August 20 10
After the fairytale-ish midsummer night edition of the Nacht van Duivenvoorde, the beta-version of the critically acclaimed mini arts festival in and around Museum Duivenvoorde Castle (Kasteel Duivenvoorde) last June, we are now making preparations for another edition in October. Thanks to a generous grant from the SNS REAAL Fund we are able to broaden and deepen our contribution to [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Also posted in Architecture, Duivenvoorde, Heritage, event, images, museum
Tagged Face detection, Face recognition, Jan de Cock, Jarrik Ouburg, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Krijn de Koning, Nacht van Duivenvoorde, Paulien Bremmer, SANAA, SNS REAAL Fonds, social media
August 2 10
Following my article ‘People Can’t Live in Museums‘ and an interview in this month’s Time Out Amsterdam, I decided to share some of my thoughts on the effects of an UNESCO-enlistment with the Dutch readers of the national daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. They published my opinion article together with a crazy cartoon by Hajo de Reijger. [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Also posted in Amsterdam, Architecture, Heritage, Media, News
Tagged Ai Amsterdam, Aken, Amstel Hotel, Amsterdam, Bath, Bruges, Brugge, Brussel, Centre Pompidou, Courrier International, De Standaard, Der Spiegel, Dresden, Forum, Internazionale, Jan Van Hove, Keulen, Le Monde, Louvre, Michiel van Iersel, NRC Handelsblad, Overhoeks, Parijs, Patrick Moenaert, Presseurop, Santiago Calatrava, UNESCO, Venetië, Vrienden van de Amsterdamse Binnenstad, Werelderfgoedlijst
August 1 10
Non-fiction’s co-founder Michiel van Iersel is featured in this month’s edition of Time Out Amsterdam, talking about Amsterdam’s enlistment on UNESCO‘s World Heritage List and the possible pros and cons. In 2007 he already wrote on this topic, concluding that ‘people can’t live in museum’s’. This paper can be downloaded here. The Hot Seat ‘People [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Also posted in Heritage, Interview, Media, Time Out
Tagged Alice Ramsay, Amsterdam, canal ring, historic centre, listed, open air museum, Paris, Red Light District, ring of canals, Time Out, UNESCO, World Heritage List
June 14 10
Last week we gave a series of workshops on three consecutive days during ‘Contemporary Art: Who Cares‘, an international symposium for (up-and-coming) professionals, from diverse disciplines, who are connected to the conservation of modern and contemporary art. Organised by the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN), Foundation for the Conservation of Contemporary Art in the [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Tagged Akina Art Projects, AnnLee, Bonnefantenmuseum, Contemporary Art: Who Cares?, De Hallen, Guggenheim, ICN, INCCA, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kiasma, Lucia Matos, Michiel van Iersel, MoMA, n8, No Ghost Just a Shell, SBMK, SFMOMA, Sol LeWitt, Tate, Universidade de Porto, University of Amsterdam, UvA, Van Abbemuseum, ZKM
June 10 10
Non-fiction’s Michiel is selected by the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, known in the Netherlands as Fonds BKVB, to join a group of artists, architects and curators for a 2-week study trip in October 2010. The trip was given the somewhat cryptical title ‘What’s up, what’s down. Cultural catalysts in Urban Space‘, [...]
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June 6 10
Last year we received a request from the Duivenvoorde Foundation to make a contribution to the yearlong celebration of their 50th anniversary in 2010. The foundation controls Duivenvoorde Castle, a stately museum-mansion and unique parkland (see below) near the city of The Hague. For eight centuries, this historic site has remained in family hands. Descendants of the [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Tagged Amie Dicke, Andrew Makkinga, Aynouk Tan, Brueghel, Duivenvoorde, Facebook, Gabriel Lester, Grrr, Hans Aarsman, Hotmamahot, Huddersfield, John Lonsdale, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Koen Nutters, Machinefabriek, Michael Portnoy, Michiel van Iersel, Nuit Blanche, Saelors, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Wire Magazine, Wouter van Veldhoven
April 28 10
After weeks of secretiveness and diplomacy, the moment has come that we can finally announce our programme for the North Sea Jazz Festival 2010. The festival is widely acknowledged as the one of the biggest jazz festivals in the world, and has a strong reputation for showcasing many different areas of jazz and improvised music [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Bimhuis, Viral Radio, event
Tagged Brandlmayr, Dafeldecker, Dimlite, Dorian Concept, Fennesz, Gareth Davis, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Hudson Mohawke, Knalpot, Lothar Ohlmeier, Machinefabriek, Mike Slott, Ollie Bown, Philip Jeck, Sam Britton, Tom Arthurs
April 16 10
Inspired by the computer game Football Manager, in which you are the trainer of a top football club, Juha van ’t Zelfde dreams of the game Museum Manager, in which you get to run a top museum. It will have been in 1995 that I managed to get my hands on my first copy of [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Also posted in Article, Metropolis M, VURB, Viral Radio, art, museum
Tagged Alexander Ribbink, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Frank Rijkaard, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Joan Laporta, Johan Cruijff, Messi, Metropolis M, Museum Manager, Olafur Eliasson, Stedelijk Museum, Viral Radio, VURB