Join us for the opportunity to hear the curator of the Stedelijk Museum,
Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, talk about 'Temporary Stedelijk' - in other words,
how to continue an exciting arts program during the closure of your
museum!
The famous Dutch museum for modern and contemporary art was founded in 1874,
and has been closed since 2003 for major renovation and extension. This vital
museum’s collection boasts some 90,000 objects from a wide variety of
disciplines, and amongst many highlights, their collection includes The Beanery
by Edward Kienholz, works by Kazimir Malevich, and magnificent examples of
Bauhaus and De Stijl work. So, how to exhibit these important works without a
space? Martijn van Nieywenhuyzen will guide us through the ingenuity and
complexities involved in curating what is now approaching a decade of
‘Temporary Stedelijk’.
Hear how the Stedelijk took up temporary residence in a former postal
distribution centre next to Amsterdam Central Station for 4 and a half years;
how a space was created, named the ‘Docking Station’ for monthly presentations
of work by emerging artists; how ‘Stedelijk goes to Town’ featured a series of
workshops, lectures and presentations in various locations throughout
Amsterdam; how ‘Temporary Stedelijk’ came home to the renovated, but as yet
unfinished historical building. Throughout its many years of homelessness, the
‘museum without walls’ has never lost its strong visual presence within the
city of Amsterdam.
Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, curator at the Stedelijk since 1995, and has
organized many group and solo exhibitions at the museum, Stedelijk Museum CS,
the project space Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam and at the ICA London.
