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B O N N E FA N T E N AWA R D F O R C O N T E M P O R A RY A R T 2 014: L AU R A LI M A

The Bonnefantenmuseum has been presenting the Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art (BACA) every two years since 2000. The award is a tribute to a living artist with an exceptional oeuvre and a demonstrable influence on other artists – a real artists’ artist. The BACA consists of a sum of 50,000 Euros, a publication and a solo exhibition in the Bonnefantenmuseum.

The BACA 2014 was awarded unanimously to the Brazilian artist Laura Lima by the international selection committee for the 2014 edition, comprising: Alfred Pacquement (Honorary Director of the Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris), Cristiana Tejo (independent curator, Recife), Ivo Mesquita (director of the Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo) Victoria Noorthoorn (director of the Museo de Arte Moderno Buenos Aires) and Stijn Huijts (director of the Bonnefantenmuseum).

L AU R A L I M A

Laura Lima (1971, Governador Valadares, Brazil - Rio de Janeiro) studied art at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage and philosophy at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. In her installations, Lima creates a new world and challenges the viewer to give a new interpretation and explanation of concepts like exhibition, action, gesture, philosophy, world and art. The artist forces us to look in a different way, so that we enter a new relationship with what we see, and find words to name the experience she presents us with.

‘Poetry, reason, meaning, madness, language, existence and power’ are the keywords Lima uses herself to describe her art. She manipulates the bodies of people and animals with her ornamental philosophy - decorating the bodies as it were, and thus giving them another meaning, which is often experienced as strange, absurd, amusing, curious and sometimes monstrous.[1] The opening of the exhibition the fifth floor by BACA laureate Laura Lima will take place on 26 September from 18.00 to 20.00 in the Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht. Everyone is welcome!

the fifth floor will be on view until 11.01.2015 in the Bonnefantenmuseum and will then travel to the Museo de Arte Moderno Buenos Aires in Argentina.

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Victoria Noorthoorn, Laura Lima’s Ornamental Philosophy

Laura Lima, Wheelchair Marcel Breuer, 2011 2012, courtesy of the artist, Photo Rafael Adorjan

Laura Lima, Hammock 2010, Photo Sérgio Araújo

Laura Lima, New costumes 2006, Collection Inhotim Institute and Private Collections

Laura Lima, Head gardens 2009, Photo Laura Lima

Laura Lima, Doped/Dopado, 1997 – 2006, Collectie Instituto Inhotim, Photo Eduardo Eckenfels

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CIAP DIVERCITY → 5—10—2014

Contemporary artists treat the urban context in very different ways. Ranging from the creation of autonomous, artistic images of the city, to querying the current socio-ecological or economic situation, to the use of the urban context as the base of an artistic, participatory process.

The polarization between city as ' subject ' and the city as ' object direct ' formed the basis for the choice of works of art in the project in CIAP.

S O LO E X H I B I TO N R O N N Y D E LR U E 25—10—2014 → 4—1—2014

Ronny Delrue (B, °1957) received a arts PhD at StLucas Genth in 2011, with his research ‘the unguarded moment. the controlled lack of control in drawing’. Ronny

Delrue wonders whether, in this present technological world, the drawing is still the ideal means of depicting the turning point between control and the lack of control. He explored the drawing as the perfect way of portraying the interaction between chance and reason.

In the solo-exhibition in CIAP – the first exhibition in the new CIAP-location - he will present new work and new insights.

T H E CA B I N E T A new artist every month, each Cabinet is opening on the first Thursday of every month.

