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The exhibition is a journey along several art movements, from realism from the 19th century and New Objectivity to Pop Art and realistic painting from the 1960s. More than 150 art works, under which paintings, photos, video’s and sculptures provide an impressive overview of the diversity of genres in realistic art. Continue reading Realism From Courbet to Duane Hanson‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
               Exposition until 5 september 2010: This summer Kunsthal Rotterdam presents over eighty works by painter and lithographer Jeroen Hermkens (1960). From January 2009 onwards Hermkens travelled around the world for one and a half years in order to register the activities of dredging company Van Oord based in Rotterdam. Continue reading Jeroen Hermkens – Water works Terra Nova‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
Annually numerous cycling tourists attempt to climb the Alpe d’Huez and Mont Ventoux – until 29 august 2010. Defying these huge mountains on bicycle is a physical challenge that many people – mostly men – want to take up at least once in their lives. Ordinary mortals measure their strength with that of their cycling heroes. Continue reading Mount Purgatoire Photos by Adriaan van der Ploeg‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
Until 15 august 2010: The exhibition entitled Clay Art Rocks! at Kunsthal Rotterdam opens the doors of the ceramic arts depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. By showing over 150 ceramic top pieces that are either swirled, casted or moulded by hand, the exhibition displays the endless possibilities and highly diverse qualities of both clay and glazing. Numerous ceramic artists, both from the Netherlands and from abroad, got inspired by the artistic qualities of clay. The ceramic collection is characterized by both vase- and pottery forms. With a survey of works from the beginning of the previous century onwards the exhibition convincingly shows that not all ceramic art can be put under the same heading. Continue reading Clay art rocks‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
By showing over two hundred photographs Kunsthal Rotterdam (until 22 august 2010) presents an impressive part of the extensive oeuvre of renowned Swiss Magnum photographer René Burri. His work is put on display in the Netherlands for the first time ever. The retrospective primarily displays vintage prints and personal documents and gives an insight into the diversity of subjects that Burri has managed to capture on camera over the past fifty years. Continue reading Photographer René Burrii‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
This summer the Tour de France takes up central position at Kunsthal Rotterdam – until 29 august 2010. One month before Le Grand Départ in Rotterdam, the Kunsthal presents a large interactive exhibition in order to make Tour lovers even more excited about the most important cycling spectacle of the year. Visitors truly experience all the aspects that the Tour circus has to offer. By means of a virtual track they can either cycle mountain passes or comment on a mass sprint as a sports reporter. Stories of both former cyclists and reporters shed new light on heroic victories and historical moments from the past. Legendary photographs and film fragments of Dutch participants in the Tour de France are also put on display. ‘Tour Experience’ is a true feast for anyone who loves sports and cycling! Social Bookmark Visitholland
Sandra Vásquez de la Horra. 12 July – 24 October 2010. Sandra Vásquez de la Horra is her name. She has Chilean nationality but has been living in Düsseldorf since 1995. Her work is ‘modest’. It is small-scale and concerns drawings. But, good heavens – when she hangs those drawings on the wall! Then they become part of a greater whole; a chain that can stretch over the entire wall. Her world is populated by bidden and unbidden guests. Continue reading Sandra Vásquez de la Horra‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
The majority of people have heard about Amsterdam’s Red Light District well before their visit. Leaving nothing to the imagination, most stereotypes about this area are true: there are plenty of sex shops, peep shows, brothels, an elaborate condom shop, a sex museum and of course prostitutes in red-lit windows. In addition to the fact that there is much more to the city than this district, Continue reading Red Light District Amsterdam‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
Everyone knows that Amsterdam is a glittering city, but did you know that it is also known as the “City of Diamonds”? For more than four hundred years, Amsterdam has been a diamond cutting and trade centre. Gassan Diamonds is an Amsterdam company who offer a free tour of the diamond cutting and polishing process. Continue reading Everyone knows Amsterdam as Diamond City‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
It’s no wonder people swarm to De Bijenkorf like bees to a honey-pot. This up market, luxury department store is Amsterdam’s largest and has a continuously changing assortment, inspiring displays and a fabulous self-service café – great for a gourmet treat without any fuss. Spread over six spacious floors, De Bijenkorf also has a hairdressers with a great view, a coffee bar, Continue reading De Bijenkorf in Amsterdam‹ Social Bookmark Visitholland
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