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Februari 27, 2010:
Divided Divided - Carsten Höller
Carsten Höller, overview exhibition Divided Divided, photo: Attilio Maranzano
A new installation by artist Carsten Höller (1961). Several works were made especially for the museum.
Jac. Jongert
'Trying is Buying': until 18 April 2010, the museum presents an overview of Jac. Jongerts oeuvre. He was one of the most important designers of his time, and famous for his advertisements for Van Nelle.
Ritsue Mishima, Frozen Garden / Fruits of Fire
From 6 February to 30 May come and be seduced by glass artist Ritsue Mishima’s glass objects installed in a Japanese Zen garden.
Acquisition Presentation Contemporary Drawings
Ronald Cornelissen, Black Oak, 2006, ink, and collage on paper, 72 x 97 cm, Collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
A selection of some eighty drawings by national and international artists, among them Hans de Wit, Peter Feiler and Krijn de Koning, are now on view for several months. Most of the drawings have not been shown in the museum before.
Portscapes
Hans Schabus, 'Europahaven, Rotterdam, 17 june 2009', Courtesy of the artist.
Experience the world of the Second Maasvlakte at Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. As of 30 January to 25 April the results of a an artistic journey of discovery into the past, present and future of the Port of Rotterdam, are exhibited.
Inside Out - Kunsthal
Paulus Moreelse, Vertumnus en Pomona, 1630, Oil on canvas, Collection Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Kunsthal Rotterdam literally turns Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen inside out! Due to maintenance of its depots, over 12,000 art objects cross over, right through the Museum Park, to the daylight hall of the Kunsthal.
Intervention #13 - Anne Wenzel
Anne Wenzel, Requiem of Heroism (detail), ceramics, 2009, Courtesy Galerie Akinci en Tatjana Pieters/ OneTwenty Gallery
The Rotterdam-based artist Anne Wenzel (1972) presents Requiem of Heroism, an installation which includes new ceramics.
Mercenaries and Turks
Erhard Schön, Turkish Soldier on a Dromedary, c. 1530, Woodcut, coloured with watercolour, 31 x 20 cm, Private collection
The museum’s Print Room is exhibiting two extraordinary series of coloured woodcuts from the German renaissance.
Intervention #12 Call Sheet
Ine Lamers, USTALA, video stills, 2005-2008
From 15 August the museum presents the installation Call Sheet from artist and filmmaker Ine Lamers. In Call Sheet she shows the video USTALA (I'm tired), photographic portraits and video stills.
Exhibitions at the Print room
Photo: Hans Wilschut
Several temporary exhibitions are on view at the Print room. The museum displays different works from the collection throughout the year. Visitors can digitally request a print and this will be put on display at a special show table .
‘Laat je haar neer’ (Let Your Hair Down) by Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist, Laat je haar neer (Let Your Hair Down), permanent audio/video-installaton, photo: Ernst Moritz
The video installation entitled ‘Laat je haar neer’, a play on words that means both ‘let your hair down’ and ‘lay her down’, is on view in the stairwell in the entrance area.
Free exhibitions
Behind the entrance area, in the Willem van der Vorm Galery and Serra Hall are always new free exhibitions.
The Collection Two
photo Maarten Laupman
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is 160 years old this year. To celebrate this anniversary the museum’s collections are being presented in new displays. For the first time the museum’s world-famous collection of prints and drawings is being combined with paintings, sculpture, the applied arts and design.
Intervention #9 Ten To One
Sylvie Zijlmans and Hewald Jongenelis invited ten friends in a meadow on ten consecutive days. They assembled the ten photographs of the ten meals to create a single image of a large feast. ‘Ten to One’ will be displayed from 28 February as a wall-sized installation.
A new museum every day
Building a exhibition by the technical service of the museum
The museum changes almost every day. Alongside its dynamic programme of temporary exhibitions the museum displays different works from the collection at various locations throughout the year.
