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April 2014

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Open Space Artist Contribution

Draftsmen’s Congress, Berlin Biennale 2012, initiated by Paweł Althamer, Photo: Marcin Kalinski

This summer the Polish artist

Paweł Althamer

is to undertake an experimental art project in Aachen. For four months he and his friends from the artist group "Reactor - Sculpture Lab" will move into the Ludwig Forum Aachen and seek to shed light on themes such as power, authority, and freedom from a completely different perspective: from the standpoint of children. The motivation to try something so different and daring is the 1200th anniversary of the death of Charlemagne, one of the most powerful rulers in the Middle Ages.

Born in Warsaw in 1967, Althamer has firmly established himself in the international art scene since the mid-1990s. He has taken part for example in documenta X (1997) in Kassel, Manifesta 3 (2000) in Ljubljana, the Skulptur Projekte Münster (2007), as well as the most recent Venice Biennale (2013). Important museums have held solo exhibitions for the artist, including the Kunsthalle Basel (1997) , the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago (2001), the Centre Pompidou in Paris (2006), and the New Museum in New York (2014). In 2004 the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht awarded the artist the “Vincent van Gogh Bi-Annual Award for Contemporary Art in Europe” (current Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art - BACA). The Aachen Kunstpreis followed in 2010.

The artist group "Reactor - Sculpture Lab" is a collective of young graduates from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where also Althamer comes from. They are doing processlike actions with children and youth and working together with Althamer from time to time.

Common Task-Performance, initiated by Paweł Althamer, Sammlung Götz, München 2012 Photo: Alescha Birkenholz

Paweł Althamer’s concern is to identify action-oriented experiments with freedom. It is part of his strategy to undermine existing systems of rules and evoke new models of action.

“To be in a process, that is the point. […] My work is all about getting others to comprehend this.” (Althamer)

Draftsmen’s Congress, Berlin Biennale 2012, initiated by Paweł Althamer. Photo: Marcin Kalinski

Often he turns the spotlight on people whose voices usually go unheard. These include the homeless, prison inmates, migrants or children and youths without any prospects. For them, and together with them, he conceives of microcosms in which his “greatest project”, the interpenetration of art and life, can take place.

Common Task-Performance, initiated by Paweł Althamer, Sammlung Götz, München 2012 Photo: Alescha Birkenholz

Draftsmen’s Congress, Berlin Biennale 2012, initiiert von Paweł Althamer, Foto MarcinKalinski

The Aachen project “Children’s Kingdom” in summer 2014 (June 1 – September 21) draws on the book King Matt by Janusz Korczak. Exploring the idea of a children’s republic, the project enters the contemporary discourses on freedom and power as well as organization and politics, while inverting the hierarchical relationship between adults and children. The “Children’s Kingdom” is thus a laboratory for democracy and democratic practice. In a number of

experimental workshops, held by Althamer and his friends, the Ludwig Forum and its surroundings will be transformed.

Everyone is invited to a Draftmen's Congress and an Open Academy. A street festival and parade will take place on September 14. Come and join us! Admission free thoughout the whole museum from June 1st to September 21st.

Paweł Althamer, installation (pulpit with slide) in St. Elisabeth, Aachen 2010. Photo: Alice Smeets

Belgium

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SITTARD 40 min 20 min

HASSELT 25 min

25 min

MAASTRICHT

30 min

30 min 25 min

30 min

40 min

15 min

FLÉMALLE

LIÈGE

30 min

etherlands

Germany

20 min

HEERLEN

15 min 30 min

DĂœREN

AACHEN 20 min

40 min

EUPEN The Meuse-Rhine Euregion Intercity travel time by car

CIAP K A R L P H I LI P S , S O LO EXHIBITION 22—3—2014 → 1—6—2014

Karl Philips (B, °1984) is an emerging young artist for whom a mild kind of activism is inextricably linked to his work.

His latest work can be described as ‘performing art’ in which he explores the distinctions between public and non-public, commonand underground, … To capture and represent his actions he uses various disciplinary methods, which are – for this exhibition jointed into one (unconventional) installation.

sculptures and installations are brought together in this exhibition and represent as well the real, the imaginary and the utopian aspects of modern city.

T H E CA B I N E T – MARNIK NEVEN & JOHN BIJNENS 22—3—2014 → 27—4—2014 3—5—2014 → 1—6—2014

The Cabinet is an ongoing project in which CIAP give the opportunity to young promising artists to present their work to a large public.

