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Sao Paulo blood transfer

image eric marechal text roberto voorbij For the Street Art Without Borders project – a by Eric Marechal initiated international, ever expanding street art exhibit – the pieces New York blood, Sao Paulo blood and Berlin blood were pasted on the … Continue reading

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Tjebbe Beekman – Mall IV

text and image roberto voorbij In the entrance hall of the Amsterdam center The New Love – a place for debate, religion, poetry and more – hangs this impressive painting (Size: 630 x 220 cm. Medium: sand, acrylic and enamel … Continue reading

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Emptiness

text and image roberto voorbij Display window of a gallery in the Amsterdam Spiegelkwartier. A gallery district where mainly the more traditional / non-avant-garde galleries are located. Roberto Voorbij – Emptiness (2012).

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Topsy Turvy

text and image roberto voorbij Since last May the Amsterdam arts centre De Appel has moved to a new, permanent location. Its opening exhibition is titled Topsy Turvy and contains more than a few highlights. Amongst other things a one-time … Continue reading

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FREEDOM? PRIVACY?

text roberto voorbij Today, on International Workers’ Day opens the exhibition FREEDOM? PRIVACY? at the Gallery Decumanus, Krk – Croatia. The Art and Culture Laboratory [KUL•] organizes this group exhibition, which is part of Labor Incubator (Prvomajski Inkubator) festival. A … Continue reading

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Arnold Böcklin – Isle of the Dead

text roberto voorbij Last month during my short stay in Brussels when I (finally) visited the Victor Horta museum, I had already in one of the rooms of Horta’s former home encountered a slightly kitsch but definitely hypnotizing painting. Title … Continue reading

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Politics in Print 2011

text roberto voorbij This week is the last chance to see the inspiring exhibit Politics in Print 2011 at the Dutch Press Museum. An overview of the past political year summarized in cartoons and caricatures. 28 illustrators / cartoonists offer … Continue reading

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Michael Sweerts – Portrait of a Young Man (Ratio Quique Reddenda)

image pubhist.com text roberto voorbij In the art section of the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant appears weekly the column ‘Archetype’, in which cross-links between art and actuality are being highlighted. The work Portrait of a Young Man (1656) of the … Continue reading

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The most beautiful bookshop in the world

text and image roberto voorbij If you ever happened to visit Maastricht, make sure to also visit the bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen. This breathtaking store, by The Guardian even proclaimed the most beautiful bookshop in the world, is located near the … Continue reading

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Saudi Miffy Dress Up Doll

image electa manuputty + rutger floor text roberto voorbij Electa Manuputty – Miffy Dress Up Doll (2011). Rutger Floor – Saudi Miffy Dress Up Doll (2011). The disappearance of privacy and the now as well in the Netherlands announced burqa ban, … Continue reading

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