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BijlmAIR is the Artist-in-Residence Programme of Centrum Beeldende Kunst Zuidoost (CBK Zuidoost – center of visual arts), Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA) and Stichting FLAT (FLAT foundation).
For 2011 BijlmAIR invites artists and other cultural producers to live and work temporarily in Amsterdam Southeast. This period can be used for project research or for realisation of a project or work of art, following a relevant proposal made by the applicant. The selection committee of the participating organisations decides which proposals will be chosen.
Beginning August 28
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is opening its doors temporarily as 'The Temporary Stedelijk at the Stedelijk Museum', with two large presentations: 'Taking Place' and 'Monumentalism'.
Monumentalism - History and National Identity in Contemporary Art is an exhibition of proposals for Municipal Art Acquisitions. This time this exhibition has a specific thematic approach.
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The monumental photo work Myths & Legends Room - The Mural by Hala Elkoussy, made on the occasion of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2010, which Elkoussy won together with the curator Jelle Bouwhuis, will be seen beginning August 31 in the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York. There it is being exhibited together with the other two winning works, by Kader Attia and Marwan Sahmarani. The complete exhibition was originally conceived for Art Dubai 2010. The exhibition in the MAD runs through October 10. The ACAP 2010 catalogue accompanies the show.
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To celebrate the publication of the collected essays Now is the Time: Art & Theory in the 21st Century, the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam will host a booklaunch on Tuesday, December 1. During the event Eelco van Welie, director NAi Publishers and Gijs van Tuyl, director Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, will present first copies of both the Dutch and English edition of the publication to Lex ter Braak, director of the the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB), and to Gitta Luiten, director of the Mondriaan Foundation who supported the publications financially.
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