Museums and galleries Plovdiv

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Plovdiv has no shortage of art galleries and museums. The City Art Gallery has a floor dedicated to revolving exhibitions and a permanent collection of 19th c. paintings. The Philippopolis Art Gallery and the Sate Gallery of Fine Arts hold examples of Bulgarian masterpieces. 
If you like religious art, the Museum of Icons contains specimens of Byzantium-inspired works. 
LINK Museums and galleries Plovdiv

Peter Fengler

Peter Fengler, born in 1964 in the Netherlands, Fengler’s unique performances can include absurdist stand-up, magicianship, intellectual pursuits, critical theory and the creation of his own lathe-cut vinyl. ‘Barogue, Non Barogue’ (a story about proportionism) - the latest instalment of a constantly emerging archive of sounds, texts and gestures in which he aims to redefine nuance from a musical and linguistic perspective. Fengler is a member of Coolhaven, Poolmongool and Ultra Hobby Complex and co founder of Rotterdam’s incredible arts space De Player.
LINK de player
LINK ultrahobbycomplex

Ellen van Toor, Lukie de Bree, Susan Schildkamp and more

For sale @ Notarishuis Arnhem

With 475 works of paintings, watercolors and graphics is again a large collection of modern works of Arto Imago Art Library under the digital hammer. Under these works known names like Armando, Ad Verstijnen, Marc Mulders, Corneille, Jan Cremer, Huub van de Loo, Charlotte Molenkamp, Rick van Iersel, Jeroen Henneman, Bert Loerakker, Clemens Briels and more
Viewing: Saturday 25 and Sunday, May 26th (10.00-17.00)
LINK  Notarishuis Arnhem

Fondation Louis Vuitton

To remain true to Frank Gehry's design, the people involved in the construction of the Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la création have faced many never-before-seen challenges, from the project design to the last touches on the final work. LINK Fondation Louis Vuitton

Sylvia Sleigh

@ CAPC 
musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux

Sylvia Sleigh gained critical success in the 1960s and '70s as an important instigator of New York's feminist art scene. Known for her explicit male nudes that quote and subvert the art historical tradition of male gaze onto female body, in her portraits feature artists, musicians and writers of both genders, dressed and naked, representing a pantheon of significant cultural figures. Exploring contemporary portraiture as an intimate dialogue between artist and sitter, Sleigh's practice elevated her subjects, aiming to remove objectification from art. In these portraits, she combined bold sensuality with a personal feminism that placed her at the heart of a discourse on power, representation, and gender. LINK CAPC

Artists with Multiple Personality Syndrome

by Kees Koomen 
@ Lost painters

Read more (Dutch) Link Lost painters

Abi Sampa

Listen @ The Voice UK 2013

LINK The Voice UK

Jean Paul Gaultier

@ Kunsthal

Since his first ready-to-wear collection was presented in 1976, 
Jean Paul Gaultier has become an integral part of the fashion and pop culture scene and an international icon. Provocative and bold, he has been designing the quirky and the offbeat almost forty years and through this work questions established conventions. Gaultier takes inspiration for his collections from world cultures, from Africa and India to Russia and Greece. He effortlessly combines Hussar and Mongol influences with those of the Hasidic Jews, the Chinese and even the Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo. LINK Kunsthal

Collecting Art in Lebanon

@ AUB Art Gallery

Sidani Street, Hamra
Riad El Solh

Beirut, Lebanon

The American University of Beirut Art Gallery presents
the exhibition Profiles: Collecting Art in Lebanon. The exhibition examines practices of art collecting and art patronage in contemporary Lebanon. On display are ten video interviews conducted with private art collectors and inheritors of collections, including Saleh Barakat, Anachar Basbous, Georges Corm, Raymond Audi, Abraham Karabajakian, Ramzi Saidi and Afaf Osseiran Saidi and Tony Salamé. The art critic and publisher Cesar Nammour offers a historical perspective on the practice of art collecting, while Zeina Arida of the Arab Image Foundation speaks about collecting as an artistic strategy. Dima Raad, of the Ministry of Culture of Lebanon, shares her views on the state's art collection practices. On the lower floor of the gallery, the house of a Lebanese art collector - inspired by the home of the collector Samir Saleeby - has been reconstructed. 
LINK AUB Art Gallery

