sonia Rijnhout: Give me this Day my daily Sculpture
On a warm evening in April, I walk across a square in the new city that I call Madrettor. This city must have been known by another name in the past, but with the…
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Siebe Thissen: (Paul McCarthy’s) Santa Claus is coming to Town
This Santa does not carry a bell or a tree, however, he holds a butt plug in his hand, criticising consumerism with humour. I guess it took a while to get used to it. Friday…
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Dees Linders: Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachta-Ni?
Eli, Eli, lema sabachta-ni? My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? The images of Santa Claus and the garden gnome are often forged into a single character. To me, both are hideous, unimaginative…
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