The Dutch television AT5 visited the Rijksakademie! Director Els van Odijk took the crew around the Rijksakademie. AT5 spoke with numerous residents to talk about their experience. Watch the video to get an impression of the Rijksakademie, technical workshops and the residency programm

Watch the movie here (dutch)

Resident Dan Walwin (GB/1986)  join June 20 in the group exhibition The Enormous Speed of Change  in a vacant and disused office building. The show is about this feeling of uprooting. In our rapidly changing world, everything seems to fluctuate. This means that we sometimes lack something to hold on to, that we don’t know where everything is heading, that we’re uncertain or even afraid. See for more information about Walwin at the artist's page

Several alumni join in the project Call of the Mall in Utrecht from June 20 - September 22. The exhibition will take place at one of the busiest crossroads in the Netherlands: shopping mall Hoog Catharijne and Utrecht Central Station.

Participating artists:

Antonio Vega Macotela (RA 11/12)
Pilvi Takala (RA 09/10)
Fernando Sánchez Castillo (RA 05/06)
Gabriel Lester (RA 99/00)
Maze de Boer (RA 08/07)
Germaine Kruip (RA 00/01)
Sanja Medic (RA 02/04)
Alberto De Michele (RA 10/11)


More information here

Rijksakademie advisor Aernout Mik (NL/1962) is nominated for the Amsterdamprijs 2013. Other nominees are: Amsterdam Light Festival, Das Magazin, Habbekrats, Toneelgroep Amsterdam/Ivo van Hove, De Appel/Ann Demeester, Oorkaan, Reinbert de Leeuw and Joost van Bellen. The winner will be announced on the 29th of August at Paradiso in Amsterdam. The price of 35,000 euros is awarded to three of the nominees.


The exhibition Communitas at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam can be seen until the 25th of August.

ART BASEL, BASEL (CH) | 13-16 JUNE 2013 | WWW.ARTBASEL.COM    

GALLERIES

Residents and alumni

Mounira Al Solh – Sfeir Semler (Beirut, LB)
Carlos Amorales – kurimanzutto (México D.F., MX), Yvon Lambert (Paris, FR/New York, US)
Giorgio Andreotta Calò – ZERO… (Milano, IT)
Rosa Barba – Gió Marconi (Milano, IT)
Yael Bartana – Annet Gelink (Amsterdam, NL), Friedrich Petzel (New York, US)
Erick Beltrán  - Luisa Strina (São Paulo, BR)
Manon de Boer  - Jan Mot (Brussel, BE)
Cheng Ran – Urs Meile (Luzern, CH)
David Claerbout – Hauser & Wirth (Zürich, CH), Rüdiger Schöttle (München, DE)
Johan Creten – Perrotin (Paris, FR)
Attila Csörgö – Gregor Podnar (Berlin, DE)
Thomas Demand– Matthew Marks (New York, US), PKM (Seoul, KR), Sprüth Magers (Berlin, DE)
Armen Eloyan – Timothy Taylor (London, GB), Bob von Orsouw (Zürich, CH)
Fang Lijun – Pace Prints (New York, US)
Mounir Fatmi – Goodman (Johannesburg, ZA)
Ryan Gander – gb agency (Paris, FR), gdm (Paris, FR), Annet Gelink (Amsterdam, NL), Johnen (Berlin, DE), Three Star Books (Paris, FR)
Dora García - Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid, ES), ProjecteSD (Barcelona, ES)
David Haines – Luisa Strina (São Paulo, BR)
David Hominal – kamel mennour (Paris, FR)
Runa Islam – White Cube (London, GB)
kan xuan  - Continua (San Gimignano, IT)
Carla Klein – Tanya Bonakdar (New York, US)
Meiro Koizumi – Annet Gelink (Amsterdam, NL)
Germaine Kruip – The Approach (London, GB)
Guillaume Leblon – ProjecteSD (Barcelone, ES), Jocelyn Wolff (Paris, FR)
Cristina Lucas – Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid, ES)
David Maljkovic – Annet Gelink (Amsterdam, NL), Georg Kargl (Wien, AT), Metro Pictures (New York, US)
Valérie Mannaerts – Bernier/Eliades (Athens, GR)
Bjarne Melgaard – Krinzinger (Wien, AT)
Jacco Olivier – Victoria Miro (London, GB)
Paulina Olowska – Daniel Buchholz (Köln, DE), Foksal (Warszawa, PL), Simon Lee (London, GB), Metro Pictures (New York, US)
Hans Op de Beeck – Krinzinger (Wien, AT), Continua (San Gimignano, IT)
Lisa Oppenheim – Klosterfelde (Berlin, DE), The Approach (London, GB)
Michael Raedecker – Hauser & Wirth (Zürich, CH), Max Hetzler (Berlin, DE), Andrea Rosen (New York, US)
De Rijke de Rooij – Daniel Buchholz (Köln, DE)
Willem de Rooij – Daniel Buchholz (Köln, DE), Chantal Crousel (Paris, FR), Friedrich Petzel (New York, US), Regen Projects (Los Angeles, US)
Monika Sosnowska – Gisela Capitain (Köln, DE), Foksal (Warszawa, PL), Hauser & Wirth (Zürich, CH), kurimanzutto (México D.F., MX), The Modern Institute/Toby Webster (Glasgow, GB)
Fernando Sánchez Castillo - Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid, ES)
Fiona Tan – Frith Street (London, GB)
Marijke van Warmerdam – Riis (Oslo, NO)
Guido van der Werve – Luhring Augustine (New York, US)
 