Long-term Installations

@ MoMA PS1

MoMA PS1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources Inc., an organization devoted to organizing exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned spaces across New York City. In 1976, it opened the first major exhibition in its permanent location in Long Island City, Queens, with the seminal Rooms exhibition. An invitation for artists to transform the building's unique spaces, Rooms established the MoMA PS1 tradition of transforming the building's spaces into site-specific art that continues today with long-term installations by James Turrell, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Lawrence Weiner, and others. LINK MoMA PS1

Nicole Eisenman

@ University of California, Berkeley Art Museum 
and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) 

Nicole Eisenman's "Pancake Dinner"

Nicole Eisenman / MATRIX 248 brings together approximately forty works by the New York-based artist, produced since 2009. Intermixing historical styles associated with American Regionalism and the Italian Renaissance with German Expressionism, Eisenman twists the imagery, reimagining familiar forms with her own incisive social commentary and aesthetic voice. LINK BAM PFA

Hasselblad 1000f

In 1953, a much-improved camera, the 1000f was released. In 1954, they took the 1000f design and mated it to the groundbreaking new 38 mm Biogon lens designed by Dr. Bertele of Zeiss to produce the SWA (Supreme Wide Angle, later changed to Super Wide Angle). Though a specialty product not intended to sell in large numbers, the SWA was an impressive achievement, and derivatives were sold for decades. Hasselblad took their two products to the 1954 Photokina trade show in Germany, and word began to spread. 
LINK Hasselblad 1000f

Kingsday

LINK Queen and Kingsday

Queen and Kingsday

LINK old Queensday

Marie Aly @ LUMC

Marie Aly (Berlin, 1980) paints historic, iconic portraits in the style of the Flemish primitives of the early Italian Renaissance. From her fascination with pop culture perpetuates them in small thumbnails pop artists as icons of the past. LINK LUMC     LINK Marie Aly

Rene Castelijn is is still looking for...

MODELS TO PLAY KING AND QUEEN IN MY STUDIO. ITS STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT, TOMORROW, OR MONDAY!!

MODELS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD (MIXED OR NOT NATIVE DUTCH) ARE INVITED TO COME TO MY STUDIO ON THE
NOORDEREILAND IN ROTTERDAM TO HAVE THERE PHOTO TAKEN AS A KINGS COUPLE. 

IT DOESNT TAKE LONG, ITS FUN. I HAVE THE CLOTHES NEEDED AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO AFTER THE PROJECT FOR FREE. 

DROP ME A LINE! I STILL NEED 8 MORE COUPLES..
LINK Rene Castelijn

Elsbeth Ciesluk

Preparations for '' the first sentence of every book I have'' 
Roosendaal January 2012

Elsbeth Ciesluk; image by Marjolijn Dijkman 

Elsbeth Ciesluk studied at the ArtEZ Academy for Art&Design in Zwolle and she is currently finishing her MA at AKV/St.Joost in Breda-Den Bosch. Elsbeth uses performances, texts, photography and video to shape her ‘obsessions for repetition and being a one man factory’. The artist was the winner of the Art Olive Award 2010. Her work has been shown at ‘A spectacle of consequences’, Duende, Rotterdam; ‘From the start to the beginning’, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium; ‘You are not here’, Kasteel het Nijenhuis Museum de Fundatie, Heino; ‘Art Olive Young Talent’, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, and as a publication in Kunstbeeld, ‘Brieven aan Roos van Put’. LINK Elsbeth Ciesluk

open studios

@ The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) 
APRIL 26, 2013 - APRIL 28, 2013 

Lea Porsager, "Anatta Experiment," 2012. Film, text, ova, 
index-floor, 
poster, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.

