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Visual Street Poetry in Chile

image eric marechal text roberto voorbij Street art pasted by Eric Marechal initiator of Street Art Without Borders and co-founder, along with Fabi Futata, of The ArtFabric. For both initiatives goes that Marechal takes the art of street artists to … Continue reading

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Big Amsterdam Art Calendar 2016

text and image roberto voorbij Last week was the official presentation of the ‘Big Amsterdam Art Calendar’.  This coming edition coincides with a leap year, therefore offering room for 366 artists, designers, photographers and architects. A collection of established names … Continue reading

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Contemplative collection for a meditative museum building: The Kolumba in Cologne

text roberto voorbij image roberto voorbij & kerstin heyen Apart from the mandatory visits to the Cathedral and the Museum Ludwig the Kolumba absolutely belongs to the ‘must sees’ in Cologne as well. This – by Peter Zumthor designed – beautiful … Continue reading

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Artist Portraits, at the beautiful Bar Moustache

text and image roberto voorbij Last month I had the pleasure to exhibit my ‘Artist Portraits’ at the, beautifully by ‘byStella’ designed, Bar Moustache, in the center of Amsterdam. For who missed it here are some images. The photographs of … Continue reading

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Sculptures by the sea by the IJ

text and image roberto voorbij In the wonderful – by former Dutch state architect Jo Coenen designed – Amsterdam Public Library is until September 30th the chance to see some of the most special pieces of the magnificent collection of … Continue reading

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Amazing Wire Briefcase by Maria Hees

text and image roberto voorbij This amazing wire briefcase is part of the current presentation of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Musem design collection. This must have designer briefcase is however just a prototype. Really love how this – dating from 1978 … Continue reading

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Now or Never #2

text and image roberto voorbij For the Now or Never #2 exhibit at the GEM director Benno Tempel selected eighteen talents of the KABK. All graduated in 2011 or 2012. Diverse work, but certainly with a high average level. Like the … Continue reading

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dOCUMENTA (13)

text and image roberto voorbij This Monday starts the final week of dOCUMENTA (13). The still urgent and internationally, still most authoritative art event. Many of the works in this by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev curated edition combined engagement with poetry. As … Continue reading

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Sticker Magazine – KLEBSTOFF IV

text and image roberto voorbij Last month has the latest Klebstoff Magazine been published, the fourth edition of a magazine consisting entirely of stickers. For this purpose 24 international creatives were selected, which resulted in a wonderful collection of street art, illustrations, graphic design and … Continue reading

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City of Abstracts

text and image roberto voorbij As part of the Holland Festival is currently in the central hall of the Amsterdam Central Station the projection City of Abstracts by William Forsythe presented. As the description already suggests, in the beautiful designed … Continue reading

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