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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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Taneda’s Coolsingel Cube
27 January – 07 February 2010 Japanese production designer/filmset-designer Yohei Taneda, known as the production designer of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Volume 1, has been commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR) to design…
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SIR Cinema at Coolsingel in October, November and December
After two months of showing Alfredo Jaar’s The Ashes of Pasolini, the SIR cinema now offers a new programme with a unique collection of artists’ productions for November and December dealing with the contemporary city…
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Billy Apple® in Rotterdam
These two billboards will see Billy Apple®’s designs installed on a large scale, inserting themselves into the visual fabric of the city. Titles and locations The Artist Has to Live Like…
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Erik van Lieshout’s shop
At the invitation of Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR), Erik van Lieshout is opening a shop in the Zuidplein shopping centre. The shop serves as the basis for Van Lieshout’s takes for his film on Zuid…
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GRRR JAMMING SQUEAK
GRRR JAMMING SQUEAK is a public artwork by the Italian artist Paola Pivi (1971, Milan) created for the city of Rotterdam. Located from April 2010 to June 2011 at the Coolsingel (the city’s heart and…
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CASCADE: A new icon for Rotterdam’s Coolsingel
In consultation with SIR, the artist selected Churchillplein, the major traffic intersection on the central boulevard at the junction of Coolsingel/Blaak. From 6 March 2010, AVL’s work Cascade will be given a permanent…
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What is beautiful, takes effort – flowers for Erasmus
Today,  Sculpture International Rotterdam on the occasion of Erasmus’ birthday on 28 October in (probably) 1469, placed a big bundle of flowers underneath the statue by Hendrick de Keyser. De tekst  "Wat mooi is, kost…
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Unveiling of It’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry
Just before 12:00 on the 28th of May, a new sculpture will be unveiled on the Coolsingel. Commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR), Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset developed the work It’s Never Too Late…
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The Idler’s Playground of Cosima von Bonin
PROGRAMME 18.00-20.00 Opening of the exhibition at Witte de With – Center for Contemporary Art 20.00-20.15 After the opening, guides will lead you to…
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The Sleeping Beauty (Work in progress)
‘The Sleeping Beauty’ is a temporary intervention in the urban context of Zuidplein, using the Charlois swimming bath for its purpose. Designed in 1959, the swimming bath consists of simple, brick facades with small windows…
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It’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry
The work of Michael Elmgreen (DK, 1961) and Ingar Dragset (NO, 1968) is characterized by its subversive hunour and vision on serious cultural issues. Commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam, Elmgreen & Dragset…
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This Sunday: 50th Anniversary
Sunday 11 September, starting at 2pm Hofplein – Coolsingel – Blaak “Grande Finale” at 5 pm. at the ‘Sculpture Terace’ on the Westersingel On this Sunday afternoon, you can stroll from sculpture…
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Melanchotopia: Erik van Lieshout in conversation with Monika Szewczyk
In the past few years, Erik van Lieshout has based his drawings and video installations on highly personal excursions that delight in opening one can of “socio-political” worms after another. He makes poignant films that…
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