How to increase vegetation in an urban environment full of interesting architecture and water, but where little space is left for anything else? The Dutch artist Jorge Bakker found the solution with his Bobbing Forest …
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Earth Art – Out To Nature Back To The Gallery
Earth Art – Out To Nature Back To The Gallery ArtSmart Roundtable: On the Topic of ‘Art Concepts’ The ArtSmart Roundtable is back for October. This month the theme is a broad one: concept in art, …
‘Keith Haring. The Political Line’ Visits Rotterdam
Keith Haring’s Voice from the Eighties Echoes in our Present Keith Haring. The Political Line. Rotterdam Kunsthal – September 20 2015 to February 7 2016 More than 30 years later Haring’s works return to the city …
Street Art Moving People
Street Art Moving People You might see them at the bus stop, in the supermarket, the park or even while travelling by train or subway en route to their next destination. Their collective name is …
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The Dutch and Water: A Complex Relationship
A new month has started again, meaning it’s time for a new ArtSmart Roundtable! For those unfamiliar with the ArtSmart concept: we’re a group of culturally focused travel bloggers from around the world, once a …
Paris Gare Du Nord’s Transformation Into One Big Street Art Gallery
Quai 36 The Unique Gare du Nord Street Art Gallery During the last couple of weeks Paris Gare du Nord station has gradually been transformed into one enormous street art gallery, brightening up the …
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Do Folklore and Folk Art Have a Place in Modern Society?
Do Folklore and Folk Art Have a Place in Modern Society? A new month and a new round of the ArtSmart Roundtable are here. This month’s theme is a topic familiar for all of us, but …
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Banksy Exhibition in Amsterdam: His Street Art World Comes to the Lionel Gallery
Banksy’s World Coming to Amsterdam Banksy – you know that famous guy from Bristol that nobody seems to know, who instigates us to think and observe our world a bit differently through his street art …
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Popular Free Outdoor Events In Amsterdam This Summer
Popular Free Outdoor Events In Amsterdam This Summer Although you may not believe it when you arrive to Amsterdam on one of these mid-June days, the summer has in fact arrived, although that’s still …
Street Art Corner From Düsseldorf’s Kiefernstrasse
Street Art Corner From Düsseldorf’s Kiefernstrasse I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store, while walking through the Kiefernstrasse in Düsseldorf, Germany. This was not at all what I anticipated, when …
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ArtZuid: Amsterdam’s International Sculpture Route
ArtZuid Amsterdam’s International Sculpture Route This post is part of the monthly ArtSmart Roundtable, a group of art-loving travel bloggers all writing about a common theme once a month. The theme of this month is …
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How The Night Watch and Art In General Survived The Second World War
How The Night Watch and Art In General Survived The Second World War Just about a month ago the art world was shocked by one of the worst cases of deliberate destruction of an historic …
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Street Art Corner from Bologna’s Historic Centre
Street Art Corner from Bologna’s Historic Centre Bologna never really hit me as a city where I would find a lot of street art, but being the hometown of Blu – one of the better …
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Curious Facts About the World Press Photo Exhibition
Curious Facts About the World Press Photo Exhibition Ever since 1955, April is traditionally the month when the year’s winners of the World Press Photo contest are shown up for the eyes of the public through …
Jeff Koons: The Retrospective – Artist or Marketeer?
Jeff Koons: The Retrospective – Artist or Marketeer? My first memory of Jeff Koons is from the late 1980s when his “Made in Heaven” exhibition – mainly containing sexually explicit photographs and sculptures featuring himself …