(Visiting) Advisors

Tania Bruguera - Juana de Aizpuru (Madrid, ES)
Stéphane Calais  - gdm (Paris, FR)
Bernard Frize – Simon Lee (London, GB), Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder (Wien, AT), Perrotin (Paris, FR)
Jaki Irvine – Frith Street (London, GB); Kerlin (Dublin, IE)
Aernout Mik – Carlier Gebauer (Berlin, DE)
Mike Nelson – 303 (New York, US), neugerriemschneider (Berlin, DE), Franco Noero (Torino, IT)
Paul Sietsema – Matthew Marks (New York, US)

UNLIMITED

Thomas Demand
Meschac Gaba
Amalia Pica
Willem de Rooij
Marijke van Warmerdam

PARCOURS

Marc Bauer
Jill Magid
Lisa Oppenheim
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LISTE 18, BASEL (CH) | 11–16 JUNE 2013 | WWW.LISTE.CH     

GALLERIES

Alumni

Feiko Beckers – Jeanine Hofland (Amsterdam, NL) - solo
Mark Boulos – Diana Stigter (Amsterdam, NL)
Leidy Churchman – Silberkuppe (Berlin, DE)
Cevdet Erek – Mor Charpentier (Paris, FR)
Valérie Mannaerts – Platteau (Brussel, BE)
Jurgen Ots – Platteau (Brussel, BE)
Jimmy Robert  – Diana Stigter (Amsterdam, NL)
Pamela Rosenkranz – Karma International (Zürich, CH)
Antonio Vega Macotela – Labor (Mexico D.F., MX) - solo
Evi Vingerling – Ellen de Bruijne (Amsterdam, NL)

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VOLTA 9, BASEL (CH) | 10–15 JUNE 2013 | WWW.VOLTASHOW.COM    

Alumni

Mounir Fatmi - ADN Gallería (Barcelona, ES)
Folkert de Jong - DUKAN (Paris, FR)
Kristof Kintera - Jiri Svestka (Prague, CZ)
Armando Mariño - 532 Gallery (New York, US)

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EXHBITIONS IN BASEL         

Paulina Olowska – Pavilionesque, Kunsthalle Basel, www.kunsthallebasel.ch, 13.06 – 01.09 (solo)

Jewyo Rhii – Some End of Things, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, www.kunstmuseumbasel.ch, 25.05 – 15.09 (group)

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EXHBITIONS ELSEWHERE IN SWITZERLAND       

Marc Bauer – The Astronaut, Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zürich, www.freymondguth.com, 09.06 – 20.07 (solo)

Michiel Ceulers  – It’s not easy being green, SCHAU ORT, www.schauort.com, 05.06 – 06.07 (solo)

Cheng Ran - The Last Generation, Galerie Urs Meile, Luzern, www.galerieursmeile.com, 11.05 - 07.07 (solo)
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Find here the pdf of this list


This list is based on the available information on June 5rd, 2013. This list is subject to change.

AICA (Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art), section the Netherlands, recognizes annually a certificate varying from an institution, an exhibition and a publication. The Rijksakademie is one of the four nominated institutions committed groundbreaking policies and committed policy in the field of the visual arts.

The Rijksakademie is described in the nomination report as an "outstanding and driven institution that creates space for talent and artistic research", "a valuable meeting place for artists and other art professionals." "The outstanding international reputation of the Rijksakademie and her alumni contribute substantially to the leading role of the Netherlands in the world of contemporary art."

