PRESS 2010

Year of 2010 Van Abbemuseum

December 2010

Year of 2010 - press release

Photos:
Photosheet - overview incl. captions
Photo 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

Play Van Abbe Part 4: The Pelgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker)

Images Play Van Abbe Part 4

Georg Baselitz, Trümmerfrau, 1978. Photo: Peter Cox
James Lee Byars, Hear TH FI TO IN PH Around This Chair, 1978. Photo: Peter Cox
Anselm Kiefer, Wege der Weltweisheit, 1977. Photo: Peter Cox
Surasi Kusolwong, FeetBall Rietveld Table (Klompen Kick Yes-No-Ok), 2008. Installation view Van Abbemuseum, 2008. Photo: Peter Cox
Richard Long, Wood circle, 1977. Installation view Van Abbemuseum, 2004. Photo: Peter Cox
Oliver Ressler, What Is Democracy?, 2009. Installation: Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, 2010

BALTAN IN THE BUS STOP

project Christiane Berndes, Van Abbemuseum and Baltan Laboratories
November 2010

Press release
Press photo 1 (photo Perry Van Duijnhoven), 2 (design Geert Mul and Maurer United)

The Artistic Device - Brian Holmes symposium

November 2010

Press release

Tricksters Tricked - (un)covering identity

September 2010

Press release

Press photos:
logo Tricksters Tricked (black, turquoise, red)
Photo 1 (Pierre Huyghe & Phillippe Parreno, No Ghost Just A Shell, 1999-2002, photo: Peter Cox), photo 2 (Xijing Men, I Love Xijing - The Daily Lives of Xijing Presidents, 2009) , photo 3 (Jonas Staal, Art, Property of Politics II: Freethinker's Space, 2010 (Ellen Vroegh and Mark Rutte in front of 'Danseuses Exotiques')).

Play Van Abbe - Part 3: The Politics of Collecting - The Collecting of Politics

August 2010

Press release

Press photos: Photo sheet  (overview of photos, incl. captions)

Photos: Denmark, Michal Heiman (1, 2, 3), Hannah Hurtzig, Zofia Kulik (1, 2), Lia Perjovschi, Sean Snyder (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Lidwien van de Ven (1, 2), Akram Zaatari (1, 2, 3), CAMP, Ayreen Anastas (CAMP), Zeyad Dajini (CAMP), Raeda Saadeh (CAMP)
Image Play Van Abbe Deel 3

Last chance to get your FREE SOL LEWITT

August 2010

Press release
Press photos: picking up the FREE SOL LEWITT copies: 1, 2, 3, 4 (photo 1: Rob Hemesath, photos 2, 3, 4: Sascia Vos), cover book

Backstage at the Van Abbemuseum

During Transition II
Augustus 2010

Press release
Press photos: The installation up-close (photo: Van Abbemuseum), A designated information station for Transition (photo Peter Cox)

The curious museum

Mediation in the Van Abbemuseum
August 2010

Press release

Press photos: interactive tagging (photo Hadas Zemer), wooden information modules (photo Peter Cox), the Studio (photo Van Abbemuseum), in conversation with visitors (photo Bram Saeys).

Ahmet Öğüt - Het Oog

June 2010

Press release
Press photo - Ahmet Öğüt in Het Oog, sketch. Van Abbemuseum, 2010

Photo - Ahmet Öğüt in Het Oog, visiter looking for happiness, photo; Peter Cox

Royal couple visits Double Infinity

Who Owns the Artwork - seminar 14-05-2010

May 2010

Press release

Press photo (photo Bram Saeys)

Taking home a “Sol LeWitt”

Play Van Abbe part 2 - 1st FREE SOL LEWITT copy leaves the museum

April 2010

Press release

Press photo 1, 2, 3 (photos: Bram Saeys)

FREE SOL LEWITT - Play Van Abbe part 2

April 2010

Press release
Pick up form FREE SOL LEWITT (to be signed when the selected visitor collects its copy)

