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Programme

1. 

   exhibition

   in the middle of...

   Plug In #20

   16/12/2006 - 23/09/2007

   This Plug In has been developed as a space for ‘thinking’ about the collection and questioning its role in defining the museum. A single piece from...

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2. 

   exhibition

   Igloo Nero

   Plug In #33

   15/12/2007 - 15/11/2009

   ‘Igloo Nero’ by Italian artist Mario Merz (1925-2003) is a work full of contrasts. He made the inner igloo of black asphalt in the period between 1967...

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3. 

   exhibition

   Gays Can Shoot Straight Too!

   Plug In #25

   02/06/2007 - 21/10/2007

   “shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot I'm going to come all over you me and my fucking gun me and my fucking gun” - Nine Inch Nails, ‘Big Man With A Gun’

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4. 

   exhibition

   Elly Strik. In search of the perfect [failure]

   Plug In #17

   16/12/2006 - 28/10/2007

   Artists create images but they also collect them. The collections are either in their heads or exist in reality.

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5. exhibition

   One on One. Pieter Laurens Mol. Lament Superior

   Plug In #37

   05/05/2008 - 17/08/2008

   In this room there is a single work of art and a single chair. The chair is for the visitor who wants to take the time to look at the artwork at...

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6. 

   exhibition

   One on One. Ger van Elk. Push Nose Balance...

   Plug In #42

   19/08/2008 - 01/11/2009

   In this room there is a single work of art and a single chair. The chair is for the visitor who wants to take the time to look at the artwork at...

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7. 

   exhibition

   One on One. Frank Stella. Tuxedo Junction

   Plug In #32

   15/12/2007 - 30/03/2008

   Plug In #32 One on one is the first of a series of presentations centering around a single work from the museum collection. The title of this Plug In...

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8. 

   exhibition

   Collection Henri van Abbe

   Plug In #50

   04/04/2009 - 15/11/2009

   In this Plug In we show 26 works that are purchased in 1936, the year that the Van Abbemuseum opened its doors. This ensemble of 26 paintings is the...

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9. 

   exhibition

   Chagall, Delaunay, Picasso, Braque, Kandinsky

   Plug In #29

   14/06/2007 - 09/12/2007

   The Van Abbemuseum collection includes a small but high-quality ensemble of works from the beginning of the twentieth century. They were acquired in...

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10. 

    exhibition

    Bruce Nauman. Driven Man, Driven Snow

    Plug In #23

    16/03/2007 - 28/05/2007

    In this room, a number of cast iron blocks are spread across the floor in groups of three or four. Not everybody can instantly see whether they all...

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11. 

    exhibition

    Bik van der Pol. Pay Attention: Act 3

    Plug In #28.3

    10/05/2008 - 21/09/2008

    In Plug In #28.3 Bik Van der Pol, Pay Attention: Act 3, they present the work of three artists. ‘Les Grands Ensembles’, 1994-2001 by Pierre Huyghe...

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12. 

    exhibition

    Bik van der Pol. Pay Attention: Act 2

    Plug In #28.2

    15/12/2007 - 20/04/2008

    Liesbeth Bik (1959) and Jos van der Pol (1961) have been working together as Bik Van der Pol since 1994. The two Rotterdam citizens are not classical...

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13. 

    exhibition

    Bik van der Pol. Pay Attention: Act 1

    Plug In #28.1

    02/06/2007 - 23/09/2007

    Liesbeth Bik (1959) and Jos van der Pol (1961) have been working together as Bik Van der Pol since 1994. The two Rotterdam citizens are not classical...

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14. 

    exhibition

    'For Eindhoven'- The City as Muse

    part of VANUIT HIER - OUT OF HERE

    03/09/2011 - 08/01/2012

    'For Eindhoven’ – The City as Muse shows artworks made by international artists in Eindhoven and the province of Noord-Brabant during the last 30...

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15. 

    exhibition

    VANUIT HIER - OUT OF HERE

    Exhibition project following the 75th anniversary of the Van Abbemuseum

    03/09/2011 - 08/01/2012

    Three exhibitions opened in the Van Abbemuseum on Saturday 3 September 2011, which focus on the vital relationship of the museum with artists and art...

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16. 

    event

    75 years Van Abbemuseum

    Festive public celebration

    24/09/2011

    18 April was the 75th birthday of the Van Abbemuseum. A good reason for a celebration! We invite you all to celebrate this with us on 24 September....

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17. 

    exhibition

    Tricksters Tricked

    (un)covering identity

    16/10/2010 - 06/02/2011

    Tricksters Tricked is an investigation of design and its dual role in shaping our contemporary reality. It concentrates on the craft of identity...

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18. 

    exhibition

    Get hooked!

    Gallery Tante Netty - Woensel West

    04/09/2011 - 30/10/2011

    On Sunday September 4th at 15h00, Tante Netty opens the exhibition Get Hooked! The exhibition features works of the online popular artists and urban...

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19. 

    event

    Territory 1995 - Marko Peljhan / Museum Songspiel...

    Opening two new projects Play Van Abbe

    02/04/2011

    On Saturday 2 April, two new projects about the Dutch past, present and future, will open in the Van Abbemuseum. They are both part of the Play Van...

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20. 

    research project

    Connecting

    Bernadette van Loon, Anita Couwenbergh and Remko Leeuw in the Oog

    02/06/2011 - 11/06/2011

    How can you make a connection from your own heart, with the heart of an art museum? What exactly is the heart is the Van Abbe Museum? And is the soul...

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21. 

    event

    Hallo Cultuur!

    Visit 23 cultural organisations in Eindhoven for free

    04/09/2011

    Want to find out what the cultural organisations in Eindhoven have to offer? Go and join Hallo Cultuur! on Sunday 4 September. The Van...

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22. 

    event

    Questions to the Museum of the 21th Century

    Play Van Abbe Symposium

    01/07/2011 - 02/07/2011

    Art museums originate from the 19th century, Modern Art museums from the 20th century, now, at the break of the 21th century, the Van Abbemuseum asks...

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23. 

    event

    Picasso in Palestine: Live Stream of the opening

    In the Foyer of Muziekgebouw Frits Philips Eindhoven

    24/06/2011

    The exhibition Picasso in Palestine will open Friday, June 24, at the International Academy of Art Palestine (IAAP). For the very first time...

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24. 

    event

    P for Performance: Choose Happiness, Humor,...

    _event by Gunndís Ýr Finnbogadóttir & Maja Bekan*

    18/06/2011

    Being productive and competitive in business doesn’t mean that you have to be serious all the time. Smiling doesn’t mean you’re not working hard....

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25. 

    event

    Summer Tour 2011

    75 years Van Abbemuseum

    21/06/2011 - 14/08/2011

    Is it raining cats and dogs outside? Or is it too hot to be out in the sun? It’s always a comfortable 21 degrees in the Van Abbemuseum!  During the...

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26. event

    Open!

    First and second Pentecost day

    12/06/2011 - 13/06/2011

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27. 

    event

    P for Performance: There is no such thing as an...

    an event by Read-in* & Maja Bekan

    09/06/2011

    Read-in is the collective effort of instigating instant reading sessions in other people's homes. Initiated in February 2010 in Utrecht, NL by artist...

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28. 

    publication

    The Copyist #1

    A Play Van Abbe Journal

    The typical magazine, sold at the typical news stand, at a typical airport has inspired this first edition of the Play Van Abbe journal – this one is...

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