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

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 Lombaardstraat 23 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 H E T K A N A A L / L E CA N A L

POSITIONS

25—10—2014 → 29—10—2014

12—12—2014 → 28—2—2015

A project along the Albert Canal with 4 Flemish and 4 Walloon visual artists : Kasper Bosmans, Jonathan De Winter, Elise Eeraerts, Xavier Mary, Fabian Rouwette, Thomas Grødal, Antoine Van Impe, Philippe Van Wolputte

A selection of guest artists since 1984. In an exhibition with works exhibited in the past or new artworks

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: Tito Dupret

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 LES 12 T R AVAU X D’A D R I E N T I R T I AU X 31—8—2014 → 16—11—2014

During an artist residence Adrien Tirtiaux (*1980, BE) undertakes 12 heroic works in an around the ikob, taking the institution, its collection, (exhibition) space and time as main sources of inspiration and raw material to work with. With his new architectures he questions the relation to our surroundings and the process of socialization that comes with it. An unusual, sitespecific project that focuses on the freedom to create.

DE) present different approaches on the question of the veil and visually explore the experience of the hidden and the visible, the distant and the close.

R E T R O S P E CT I V E – G E R T & U W E TO B I AS 1—3—2015 → 10—5—2015

The Tobias brothers (*1973, DE) conceive their exhibition announcements as original works of art. Displayed for the first time in its entirety, this series proclaims the exhibition as a medium and exposes a singular cartography of the art world.

SY N A P S E N – B E N O I T P L AT E U S & I S A MELSHEIMER 7—12—2014 → 15—2—2015

Any limit is a threshold that indefinitely widens the space. Two series of Benoit Platéus (*1972, BE) and Isa Melsheimer (*1968,

The ikob – Museum of Contemporary Art in Eupen is located in the German-speaking part of Belgium, close to the German and the Dutch border. Its programme focuses on emerging and leading contemporary art through the constitution of a significant collection (in progress) and temporary exhibitions (in dialogue). Functioning as a discursive platform for contemporary art with its multidisciplinary and thematic exhibition programme and concerned with critical and sociopolitical issues, the ikob attempts to reflect the matter of the frontier.

Photo: Adrien Tirtiaux 2014

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 N O N Y M AG E # 0 01

F E M I N I S M [S]

25—10—2014 → 13—12—2014

14—2—2015 → 29—3—2015

Dominique Castrono and Bernard Secondini - Ronald Dagonnier - Mike Latona Jacques Lizène - Djos Djansses - Michael Sellam - Liangchen Qu - Gyuri Macsai - Eva Lhoest Florence Defawes - 3k collective.

The heyday of feminism is behind us and now we can no longer speak of feminism but feminisms.

This exhibition is an opportunity to discover the works of several female artists. They have sometimes an humorous looks, and sometimes a more critical vision of the image of women in modern society.

This exhibition will talk about the notion of the annymity of the digital image.

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.

Dominique Castronovo and Bernard Secondini - "How to see nothing anymore"

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 F U T U R E F I CT I O N S 5—10—2014 → 4—1—2015

With Future Fictions, Z33 continues the debate about our future, exploring how contemporary artists, designers and architects relate to future thinking and imaging: from mapping, questioning and criticizing, to developing complex visions about the structures and systems that may shape our life in the future.

TO E G E PAS T 19

KO N S TA N T I N G R C I C PA N O R A M A 8—2—2015 → 24—5—2015

Konstantin Grcic is one of the most influential designers of our time. Specifically for this exhibition, Grcic has developed several large-scale installations, rendering his personal visions for life in the future. The exhibition was developed over three years of close collaboration between Grcic, the Vitra Design Museum and Z33.

23—11—2014 → 1—3—2015

For the nineteenth time, Toegepast offers promising designers the opportunity to further develop themselves through free work. After an open call, four newly graduated designers have been selected to show their universe.

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.

Future Fictions: “Disaster Playground” - Nelly Ben Hayoun (Photo: Nick Ballon)

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 T H E F I F T H F LO O R – L AU R A L I M A 27—9—2014 → 11—1—2015

Exhibition by Laura Lima, laureate Bonnefanten Award for Contemporary Art 2014. In her installations, Lima creates a new world and challenges the viewer to give a new interpretation and explanation of concepts like exhibition, action, gesture, philosophy, world and art.

