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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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Time. And Again.
Time. And again. (2021) by Canadian artist Ken Lum consists of a series of five posters. They show portraits that he photographed in Antwerp and combined with a text in which the depicted people express…
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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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A game of combative aspirations
Wilma Sütö Like a huge sundial the sculpture stands on the quay; its shadow casting a capricious line ahead. It is a new beacon in Rotterdam: The Plait by Kalliopi Lemos. The sculpture reaches up…
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Kalliopi Lemos
Kalliopi Lemos (1951) was born in Greece and lives and works in London. She is a sculptor, installation artist and painter. Lemos studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art, University of the Arts London…
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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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Ben Zegers
Ben Zegers (1962) ‘disrupts the dimensions of things’. His statues are so elastic in form and content that they ceaselessly change their identity. In that way, they play an ongoing game with the expectations and…
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Everyone is dead but us
Everyone is dead but us, a work by the artist Ben Zegers, consists of two, elegantly turned, aluminium feet, each 7.5 metres high, standing on Binnenrotte. The feet refer not only to the city’s origin,…
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Dow Jones Dow Jones
Mark Poysden I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.
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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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Intro Paleis Maashaven Palace | 2018 – 2020 en de toekomst Translation is being made…
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Opening Palace Maashaven on 31st of May
UPDATE 31st MAY: Due to today’s weather conditions, the opening of The Idler’s Playground will take place at the Cultuurwerkplaats as well. Festivities at Cillershoekstraat 1 will commence at 4pm. Sculpture International Rotterdam…
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Niels Post
Niels Post is a Dutch artist who lives and works in Rotterdam. Post graduated from the AKI in Enschede in 1996, with a semester at the San Francisco Institute. A central theme in his…
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