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Tag Archives: Holland
Preview Stedelijk Museum
text and image roberto voorbij After the preview for the press on May 9 was yesterday and today the opportunity for the public to get a first impression of the new Stedelijk Museum. For an empty museum there was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, architecture, art, Benthem Crouwel Architekten, city branding, culture, design, events, history, Holland, inspiration, Jan Benthem, Mels Crouwel, Mike Leigh, naked, news, painting, photography, public space, security, Stedelijk Museum, technology
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GUMBUSTERS
text and image roberto voorbij After Ghost, Ad and MythBusters there are now GumBusters! Spotted at the entrance of gated community in progress, Dutch airport Schiphol. It’s always a bit ambiguous chewing gum patterns on pavements. Meant as freshener of … Continue reading
Posted in art, design, sociology, technique
Tagged adbusters, airport, Aldous Huxley, Amsterdam, amusement park, architecture, art, Brave New World, chewing gum, comedy, control, corporate clothing, culture, design, entertainment, food, freedom, fun, ghostbusters, gum, gumbusters, Holland, humor, inspiration, mythbusters, opinion, politics, public space, random, Schiphol, Simulacra, simulacrum, street art, technique, technology, thoughts, uniform
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All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
text and image roberto voorbij In the last few weeks has the Dutch PVV, The Party for Freedom, for the umpteenth time succeeded with her tactical provocation in demanding the entire political focus from both domestic and foreign media. This … Continue reading
Posted in art, sociology
Tagged actualiteit, Animal Farm, animals, art, column, columns, culture, cultuur, dieren, economics, economie, economy, Europe, Geert Wilders, George Orwell, Geschiedenis, globalization, Historie, history, Holland, identity, inspiratie, inwoners, kunst, maatschappij, Mark Rutte, Martin Schulz, media, national, national identity, nationalism, Nederlands, news, nieuws, opinie, opinion, Partij voor de Vrijheid, Party for Freedom, polenmeldpunt, politics, politiek, PVV, quotes, Roberto Voorbij, safety, security
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Scheepvaartmuseum Reopened!
text and image roberto voorbij The maritime museum visitor had to wait patiently for four years but now there really is an ultramodern museum where the extensive collection of the Amsterdam Scheepvaartmuseum, the National Maritime Museum, can be admired again … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, architecture, art, culture, history, Holland, immigration, impressionism, maritime, mesdag, painting, peter van dongen, Romanticism, scheepvaartmuseum, travel, video
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ArtUnit 2011 [preview]
text and image roberto voorbij ArtUnit is a Haarlem based art initiative by Chrystl Rijkeboer and Sandra Roozen. Each month do they both offer an artist a platform, in the form of an art display window, to exhibit. Starting this … Continue reading
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Tagged art, ArtUnit, Chrystl Rijkeboer, civic integration exam, control, Haarlem, Holland, multiculturalism, nationalism, public space, Roberto Voorbij, Sandra Roozen, security, technique
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KAAGMAN GOES LARGE
text and image roberto voorbij Where graffiti was once considered as the enemy of public transport, whereby graffiti was equivalent to pollution and the public transport to service and order, are the roles now reversed. It is currently the metro … Continue reading
Posted in art, marketing
Tagged Amsterdam, art, city branding, delft blue, graffiti, Holland, national branding, national identity, public space, street art
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PEACE ON EARTH
text and image roberto voorbij Street art spotted in the Nieuwe Hoogstraat, Amsterdam. Depicted the usual suspects of Dutch politics Mark Rutte, Geert Wilders, Job Cohen, Jan Peter Balkenende, Femke Halsema and Alexander Pechtold. Peace on earth? Just this month … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Pechtold, Amsterdam, CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal, D66, Democrats 66, Femke Halsema, Geert Wilders, GreenLeft, GroenLinks, Holland, Jan Peter Balkenende, Job Cohen, Labour Party, Mark Rutte, Party for Freedom, peace, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, politics, public space, PVDA, PVV, street art, VVD
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DUTCH GIRLS
text and image roberto voorbij In the Mondriaan Tower in Amsterdam is at this moment the exhibition DUTCH GIRLS to be seen. The English title of the exhibition already indicates to what extent here a manifestation of a clear Dutch … Continue reading
Posted in art, sociology
Tagged art, Delta Lloyd, globalization, Holland, national identity, painting
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Dutch interior
text and image roberto voorbij The Spanish painter Joan Miró (1893-1983) has paid a visit to the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum in May 1928. During this visit he acquired some postcards with reproductions of Hendrick Sorgh and Jan Steen. These 17th century … Continue reading
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Tagged art, global art, Golden age, Hendrick Sorgh, Holland, Jan Steen, Joan Miró, surrealism
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