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25.3.2011 Opening of exhibition video installation Mecha in Nimk Amsterdam
On 15 April, as part of International Art in Amsterdam of the Prince Claus Fund and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, the exhibition of the video installation Mecha on the Colombian game of Tejo will open in presence of the artist in the Netherlands Institute for Media Art (Nimk). Mecha is a two channel video installation created by video artist Miguel Angel Rios, who is originally from Argentina,...
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15.3.2011 Exhibition of photos from youth in Bamiyan, Afghanistan in Prince Claus Fund Gallery
On 31 March 2011 the exhibition Fragments of Tradition, Beauty and Hope, Photographs by 13 young men and women from Bamiyan was opened by HE Mr Ben Knapen, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation. The Ambassador and Honorary Consul of Afghanistan attended the opening and HE the Afghan Ambassador expressed his appreciation for the fact that another image of Afghanistan is now shown...
8.3.2011 Prince Claus Award presented to Jia Zhang-Ke in China
On 2 March 2011 the Chinese film maker Jia Zhang-Ke was presented with the Prince Claus Award by the Dutch ambassador in China, Rudolf Bekink. Jia Zhang-Ke was awarded for his beautiful and socially engaging films. He is one of eight Chinese award winners since the Fund’s inauguration in 1996.
3.3.2011 Professor Khalili speaks about his collection in Nieuwe Kerk on 3 March
Professor Nasser D. Khalili speaks about his collection in De Nieuwe Kerk Amsterdam, from which the exhibition 'Passion for Perfection, Islamic art from the Khalili Collections'was created. In the winter of 2010/2011, De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam presents highlights from one of the world’s most renowned collections of Islamic art. Passion for Perfection will include some 500 objects...
