Pazzanistraat 371014 DB Amsterdam Call it a modern take on the museum, or an immersive, titillating, audiovisual experience. Whatever you call it, Fabrique des Lumières is an experience about art. It’s created to excite, to incite, and to overwhelm. It’s one of a kind, but available to all. Fabrique des Lumières brings art to life:…
FENIX will open in Rotterdam in the first half of 2025 – a new museum that is the first in the world to present, ground-breaking, contemporary art on the theme of migration. With a museum surface of 16,000 square meters, FENIX offers two monumental installations in addition to the changing international art collection: a suitcase maze and the photo exhibition Family of Migrants. Plein, a covered, lively city square for everyone, will be located on the ground floor.
One Flat Thing, Reproduced was the final part of a trilogy of pieces to celebrate the work of American choreographer William Forsythe under the banner of A Forsythe Evening. You would have been forgiven for experiencing a sense of déjà vu as the same programme was presented in December 2021 with the name Woven State. That was rather spoiled by the pandemic so the show has been brought to the stage again, albeit with a few adjustments.
Museum Van Loon Keizersgracht 672AmsterdamTel + 31(0)20.6245255 In the heart of the Amsterdam canal district lies Museum Van Loon, a magnificent private residence built in 1672 by the architect Adriaen Dortsman. The first resident was the painter Ferdinand Bol, a pupil of Rembrandt. The interior of the house has remained largely intact during the last…
KattenKabinetHerengracht 497 1017 BT Amsterdam +31 (0)20-626 940 The KattenKabinet in Amsterdam is unique – it is the only museum in the world entirely dedicated to cats. Established in 1990 in a huge house on the famous Herengracht the museum is, as you would expect, a little eccentric. Apparently the owner still lives upstairs …
Of the paintings it is probably the magnificent Aus Herzen und Hirnen sprießen die Halme der Nacht (From Hearts and Brains the Stalks of Night are Sprouting) that dominates. Measuring 4.70 meter high by 8.40 meters long it has the museum’s largest room almost to itself. On a base of gold a path winds its way through a field while six giant scythes stare down like harbingers of death. Above is scrawled the line by Paul Celan from which the title is taken.
In a surprise statement it has been announcement that Mischa van Leeuwen, Scapino’s most famous dancer, is retiring after 25 years from the company where he started in 1998. He is best known to the general public for his character roles in productions such as TING! and OSCAR. As co-founder of the Rotterdam choreographic competition RIDCC, he remains active in the Dutch dance world.
Nadav Zelner’s Bedtime Story which was originally produced during the pandemic and therefore was not seen by a lot of people. Exploiting his belief that, “The small, secret moment between sleep and consciousness is the moment in which I make my dreams come true”, this was a helter-skelter of a piece. It moved so fast that the audience and surely the dancers hardly had time to catch their breath. This never ending kaleidoscope was a frenetic sequence of very short dramatic moments where each individual or group had its own designated space defined by the lighting.