B E AT I N G A R O U N D T H E BUSH EPISODE #4 7—11—2014 → 3—2015

Beating around the bush is an exhibition programme for 2014, in which the Bonnefantenmuseum is presenting its collection in an investigative way. In four episodes, both the fixed values and the 'quiet reserve' of the collection will be brought into dialogue with new and proposed acquisitions.

T H E M YS T I C GA R D E N E R 11—9—2014 → 2—11—2014

Bonnefanten Hedge House in Wijlre Where in the Netherlands do you find a museum space that also serves as an orchid greenhouse, an orangery and a henhouse? In the Bonnefanten Hedge House, nature and culture dance a loving pas de deux and hens scratch around contentedly.

The artists in The Mystic Gardener are permeated by the world, while investigating the unfathomable nature of art and of their work in dialogue with nature, with apparent stoicism.

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.

Photo: Kim Zwarts

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 I G N E D, J O C O E N E N 27—9—2014 → 7—11—2014

An exhibition on the works and thoughts of the architect and urbanist Jo Coenen. His sketches play a prominent role in this display, both as a signature and investigative gesture of the design process.

F R O N T E N PA R K For the coming year, Bureau Europa is providing the Frontenpark's programme, a new park in Maastricht, which is still in development. As part of the summer program, movies will be screened outdoors on Saturday 16 August and Friday 26 September.

More info: www.frontenpark.nl

MEET THE MAKER On Saturday 20 September, the first edition of Meet the Maker takes place. With this new concept, Bureau Europe provides a platform for encounters between creators, thinkers, and designers from the Euregio.

CEDRIC PRICE: WISH WE WERE HERE 29—11—2014 → 1—3—2015

Cedric Price (1934-2003) was one of the late 20th century's most visionary architects.

Although few of his ideas have been built, his essays, drawings, and interviews remain very influential, and he has expanded the boundaries of architectural practice.

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.

Jo Coenen

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 THE UNWRITTEN

M A R R ES C U R R E N T S #2

7—9—2014 → 23—11—2014

10—12—2014 → 15—2—2015

The Unwritten explores possible histories. It documents personal, and reconfigures collective stories by adding silent episodes, surprising prequels of what we know to have become official history. With works by Adela Babanova, Zachary Formwalt, Annie Kevans, Gert Jan Kocken, Carlos Motta, Óscar Muñoz, Song Ta, Koki Tanaka, and Günter K.’s ‘Margret’ collection.

The second edition of an annual exhibition series titled Marres Currents. With this series, Marres presents recent graduates from art academies in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. While offering emerging artists a platform outside the educational context, Marres Currents also aims to build an international infrastructure for art academies and institutions.

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.

Image from Günter K.'s 'Margret' collection, September 5 1970, Courtesy Gallery Susanne Zander

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 T H E Y ES M E N , O U TS M A R T I N G CA P I TA L I S M

KO E N VA N M E C H E L E N : T H I S I S N OT A C H I C K E N

13—7—2014 → 30—11—2014

18—1—2015 ONGOING

The Yes Men are among the most prominent and radical activist artists in the world today. Museum Het Domein is proud to present the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by this provocative duo. Simultaneously, Out-Smarting Capitalism presents one of the first opportunities to see work by the Yes Men in Europe.

The Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen (1965) is an internationally renowned conceptual artist. His groundbreaking work deals with biocultural diversity, fertility, immunity and identity. Over the past decade Vanmechelen has collaborated with scientists from different disciplines. In his exhibition at Museum Het Domein, Vanmechelen will transform the museum into a giant scientific test station.

T H E S A LO N 14—12—2014 → 4—1—2015

The Salon is a biennial platform at Museum Het Domein for autonomous visual artists who have a connection with Sittard-Geleen and / or the Western Mine Region. The Salon 2014 is curated

by Erik de Jong.

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.

