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TIME TO KILL TODAY at the NIO Basement in Rotterdam
Half the floor of the dark, low basement was covered in sand and, as we became aware of the subtle soundscape by Itzik Vanunu, slowly, one by one, four girls entered the space and began to slowly roll around on the makeshift beach. Despite it being a rather chilly and not very sunny July there was very much a summer feel to the performance.
ERWIN OLAF at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
3rd July – 22nd September.
The Rijksmuseum has been a major source of inspiration for Erwin Olaf since his early youth, with Rembrandt, Jan Steen, Breitner and other Dutch artists being hugely influential on his work. To mark the transfer of his core collection the Rijksmuseum
Boijmans Van Beuningen acquires a major work by Surrealist Leonora Carrington
It is the first work of this artist in the museum collection and that of the Netherlands Collection.
MOJO BACKSTAGE at Museum Prinsenhof in Delft
DUTCH MASTERS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
This beautifully designed show creates an immersive environment by using videos, posters, many of which provide the floor covering, a virtual reality room and lots more besides . . .
MAGDA MENDES at de Doelen, Rotterdam and on tour
Magda Mendes’ self-penned songs are all beautiful, melodic and flawlessly performed. They complement each other so as to make Oliveiras a fine, cohesive album.
John Godber’s SCARY BIKERS on tour
It tells the story of the unlikely liaison between Don and Carol, both of whom have recently lost their spouses and who share a love of cycling and an acceptance that life must go on. Set in Yorkshire, suburban Carol persuades rough diamond ex-miner Don to go on a cycling holiday to Florence.
ERWIN OLAF at the Gemeente Museum & Fotomuseum in The Hague
It is their stillness and ambiguity that make these pictures disturbing – who are these people and why are they doing what they are doing? Where are they going, where have they been? The quality of the giant photos is astounding; they have the richness and depth of old master paintings.
