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Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
So things thusfar have been quite busy. After finishing up finals week our whole group went on a boat lunch cruise on the River Thames. Then we left London. A great city with tons to do and culture everywhere. But we were excited to get out of our comfort zone and get to Berlin. Adam Sean our friend Tori and I went to Holland via night ferry for the weekend. We thought it would be a barge with
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum opens a new exhibition, 1958. The exhibition, 1958, opens on October 4, 2008 and will be on view through January 11, 2009. The exhibition features two sections, Detroit, Carbro Prints, 1958 and Isn't That Amazing!, The Appeal and Spiel of Ronco and Popeil as well as a selection of never before shown Warhol drawings from the 1950s, and more.
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
AMSTERDAM.- 125 masterpieces from more than 30 Dutch museums can be seen together, this once only, at the Van Gogh Museum. The exhibition, titled 125 favourites. Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, has been organised to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Rembrandt Association. The exhibition reveals the high quality and diversity of the acquisitions that have been
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Greetings from the infamous Amsterdam We have just spent three days and nights here and it has been fantastic We arrived in the early afternoon and made it to our hostel the Flying Pig Uptown on the tram with no problems The hostel was a crazy place to stay... it had a reputation as a real party hostel and we werent disappointed. In the basement was a big fun bar that had good drink specials
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
My final stop Amsterdam. I'm here for 7 days. Some things I can say and other things have to go unsaid. What a city. It's a place that everyone should visit at least once. From the original Red Light district to the canals to the tulips this place is pretty damn cool. Of course the Red Light District is visited the first night and I take in all the sights and sounds that are available her
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Autopia (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
(((Steamy steamy autumn of Dutch steampunk. Don't forget your Singing Tesla Coils.))) (english version below) *GOGBOT *festival Enschede 18 -- 21 sept 08 *ART MEDIA MUSIC TECHNOLOGY* 18 -21 September PLANETART the 5th edition of GOGBOT, the multimedia festival in...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
AMSTERDAM.- Highlight of the Old Master Paintings sale at Sotheby's Amsterdam on Tuesday 11 November is a beautiful still-life by Willem Claesz. Heda, (Haarlem, 1594-1678). The oil on panel shows a Still life with a Roemer, an Hour Piece and a Peeled Lemon on a Silver Plate, all on a Stone Ledge, signed and dated .HEDA.1630 ( 200.000-300.000). Heda was a Dutch Golden Age painter,
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Well as stated in the last post I went dry skiing with Taran on Monday. It was a good day actually chatting in the car skiing on an empty slope walking the pier I was finally on vacation. I spent the one night in Castle Donington before catching an EARLY plane to Amsterdam from East Midlands Airport right near Castle Donington. I took a train from the airport to central station in Ams
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Tippin' the scales (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Pierre Cuypers [1827-1921] The architect P.J.H. (Pierre) Cuypers: famed and maligned. He enriched the Dutch landscape with dozens of churches, designed “Centraal Station” and the “Rijksmuseum” in Amsterdam, and restored a considerable number of buildings, among them the medieval castle “Kasteel de Haar” near Utrecht. His architecture and views remain controversial, because he took a standpoint [...]...
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Tippin' the scales (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
I planned to go to the Rijksmuseum here in Amsterdam, the main building should be open to the public between 12 and 16.00 hours, this is the part that’s been renovated but won’t be open till 2013. I totally forgot that on this final weekend of opening the ‘Cultural Season’ starts with free performences all [...]
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
AMSTERDAM.- From 1 November to 15 December 2008 the Rijksmuseum presents For the Love of God, the celebrated diamond encrusted skull by Britain's Damien Hirst. This show at the Rijksmuseum brings the world premier of the work's international tour to Amsterdam. To accompany the exhibition Hirst has chosen a personal selection from the Rijksmuseum's collection of 17th-century art.
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Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
The artwork named "For the Love of God" was unveiled last year at London's White Cube gallery and later sold to an anonymous investment group....
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
AMSTERDAM.- 125 masterpieces from more than 30 Dutch museums can be seen together, this once only, at the Van Gogh Museum. The exhibition, titled 125 favourites. Acquired with the support of the Rembrandt Association, has been organised to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Rembrandt Association. The exhibition reveals the high quality and diversity of the acquisitions that have been