The Rijksakademie will not have to leave its present location. The Ministry of Culture, the Government Buildings Agency, the City of Amsterdam and the Rijksakademie foundation are working on a plan to keep the Rijksakademie in the Kavallerie-Kazerne on Sarphatistraat in Amsterdam, despite the drastic reduction in government subsidy.

An Intention Agreement was signed on Friday by the parties involved. The core of the agreement, details of which have yet to be worked out, is that the city of Amsterdam will acquire the property from the State for approximately 3.2 million. The grounds will then be given in long lease to the Rijksakademie Foundation by the City. Aside from the costs for the long lease, the foundation will have to provide over 3 million for tenancy and necessary maintenance costs.

The Government Buildings Agency currently spends 1.9 million on the management of the building, which was thoroughly renovated in 1992 to specifically function as a institute for artists. The plan foresees considerably lower management costs for the new owner, the Rijksakademie.

 

Durint the 55th edition of the Venice Biennial, several (former) residents show their work.


- Exhibition -
The Encyclopedic Palace
Rossella Biscotti
Kan Xuan
Pamela Rosenkranz


- National Participations -

COSTA RICA
Democracy & Dreams
Esteban Piedra Léon (group)

CYPRUS / LITHUANIA
oO
Gabriel Lester (group)

GREECE
HISTORY ZERO
Stefanos Tsivopoulos (solo)

ITALY
vice versa
Francesca Grilli (group)

ISTITUTO ITALO — LATINA AMERICANO
El Atlas del Imperio
Jhafis Quintero (solo/Panama)


- Collateral Events

The Future Generation Art Prize@Venice 2013
Meiro Koizumi, Tala Madani, Ahmet Ögüt, Amalia Pica
Palazzo Contarini Polignac
www.pinchukartcentre.org

The Joycean Society
Dora Garcia
Punch Space
www.fondationprincepierre.mc

Culture•Mind•Becoming
Fang Lijun (A Cautionary Vision)
Palazzo Mora, Palazzo Marcello
www.globalartcenter.org

Passage to History--20 Years of La Biennale di Venezia and Chinese Contemporary Art
Fang Lijun (group)
Arsenale di Venezia
www.chengdumoca.org

 
- Other exhibitions in Venice

Yellowing of the Lunar Consciousness
Florian Quistrebert (group)
Galleria Massimo di Luca, Mestre / Palazzo Bonvicini, Venice
www.massimodeluca.it


Unattained Landscapes
Meiro Koizumi (group)
Palazzetto Tito of Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/index.html


LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA - 1 JUNI T/M 24 NOVEMBER

De pdf met de volledige lijst met Rijksakademie deelnemers is hier te downloaden.

Alumnus Meiro Koizumi (RA 05/06) performs June 13 in the Tate Modern’s Performance Room in London. Koizumi investigates the boundaries between the private and the public, a domain of specific importance to his native Japanese culture. His videos are often based on performances and constructed scenarios where he places characters in awkward situations to focus and enlarge the moment when a situation gets out of control, becomes embarrassing or breaks social rules.

Audiences are invited to enter the online BMW Tate Live Performance Room via www.youtube.com/user/tate/tatelive at 20.00 hrs in the UK and exactly the same moment across time zones.

Tate Modern
13 June 2013, 21.00 (Europe time)
 

Former residents of the Rijksakademie are selected to make an artwork for as many as four out of seven stations of the Amsterdam subway line ‘the north-south line’. The selected artists are Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukács, Jennifer Tee, Fiona Tan, Marjan Laaper and Amalia Pica.

The works will be visible when the subway line opens in 2017.

More information about the winning designs.

Numerous Rijksakademie alumni are taking part in the last two exhibitions of museum De Paviljoens in Almere. ´People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it. De Paviljoens 2001 — 2012’ shows several aquired works. The exhibition ‘It's an Ongoing Process: Ontwerpers voor De Paviljoens 2001-2012’ displays the publications, house styles and other designs for De Paviljoens. Both shows can be seen until June 30.

‘People can only deal with the fantasy when they are ready for it. De Paviljoens 2001 — 2012’

Yael Bartana
Meschac Gaba
Yasmijn Karhof
Marijn van Kreij
Germaine Kruip

‘It’s an Ongoing Process: Designers for De Paviljoens 2001-2012’

Alon Levin
 
Museum De Paviljoens
Odeonstraat 3
1325 AL Almere


More information here

Resident Cheng Ran (Cn/1981) presents May 11 The Last Generation at Galerie Urs Meile in Beijing.

