Difference between revisions of "Witte de With"
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| − | Founded in 1990, the institution was conceived as an art house with a mission to present and discuss the work created today by visual artists and cultural makers, from [[Rotterdam]] and afar. It organizes exhibitions, commissions art, publishes, and develops educational and collaborative initiatives. This non-profit institution has especially worked with artists, and engaged audiences, who are interested in posing challenging inquiries and articulations of our present. While its program considers the contemporary, it also regards how art has been created and experienced in the past, and it imagines the futures art can come to shape. | + | Founded in 1990, the institution was conceived as an art house with a mission to present and discuss the work created today by visual artists and cultural makers, from [[Rotterdam]] and afar. It organizes exhibitions, commissions art, publishes, and develops educational and collaborative initiatives. This non-profit institution has especially worked with artists, and engaged audiences, who are interested in posing challenging inquiries and articulations of our present. While its program considers the contemporary, it also regards how art has been created and experienced in the past, and it imagines the futures art can come to shape. [https://www.fkawdw.nl/en/about_us/ (2020)] |
The institution is to be renamed from January 2021. | The institution is to be renamed from January 2021. | ||
| − | Director: Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy. Past directors: Chris Dercon, Bartomeu Marí, Catherine David, Hans Maarten vd Brink, Nicolaus Schafhausen. | + | Director: Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy (since 2018). Past directors: Chris Dercon, Bartomeu Marí, Catherine David, Hans Maarten vd Brink, Nicolaus Schafhausen. |
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* https://www.fkawdw.nl/en/ | * https://www.fkawdw.nl/en/ | ||
* http://change.wdw.nl/ | * http://change.wdw.nl/ | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 30 September 2020
Founded in 1990, the institution was conceived as an art house with a mission to present and discuss the work created today by visual artists and cultural makers, from Rotterdam and afar. It organizes exhibitions, commissions art, publishes, and develops educational and collaborative initiatives. This non-profit institution has especially worked with artists, and engaged audiences, who are interested in posing challenging inquiries and articulations of our present. While its program considers the contemporary, it also regards how art has been created and experienced in the past, and it imagines the futures art can come to shape. (2020)
The institution is to be renamed from January 2021.
Director: Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy (since 2018). Past directors: Chris Dercon, Bartomeu Marí, Catherine David, Hans Maarten vd Brink, Nicolaus Schafhausen.
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