C I T Y- S CA P ES 21—6—2014 → 5—10—2014

A cityscape is the urban equivalent of a landscape. In this exhibition visual artists explore the physical aspects of the city or urban area. Paintings, drawings, photography,

CIAP is an independent association for contemporary art. CIAP was founded in 1976 and its operating methods are very comparable to the German model of the Kunstverrein, a model that is not well known in Flanders. CIAP aims to respond to the local art scene in a two-way direction, on the one hand by presenting from within the local context towards a larger (eu)regional public and on the other hand by boosting the local artists, art-professionals and public by showing innovative international artistic developments.

Photo: Kristof Vrancken

CIAP Armand Hertzstraat 21/1 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) T +32 11 22 53 21 E ciap@telenet.be W www.ciap.be OPEN Tuesday → Friday······· 11 am → 6 pm Saturday → Sunday······1 pm → 5 pm

Espace 251 Nord PAT R I C K E V E R A E R T

J E A N G LI B E R T

15—3—2014 → 25—5—2014

12—9—2014 → 17—10—2014

In an era of speed and abundance, a time of oversimplification and widespread manipulation, Patrick Everaert gives us the unknown, the unstable, the otherness of the visible.

This exhibition presents the experiences of paintings by Jean Glibert.

Espace 251 Nord is an art center dedicated to the production and exhibition of Belgian and international artists. To intensify visibility and circulation of artists, the non profit organization organizes communication plan in Europe. Espace 251 Nord organizes «extra-muros» exhibitions to get artists works to circulate, in order to raise awareness about contemporary art among various types of audiences.

Photo: Terlinden a Hamblenne

Espace 251 Nord Pôle d’art contemporain Vivegnis Rue Vivegnis 251 4000 Liège (Belgium) T +32 4 227 10 95 E info@e2n.be W www.e2n.be OPEN Wednesday → Saturday 1 pm → 6 pm

ikob FATA M O R GA N A 12—1—2014 → 6—4—2014

A thematic exhibition based on the observation of contemporary space and its current fragmentation with Ruben Bellinkx, Beatrice Balcou, Marcel Berlanger, Wim Catrysse, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Andreas Maria Fohr, Katrin Kamrau, Isa Melsheimer, Nicolas Moulin, Benoît Plateus, Ulrike Rosenbach, Adrien Tirtiaux, Jacques Villéglé, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Leon Vranken, Romain van Wissen and Freek Wambacq.

G LO R I O U S B O D I ES – SOPHIE LANGOHR (*1974, LI È G E) JAC Q U ES C H A R LI E R (*1939, LI È G E)

Two exhibitions; two generations meeting and communicating with each other, two perspectives of the holiness of the woman, yesterday and nowadays...

LES 12 T R AVAU X D’A D R I E N T I R T I AU X – A D R I E N T I R T I AU X (*198 0, A N T W E R P) | LEO N V R A N K E N (*1975 , A N T W E R P) 31—8—2014 → 16—11—2014

For this exhibition, Adrien Tirtiaux is working on a special architectural project with which the collection of the ikob is going to be displayed. On this occasion a fragment of the Leon Vranken’s exhibition “The Beauty of the painting” from Z33 will be integrated.

20—4—2014 → 13—7—2014

The ikob presents an all-over space installation by Sophie Langohr and Jacques Charlier –

The ikob – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the German-speaking part of Belgium, nearby the German and Dutch borders. Its program focuses on emerging and leading contemporary art through the constitution of a significant collection – in progress – and temporary exhibitions – in Dialog. Thus, functioning as a discursive platform for contemporary art with a multidisciplinary and thematic exhibition program, concerned with critical and socio-political issues, the ikob attempts to reflect the matter of frontier.

Photo: Sophie Langohr - Serie New Faces, 2011-2012

ikob Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Rotenberg 12 B 4700 Eupen (Belgium) T +32 87 56 01 10 E i.mossoux@ikob.be W www.ikob.be OPEN Tuesday → Sunday········1 pm → 5 pm Every first Wednesday of the month ········································1 pm → 7 pm

La Châtaigneraie A R O U N D D R AW I N G S ...

M I C H A Ë L DA N S M I C H E L LE O N A R D I M A A I K E LE Y N P I E R R E P E T RY E M I LI A U K KO N E N N I C O LI N E VA N S TA P E LE 5—4—2014 → 11—5—2014

In this exhibition you will discover the work of five Belgian (flemish and walloon) and a foreign artists, specialy their drawings. A crossed look between their works create connections, both stylistically and in the terms of content.

R O L A N D CAS T R O 24—5—2014 → 13—7—2014

In collaboration with : Saint-Luc Institute (Liège), Juvénal Gallery (Huy), Museum of Huy and Art Space of Mourenx (France).

