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International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam defines it unique character by focusing on new, innovative, independent films and film makers. The festival is a mixture of cinema, film-related visual art exhibitions and live performances.
Cinema and Awards
Hundreds of film makers and other artists present their work to a large audience in Rotterdam. Twelve days in a row, twenty-four screening venues are fully programmed. The festival attracts many interested visitors, plus up to 3000 press and film industry representatives.
The highlight of the International Film Festival are the VPRO Tiger Awards. Not the established film makers, but new talents receive an award for their promising work. The awards are an important encouragement for young directors.
Film Makers of the Future
The International Film Festival Rotterdam offers you a great opportunity to enjoy the work of talented film makers of the future. The real film lovers can even mingle and chat with the representatives of the film industry.
Eleven Cities Tour
The ‘Elfstedentocht’ (Eleven Cities Tour) is the biggest ice-skating tour in the world. Over fifteen thousand ice skaters defy the ice encouraged by hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic fans.
The waterways between eleven Frisian cities form the 200 kilometer track of the Eleven Cities Tour. That’s why the most sensational ice-skating event in the world can only take place during a strong winter.
Amsterdam International Fashion Week
Fashion Week is the ‘off-schedule' programme of the Amsterdam International Fashion Week. Fashion Week is the world's first Fashion Week programme that is also open to the public! Enjoy nine days of fashion excitement: exhibitions, shows, launches, parties and much, much more! All the Fashion Week events are all organized in collaboration with local museums, galleries, designers, clubs and shops. Fashion Week be held on January 22 to January 30. For more information, please visit; www.amsterdamfashionweek.com
Vermeer in Royal Delft Blue
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is one of the Netherlands’ most famous painters from the 17th century. His name is inextricably linked to Delft, the city where he was born in 1632 and where he lived and worked his whole life. The N.V. Koninklijke Delftsche Aardewerkfabriek "De Porceleyne Fles Anno 1653”, known around the world as Royal Delft, is the leading producer of the world-famous Delftware. Royal Delft has always been inspired by the paintings of Johannes Vermeer and reproduces many versions of his famous works. After all, Royal Delft is a contemporary of Vermeer that is still in existence today.
Little is known about Vermeer himself, as he only created 34 works of art in his lifetime. He is mainly known for his intimate and serene depictions of bourgeois life. Thus he created paintings with titles like Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Milkmaid and View of Delft. Perhaps his most famous painting is View of Houses in Delft, also known as The Little Street. The street painted by Vermeer is world-famous but at the same time unknown in Delft. It is not clear which street Vermeer painted or whether it even ever really existed.
Because of the unrivalled popularity of Vermeer and Delft Blue as characteristics of the city of Delft, this autumn one of the Royal Delft master painters will recreate Vermeer’s The Little Street in a unique enlarged version. The tableau, which will be made up of 221 tiles, will be around 2 m wide x 2.5 m high. The original, in contrast, only measures 54.3 cm x 44 cm.
From October 4, 2010 to June 2011 visitors will be able to personally view the progress of the masterpiece in the museum.
Painting In The Open Air In Van Gogh Museum
The research project Van Gogh’s studio practice, a collaboration with ICN and Shell, focuses not only on Van Gogh but also on the studio practice of his contemporaries and predecessors. That’s why this year’s annual presentation on this research features a painting by one of the artists who served as a source of inspiration to Van Gogh: Cliffs at Villerville-sur-Mer (1864-1872) by Charles-François Daubigny. This work was regarded as a milestone in the Impressionist tradition as it was held to have been painted in its entirety in the open air. Recent research, however, shows this to be a myth. This exhibition is on view from January 22, 2010 to January 23, 2011 in the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. For more information, please visit; www.vangoghmuseum.nl
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From 10 to 13 February 2011, the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam is an international stage for topical and contemporary art. Seventy owners of international galleries show works by their most challenging artists in the beautiful departure hall of the Holland America Line building.
Art Rotterdam as meeting place for artlovers
An international selection committee will select the participants. They highly rate an adventurous and daring mentality and a wish to innovative. Art Rotterdam has developed into Holland’s greatest meeting place for lovers of art who wish to keep abreast of the developments with respect to visual arts.
