The German entry for the 1999 Venice Biennale consisted of a contribution by Rosemarie Trockel (1952). She had made a trio of films, specifically for the Biennale, and all three were screened in the…
The Canadian artist Stan Douglas (Vancouver, 1960) is one of the most prominent video artists today. His work has been shown at, among other events, the Documentas IX and X in Kassel and at the…
In the work of British artist Fiona Banner (Merseyside, 1966), opposites play a significant role. This concerns the relationship between words and images, man and machines, but also between the…
Bárbara Wagner (1980, Brasília) and Benjamin de Burca (1975, Munich) have been an artistic duo since 2011. They live and work in Recife. Their video works are hybrid musical collages that take shape…
Ai Weiwei (Beijing, 1957) has to a rare degree alternated in his practice between traditional physical artworks, conceptual projects, social activities, design and architecture. This has given his…
In March 2021, while its doors remained closed during the ongoing lockdown, De Pont organized National Chain 2020 / Social Practices , a project by American artist Rita McBride and German…
In the early part of 2003 De Pont will be presenting Act 1, an exhibition of work by Fiona Tan. Including more than ten film and video works from the past five years, this is her first large museum…
recent acquisition, first presentation In this work, a group of schoolchildren are in a serious discussion regarding the meaning of Picasso’s painting Weeping Woman. The children begin hesitantly,…
Raphaela Vogel, currently one of the most talked-about young artists within the German-speaking cultural region, received her training at the Städelschule in Frankfurt and at De Ateliers in Amsterdam.…
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography has now existed in Amsterdam for twenty years. This anniversary is being celebrated with an exhibition comprised of roughly one hundred works from its…