The International Studio & amp; Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a three-day exhibition of international contemporary art. The 27 artists from 20 countries currently in residence present work in their studios. The studio is a generative space - part production site, office, laboratory and situation - and it can be argued that it is more significant today for artistic process than ever before. Open Studios invites the public to 27 “studio visits” to experience art in its place of origin and to share conversations with artists from all over the world. LINK ISCP

Ai Weiwei

WeiweiCam 
@ Kunstpalais
 Marktplatz 1
 Erlangen, Germany

The Kunstpalais dedicates a group exhibition to the topic 'freedom' due to the 200th anniversary of the decisive battle of the nations of the wars of liberation in 1813. Recent revolutions in the Arab world are regarded as the starting point for the exhibition and some of the artworks are dealing with this subject. The concept of the show seeks to investigate the topic of political liberty, the fight for democracy and human rights, the desire for departure and the struggle for self-determination. LINK Kunstpalais

Kees Koomen

@ Scheveningse pier

More info about Kees Koomen   LINK ( in Dutch)
LINK 'henk = 0' manifestatie

Anouk Griffioen winner

of Kracht van Rotterdam

(via trendbeheer) 
„Art does not reproduce the visible but makes things visible.“ - Paul Klee When we enter a room of artworks by Anouk Griffioen we find ourselves surrounded by colossal people, hybrid beings and shadows. The auras of these works can be frightening, strange and confusing, but they also arouse the viewer’s curiosity about the inner beings inside her creations. Her lifelike method of depiction lends them great expressivity…  more text from Graziella Kuhn see: LINK Anouk Griffioen

Ellen Rodenberg

@ Scheveningse pier

In her artwork Ellen Rodenberg gives both a differential as well as an apt dynamic picture of her progress. Initially the artist was self-taught and subsequently she continued at the Koninklijke Academie in Den Haag to obtain her Degree in Fine Art over a two-year period. Besides paintings she also makes three-dimensional installations and videos; which have been frequently used in music performances in the The Hague underground scene where her videos have been shown as a part of the overall programme. This broad range of activities appears to have consistently contributed to a painterly development, which has lead to an interesting new body of work. In the paintings the previous formal characteristics continue to prevail; they have been divided in four squares. In the four forms a different approach is used, but throughout this approach in all four the same subject or motif flows… more about Ellen Rodenberg see: LINK Ellen Rodenberg
LINK 'henk = 0' manifestatie

”Vocholitos”

Miniature Mexican beaded Volkswagens
for sale @ Kunsthalle Deutsche bank

Following the popularity of the world’s only Mexican beaded Volkswagen, namely “Vochol”, the Museum of Popular Arts’ Friends Association ( AAMAP) has made available miniature replicas which can be purchased at their stores in Mexico City. The miniature replicas, also known as “Vocholitos”, are a wonderful way to promote and recognize the unique artistic expressions of the Mexican Huichol popular tradition. Even the role of the women is represented through the Vochol - and the Vocholito. MexicoToday is raffling 4 Vocholitos - two in Germany and two in France - via its Facebook pages, so make sure to participate for a chance to win one of them if you are based in any of those two countries! The “Vochol” has been touring around North America and Europe for people abroad to enjoy such a magnificent piece of art. Following its exhibition at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC in March and the Denver International Airport in June, the “Vochol” visited the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris in October, when it head to the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany where it will be exhibited until the first week of January in 2013. In an exclusive interview with MexicoToday, the then president of the Marie Therese de Arango AAMAP invited people from around the world to admire and visit one of the Vochol upcoming exhibitions.  LINK Kunsthalle DB

Marko Pogačnik

SURVEY EXHIBITION 1962 - 2012 
Art Descending Upon the Earth 
UGM | Maribor Art Gallery, Strossmayerjeva 6 Slovenia

