THE MUSEUM AS NETWORK
Our ambitions as a museum are not confined to within our walls but extend well beyond them. Besides our programmed exhibition, education and collection activities, we take part in external projects together with other institutes, initiatives and individuals. In effect, we form part of a national and international network of players in the contemporary art world.
Together with our partners in this network, we engage in projects – often long-term in character – aimed at raising understanding and provoking discussion of contemporary art in relation to the world at large.
Check for more information on these collaborations: networks, blogs and external presentations.
Qiuzhuang project – a dispersed museum project
Project by artist Li Mu, het Van Abbemuseum and ArtHub Asia, since February 2013
Over the last months, the Chinese artist Li Mu (Qiuzhuang, 1974) has been developing an art project in his home village Qiuzhuang in China together with the collection of the Van Abbemuseum. Qiuzhuang is a small village of about 1.000 people, approximately 800 kilometers south of Beijing.
Li Mu and the Van Abbemuseum first came into contact during the Shanghai World Expo when Li Mu was part of the Eindhoven-Shanghai exchange project Double Infinity organized together with Arthub Asia, a curatorial platform that works in Asia and in the world facilitating and producing challenging projects. Since then, the artist has been involved with the museum and visited Eindhoven in 2011. After that visit, Mu proposed bringing works of the museum’s collection to the people of Qiuzhuang. The idea slowly developed and when the difficulties of transport and insurance were clear, the museum and the artist agreed to investigate making copies of certain collection works and displaying the copies around the village.
The first concrete steps were taken with the opening of a library in February 2013. Soon afterwards, copies of Sol LeWitt’s Untitled (Wall Structure) (1972) which were hung up in the village. Mu is also busy creating copies of works by Dan Flavin, Richard Long, Andy Warhol, Daniel Buren, Carl Andre and John Körmeling and videos by Ulay and Abramovic will be displayed over the next months. Now the project is ready to be shared with a broader public. Read more...
Aya Ben Ron - All is Well
The artwork All is well, made by Israeli artist Aya Ben Ron (1967, Haifa, Israel) is commissioned by Máxima Medical Centre Eindhoven and the Van Abbemuseum. The work is centrally situated on the entrance of the hospital in Eindhoven. In 2011, Máxima Medical Centre and the Van Abbemuseum signed an agreement to integrate art into everyday life in the hospital in different ways. The hospital and the museum are building a long term relationship in which art is central to the communication with patients and visitors.
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Top performers are made not born
made has been created for talented professionals who occupy key positions in companies and institutions in and around Eindhoven. The members of made come together six times per annum in a context of art, music and design. They form a varied network, a community of inspiration and talent.
made (music art design experiences) is an initiative of Muziekcentrum Frits Philips and the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven’s two leading cultural institutions who have joined forces for this purpose.
made was established, firstly, to give professionals from companies and other organizations opportunities to develop their talents in inspiring surroundings. Secondly, it supports young, talented musicians and artists on their way to the top of their fields.
You will find out about what made membership implies for a company, and why it is so worthwhile to participate, on www.madefortalent.nl.
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