The Yes Men, Rosie McRiveter, from the series McRevolutionaries, 2006

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* D R I V E R ’ S S E AT 2 014

O É T D’ R S J T U B

26—9—2014 → 18—1—2015

2—2015 → 5—2015

An exhibition of artworks from the SCHUNCK* collection curated

by Driver’s Seat: a crew of 12 youngsters (aged 16-23) who are invited to ‘take the steering wheel’ and act as our ambassadors, advisors, programmers and guest curators.

The Dutch mining history is up to imagination as almost all physical traces were wiped out. The 3rd generation after the mines - internationally working artists from this region as Melanie Bonajo en Roger Cremers - shake down the dust in this group show which fuses fine arts, photography, literature and music into one experience.

U N B U I LT H E E R L E N 26—9—2014 → 18—1—2015

Unbuilt Heerlen explores the ambition of Heerlen since 1920.

What was the concept behind the city planning, and how did architects contributed to this?

What do the unrealised designs from inter alia, Frits Peutz, Jo Coenen and Francine Houben tell us about the future ambition of Heerlen?

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 EXHIBITIONS OF THE G Ü N T H E R - P E I L LF O U N DAT I O N

representative insight into the continuity as well as into the principals of her work.

29—5—2014 → 23—11—2014

Saâdane Afif. Ici. In cooperation with the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art and the Kunsthaus Glarus Winner of the Peill-Prize 7—9—2014 → 23—11—2014

Vaast Colson: CONTAINEERS & ACOUSTICS. We’re in it together, you’re in it alone Andreas Fischer: BREAKING BAD

BY BAKING BREAD Scholarships of the Günther-PeillFoundation 2012-2014

LI LI D U J O U R I E 7—9—2014 → 23—11—2014

In her first (museum) exhibition in Germany, the Belgian artist Lili Dujourie (*1941, Roeselaere) presents a selection of her works. The exhibition gives an

W E F R AG M E N T, C O L L E CT A N D N A R R AT E .

7—12—2014 → 15—2—2015

In its first cooperation with the northern french FRAC (Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain), the Leopold-Hoesch-Museum presents chosen pieces of their collection. Focused on conceptual positions of the 21th century, the exhibition gives a narrative overview of the younger history of arts.

H O ES C H TA L E N T S – A N E X H I B I T I O N BY W E R K LO G E 7—12—2014 → 15—2—2015

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.

Saâdane Afif, Ici. Foto: 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 ES T WA R D S - F R E E D O M , B O R D E R S , P R O J E CT I O N S 16—11—2014 → 22—2—2015

To mark the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall, the Ludwig Forum and the initiative Europäische Horizonte look “eastwards”. Socialist Realism will be juxtaposed to works by Dan Perjovschi, Ilya Kabakov, Irwin, Vadim Zacharov and many more. Talks, films and readings will discuss contemporary politics and cultural history.

V I D E OZO N E – A LM AG U L M E N L I BAY E VA “ T R A N S OX I A N A D R E A M S “ 16—11—2014 → 22—2—2015

Video works by Kazakh artist Almagul Menlibayeva

MICHAEL DEAN 16—11—2014 ONGOING

Donation and presentation on occasion of the Kunststiftung NRW's project „25/25/25“.

P E T E R L AC R O I X “ P U R ” 1—2—2015 → 19—4—2015

The retrospective honours with about 70 works Peter Lacroix, one of the most significant artist of the region of Aachen. Starting with works of the 1950s, the exhibition leads through his tirelessy creative live, that was completely dedicated to constructivism.

P R E V I E W: “ L E S O U F F L E U R ” C O L L E CT I O N SCHÜRMANN MEETS LU DW I G FO R U M OPENING 22—03—2015, 12 noon

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 program. 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

Ludwig Forum Aachen, 2014. Foto 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 PA I N T I N G S SW E E T PA I N T I N G S : B I L LY C H I L D I S H + M AT T H I A S DORNFELD 28—9—2014 → 2—11—2014

The exhibition presents new series of the punk legend Billy Childish and the process-driven paintings of Matthias Dornfeld.