Press photos:
SUPERFLEX, FREE SOL LEWITT, 2010. Installation view Van Abbemuseum. Photo: Peter Cox, photo 1 and 2
Sol LeWitt, Untitled (Wall Structure), 1972. Photo: Peter Cox

Play Van Abbe part 2: Time Machines

March 2010

Press release Play Van Abbe part 2: Time Machines

Play Van Abbe part 2 comprises 3 exhibitions:
In-between Minimalisms - press release
To the Margin and Back - Andrzej Wróblewski - press release
Museum Modules - press release


Press photos:
Photo sheet with overview

In-between Minimalisms:
Ulrich Rückriem, Kreise, 1971. Film still. Photo Ron Eijkman
In-between Minimalisms, installation view, Van Abbemuseum, 2010. Photo Peter Cox. With works by Dan Flavin Untitled (to a man, George McGovern), 1972) and Carl Andre (Almole, 2002)
Martha Rosler, Semiotics of the Kitchen, 1975.  Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix
Andy Warhol, Campbell’s Soup, 1968. Photo Peter Cox
Ian Wilson, Circle on the Floor, 1968. Photo Peter Cox
Bruce Nauman, Lyp Sync, 1969. Photo Peter Cox

To the Margin and Back - Andrzej Wróblewski:
Andrzej Wróblewski, The blue chauffeur, 1949. Private collection
Andrzej Wróblewski, Abstract Composition (Triangles), 1948–1949, private collection
Andrzej Wróblewski, Execution VI – with Gestapo Man, 1949, private collection
Andrzej Wróblewski, Green Skull, 1957, collection of Elżbieta and Jerzy Stelmach.
Andrzej Wróblewski, The queue continues, 1956. National Museum Warsaw

Museum Modules:
Raum der Gegenwart (photo 1 / photo 2),1930, designed by Alexander Dorner and Lászlò Moholy-Nagy, realised by Kai-Uwe Hemken and Jakob Gebert. Installation view Van Abbemuseum, 2010. Photo Peter Cox
Museum of Modern Art New York (MOMA), 1929. Curated by Alfred H. Barr Jr.  Interpreted by Museum of American Art Berlin. Installation view Van Abbemuseum, 2010. Photo Peter Cox
Musée Imaginaire, 1947. Written by André Malraux. Interpreted by Florian Schneider & Kim de Groot. Installation view Van Abbemuseum, 2010. Photo: Peter Cox.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), 1968. Designed by Lina Bo Bardi. Interpreted by Wendelien van Oldenborgh. Installation view Van Abbemuseum, 2010. Photo: Peter Cox

Double Infinity - Dutch Culture Centre Shanghai

April 2010

Press release

Press photos:
Photosheet
Logo Double Infinity
John Körmeling - Hot Spring, 2002. Photo: Peter Cox
Xu Tan, Keywords School Guangzhou, 2008, Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou. Courtesy of the artist and Vitamin Creative Space.
Xijing Men, I love Xijing, 2009, performance, The Urban Planning of Xijing. Courtesy of the artists

Other photos available on request.

The Van Abbemuseum inside-out

Transition 1 Play Van Abbe
March 2010

Press release
Press pictures:  1, 2

Symposium Russian Avant-Garde revisited - 13-14/03/2010

March 2010

Press release

Exhibitions programme 2010

January 2010

Press release

A painting by Karel Appel has been donated to the Van Abbemuseum

Portrait of Rudi Fuchs

January 2010

Press release
Persfoto 1, 2 (photo: Bram Saeys)

Double Infinity

January 2010

Joint exhibition project by the Van Abbemuseum and Arthub Asia, in the context of the World Expo 2010

Press release

Press pictures:
John Körmeling - Hot Spring, 2002. Photo: Peter Cox
Zhou Xiaohu - Golden Needle
Henry Milner, Construction after Lissitzky’s Globetrotter (in time). Van Abbemuseum, 2009. Photo Peter Cox 

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