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Lost Luggage Depot
Jeff Wall’s monument on the Kop van Zuid is a lost luggage depot, a repository for found objects. The possible meanings of the cast iron sculpture can be directly linked to the history…
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On Spam, Lectori Salutem #6
About On Spam, Lectori Salutem #6 The Erasmusbridge is the number one landmark in the city of Rotterdam and in 2006 Niels Post made it his private postal address for nine weeks by attaching…
Read moreIt’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry. 366 Sorry-rapporten
Diaries of a performer. Wim Konings has been the performer of the work of Elmgreen & Dragset on the Coolsingel since the beginning – May 28, 2010 – It’s Never Too Late to Say Sorry.
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up close: Rickey sculpture on view at Witte de With
For the exhibition The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, the artists duo Bik Van der Pol decided to bring the sculpture Two Turning…
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Advice: Zadkine to remain on Plein 1940
The committee dedicated to the research regarding Zadkine’s sculpture ‘The Destroyed City’, chaired by Aad Meijbook, former police-chief, has investigated whether the sculpture should be moved to an alternate location. The committee concluded that the…
Read moreZuidplein (South Square)
"The city is like a monster, but you can tame it. To make it more lively, emphasize a part and suggest a strength. Create excitement end celebrate the unpredictable, or as the Chinese say: one…
Read moreSonia 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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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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Henry Moore
Henry Moore was born in 1898 in Castleford, England. He decided at the age of eleven that he would become a sculptor, but his parents insisted he train to be a teacher. He started teaching…
Read moreSiebe 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…
Read moreDees 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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Don’t Miss a Sec!
The work Don’t Miss a Sec by Monica Bonvicini (1965) created amazement, surprise and liveliness in the heart of Rotterdam. Positioned next to the steps of the City Hall, the sculpture seemed to be nothing…
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