MODEL KUNST VEREIN I: B E N E F I Z AU K T I O N 7—12—2014 → 21—12—2014

The benefit auction of the NAK reflects one of the economical aspects of Model Kunstverein.

MODEL KUNST VEREIN II 18—1—2015 → 8—3—2015

P R I C E FO R YO U N G A R T // A N D R E AS G R E I N E R , K A R L P H I L I P S , A RJA N S TO C K H AU S E N 9—11—2014 → 30—11—2014

This year`s winners of the NAK// STAWAG Price for Young Art Andreas Greiner, Karl Philips and Arjan Stockhausen show a selection of works which provides unique insights into their artistic approaches.

As second part of the previous exhibition, this show initiates a research on the Model Kunstverein in its present-day constitution.

DAV I D L I ES K E - T E E N WO L F (R L-X ) 22—3—2015 → 2—5—2015

Solo exhibition of the German artist David Lieske.

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.

Martin Weidemann, XF5-5016, 2014, © Martin Weidemann, Courtesy Galerie WarhusRittershaus, Köln

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 OCTOBER 1—10—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR LES DOUZE TRAVAUX D’ADRIEN TIRTIAUX ikob 2—10—2014, 10.30 am NOTES & NOTATIONS. An evening lecture on the relationship between dance and architecture.

Bureau Europa 4—10—2014, 7.30 pm OPENING FUTURE FICTIONS Z33 5—10—2014, 4 pm PERFORMANCE “HET GELUID VAN HASSELTGENK” Tuikabelbrug, Albert Channel 7 → 10—10—2014 FOAM: THE FUTURE OF DOING NOTHING, scenario en prehearsal workshop (Futures Lab) Z33 19—10—2014, 2 pm GUIDED TOUR KISS THE CURATOR: Karen Verschooren Z33

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

23—10—2014, 7 pm PLATFORM AACHEN, CRITICAL DISCOTHEQUE Ludwig Forum Aachen

2—11—2014, 3 pm Contemporary Art curator Roel Arkesteijn will give a free tour of the exhibition Out-Smarting Capitalism by The Yes Men Museum Het Domein Sittard

24—10—2014, 8 pm OPENING "ANONYMAGE #001" Centre wallon d'art contemporain - La Châtaigneraie 25 + 26—10—2014 CONTEMPORARY ART BUS TOURS all houses 25—10—2014, 6 pm OPENING – HET KANAAL / LE CANAL Espace 251 Nord 25—10—2014, 7 pm OPENING RONNY DELRUE CIAP 30—10—2014, 6.30 pm MODERN ICONS, CURATOR'S CHOICE: GUIDED TOUR WITH BENJAMIN DODENHOFF Ludwig Forum Aachen

Agenda

5—11—2014, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR LES DOUZE TRAVAUX D’ADRIEN TIRTIAUX ikob 6—11—2014 , 6 pm OPENING BEATING AROUND THE BUSH EPISODE #4: Bonnefanten Museum 8—11—2014, 6 pm → 0 am LONG NIGHT OF MUSEUMS Leopold-Hoesch-Museum & Papiermuseum Düren 8—11—2014 OPENING NAK//STAWAG PRICE FOR YOUNG ART NAK

Agenda NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

DECEMBER

16—11—2014, 12 noon OPENING EASTWARDS, ALMAGUL MENLIBAYEVA, MICHAEL DEAN Ludwig Forum Aachen

7—12—2014, 12 noon OPENING SAM LEWITT. VERBRANNTE ERDE. SECOND SALVAGE, FRAC, HOESCH TALENTS Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

