"Two Diaries: Gluklya & Murad" ist die Geschichte einer unerwarteten Begegnung. Ein Künstler mit Migrationshintergrund (Gluklya) trifft einen Schriftsteller mit Migrationshintergrund (Murad) in einem niederländischen Asylzentrum, einem ehemaligen Gefängnis am Rande von Amsterdam. Gemeinsam lernen sie zu verstehen, was Migration bedeutet, was Sprache erlaubt und wie Kunst in ihren verschiedenen Formen als Aufschrei der Wut und als Weg zu Selbsterkenntnis und Frieden dienen kann. Zwei Ta...

Explore the stories behind the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from A to Z. More than 130 well-known and lesser-known works are highlighted. Prepare to be surprised by the mix of art forms and the unexpected connections that emerge as a result. The makers are organized alphabetically by their first names, ranging from Agus Djaya and Gerrit Rietveld to Marlene Dumas and Zanele Muholi. A concluding essay describes how transformations of the building since its founding in 1895 refle...

In a relentlessly direct and humorous manner, Erik van Lieshout aims the focus of his works at social and political shortcomings; he utilizes the figure of the scapegoat to engage in a discussion about values and assessments. As a political Till Eulenspiegel and a hunter of dissimulation, he takes up the camera as a weapon, penetrates deep into society, overcomes spatial and interpersonal distances and violates private, social and moral boundaries in order to expose dissimulation, assertion o...

Die 1969 von Aldo van Eyck erbaute Pastoor van Ars-Kirche in Den Haag ist einer der wenigen bedeutenden Kirchenbauten der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Dieses Buch beleuchtet die einzigartigen architektonischen und räumlichen Qualitäten des Gebäudes. Obwohl er selbst nicht katholisch war, bemühte sich Van Eyck um den Bau eines authentischen und zeitgemäßen katholischen Gotteshauses. Zu diesem Zweck griff er auf die ursprüngliche Typologie der frühchristlichen Basilika zurück,...

This book is the latest iteration of the Ghost Part collaboration between the two artists, begun in 2016. Ghost Party revolves around a cast of "ghosts" who have affected both their practices, from Lygia Clark to Pier Paolo Pasolini. Conversations highlight key artistic and political questions addressed in the works, notably questions around the voice, divergent strands of modernisms and ecological urgencies.

Text: Fabian Flückiger, Ailton Krenak, Latifa Laâbissi, Olivier Marboeuf, Laila Me...

Thomas Borgmann approaches collecting art as an explorer, and has a sharp eye for innovative art. With his collection Borgmann time and again made a 'jump into the future', discovering extraordinary work by a fresh generation of artists, including Cosima von Bonin, Lucy McKenzie and Wolfgang Tillmans.Recently, Borgmann donated a large numbers of works from his collection to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.The Borgmann works reflect the breadth and diversity of contemporary art produced through...

As an underground art star, Andy Warhol was the antidote to the macho American postwar art scene who redefinded the language of painting, sculpture and film. This humanistic re-visioning explores his background as a child of an emigrant family, his ideas about death and religion and his queer perspective, revealing an artist who both succeeded and failed in equal measure and whose work marked a period of cultural transformation that still resonated today. Exploring Warhol´s knowing flirtatio...

This richly illustrated anthology about film and photography between 1919 -1939 offers a range of new perspectives on European lens media cultures. It is a collection of 18 original essays by prominent scholars and experts presenting hitherto unseen material, original case-studies and critical reflections of concepts such as ‘the new vision’, ‘das Unheimliche’ as well as imagery ranging from aerial views to microphotography, from geopolitical mappings to race biological typologies, fr...

Aldo und Hannie van Eyck lernten sich als Architekturstudenten kennen und heirateten 1942. Sie arbeiteten bei den meisten Projekten eng zusammen, nur Ende der 1970er Jahre für einige Jahre unterbrochen. Dieses Buch aus der Reihe Everything von Kersten Geers präsentiert 24 ihrer Gebäude in Zeichnungen (Lage, Grundrisse, Schnitte und Ansichten) von Studenten der Architekturakademie USI, Mendriso, sowie zahlreichen Fotografien von Bas Princen. Die vorgestellten Gebäude umfassen nicht nur ihr...

Explore the stories behind the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from A to Z. More than 130 well-known and lesser-known works are highlighted. Prepare to be surprised by the mix of art forms and the unexpected connections that emerge as a result. The makers are organized alphabetically by their first names, ranging from Agus Djaya and Gerrit Rietveld to Marlene Dumas and Zanele Muholi. A concluding essay describes how transformations of the building since its founding in 1895 refle...