The solo exhibition mixes different media, such as literature, photography, video and installation. Ran moves between various visual languages, presenting interior worlds in an exceptionally poetic way – his artistic approach creates a subtle ambiguity that lies on the fragile relationship between visual language and text, time and space.
This exhibition centers on an original novel written by the artist, called Circadian Rhythm. During the time of the exhibition, a wooden structure in the shape of a spiral is installed in one of the gallery spaces, where the audience can read the novel in an environment that at first sight may seem unfamiliar, delivering at the same time the sense of a reading room. The artwork The Last Generation (2013, New Zealand pure wool manual embroidered carpet, 272 x 192 cm) weaves the opening section of Circadian Rhythm into a carpet.

Find more information about Ran on the artist’s page.

Galerie Urs Meile Beijing
No. 104 Caochangdi, Chaoyang district
100015 Beijing, China
More information here.

The Rijksakademie library acquired new acquisitions to the collection. Among which a monograph on Mounir Fatmi, donated by art historian Lillian Davies. It offers an in-depth examination of Fatmi’s major works as well as an analysis of the political and cultural contexts that he has chosen to explore through photography, video, sculpture and installations. This monograph and many other new acquisitions are now accessible to everyone in the library. The library is open from Wednesday until Friday from 11.00-17.00 hours.

The whole list of new acquisitions is here. 

Rijksakademie resident Oscar Abraham Pabón (Ve/1984) participates April 27 in the group exhibition The Right to the City at SMBA in Amsterdam. All seven artists are from Latin America. The works examine the use of urban space and life in the city in their own way. The project Salta Charcos (2010) is the result of Pabón’s stay in Boliva. Pabón provides a possible model for greater equality between residents in the centre and the outer neighbourhoods of a metropolis. Flat concrete sculptures connect the suburbs with the city center. In this way, the city areas are symbolically linked together for a better life.

Check the artist's page for more information about Pabón.

27 April - 23 June 2013

Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA)
Rozenstraat 59
1016 NN Amsterdam
More information here

Rijksakademie congratulates alumna Femmy Otten (RA 11/12) with the Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2013. According to the judges she admires the material. They called her work sweet, embarrassing, razor-sharp and even theatrical. Otten makes sculptures and drawings, and distinguishes itself by its plaster wall reliefs of faces and busts. Otten wins 10.000 euros provided by the Mondriaan Fund. The jury consisted of: Jan Jaap van der Wal (chairman), Eylem Aladogan (winner 2009), Ranti Tjan (director European Ceramic Work Centre) and Sacha Bronwasser (reviewer de Volkskrant).

Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam acquired, in response to the opening exhibition Beyond Imagination, fifteen artworks for the collection. Among the works, six are from Rijksakademie alumni James Beckett (RA 01/02), Rosella Biscotti (RA 10/11), Julika Rudelius (RA 99/00) and Fiona Tan (RA 96/96). The video and film installation by Fiona Tan is donated by the collectors Joop and Charlotte van Caldenborgh and the artist Tan herself. All additions embody the boundless and cross-media character of the exhibition.

The following works of Rijksakademie alumni are acquired:

James Beckett — Park-Life: Serial Killer Hides Bodies in Tree, 2012, Park-Life: Girl Crushed to Death by Falling Branch, 2012, 2 installations

Rossella Biscotti — Yellow, 2010, 16mm film-installation

Julika Rudelius — Rituals, 2012, video-installation

Fiona Tan — Diptych, 2006 — 2011, video-installation, donation Charlotte and Joop van Caldenborgh

Fiona Tan — Calender Girl, 1993 - 1999, 16 mm film-installation, donation by the artist
 
More information here

The Rijksakademie library acquired new acquisitions to the collection. One of the special acquisitions is the recently released DVD box with many masterpieces of Lithuanian poet and filmmaker Jonas Mekas. These movies and many other new acquisitions are now accessible to everyone in the library. The library is open from Wednesday until Friday from 11.00-17.00 hours.

The whole list of new acquisitions is here.

Starting February 2013 the library will be open on: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11.00 -17.00.

Everyone can become a member of the library and can:
• Borrow books and dvd’s
• Make reservations
• Use our study facilities and WIFI
• Make copies and scan
• Watch dvd’s and video’s in our reading room
• Make requests concerning our older collection (1600-1940)

A membership will cost you 22.50 euros per annum. Students, Stadspas, Adamnet card holders and RijksakademieFAN’s get a discount and pay 17,50 euros.

More information