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DOUG AITKEN, NEW YORK
The Museum of Modern Art and Creative Time, the New York-based public art organisation, have jointly commissioned Doug Aitken to create the artist’s first large-scale public art work in the United States. The project is…
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FOUR WATERFALLS OF OLAFUR ELIASSON, NY
The Weather Project/www.tate.org.uk Eliasson views the weather – wind, rain, sun – as one of the few fundamental encounters with nature that can still be experienced in the city. He is also interested…
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MONICA BONVICINI IN CONVERSATION WITH JAN VERWOERT
In association with the Piet Zwart Institute, Sculpture International Rotterdam presented Monica Bonvicini in conversation with Jan Verwoert. Verwoert questioned her about romanticism and ‘the sublime’ in her work. (14 November 2007)…
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July 2008: Decision Mayor and Elderman: Santa Claus on his way to public space
Santaclaus, loved and hated, will be placed in the heart of the city, at the Eendrachtsplein. Many parties wish to provide either a temporary or permanent home…
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‘RATS’ REMOVED
from the facade of Nauta Dutilh Weena The work by Mark Manders, three bronze rodents, previously displayed on the Weenapoint building on the Kruisplein, has been removed…
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28 november: Santa Claus finds a Permanent New Home
After many years at the centre of thorny debate, Santa Claus, the renowned sculpture by Paul McCarthy, is being relocated to a definitive new home on the Eendrachtsplein, having spent three years in…
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Cinquante Fifty during Museum Night
During the Museumnight (March 7) till May 10, SIR presents the video installation Cinquante Fifty by Pipilotti Rist (Swiss, 1962) in the parking lot under the Erasmusbrug. The installation consists of four video…
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Phillip King’s Quill returns to the Zuiderpark
The Quill by Phillip King (b. Tunisia, 1934) is a bit of the odd one out at its current location on the Parklaan, which is a stately avenue in the Scheepvaartkwartier…
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Erasmus moves forward two metres
From the press release, February 2009 – The bronze statue of Erasmus, which Hendrick de Keyser created in 1620, will shortly be moved two metres forward on its pedestal on the Grotekerkplein, ahead…
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SIR participates with the Museumnight in Rotterdam
The eighth Museumnight will be organised on Saturday 7 March 2009. Sculpture International Rotterdam will also be part of this night. Should it be pedalos or something else in the public space. Check our…
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