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Favela Painting in A'dam

Kallenbach Gallery at Westergas in Amsterdam shows the Favela Painting Expo on 22nd and 23d of December.

Art is a unique messenger, crossing borders and building bridges. If implemented in an intelligent way it can be powerful weapon to catalyze social change. This is the main objective of the Favela Painting Project, founded by Dutch artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas.

22 Dec - 23 Dec

Vermeer in Sao Paolo

December 11th 2012

On the 11th of  December, His Highness Prince Maurits opened,  in the company of Her Highness Princess Marilène of Oranje-Nassau van Vollenhoven,  the exhibition of the painting ‘Woman in Blue reading a Letter' by Johannes Vermeer in São Paulo, one of the top pieces from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The painting is currently on a world tour (China Art Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum LA, Museu de Arte São Paulo,...) prior to the reopening of the Rijksmuseum on April 13 2013, after 10 years of renovation.

Life and art as continuum:Jacqueline Machado de Souza

December 6th 2012

Life and art as a continuum – Interview with Jacqueline Machado de Souza.

In this new series of interviews, SICA invites cultural professionals from the Netherlands, who have (or had) a project involving Brazil, to tell us a little bit about their history and to share inspiring experiences.

This edition of Anecdotes on the Job is focused on the history of a Brazilian artist living in the Netherlands, Jacqueline Machado de Souza.

My waste is your waste: on the air!

November 15th 2012

Listen to a report, made by Katy Sheriff for De Avonden/VPRO about the 'My waste is your waste' exchange program between Brasilian and Dutch visual artists in Sao Paolo.

'My waste is your waste' deals with the fact that wherever we are, we all produce garbage and waste. It is the heritage of our wealth. But waste can be usefull...

This project was supported by Central de Cultura.

Sao Paolo Graffitiscène in A'dam

Graffitiscène Sao Paolo

Image in PIXO, documentary about the Graffiti scene in Sao Paolo, Brasil.

 

This Friday, 16th November, PIXO (2009, 61 min), a documentary about São Paulo's pichação, directed by João Wainer and Roberto T. Oliveira, will be screened at Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art.

Screening of PIXO Friday 16 November Bar open 20.30, start film 21.00, start music 22.00 Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art De Clercqstraat 62 1052 NJ Amsterdam Entrance fee: E.2,- Be in time! Only 30 seats available.

16 Nov
links: 
http://youtu.be/nzC5gtYAn6s

Call for proposals BR-NL

October 5th 2012
CALL FOR PROPOSALS TO FOSTER THE BRAZILIAN CULTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS
 
The Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Kingdom of the Netherlands announces that, until 19 October 2012, it will be accepting applications for financial support of the Ministry of External Relations to initiatives aimed at fostering the Brazilian culture in the Netherlands, in 2013, particularly in the fields of music, visual arts, performing arts and literature.

Jacqueline Machado de Souza

Video Interview with Jacqueline
Jacqueline Machado de Souza studied Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Hasselt. Her work has been exhibited in the Dagmar de Pooter Gallery (Antwerp), Museum Het Domein (Sittard), BALINHOUSEPROJECTS(London) and Galerie Van Laethem (Oud-Rekem).

Chantal van Erven Dorens

Writer and researcher on Contemporary Art. Recently published monography on the Dutch artist Hilarius Hofstede: "Paleo Psycho Pop" ( D'Jonge Hond/ Komma, September 2011). Currently working on a writing and research project on artists in Brasil and interested in building up network in the arts in Brazil, Netherlands and UK with regards to this.

78 Deodar Road, Putney
SW15 2NJ London, LND
United Kingdom
Hilarius Hofstede. Paleo Psycho Pop
Hilarius Hofstede. Paleo Psycho Pop.
24 June, 1966 (All day)
Working in Contemporary Art field. Currently based in London but often in Amsterdam. Travelling to international art fairs and exhibitions to do research and write articles.
Born in Amsterdam graduated in Leiden History of Art in 1993. Studied in Amsterdam, Leiden and Florence (Istituto Olandese). Worked at RBK The Hague in 1993 with initial set up of the biennale Manifesta. Thereafter at Christie's Amsterdam, Old Master Drawings and at the printcabinet of Teyler's Museum Haarlem. 1996-1997 Germany, Frankfurt. 1998 Trinidad and Tobago. Lived and was practising sculptor in Rio de Janeiro between 2001 and 2007. Thereafter London: 2011 Mastersdegree Contemporay Art in London at Sotheby's Institute/ Manchester University. Sept 2011 publication of "Hilarius Hofstede. Paleo Psycho Pop." Currently working on a project of publishing on Brazilian artists in Europe.
chantalved@gmail.com

anecdotes on the job

July 3rd 2012

Interview with Stijn Huijts

In this new series of interviews, SICA invites cultural professionals from the Netherlands, who have (or had) a project involving Brazil, to tell us a little bit about their history and to share inspiring experiences.

Our first guest is Stijn Huijts, commissioner and founder of the Made in Mirrors Foundation, and director of the Bonnenfantenmuseum in Maastricht.

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