Marko Pogačnik (1944, Kranj) entered the Slovenian cultural sphere already as a high school student. Later he was a member of the Conceptual group OHO (1965 - 1971). He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana (1963 - 1967). Since 1968 he has worked as a free-lance artist. In 1971, together with his friends he began joining art and life (land art) and established a commune in Šempas in Vipavska valley. Since his first exhibition held in 1965 he has  exhibited extensively, also abroad: in Paris, Munich, New York, Florence and elsewhere. LINK UGM, Maribor Art Gallery

JR in Germany

JR has been busy in Germany where he completed several new pieces on the streets of Berlin. In town for his “Wrinkles Of The City” project, the French artist new pieces are including portraits of ageing individuals who have, over the years, witnessed and experienced the transformation of Berlin.” (via whudat) LINK whudat

Topp & Dubio Henk = 0

Read more @ LINK Topp & Dubio

Ro Theater Sells ..

18, 19 and 20 April from 19.30
in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. 

During Theater Rotterdam presents at 18, 19 and 20 April in the Rotterdamse Schouwburg is also a selection from the costume workshop for sale. Come stroll through the racks of the Ro Theatre and be surprised by the most eccentric, imaginative and handmade costumes. LINK Ro Theater (site in Dutch)

The Rijksmuseum

Celebrates opening on 13 April 2013 
with weekend of festivities.
Orange carpet is rolled out for the Netherlands

Before the official ceremony begins at midday, Queen Beatrix will receive a guided tour of the transformed Rijksmuseum, and will hear private performances by trumpet player Eric Vloeimans and the Netherlands Wind Ensemble, and a recital by writer Remco Campert of a poem that he created especially for the opening. An artwork by Dutch designer Christian Borstlap will also be unveiled in the museum and will remain on show for the opening weekend. The opening ceremony on Museumplein will be heralded by 12 spectacular fanfares, one from every province of the Netherlands. The musicians will enter Museumplein from the Rijksmuseum Passageway and line up for Her Majesty. After her guided tour of the building, Queen Beatrix will walk the orange carpet to Museumplein to perform the official opening ceremony. Thereafter everyone will be invited to visit the museum for free. LINK Rijksmuseum

Marcel Duchamp

The Afternoon 
Interviews by Calvin Tomkins

(NEW YORK) - Badlands Unlimited is pleased to announce the publication of Marcel Duchamp: The After- noon Interviews by the celebrated New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins. In 1964, Tomkins spent a number of after- noons interviewing Marcel Duchamp in his apartment on West 10th Street in New York. Casual yet insightful, Duchamp reveals himself as a man and an artist whose playful principles toward living freed him to make art that was as unpredictable, complex, and surprising as life itself. Duchamp mused on everything from paying taxes to his feelings about art dealers to his influence on younger generations of artists like Robert Rauschenberg and John Cage. Tomkins used those interviews as source material for his profile of the iconic artist in the New Yorker, and later in his definitive 1996 biography, Duchamp. But they have never been edited and made public, until now. The Afternoon Interviews, which includes an introductory interview with Tomkins reflecting on Duchamp as an artist, guide and friend, reintroduces the reader to key ideas of his artistic world and renews Duchamp as a vital model for a new generation of artists. The enhanced e-book includes four audio clips, including three from the original 1964 recording of the interview and a never before heard clip of Tomkins in 2012 telling a short story about Duchamp. LINK Badlands Unlimited

Saloua Raouda Choucair

@ Tate Modern
17 April – 20 October 2013

The world’s first major museum exhibition of Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair celebrates this remarkable artist’s extraordinary body of work. Choucair is a pioneer of abstract art in the Middle East and, born in 1916, takes her rightful position as a significant figure in the history of twentieth-century art. Through painting and drawing, architecture, textiles and jewellery, as well as, of course, her prolific and experimental sculptures, visitors can discover how Choucair worked in diverse media pursuing her interests in science, mathematics and Islamic art and poetry. Many of the works, made over a period of five decades, have not previously been seen outside of Lebanon. LINK Tate