8T H YO U N G S C U LP T U R E AWA R D 13—9—2014 → 12—10—2014

The award had a constant desire to promote the work of young artists. Young sculptors, with various techniques and themes, will be screened by the Open Air Museum and the Châtaigneraie, and exposed for a month.

In collaboration with the Open Air Museum of the Sart Tilman (Liège).

This exhibition is a tribute to a photographer who put a great emphasis on the search of new processes. Roland Castro's career was split between art and teaching.

Set up in 1979, La Châtaigneraie occupies a small manor house (1830-1840) bordered by age-old chestnut trees. Exhibitions range from a retrospective of a historical nature through to the most contemporary expression, passing trough all the techniques. In this way, La Châtaigneraie confirms its vocation as a place for promoting artists as well as the wish to create a place for meetings and awareness. The Centre publishes historical works and monographs.

Centre wallon d'art contemporain La Châtaigneraie Chaussée de Ramioul 19 4400 Flémalle (Belgium) T +32 4 275 33 30 E chataigneraiemarie-helene @skynet.be W www.cwac.be OPEN Tuesday··························2 pm → 5 pm Wednesday····················2 pm → 6 pm Friday → Sunday···········2 pm → 6 pm

Z33 SENSE OF SOUND 2—3—2014 → 25—5—2014

Sound and movement are inextricably entwined. At Z33 the platform for sound art Overtoon presents an exhibition where six artists explore this relationship between sound and movement.

With: Gert Aertsen, Christoph De Boeck, Aernoudt Jacobs, Stéfan Piat, Katerina Undo, Jeroen Uyttendaele and Jeroen Vandesande.

D E U N I E H AS S E LT– G E N K ( T H E H AS S E LT- G E N K U N I O N) 21—6—2014 → 5—10—2014

Contemporary art project in the public space that will, both physically and mentally, establish (new) connections between the two neighbouring cities Hasselt and Genk. With a.o. Leonid Tsvetkov, Rinus Van de Velde, Thomas Saraceno, Maurer United, Felice Varini…

LE O N V R A N K E N 11—5—2014 → 31—8—2014

Z33 presents the first large solo exhibition of Leon Vranken. He will combine old and new works in subtle compositions, often with actual motion. Leon Vranken always looks for the proper material (often wood) and the ideal form for his installations. Perfection is his main motivation.

Z33 is a house for contemporary art. Since 2002, Z33 creates projects and exhibitions which encourage the visitor to take a different look at everyday life. It is a unique laboratory and a meeting space for experiments and innovation that makes ground breaking exhibitions featuring contemporary art and design. Z33 does not have its own collection, but has a permanent exhibition offer. You can visit Z33 in the beguinage of Hasselt. Z33 also develops projects in public space and curates projects for external organisations. For each exhibition, Z33 develops a tailored programme for families, teachers, teenagers and children, aimed at individuals as well as groups.

Photo: Kristof Vrancken / Z33

Z33 – house for contemporary art Zuivelmarkt 33 3500 Hasselt (Belgium) T +32 11 29 59 60 E info@z33.be W www.z33.be OPEN Tuesday → Saturday·· 11 am → 6 pm Sunday & Public Holidays ······································· 2 pm → 5 pm

Bonnefantenmuseum B E AT I N G A R O U N D T H E B U S H E P I S O D E #1 S TA R R I N G I S T VÁ N C SÁ K Á N Y, CA M I LLE H E N R OT, M A R K MANDERS 14—2—2014 → 13—4—2014

Beating around the bush is an exhibition programme for 2014, in which in four episodes the Bonnefantenmuseum will be presenting its collection in an investigative way; into dialogue with new and proposed acquisitions. Beating around the bush Episode #1 explores how contemporary artists deal with universal and timeless questions about the condition humaine.

On its visit to Maastricht, this touring exhibition will introduce you to the often surprising developments within this theme.

You will be taken on a journey from early European landscape art to modern-day photography and video art.

AD DEKKERS B O N N E FA N T E N H E D G E HOUSE 17—3—2014 → 29—6—2014

Solo exhibition presenting the work of Dutch artist Ad Dekkers (1939-1974), extra muros location Bonnefanten Hedge House in Wijlre. www.hedgehouse.eu

W E LT S I C H T E N 23—2—2014 → 1—6—2014

The exhibition Weltsichten revolves around landscape in the art of the 15th to 21st century.

The Bonnefantenmuseum has a collection of old masters and a collection of modern and contemporary art. The old masters on display include works by mediaeval sculptor Jan van Steffeswert, and early Netherlandish and Italian paintings. The modern and contemporary art collections consist of artworks by internationally renowned artists, with a historically grown focus on movements such as Concept Art, Minimal Art and Arte Povera. The spectacular museum building was designed by Aldo Rossi. The museum also offers various guided tours and activities for children.

