Van Abbemuseum Invites Danish Collective SUPERFLEX to Work with the Museum’s Collection

EINDHOVEN.- The Van Abbemuseum has invited the Danish artist collective, SUPERFLEX to work with the museum’s collection. They have responded with the exhibition In-between Minimalisms and a new work, FREE SOL LEWITT – an installation made specially for the second part of Play Van Abbe. The museum is sometimes described as a prison in which the artwork is ‘locked-away’ like a criminal. With FREE SOL LEWITT, the artists playfully ask the Van Abbemuseum to ‘set free’ the work of the [...]

Van Abbemuseum Welcomes Visitors to Experience the Museum on Transformation Mode

EINDHOVEN.- From Tuesday 9 March until Friday 9 April 2010, the entire Van Abbemuseum is on the move, bustling with installation activity and preparations for the change from Part 1 to Part 2 of the exhibition programme “Play Van Abbe”. During Transition visitors can experience the museum on its transformation mode and are invited to take part in special behind-the-scenes tours. By joining Transition visitors can experience the museum via backstage corridors, exchange views with artists, the conservators and technical [...]

A Painting by Karel Appel has Been Donated to the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven

EINDHOVEN.- A portrait painted by Karel Appel of the former museum director Rudi Fuchs joins the collection of the Van Abbemuseum. Karel Appel (1921-2006) painted the Portrait of Rudi Fuchs in 2005, towards the end of his life, a period in which he experimented with the use of neon tubes. It was Karel Appel’s last wish that the painting would, in consultation with Rudi Fuchs, go to an appropriate museum. It was decided that this would be the Van Abbemuseum, [...]

Van Abbemuseum Rounds Off a Successful Year in 2009

EINDHOVEN.- The Van Abbemuseum has rounded off a successful year in 2009. Director Charles Esche is satisfied: “2009 was a very good year for the museum. I was pleased with the reactions to our major solo exhibitions especially Sanja Iveković and Deimantas Narkevičius which showed our commitment to bringing the best international work to Eindhoven from the current artistic generation. We toured these exhibitions elsewhere in Europe and also took our 2008 group show Heartland back to the United States [...]

Museum Rethinks its Collection and Presents the Museum of the 21st-Century

EINDHOVEN.- From 28 November 2009 the Van Abbemuseum will present ‘Play Van Abbe’. ‘Play Van Abbe’ is the result of a long process of rethinking the collection over the part three years. For the next 18 months, this multifaceted program will take the collection and use it to suggest answers to the questions outlined above. It consists of exhibitions, projects, performances, lectures, discussions, and new techniques for mediating the public’s reactions to art and its contexts. With the social and [...]