In France, where painting is considered by many to be an outmoded medium, Barnard Frize (Paris, 1949) is one of the few painters. His paintings are the product of a methodical approach. `I opt for a…
The artist Steve McQueen (London, 1969), who lives in the Netherlands, will be representing Great Britain at this summer's 53rd Venice Biennial . At the last edition of this event held two years ago,…
In November 1998 the foundation that annually awards the Erasmus Prize celebrated its fortieth year of existence. In connection with this anniversary, which is being celebrated nationally with a range…
The interplay of applying and removing paint, of presence and absence: it constitutes the essence of the oeuvre developed by Scottish artist Callum Innes (Edinburgh, 1962). The exhibition I’ll Close…
The exhibition being held in the project space is dedicated to the paintings of Linda Arts (Nijmegen, 1971), of whom a large screen print, designed as a bus-shelter poster, was shown at De Pont about…
Bang! A gunshot! A gangster wearing a Trilby hat, a femme fatale, a detective standing in the rain on a dimly lit streetcorner. The silhouette of a smoking gun. A gloomy voice-over reports... The…
Never before has the work of Robert Therrien (Chicago, 1947) been shown in the Netherlands. De Pont is now dedicating a major exhibition to the sculptures and drawings of this American artist, who has…
‘Innocence is precisely: never to avoid the worst.’ This final sentence of Lettre au nègre , written in 2003 by Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952-2009), has become the title of an exhibition…
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…
Four large drawings from the past two years comprise the basis of an exhibition of work by Johan Kuipers (Sneek 1960) in the project space at De Pont Museum. Their dimensions far exceed those of an…