Camille Henrot, videostill Grosse Fatigue, 2013

Bonnefantenmuseum Avenue Céramique 250 6221 KX Maastricht (The Netherlands) T +31 43 329 0190 E info@bonnefanten.nl W www.bonnefanten.nl

Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht

OPEN Tuesday → Sunday····· 11 am → 5 pm

Bureau Europa S P E C U L AT I V E S C E N A R I O S ; C R I T I CA L F I CT I O N S A N D I M AG I N E D A LT E R N AT I V ES SPRING 2014

Exhibition and public programme search for the power of imagination in contemporary culture, focusing on architecture/urbanism. For centuries, the architecture discipline has involved fundamental rethinking, redefining and reviewing the structures and systems that organize our society. In the exhibition, examples of this rich tradition of ‘redefiners’ (Constant, Friedman, Calvino, Woods, OMA/AMO) are interwoven with current practices and thinkers.

As a presentation and network organisation, Bureau Europa/platform for architecture presents exhibitions and other activities in the field of architecture and design from a social perspective.

Bureau Europa’s focus is mainly on Europe and the Euregion in connection with their social agenda.

Mansholt, Landscape in Perspective, XML architecture

Bureau Europa Timmerfabriek Boschstraat 9 6211 AS Maastricht (The Netherlands) T +31 43 3503020 E info@bureau-europa.nl W www.bureau-europa.nl OPEN Wednesday → Sunday 11 am → 5 pm

Marres T H I N K I N G (O U T O F) T H E B OX 18—4—2014 → 15—6—2014

The Vedute are a collection of three-dimensional objects, each measuring 44 x 32 x 7 cm in closed form. Some are directly accessible, others must be unfolded, and yet others need to be performed. Marres presents a selection of Vedute, both by established artists and by students of Dutch art and architecture academies.

U N D E R TO N ES 29—6—2014 → 24—8—2014

Undertones is an exhibition and tour of sound art. The exhibition shows works by artists, including Joseph Beuys and Mirza Haroon. Marres also invites artists to produce work for a series of subterraneous acoustic chambers in Maastricht: the St. Pietersberg caves,

Minderbroeders cells, crypt of the Sint Servaas church, and fortifications. Among the participating artists are Kaffe Matthews and Graindelavoix.

THE UNWRITTEN 7—9—2014 → 2—11—2014

The Unwritten explores ways in which artists deal with the concept of history. They document personal, and reconfigure collective narratives by adding silent episodes, surprising prequels of what we know to have existed. With works

by Adela Babanova, Carlos Motta, Annie Kevans and Zachary Formwalt.

Marres is a house for contemporary culture in Maastricht. Marres initiates and shows a variety of contemporary artistic practices with a strong emphasis on the senses. It works with visual artists, perfume makers, composers, herbalists, memory experts and cooks. In Marres, artists sing the landscape, draw taste, let us feel music, and touch our minds. In addition to exhibition spaces, Marres offers its visitors also a restaurant (Marres Kitchen) and a lush garden.

"You might come out of the water every time singing" Kaffe Matthews

Marres House for Contemporary Culture Capucijnenstraat 98 6211 RT Maastricht (The Netherlands) T +31 43 327 0207 E info@marres.org W www.marres.org OPEN Wednesday → Sunday 12 pm → 5 pm

Museum Het Domein Sittard B R A N D O N BA LLE N G É E S E AS O N S I N H E LL 16—2—2014 → 29—6—2014

The work of American artist, biologist and conservationist Brandon Ballengée (Sandusky, Ohio, US, 1974) provides prominent and striking proof of the fruitful collaboration between art and science. Seasons in Hell – the title is borrowed from a poem by Arthur Rimbaud – is Ballengée’s first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands. It features paintings, photos, installations, sculptures, and videos from 1996 through the present and can be considered as a concise retrospective.

During the month of May, the artist will be in Sittard to conduct exhibition tours, take school groups out on nature excursions, and lead field trips for youths and adults. Anyone who wants to contribute to the study of malformations in amphibians in and around Sittard is welcome to join field trips on May 11, 18, and 25 at 11am. This is likely the first time since the early 1960s that field research into deformities in amphibians has been conducted in the Netherlands.

Museum het Domein is a relative young museum for contemporary art and urban history and archaeology. A museum that takes a lively, creative, and idiosyncratic approach to presenting the history of its region and its city, and current developments in international contemporary art.

Museum Het Domein is a cultural institution of the commune Sittard Geleen Born and is located in a former nineteenth-century municipal school in the historic centre of Sittard.

