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SIR artist Germaine Kruip at Art Basel
A possibility of an abstraction: Circle Dance In Germaine Kruip’s work the position of the spectator is often under scrutiny. The performance ‘A possibility of an abstraction: Circle Dance’ is performed…
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Three ‘SIR artists’ during the Public Art Fund´s Summer Exhibition Program in New York
Public Art Fund announced its 2012 summer exhibition program, in which three SIR artists are represented: Paola Pivi, Elmgreen & Dragset, and Paul McCarthy. Opening on May 24, Common Ground, a group…
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Ai Weiwei’s nude photo’s
The Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei is currently being investigated by Chinese police on suspicion of pornography. In protest, Chinese people who sympathize with the artist, take of their clothes to make a portrait. By now…
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Interested in becoming a Friend of Gabo?
Sculpture International Rotterdam is looking for friends for the Naum Gabo The 26-meter (85.3 ft) high Constructivist sculpture by Naum Gabo (1890-1977) was designed in 1957. Commissioned by De Bijenkorf , the…
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Gabo action on ART EXPO in Rotterdam
With the start of the art fairs Art Rotterdam, RAW EXPO and Re: Art Fair this week, Rotterdam is a vibrant art city with tens of thousands of visitors from home and abroad. The…
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Calder in “Gemeentemuseum Den Haag”
The exhibition about the work of Alexander Calder in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag will take place until 28 May 2012. Thanks to a prestigious Turing Art Grant, which made this important exhibition…
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Elmgreen & Dragset on Trafalgar Square in London
The unveiling of the Fourth Plinth Commission The Fourth Plinth Commission – Powerless Structures, Fig. 101 by Elmgreen & Dragset – will be unveiled by Joanna Lumley on Feb 23rd 2012 at…
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Ai Wei Wei in Museum De Pont
The exhibition, co-organized with the Louisiana Museum in Denmark, will include large, striking works: Forever, 2003, Fountain of Light, 2007, Trees, 2009-2010 and Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, 2010, as well as a number of films.
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Ai Wei Wei Zodiac Heads Awarded ‘Best Project in Public Space’
The US section of the International Association of Art Critics/AICA-USA has announced its annual awards to honor artists, curators, museums, galleries and other cultural institutions in recognition of excellence in the conception and realization of…
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Artist Talk by Olivier Foulon about never-realised SIR sculpture
24 November, 19.00 hrs. For Melanchotopia, Olivier Foulon dives into Rotterdam’s history of public art commissions. His contribution to the exhibition involves an interpretation of the history of Ring, a work by…
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Quill moved
The sculpture Quill by Phillip King, also known as the ‘Ganzeveer’ (Goose Feather) is being moved. Phillip King’s sculpture Quill will be moved in 2008. Since 2003 the sculpture has stood on the lawn…
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SAVE ROBERT SMITHSON’S SPIRAL JETTY
The public comment period for this drilling application ended on February 13, 2008. By that date, the State of Utah received over 3,100 emails and letters, as well as 300 phone calls, from concerned parties…
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GABO RESTORATION
Research has begun Sculpture International Rotterdam and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN) have been in lengthy discussions with the former owner (De Bijenkorf) and the new owner of this sculpture by Naum…
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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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‘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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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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