Roni Horn grew up in New York, where her father ran a pawnshop in Harlem, and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University. In 1975 Horn visited Iceland for the first time. Since…
Seven years ago David Claerbout (Kortrijk, 1969) exhibited at De Pont for the first time. The Shape of Time , comprising ten video installations, left an indelible mark. A magical twilight world of…
In disquieting video installations the Belgian artist David Claerbout (Kortrijk, 1969) tries to come to grips with the passage of time. He lengthens time, allows the present and past to fuse, and…
Studio van Dusseldorp is a gallery located just a short distance from Museum De Pont. For twelve years now, Wil van Dusseldorp (Medan, Indonesia, 1936) and his wife have been running this together.…
Together with artists such as Bruce Nauman, Gary Hill and the somewhat younger Tony Oursler , Bill Viola has brought the medium of video to a state of maturity. Particularly in recent years Viola has…
Although they have no clear thematic affinity to the paintings, the new drawings of Rob Birza cannot be regarded as designs or preparatory sketches. Within his versatile range of work, the drawings…
The Marlene Dumas exhibition Name no Names has been organized by the Centre Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne and is being shown in Tilburg following presentations in Paris and New York. It…
The second act in a new series of collaborative projects to be held in the podium space promises to be an exciting encounter between painting and sculpture. Hester Oerlemans (Schijndel, 1961) lets no…
In connection with the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Dutch-Japanese relations, a great many events and exhibitions that focus on various aspects of this are being held this year. The…
In 1993 Jeroen Doorenweerd (Terneuzen, 1962) was the first artist to be asked by De Pont to give shape to the museum's garden with a work. His son Mischa (Tilburg, 1988), then five years old, played…