Het Domein. Brandon Ballengee, Love Motel for Insects. Photo: Bert Janssen

Museum Het Domein Kapittelstraat 6 6131 ER Sittard (The Netherlands) T +31 46 4513460 E info@hetdomein.nl W www.hetdomein.nl OPEN Tuesday → Sunday····· 11 am → 5 pm

SCHUNCK* CORPOREAL

T U S S E N B E E LD E N

22—2—2014 → 18—5—2014

7—6—2014 → 7—9—2014

In her retrospective exhibition, CORPOREAL, Hadassah Emmerich (1974) makes a new artistic statement, with a series of recent paintings, works on paper, installations and murals, in combination with a selection from her works produced between 2000 and the present.

SCHUNCK* invited Dutch artist Paul van der Eerden to organize an exhibition around the theme of the devotional image or "das Andachtsbild". The exhibition focuses on the ritual function of contemporary 'Western' and 'nonWestern' art and artifacts.

A A D D E H A AS : G R A F I E K

M A R C VO LG E R : I K VERZAMEL

until 25—6—2014

7—6—2014 → 7—9—2014

D O M I N I Q I E PA N H U I J S E N : KIJK MAM!

JA N VA N D E R P LO EG : WA LLPA I N T I N G N R 370 & J O H N KÖ R M E LI N G : K R O O N LU C H T E R

8—3—2014 → 11—5—2014

A A D D E H A AS : T E K E N E N A A N D E WA N D

the whole year

30—5—2014 → 28—9—2014

SCHUNCK*, situated in Heerlen at the heart of the Euregion, is a new kind of multidisciplinary institute devoted to contemporary visual art, architecture, music, literature and film - and all imaginable crossovers between the disciplines – manifested by means of presentations, collections and educational projects. A modern public library and music school also rank amongst the amenities at SCHUNCK*, both working in modern-day fashion to promote reading enjoyment and musical learning. SCHUNCK* is a “newseum” that is housed in the historic Glaspaleis, the “glass palace” built by architect Frits Peutz in 1935.

Photo: Klaus Tummer

SCHUNCK* Bongerd 18 6411 JM Heerlen (The Netherlands) T +31 45 577 22 00 E info@schunck.nl W www.schunck.nl OPEN Tuesday → Sunday····· 11 am → 5 pm

Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Düren CONCEPTS OF L A N D S CA P ES 6—4—2014 → 24—8—2014

In the Exhibition “Concepts of Landscape” contemporary artists like Paul Schwer, Arjan Stockhausen, Martin Pfeifle, Axel Kasseböhmer and Klaus Dauven give a new contemporary view on the subject “landscape”. The exhibition is a cooperation with the Landesgartenschau Zülpich NRW 2014 and takes place in Zülpich and in Düren.

M O D E R N I S M . WO R LD WA R . LU N AT I C ASY LU M 1—5—2014 → 6—8—2014

The exhibition presents series of works created by patients of today’s LVR-Landesklinik Düren between 1900 and 1930. The works are part of the Prinzhorn Collection in Heidelberg where they will be borrowed from.

The psychological effects and

progresses caused by the First World War will be shown in context of the collaborative LVR project "1914 - in the Middle of Europe" at the LVR-Klinik Düren and at the Leopold-HoeschMuseum & Papiermuseum Düren.

SA Â DA N E A F I F: „ I C I .“ 29—5—2014 → 23—11—2014

With his multimedial, conceptual work „Ici“ Saâdane Afif the winner of the Peillprice reflects the contemporary significance of “Here” and “There”. Two equal models of the lamp and Dürens signage of the railway station represent Here (“Ici”) at the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and There (“Là-Bas”) with a second pale at the 8th Berlin Biennale.

Founded in 1905, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and its new extension, completed in 2010 by the architect Peter Kulka, features collections of modern works, including examples of ZERO and Concrete Art from the Hubertus Schoeller Foundation and contemporary positions from the Günter Peill Foundation. United under a dual museum concept, the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum and the Papermuseum Düren have formed a globally-oriented platform for showcasing contemporary art in the 21st century and the cultural history of paper in form of interdisciplinary exhibitions.

Photo: Peter Hinschläger

Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren Hoeschplatz 1 52349 Düren (Germany) T +49 2421 252561 E museum@dueren.de W www.leopoldhoeschmuseum.de OPEN Tuesday → Sunday····· 10 am → 5 pm Thursday····················· 10 am → 7 pm

Ludwig Forum Aachen D U C K WO R KS 4—4—2014 → 11—5—2014

Drawings of Disney-artists Ulrich Schröder and Daan Jippes.

