Netherlands will be the guest country in ARCOmadrid 2013. With the active collaboration of the Mondriaan Foundation and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Spain, ARCOmadrid 2013 will present a selection of Dutch galleries curated by Xander Karskens (Breda, 1973), while also attracting all the country’s major collectors, curators and critics.
Xander Karskens, Breda, Netherlands.
Art historian. Currently in charge of the collection and the programme of international contemporary art at Museum De Hallen Haarlem, Karskens boasts wide experience as a curator at the Fons Welters gallery and the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, as well as in freelance curating projects. As well as being the author of numerous art critiques and texts for broadsheet newspapers, art magazines and catalogues, Karskens has recently held a tutoring position at the Sandberg Institute (Amsterdam).
| GALLERY | CITY | COUNTRY | HIGHLIGHTED ARTIST | LINK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNET GELINK GALLERY | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | David Maljkovic | http://www.annetgelink.com/ |
| DIANA STIGTER | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Nathaniel Mellors | http://www.dianastigter.nl/do.php |
| ELLEN DE BRUIJNE PROJECTS | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Falke Pisano | http://www.edbprojects.nl/ |
| FONS WELTERS | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Gabriel Lester | http://www.fonswelters.nl/exhibitions/current |
| GRIMM GALLERY | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Ger Van Elk | http://www.grimmgallery.com/ |
| JEANINE HOFLAND | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Dina Danish | http://www.jeaninehofland.nl/ |
| JULIETTE JONGMA | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Nina Yuen | http://www.juliettejongma.com/ |
| MARTIN VAN ZOMEREN | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Navid Nuur | http://www.gmvz.com/ |
| MOTIVE GALLERY | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Irene Kopelman | http://www.motivegallery.nl/ |
| PAUL ANDRIESSE | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Natasja Kensmil | http://www.paulandriesse.nl/ |
| TEGENBOSCHVANVREDEN | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Fernando Sánchez Castillo | http://www.tegenboschvanvreden.com/ |
| WEST | THE HAGUE | THE NETHERLANDS | Lotte Geeven | http://www.galeriewest.nl/ |
| WILFRIED LENTZ | ROTTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | Wendelien Van Oldenborgh | http://www.wilfriedlentz.com/ |
| ZINGERPRESENTS | AMSTERDAM | THE NETHERLANDS | http://www.zingerpresents.net/ |
With the collaboration of the Mondriaan Fund and the Embassy of the Netherlands in Spain, ARCOmadrid hosts a representation of Dutch art organisations convened by the Barcelona-based curatorial office Latitudes.
The Dutch Assembly is an accumulation of thirty hourly talks, readings, artists presentations, performances, book launches, conversations and screenings throughout the five days of ARCOmadrid which take place within a specially-commissioned spiral “Superstructure” by artist Jasper Niens and designer Thijs Ewalts. As well as featuring the most important Dutch contemporary art venues and exhibition spaces, the events include those led by artists, commissioning agencies, academies, research programmes, and magazines and form a series of ‘depositions’ highlighting the exemplary work being done in the Netherlands. The Dutch Assembly seeks to address cultural practice in a rapidly-changing economic and political climate from the Dutch perspective in an international context as well as reflecting on the artistic links between Spain and the Netherlands.
Participants include: De Appel arts centre, Amsterdam; Marres, Maastricht; Museum De Paviljoens, Almere; Wendelien van Oldenborgh, artist; If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam; TENT, Rotterdam; Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte (SKOR), Amsterdam; BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht; De Ateliers, Amsterdam; Jeremiah Day, artist; and many others.
13–14h: Jeremiah Day, artist, Amsterdam. edbprojects.nl / arcadefinearts.com
14–15h: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Delegate: Leontine Coelewij, Curator.
15–16h: Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA), Amsterdam. Delegate: Jelle Bouwhuis, Curator.
16–17h: Nathaniel Mellors, artist, Amsterdam/London. dianastigter.nl / mattsgallery.org / monitoronline.org
17–18h: VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven. Delegate: Steven ten Thije, Research curator.
18–19h: Marres, Maastricht. Delegate: Lisette Smits, independent curator.
19–20h: *Lara Almarcegui, artist, Rotterdam. edbprojects.nl
13.30–15h: Official opening of 'Focus The Netherlands' in the presence of the Ambassador of The Netherlands, Mr. Peter P. Wulfften Palthe.
15–16h: *Javier Hontoria, art critic and curator, Madrid.
16–17h: De Appel arts center, Amsterdam. Delegates: Ann Demeester, Director and Nathalie Hartjes, coordinator of the Curatorial Programme and the Gallerist Programme.
17–18h: Manifesta – The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam. Delegate: Cuauhtémoc Medina, Curator, Manifesta 9, Genk, Belgium.
18–19h: Wendelien van Oldenborgh, artist, Rotterdam. wilfriedlentz.com
19–20h: If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam. Delegate: Frédérique Bergholtz, co-founder and director.
13–14h: Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam. Delegate: Anke Bangma, Curator Contemporary Art.
14–15h: De Vleeshal, Middelburg. Delegate: Lorenzo Benedetti, Director.
15–16h: Casco – Office for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht. Delegate: Yolande van der Heide, Project Coordinator.
16–17h: Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. Delegate: Zoë Gray, curator Witte de With 2006–11.
17–19h: Kunstverein, Amsterdam. Delegates: Krist Gruithuijsen & Maxine Kopsa, Co-directors, with Gabriel Lester, artist, Amsterdam.
13–14h: TENT, Rotterdam. Delegate: Mariette Dölle, Artistic director with Eva González-Sancho, independent curator and former director FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon.
14–15h: Stroom Den Haag, The Hague. Delegate: Arno van Roosmalen, Director.
15–16h: *Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. Delegate: Adrià Julià, artist & 2011 Researcher Fine Art.
16–17h: Museum De Paviljoens, Almere. Delegates: Macha Roesink, Director and Annick Kleizen, Exhibitions Curator / De Collectie Almere.
17–18h: SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, Amsterdam. Delegate: Theo Tegelaers, Chief Curator.
18–19h: De Hallen, Haarlem. Delegate: Xander Karskens, Curator of contemporary art, and curator of 'Focus the Netherlands' at ARCOmadrid.
13–14h: Fucking Good Art, Rotterdam. Delegates: Rob Hamelijnck & Nienke Terpsma, artists, co-founders and co-editors.
14–15h: *Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. Delegate: Rubén Grilo, artist and current resident.
15–16h: BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht. Delegates: Maria Hlavajova, artistic director, and Rabih Mroué, artist, Beirut.
16–17h: Expodium, Utrecht. Delegate: Bart Witte, Co-director.
17–18h: W139, Amsterdam. Delegates: Tim Voss, director W139 and Sam de Groot, designer, Amsterdam.
18–19h: *De Ateliers, Amsterdam. Delegate: Paloma Polo, artist and 2007–9 participant.
All the presentations will be in English, except those marked with an asterisk (*) which will be in Spanish. Programme may be subject to change.