KUNSTHAL ROTTERDAM ZOEKT TALENTVOLLE JONGEREN!

[dutch article] Wil jij naar de kunstacademie of een creatieve vervolgopleiding, maar heb je nog geen portfolio? De Kunsthal biedt de hele zomer begeleiding en training door gerenommeerde kunstenaars in de All you can Art Summerschool. Schrijf je in voor de toelating op zaterdag 16 april en wie weet breng jij samen met andere artistieke […]

Edwin Jacobs, director of the Centraal Museum Utrecht, hosted by IBB

This Thursday, March the 17th at 19:00 the IBB presents a public interview, conversation and discussion about the changes in the art world. An open discussion with Edwin Jacobs who will be in conversation with David Bade, co-founder of the IBB. Edwin Jacobs is a museumman with roots in pedagogy and is known for its […]

All you can Art – David Bade & Tirzo Martha

Curaçao meets Rotterdam! Kunsthal Rotterdam celebrates the tenth anniversary of Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), a preliminary training institute and venue for contemporary art on Curaçao, with a summer exhibition and workshop for promising young artists. The exhibition presents work (in progress) by the founding fathers of IBB, David Bade and Tirzo Martha, as well as […]

Damian Marcano

A native of Morvant, Trinidad – Damian Marcano started his film career on the North Coast shores of his home country. His first short film ‘The Little Boy & The Ball’ was followed up by the award-winning drama “God Loves The Fighter”. Marcano loves to keep the island aesthetic in his work. His latest short […]

It Is What It Is

An impression of the work experience during project Nick and Simon- ‘OPEN’ Introduction The project started with the selected eight visual artists who have let themselves get inspired by the songs of Nick and Simon’s new album titled ‘OPEN’. Each artist began to work based on one or more songs by the duo. The goal […]

Intervention 8: Balance

Pepón Osorio

PEPÓN OSORIO, best known for his large-scale baroque and polemically charged installations, merges conceptual art and community dynamics. Osorio’s work emphasizes the exhibition space as an intermediary between the social architecture of communities and the mainstream art world. He has worked with well over 25 communities across the U.S. and internationally, creating installations based on […]

Arthur van Mourik

During his residency, from September 2016 until December 2016, Arthur van Mourik will realise a multidisciplinary research project. The project aims to describe, portray and reflect on the characteristics of the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB ) educational art-program. The research focusses on the question if it is possible to preserve this specific type of education […]