Additional Exhibition to the Comiciade – Comic Festival Aachen.

MODERN ICONS – PA I N T I N G S F R O M T H E LU DW I G C O LLE CT I O N

WATC H E V E R E LLE N G R O N E M E Y E R – PA I N T I N G S 13—4—2014 → 15—6—2014

An unusual as well as an impressive position of contemporary painting. Gronemeyers work which oscillates between cheerfulness, humor and ambiguity, is characterized by a certain crudeness and resistance towards the prevailing Zeitgeist.

13—4—2014 ONGOING

Works by C. Close, A. Warhol, R. Lichtenstein, F. Gertsch, E. Bulatov a.o.

A C H I LD R E N ’ S K I N G D O M – PAW E Ł A LT H A M E R A N D FRIENDS 1—6—2014 → 21—9—2014

V I D E OA R C H I V E : PA I N T I N G E LE CT R O N I C P I CT U R ES 13—4—2014 ONGOING

Works by N. Hoover, L. Dujourie, J. Lennep, L. Copers, P. Bury and U. Rosenbach.

Althamer is to undertake a diverse, subtle, and experimental art project and seek to shed light on themes such as power, authority, and freedom from a completely different perspective: from the standpoint of children.

Admission free.

The Ludwig Forum Aachen is a multi-genre house for international contemporary art. Its basis is the art collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig that comprises key works of American Pop Art, Photo Realism and European art from the beginning 1960s to the present. This is the starting point for an attractive exhibition programme. Art education offers many activities and guided tours for all ages and types of groups, available in dutch, french and English. Contact Karl-Heinz Jeiter +49 241 1807 115 Email Karl-Heinz.Jeiter@mail.aachen.de

Photo: Carl Brunn

Ludwig Forum Aachen Jülicher Str. 97-109 52070 Aachen (Germany) T +49 241 1807 104 E info@ludwigforum.de W www.ludwigforum.de OPEN Tuesday → Friday······· 12 pm → 6 pm Thursday····················· 12 pm → 8 pm Saturday → Sunday··· 11 am → 6 pm

NAK J O S E P H I N E M E C KS E P E R 2 X(I)S T

B E YO N D A R C H I T ECT U R E (19 5 0 –2 014)

30—3—2014 → 25—5—2014

15—6—2014 → 3—8—2014

K A R L S JA H R P R O J E CT V. I .C.C. E . A .

VO R B I LD & I M I TAT I O N - C E LE B R I T Y & CORNUCOPIA EROBERUNG & A P P R O P R I AT I O

In collaboration with the RWTH Aachen University.

10—5—2014 → 29—6—2014

Temporary art project by NAK.

NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein is one of the youngest institutions of it’s kind in Germany; a private non-profit association for contemporary art in the tradition of the German Kunstverein model.

NAK was founded in 1986 as a late echo of the 1964 Fluxus festival, with Joseph Beuys and Wolf Vostell as center protagonist at the local university in Aachen. The spirit of this moment has since been source of commitment to contemporary art.

Josephine Meckseper: Sabotage on Auto Assembly Line to Slow it Down, 2009 — Courtesy: Josephine Meckseper / Galerie Reinhard Hauff

NAK. Neuer Aachener Kunstverein Passstrasse 29 52070 Aachen (Germany) T +49 241 503255 E info@neueraachenerkunstverein.de W www.neueraachenerkunstverein.de OPEN Tuesday → Sunday········ 2 pm → 6 pm

Agenda APRIL 2—4—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR FATA MORGANA ikob 3—4—2014, 6 pm OPENING DUCKWORKS – drawings of the Disney drawers Ulrich Schröder and Daan Jippes Additional exhibition to the Comiciade Ludwig Forum Aachen 4—4—2014, 6.30 pm OPENING MICHAËL DANS - MICHEL LEONARDI - MAAIKE LEYN - PIERRE PETRY - EMILIA UKKONEN - NICOLINE VAN STAPELE La Châtaigneraie 4+5—4—2014 COMICIADE Comic festival Aachen Ludwig Forum Aachen

APRIL 6—4—2014, 12 noon GUIDED TOUR (exhibition Seasons in Hell, Brandon Ballengée) with curator Roel Arkesteijn Museum Het Domein Sittard 6—4—2014, 12 noon OPENING CONCEPTS OF LANDSCAPE Leopold-Hoesch-Museum 6—4—2014, 12 → 6 pm FAMILY DAY, TOPIC COMICS Free Entrance for families with children Ludwig Forum Aachen 6—4—2014, 3 pm FINISSAGE, PERFORMANCES AND CATALOG LAUNCH exhibition Fata Morgana ikob

