The Rejected
19/08/09 Nina Støttrup Larsen
The selection of Pierre de Sciullo for the house style of the new Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam has caused quite a stir in the world of design, and not only amongst the rejected competitors. Nina Støttrup Larsen examines this surprising choice.
Read more..Ann Goldstein appointed new director at Stedelijk Museum
features 30.06.09
Ann Goldstein, currently senior curator at MOCA in Los Angeles will succeed Gijs van Tuyl as director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
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previews 10.09.08 Erik van Tuijn
Amsterdam, (& Den Bosch)
SMCS (& SM's, until november 16th)
05/09/08 - 30/09/08
Amar Kanwar is the final artist to 'dock' at the temporary Stedelijk Museum CS's Docking Station. The Torn First Pages unfolds as his personal investigation into the political situation in Burma.
previews 30.07.08 Erik van Tuijn
Amsterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Docking Station
25/07/08 - 30/08/08
Interview with Danish Vietnamese artist Danh Vo who is quickly turning into a coveted item this summer. METROPOLIS M spoke with him at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
Video Interview Wolfgang Tillmans
previews 01.07.08 Erik van Tuijn
Wolfgang Tillmans talks about his choices from the Stedelijk collection in the Presence of Mind exhibit. (video)
An American Condition Private Hands on Museums
18/06/08 Olav Velthuis
In the Netherlands, most museums are almost entirely financed by government subsidies. Nonetheless, the influence of private individuals on the policies of these public institutes is gradually increasing. It is a trial-and-error effort, as the recent history of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum demonstrates.
Read more..Lonely at the Top New Plans for the Stedelijk Museum
20/02/07 Jorinde Seijdel
A museum potentially has the possibility and the means to be a place of critical comparison and discourse, but apparently not in the Netherlands, where museums are in the thrall of an all-consuming market mentality. Take the recent policy statement of the Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum. Instead of stepping back from gratuitous conformity to market forces, the museum is following with narry a whisper, with the top of the international museum hierarchy as their ultimate objective. Fundamental changes in society are meanwhile ignored.
