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15.02.2012 — 19.02.2012
Location: Hall 10, Stand G36
The Netherlands is the guest 'Focus' country of ARCOmadrid 2012, 15–19 February 2012. With the collaboration of the Mondriaan Fund and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Spain, ARCOmadrid will host a representation of Dutch art organizations curated by Latitudes.
Hosted within a specially-commissioned structure by Dutch artist Jasper Niens and designer Thijs Ewalts, 'The Dutch Assembly' will consist of the accumulation of 30 hourly talks, readings, artists presentations, performances, book launches, in conversations and screenings throughout the five days of the fair. Contributions representing art spaces, research initiatives and individuals will form a series of 'depositions' and dispatches analysing cultural practice and policy from the Dutch perspective, as well as reflections of the artistic links between Spain and the Netherlands.
All the presentations will be in English, except those marked with an asterisk (*) which will be in Spanish. Programme may be subject to change.
The Netherlands is the guest 'Focus' country of ARCOmadrid 2012, 15–19 February 2012. With the collaboration of the Mondriaan Fund and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Spain, ARCOmadrid will host a representation of Dutch art organizations curated by Latitudes.
Hosted within a specially-commissioned structure by Dutch artist Jasper Niens and designer Thijs Ewalts, 'The Dutch Assembly' will consist of the accumulation of 30 hourly talks, readings, artists presentations, performances, book launches, in conversations and screenings throughout the five days of the fair. Contributions representing art spaces, research initiatives and individuals will form a series of 'depositions' and dispatches analysing cultural practice and policy from the Dutch perspective, as well as reflections of the artistic links between Spain and the Netherlands.
All the presentations will be in English, except those marked with an asterisk (*) which will be in Spanish. Programme may be subject to change.
WEDNESDAY 15:00 FEBRUARY
13:00–14:00
Jeremiah Day, artist, Amsterdam/Berlin (edbprojects.nl /arcadefinearts.com).
14:00–15:00
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Delegate: Leontine Coelewij, Curator.
15:00–16:00
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA), Amsterdam. Delegate: Jelle Bouwhuis, Curator.
16:00–17:00
17:00–18:00
VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven. Delegate: Steven ten Thije, Research curator.
18:00–19:00
Marres, Maastricht. Delegate: Lisette Smits, independent curator.
19:00–20h
*Lara Almarcegui, artist, Rotterdam (edbprojects.nl).
THURSDAY 16:00 FEBRUARY
13.30–15:00
Official opening of Focus The Netherlands in the presence of the Ambassador of The Netherlands, Mr. Peter P. Wulfften Palthe and Madeleine van Lennep, Deputy Director,Mondriaan Fund.
15:00–16:00
*Javier Hontoria, art critic and curator, Madrid.
16:00–17:00
De Appel arts center, Amsterdam. Delegates: Ann Demeester, Director and Nathalie Hartjes, coordinator of the Curatorial Programme and the Gallerist Programme.
17:00–18:00
Manifesta – The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam. Delegate: Cuauhtémoc Medina, Curator, Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium.
18:00–19:00
Wendelien van Oldenborgh, artist, Rotterdam (wilfriedlentz.com).
19:00–20:00
If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam. Delegate: Frédérique Bergholtz, co-founder and director.
FRIDAY 17:00 FEBRUARY
13:00–14:00
Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam. Delegate: Anke Bangma, Curator Contemporary Art.
14:00–15:00
De Vleeshal, Middelburg. Delegate: Lorenzo Benedetti, Director.
15:00–16:00
Casco – Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht. Delegate: Yolande van der Heide, Project Coordinator.
16:00–17:00
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. Delegate: Zoë Gray, curator Witte de With 2006–11.
17:00–19:00
Kunstverein, Amsterdam. Delegates: Krist Gruithuijsen & Maxine Kopsa, Co-directors, with Gabriel Lester, artist, Amsterdam.
SATURDAY 18:00 FEBRUARY
13:00–14:00
TENT, Rotterdam. Delegate: Mariette Dölle, Artistic director with Eva González-Sancho, independent curator and former director FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon.
14:00–15:00
Stroom Den Haag, The Hague. Delegate: Arno van Roosmalen, Director.
15:00–16:00
*Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. Delegate: Adrià Julià, artist & 2011 Researcher Fine Art.
16:00–17:00
Museum De Paviljoens, Almere. Delegates: Macha Roesink, Director and Annick Kleizen, Curator.
17:00–18:00
SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, Amsterdam. Delegate: Theo Tegelaers, Chief Curator.
18:00–19:00
De Hallen, Haarlem. Delegates: Xander Karskens, Curator of contemporary art, and curator of Focus the Netherlands at ARCOmadrid, and Rory Pilgrim, artist, Den Helder.
SUNDAY 19:00 FEBRUARY
13:00–14:00
Fucking Good Art, Rotterdam. Delegates: Rob Hamelijnck & Nienke Terpsma, artists, co-founders and co-editors.
14:00–15:00
*Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Delegates: Philippe Pirotte, curator and art critic, Antwerp, and senior advisor at the Rijksakademie, and Rubén Grilo, artist and current resident.
15:00–16:00
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht. Delegates: Maria Hlavajova, artistic director, and Rabih Mroué, artist, Beirut.
16:00–17:00
Expodium, Utrecht. Delegate: Bart Witte, Co-director.
17:00–18:00
W139, Amsterdam. Delegates: Tim Voss, director W139 and Sam de Groot, designer, Amsterdam.
18:00–19:00
*De Ateliers, Amsterdam. Delegate: Paloma Polo, artist and 2007–9 participant.