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12.7.2011 Nora Amin visits Waves Festival in Vordingborg
Every other year Vordingborg, 100 km south of Copenhagen, becomes an international forum for experimental theatre and art. This year’s Waves Festival takes place from 20-27 august. Artist from all over the word come to Vordingborg to show what happens in the contemporary theatre, dance and visual art scene.
8.7.2011 Exploring Nairobi, Vietnamese photos and Latin American Poetry
The Prince Claus Fund recently supported the publication of three very different though equally interesting books. These books are: Nairobi. An Exploration of a City by Photographers and Writers that offers a view on the city Nairobi by creative professionals, it is published by 2010 Prince Claus Laureate Kwani Trust, Around Hoan Kiem Lake and Beyond, a book on the work...
7.7.2011 Becoming Van Leo: A Work in Progress
The exhibition Becoming Van Leo, a Work in Progress, on the work of the Armenian/Egyptian photographer and 2000 Prince Claus Laureate Van Leo was opened on Thursday, July 7, 2011. At the opening Katia Boyadjian, Van Leo's niece and a photographer herself, shared her personal story on her uncle and his work. Among other things she told us that the Prince Claus Award had been a very welcome...
23.6.2011 Exhibition by Dinh Q. Lê: Erasure
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF), located in Australia, presents Erasure, a newly commissioned work by Vietnamese artist Dinh Q. Lê. The work exists of an interactive sculptural and video installation that draws on recent debates in Australia concerning refugees and asylum seekers.
22.6.2011 Beyond Football – Shifting Interests and Identity
The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2011 in Germany is the origin of Beyond Football – Shifting Interests and Identity, an art exhibition in which 2008 laureate Uche James Iroha is one of the artists involved.
