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Thousands Pledge To Egg Jeff Bezos’s Mega-Yacht As It Passes Through Rotterdam Bridge

by Sarah Rose Sharp February 9, 2022February 9, 2022

“We don’t just take [Rotterdam] apart for the phallus symbol of a megalomaniac billionaire,” said the protest’s organizers, who oppose dismantling the historic bridge.

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Interrogating the Past and Examining Resistance at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel February 4, 2021February 3, 2021

Even with a tighter virtual program, IFFR is still setting the standard for this year’s arthouse film slate.

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A Fanciful Collection of Over 4,000 Rare Surrealist Books and Periodicals

by Cassie Packard January 28, 2021January 31, 2021

Collectors Laurens Vancrevel and Frida de Jong, who have been building a collection of international Surrealist literature since the 1960s, donated the trove to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

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After Years of Debate Over Colonial Ties, Witte de With Center Changes Its Name

by Hakim Bishara October 2, 2020November 5, 2020

The name Kunstinstituut Melly was chosen through an extensive renaming process, which began in 2018. The new name will come into effect on January 27, 2021.

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Southeast Asian Cinema Takes Hollywood Sci-Fi in New Directions

by Forrest Cardamenis February 10, 2020

Directors Lav Diaz, Mattie Do, and Minh Quý Truong have built off Hollywood’s tropes in unexpected ways in their science fiction films.

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A No Wave Filmmaker Brings Feminism to the Fore

by Forrest Cardamenis February 7, 2020August 9, 2022

A program of shorts and features organized by Beth B for the International Film Festival Rotterdam examines issues of conformity among women, challenges gender stereotypes, and advocates for female agency.

Abraham van Westerveld, "Witte Cornelisz. de With" (17th century) (Bonhams, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Dutch Art Museum Chooses to Change Its Colonialist Name

by Elena Goukassian September 11, 2017September 12, 2017

The Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam is named for a 17th-century naval officer who worked for both the Dutch West India and the Dutch East India companies.

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A 23-Foot-Tall Air Filter Is Turning Rotterdam’s Smog into Jewelry

by Claire Voon September 15, 2015September 18, 2015

This month, a 23-foot-tall outdoor structure that improves the air quality of the surrounding area landed in Rotterdam.

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Will the Dutch Pay to Fix Bernini Fountain Trashed by Soccer Hooligans?

by Jillian Steinhauer February 26, 2015

In advance of soccer teams Feyenoord and AS Roma facing off again tonight, the Dutch Senate has said that its government should pay for the restoration of the Bernini fountain damaged by Feyenoord fans in Rome last week.

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In Search of the Post-Internet at Art Rotterdam

by Trevor H. Smith February 11, 2015February 11, 2015

ROTTERDAM — Whether you like it or not, Karen Archey and Robin Peckham’s 2014 exhibition and catalogue Art Post-Internet solidified the term “post-internet art” in our vocabulary.

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Dutch Museum May Sell Art to Pay the Bills

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian August 18, 2011August 18, 2011

You know the recession is getting bad when you read things like this: “Rotterdam’s Wereldmuseum plans to sell its African and American treasures to cover funding shortfalls … ” [Reuters]

Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s First Major Retrospective Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian
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Mohawk Artist Shelley Niro’s First Major Retrospective Opens at the National Museum of the American Indian

“Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch” confronts the challenges of being Indigenous and female in the United States and Canada. On view in NYC.

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