Location / Route
Art Rotterdam will take place at the Cruise Terminal Rotterdam, a central location in Rotterdam. By car, train or innercity public transport you'll find your way easy to the terminal at Wilhelminaplein.
ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
7 - 13 February 2011
Every year the Ahoy Rotterdam hosts one of the best-visited ATP tennis tournaments in the world. For seven days in a row world's best players such as Andy Murray, Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic are to be admired in the city on the Meuse.
Special tournament
The tournament in Rotterdam is a special one for Holland but also for the rest of the world. The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament is part of the 'International Series Gold' within the ATP-tour. Around the world only eleven tournaments have this exlusive status of which five in Europe. In the past winners have been big names such as Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker and Roger Federer.
Loads of entertainment
This event offers more than world-class tennis. The Ladies Day has become a tradition returning every year. On Monday 7 February and Tuesday 8 February the ladies are being put first: Next to enjoying the tennis matches between top players and you can get updated with the latest fashion trends by watching a fashion show or go shopping at the Tennis Plaza which has a great variety of boutiques, bistro's, bars and entertainment. You might even meet one of your favourite players!
Gassan Diamonds Experience
Visit the Gassan Diamonds diamond factory for an amazing experience for a brilliant convention!
If you are organizing a brilliant event in the ‘City of Diamonds’, then diamonds should be part of the programme. Gassan Diamonds organizes different programs for various specific target groups, such as a partner program that includes our jewellery cleaning, or a watch workshop for businessmen. We would also be more than pleased to provide you with custom program to fit into your visit to Amsterdam.
Made in Holland. Old Masters from an American private collection in Mauritshuis
Not all Old Master paintings are in museums; superb works also grace the walls of fine private collections all over the world. One of these is an American collection of Old Masters that is not open to the public. The Mauritshuis has secured the loan of the best works from this collection for an exhibition in the fall of 2010.
A selection of paintings has been made that are not only extraordinarily beautiful, but also in excellent condition. Works from this collection have occasionally been lent out to exhibitions in the United States and abroad. However, this is the first time that a broad selection from this outstanding collection will be presented in the Netherlands.
The exhibition features paintings by famous artists such as Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Hendrick Avercamp. Many other artists are represented as well, including Gerrit Dou with one of his rare still lifes, and Frans van Mieris the Elder with a genre scene. The exhibition is on display from November 4, 2010 to January 30, 2011 in Mauritshuis in The Hague.
Photographer between Memory and Future in the Jewish Historical Museum
In the 1940s and 50s, the photographer Boris Kowadlo (1911-1959) compiled a unique visual archive of Jewish life in the Netherlands and Israel. He took memorable photographs of Amsterdam's decrepit, abandoned Jewish quarter, while also documenting, as a photojournalist, the reconstruction of the Dutch Jewish community after 1945. Kowadlo's photo essays on the young state of Israel display not only his great talent and professionalism, but also his faith in a new future. The JHM presents the first broad retrospective of the work of this Dutch-Polish photographer.
This exhibition is on from November 29, 2010 until March 6, 2011 in the Jewish Historical Museum
TEFAF Maastricht - March 13-22 2010
Leading Art and Antiques Fair
The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF Maastricht) is acclaimed as the world’s most prestigious art and antiques fair - attracting over 200 of the most eminent international dealers from 14 countries. It’s in the exhibition area of the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre). www.tefaf.com
Exceptional Range - The diversity of the exquisite pieces at TEFAF is beyond compare. The Fair built its reputation with Flemish and Dutch Old Masters. Today, many other European countries are also well represented, together with an impressive selection of Modern Art. There is a dazzling choice of medieval manuscripts; maps; coins; French, English and Italian furniture; classical antiquities and Egyptian works of art; Asian, African and South American objects; porcelain; silver; jewellery and 20th century furniture - all in one amazing venue! MECC (Maastricht Exhibition & Congress Centre) Forum 100 - 6229 GV Maastricht, Tel: +31 433838383.
During TEFAF festival
There are many other exhibitions and events in Maastricht during the Arts Festival, including an international programme of dance, jazz, classical music and theatre lasting the whole evening. A number of tickets will be reserved for TEFAF visitors. More information/reservations: +31 (0)43 350 55 55. (Monday-Saturday, 1 pm - 6 pm). See website for further details of events. http://www.tefaf.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=22
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