APRIL 8—4—2014, 11.30 am BONNEFANTEN ONTVANGT: Free guided tour Beating around the bush Episode # 1 Starring István Csákány, Mark Manders, Camille Henrot by curator contemporary art Paula van den Bosch Bonnefantenmuseum 9—4—2014, 7 pm RELEASE OF PUBLICATION “INSZENIERUNG / PERFORMANCE” ArtCologne, Cologne 13—4—2014, 10.30 am ARTCOLOGNE VIP TOUR TO NAK AACHEN NAK 13—4—2014, 12 noon ARTCOLOGNE VIP TOUR TO LUDWIG FORUM AACHEN 13—4—2014 10.30 am → 12 noon KIDS (& PARENTS) DISCOVER THE MUSEUM! Meeting point Museum Café Ipanema Bonnefantenmuseum

5+6—4—2014 MUSEUMWEEKEND Free entrance Bonnefantenmuseum Museum Het Domein Sittard SCHUNCK*

Agenda

Agenda APRIL 13—4—2014, 12 noon OPENING WATCHEVER ELLEN GRONEMEYER – PAINTINGS Modern Icons – paintings from the collection Ludwig Aachen VIDEOARCHIV: PAINTING ELECTRONIC PICTURESLudwig Forum Aachen 16—4—2014 ART & MUSIC Ensembles of the Philharmonic Orchestra zuidnederland perform in the museum Bonnefantenmuseum

APRIL 24—4—2014, 6 → 8 pm OPENING BEATING AROUND THE BUSH EPISODE # 2 Starring Johan Creten, Rebecca Morris, Ien Lucas Bonnefantenmuseum 27—4—2014, 1 pm GUIDED TOUR EXHIBITION CORPOREAL SCHUNCK* Heerlen

20—4—2014, 4 pm OPENING GLORIOUS BODIES - SOPHIE LANGOHR | JACQUES CHARLIER ikob

MAY 1—5—2014, 2 pm OPENING MODERNISM. WORLD WAR. LUNATIC ASYLUM. 1900 – 1930 Leopold-Hoesch-Museum 1+4—5—2014, 2 → 4 pm FAMILY WORKSHOPS & GUIDED TOURS Create your own landscape!!

Bonnefantenmuseum 4—5—2014, 12 noon GUIDED TOUR (exhibition Seasons in Hell, Brandon Ballengée) with curator Roel Arkesteijn Museum Het Domein Sittard 7—5—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR GLORIOUS BODIES - SOPHIE LANGOHR | JACQUES CHARLIER ikob

24—4—2014, 11.30 am BONNEFANTEN ONTVANGT: Free guided tour Weltsichten The landscape represented in six centuries of art by junior curator old art Monique Rakhorst Bonnefantenmuseum

8—5—2014, 7 pm ARTIST TALK KLAUS DAUVEN IN DIALOGUE Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

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9—5—2014, 7 pm OPENING KARLSJAHR PROJECT V.I.C.C.E.A. NAK

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MAY

10—5—2014, 7.30 pm OPENING LEON VRANKEN Z33

18—5—2014 INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM’S DAY All Houses

10—5—2014, 12 noon HANS-PETER FELDMANN SPARDA ART PRIZE 2014 12 → 6 pm Celebration for dogs and men Ludwig Forum Aachen

18—5—2014, 11 am FIELDTRIP WITH BRANDON BALLENGÉE Museum Het Domein Sittard

11—5—2014 10.30am → 12 noon KIDS (& PARENTS) DISCOVER THE MUSEUM! Meeting point Museum Café Ipanema Bonnefantenmuseum 11—5—2014, 11 am FIELDTRIP WITH BRANDON BALLENGÉE Museum Het Domein Sittard 13—5—2014 11.30 am → 13.30 pm LUNCH & GUIDED TOUR BEATING AROUND THE BUSH EPISODE # 2 with curator contemporary art Paula van den Bosch Bonnefantenmuseum

18—5—2014, 2 pm FREE GUIDED TOUR WELTSICHTEN THE LANDSCAPE REPRESENTED IN SIX CENTURIES OF ART

By Ko van Dun Bonnefantenmuseum 23—5—2014, 6.30 pm OPENING ROLAND CASTRO La Châtaigneraie 24+25—5—2014 GRAPHIC-ARTS SALE Bonnefantenmuseum 25—5—2014, 11 am FIELDTRIP WITH BRANDON BALLENGÉE Museum Het Domein Sittard

