Antuan Rodriguez

Antuan artworks can slip simultaneously through two perspectives of time. On one angle he bears the complex circumstance of our present, the contradictory story of Western history where we are today. At the same time, he collects fragments from a mangled past excluded by history, creating objects and installations of unstable harmony. For him, the […]

Intervention Episode 7: Swan Hold Fast

IBB Staff member to take Ambrotype workshop

We are delighted to inform you that IBB’s own, Omar Kuwas, is going to be attending an Ambrotypes workshop in Rochester, New York. Ambrotype is a historical photography technique very popular in the second half of the 19th century. Omar has been experimenting and specialising in analog photography methods for quite some time now and […]

IBB at the SMAK in belgium. Swan Hold Fast

David Bade & Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) Swan, hold fast 21.06… 21.09.2014 “My mind’s busy and my eyes see a lot” Swan, hold fast, the title of the project by David Bade, derives from Schwan kleb an [The Magic Swan], a fairytale from Ludwig Bechstein’s Deutsche Märchenbuch. The tale tells the story of a boy […]

Exhibition artist Marieke Zwart

Artist Marieke Zwart (1987, Netherlands) will exhibit her work at the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), Curaçao. Artist In Residence Marieke Zwart Marieke Zwart is an Amsterdam artist that has been residing at the IBB since the beginning of January 2014. She primarily works with drawings and installations, and researches the possibility to, as an artist, […]

A Work of Art for The King!

IBB is proud to announce that its founders Tirzo Martha and David Bade will fulfill the honorable assignment of making the official gift for king Willem Alexander on the first Kings Day. This on behalf of the municipality of Amstelveen, the Cobra Museum, in cooperation with a selected group of young people of this community […]

IBB Open House 2014

Would you like to learn more about contemporary art or make a career out of your talent? Then come to the IBB Open House and learn more about our institute and how we can help you achieve your dreams! — The Instituto Buena Bista(IBB) is the one and only Center for Contemporary Art on the […]

INVITATION ‘THE EGG’ by Agata Bogacka

Agata Bogacka (1976, Warsaw) will be exhibiting at the Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) on Wednesday, February 12th 2014. International Project Space artist Agata Bogacka Agata Bogacka is a Polish artist that is primarily a painter, but she also makes drawings, photographs, objects and installations. Both abstract and conceptual art fulfill an important role in her […]