The exhibition will provide a critical overview of Willie Doherty’s photographs and videos made on the streets of his native city of Derry in Northern Ireland and its surrounding hinterland,…
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,…
Gerhard Merz has a strictly rationalistic view of art. In his opinion, art is not a form of self-expression, but a systematic process of calculation and verification, of mathematical purity and…
Tacita Dean's fascination with film is partly nurtured by the arrival of new digital techniques. Due to great changes that have taken place in the medium, artists are challenged to analyze anew, as it…
The passage of time seems to be the central focus throughout the work of the Belgian artist David Claerbout. In his photographs and video works, the passing of time plays a main role. With this…
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…