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JUNE 1—6—2014, 12 noon OPENING AND FAMILY DAY THE CHILDREN’S KINGDOM OF PAWEŁ ALTHAMER Ludwig Forum Aachen 1—6—2014, 12 noon FREE LECTURE WELTSICHTEN THE LANDSCAPE REPRESENTED IN SIX CENTURIES OF ART

By Ko van Dun Bonnefantenmuseum 4—6—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR GLORIOUS BODIES - SOPHIE LANGOHR | JACQUES CHARLIER ikob 5—6—2014 PORTFOLIO PARTY Bonnefantenmuseum 5—6—2014, 7 pm EXPERTS TALK DR ERHARD KNAUER AND EUSEBIUS WIRDEIER ABOUT “MODERNISM. WORLD WAR. LUNATIC ASYLUM.” Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

Agenda JUNE 14—6—2014, 7 pm Opening Beyond Architecture (1950–2014) NAK 20—6—2014, 8 pm “WELT VOR DER SCHWELLE” BY ANDREAS BUNTE Filmscreening and Artist Talk NAK 21—6—2014 OPENING DE UNIE HASSELT-GENK Hasselt / Genk

JULY

SEPTEMBER

2—7—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR GLORIOUS BODIES - SOPHIE LANGOHR | JACQUES CHARLIER ikob

3—9—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR ADRIEN TIRTIAUX, LES 12 TRAVAUX D’ADRIEN TIRTIAUX ikob

3—7—2014, 6 → 8 pm OPENING BEATING AROUND THE BUSH EPISODE # 3 Bonnefantenmuseum

11—9—2014 OPENING JEAN GLIBERT Espace 251 Nord

6—7—2014, 5 pm OPENING PAUL VAN DER EERDEN: TUSSENBEELDEN SCHUNCK* Heerlen

AUGUST

12—9—2014, 6.30 pm OPENING 8TH YOUNG SCULPTURE AWARD La Châtaigneraie 14—9—2014 PARADE AND STREET FESTIVAL WITH PAWEŁ ALTHAMER AND FRIENDS Jülicher Straße, Ludwig Forum Aachen

31—8—2014, 4 pm OPENING LES 12 TRAVAUX D’ADRIEN TIRTIAUX - ADRIEN TIRTIAUX | LEON VRANKEN ikob

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For entrance fees, registration and further information please contact the organizing institution.

Regular Events EVERY DAY Every day AUDIO TOURS AND FREE TREASURE TRAILS FOR CHILDREN Bonnefantenmuseum

WEDNESDAYS Every first Wednesday EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Visit www.marres.org for announcements.

Marres Every first Wednesday of the month, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR ikob

THURSDAYS

SUNDAYS

Every Thursday (March – June), 11.30 am FREE GUIDED TOUR Bonnefantenmuseum

Every Sunday, 3pm → 4pm FREE MINITOUR Z33

Every Thursday 6.30 → 8 pm EXTENDED THURSDAY With free guided tours, lectures, artists talks etc.

Ludwig Forum Aachen

Every Sunday 11.30 am FREE GUIDED TOUR Bonnefantenmuseum

Every 3rd Thursday, 7pm MOVIE NIGHT Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

SATURDAYS Every Saturday, 3pm → 4pm FREE MINITOUR Z33 Every Saturday 11.30 am FREE GUIDED TOUR Bonnefantenmuseum

Every Sunday 12 noon + 3 pm GUIDED TOUR On demand in English, French and Dutch Ludwig Forum Aachen Every Sunday 1 → 5 pm WORKSHOP: MAKING PAPER FOR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND GROWNUPS Papiermuseum Düren Every first Sunday of the month, 3 pm → 4 pm GUIDED TOUR On demand in English Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Every first Sunday of the month, 11 → 5 pm FREE ENTRANCE Museum Het Domein, Sittard

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Contemporary —Art— Bus—Tours

25+26—10—2014, all houses On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October, you can discover the interesting Meuse-Rhine Euregion visual arts scene by coach. The Contemporary–Art– Bus takes you from art spot to art spot across the border. You can find details on this as of autumn 2014 on www.verycontemporary.org.

Art does not need a common language,

it is international by itself.

The association of thirteen institutions of in the Meuse-Rhine Region is therefore as contemporary as the art they present. Within a radius of 100 km, the border region of Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany offers a large diversity of exhibitions and events many of which can be visited in one day. The locations each have a very individual approach and present art in the most appealing way: direct and inspirational, reflective and in a special atmosphere. This brochure wants to increase the awareness of what this region has to offer in terms of visual arts.

It is published twice per year and gives an overview of exhibitions and events.

Graphic Design: Niek Kosten — Cover photo: Alescha Birkenholz.

Supported by the Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia

www. verycontemporary .org

Exhibitions and venues in Contemporary Art in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion