The Square
Four choreographic minds come together to create ‘The Square’, a new full-length dance production under the direction of Scapino Ballet’s Ed Wubbe. Dancemakers and artists from different backgrounds and various working styles collaborate to produce a diverse and disruptive production. Like a cinematic editor, Ed Wubbe edits and blends the various choreographies together to make […]
The Migrant
While visiting Singapore in 2012, photographer Anais Lopez happened upon the Javan mynah, a sleek-looking black bird with a distinctive yellow beak and a cacophonous call. This squawky Bali and Java native has made its way through Southeast Asia, settling in urban cities within Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Sumatra, the Lesser Sundas and Singapore. Lopez first […]
Peter de Krom
The nature documentary you’ve always dreamed of: the Kunsthal presents Peter de Krom’s whimsical photo series on Hoek van Holland. Rotterdam is a key player in the rapidly globalising Netherlands. Favourite corner cafés are being redesigned and our old, familiar places are becoming unrecognisable amid clouds of reconstruction. Photographer Peter de Krom attempts to capture […]
Extra Large
For the first time in the Netherlands, the Kunsthal presents ‘Extra Large’, an exhibition featuring the works of Picasso, Le Corbusier, Miro, Vasarely and Louise Bourgeois handwoven and knotted into gargantuan tapestries. The majority of tapestries were produced by the world-famous Parisian Manufacture des Gobelins. Established in Paris, along the bank of the Bievre River, […]
Ecstasy by Sanne Sannes
Long before the #metoo movement there was the 1960s, a radical period of time throughout the world marked by equal rights movements for all. It was during this time that budding photographer Sanne Sannes left his mark. Sannes is known for his intimate and erotic portraits of women. Shot in close-range, Sannes makes it nearly […]
Dossier Indië
Famously planting roots throughout the world, from America to Asia and Africa to South America, the Dutch empire had an extensive colonial reach. ‘Dossier Indië’ at the Wereldmuseum offers a unique glance into life in the Dutch-colonised East Indies through a comprehensive photo series. This unique series, compiled by guest curator Thom Hoffman, focusses on […]
Art Means Everything
The chic Chabot villa-turned-museum will play host to Dutch and international expressionist painters Monet, Picasso, Munch, De Kooning, Van Dongen, Jawlensky and Appel, among others. ‘Art Means Everything’ is part of the Boijmans Next Door project, while the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is closed for renovations. Around 500 masterpieces from the Museum Boijmans collection have […]
Groot Handelsgebouw
A new vision for the future Located right next to Rotterdam Central Station, the Groot Handelsgebouw is known as an icon of post-war reconstruction. Through its visionary design, it’s more in demand than ever before. With Rotterdam’s city centre almost entirely wiped out during World War II, many entrepreneurs lost their businesses. While the war […]
Wim Pijbes’s thirst for action
‘Rotterdam on the verge of a third Golden Age’ Even though he was appointed director of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Wim Pijbes didn’t pack up and move there. He’s very attached to Rotterdam – now more than ever as director of a philanthropic foundation that aims to boost the city’s cultural capital. Words: Ellen Scholtens […]
New In Town
The Hip Hunter Looking for the newest places to shop, eat, drink and have fun? Here are our top picks for the most recently opened hotspots. Words: Chantal Lindsen RTM nightclub RTM: in Transit is a series of club nights running from September till New Year’s Day. Season 01 will launch in a basement found […]