13—12—2014, 3.30 pm OPENING THE SALON Museum Het Domein Sittard

16—11—2014, 2 pm GUIDED TOUR KISS THE ARTIST: PANTOPICON Z33 19 + 20—11—2014 WORKSHOP THE EXTRAPOLATION FACTORY (FUTURES LAB) Z33 22—11—2014, 7.30 pm OPENING TOEGEPAST 19 Z33 25—11—2014, 8 pm LECTURE A-Z LEZING: JAN BOELEN ON THE Z33 EXTRA MUROS PROJECTS Z33

7—12—2014, 3 pm OPENING SYNAPSEN – BENOIT PLATEUS & ISA MELSHEIMER ikob 7—12—2014, 8 pm OPENING MODEL KUNSTVEREIN I: BENEFIZAUKTION NAK 9 → 12—12—2014 WORKSHOP PRE-ENACTMENT GODSHEIDE (Oswald Devisch, Sarah Martens & FoAM) (Futures Lab) Z33 10—12—2014 OPENING MARRES CURRENTS#2 Marres 12—12—2014, 6 pm OPENING – POSITIONS Espace 251 Nord

Agenda

13—12—2014, 6 pm "FÊTE DE LA LUMIÈRE" FAMILY EVENT Centre wallon d'art contemporain - La Châtaigneraie 14—12—2014, 2 pm GUIDED TOUR KISS THE ARTIST Z33 16—12—2014, 8 pm LECTURE A-Z LEZING: FOAM Z33

Agenda JANUARY 7—1—2015, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR SYNAPSEN – BENOIT PLATEUS & ISA MELSHEIMER ikob 17—1—2015, 5 pm OPENING KOEN VANMECHELEN Museum Het Domein Sittard 18—1—2015, 8 pm OPENING MODEL KUNSTVEREIN II NAK 31—1—2015, 7.30 pm OPENING KONSTANTIN GRCIC - PANORAMA Z33

FEBRUARY 1—2—2015, 12 noon OPENING 'PUR' PETER LACROIX Ludwig Forum Aachen 4—2—2015, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR SYNAPSEN – BENOIT PLATEUS & ISA MELSHEIMER ikob 13—2—2014, 6.30 pm OPENING 'FEMINISM[S]' Centre wallon d'art contemporain - La Châtaigneraie 17—2—2015, 8 pm LECTURE A-Z LEZING: KONSTANTIN GRCIC (TBC) Z33

MARCH 1—3—2015, 3 pm OPENING RETROSPECTIVE – GERT & UWE TOBIAS ikob 4—3—2015, 7 pm GUIDED TOUR RETROSPECTIVE – GERT & UWE TOBIAS ikob 7—3—2015, 5 pm OPENING OÉT D'R SJTUB, AAD DE HAAS: SOCIAL REBEL AND FRANK BRUGGEMAN SCHUNCK* 22—3—2015, 12 noon OPENING "LE SOUFFLEUR" Ludwig Forum Aachen 22—3—2015, 8 pm OPENING DAVID LIESKE NAK

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

Regular Events 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 Every Thursday, 11.30 am FREE GUIDED TOUR Bonnefantenmuseum Every Thursday, 6.30 → 8 pm EXTENDED THURSDAY With free guided tours, lectures, artists talks etc.

Ludwig Forum Aachen Every 3rd Thursday, 7.30 pm MOVIE NIGHT Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

SATURDAYS Every Saturday, 3 → 4 pm FREE MINITOUR - Z33 Every Saturday, 11.30 am FREE GUIDED TOUR Bonnefantenmuseum Every fourth Saturday, 2 → 3.30 pm COMICIADE-KAKAO Open Workshop with Comic Artists Ludwig Forum Aachen

SUNDAYS Every Sunday, 3 → 4 pm FREE MINITOUR Z33 Every Sunday, 11.30 am FREE GUIDED TOUR Bonnefantenmuseum Every Sunday, 3 pm GUIDED TOUR On demand in English, French and Dutch Ludwig Forum Aachen

Regular Events

SUNDAYS Every Sunday, 3 → 5 pm CHILD CARE AND OPEN CREATIVE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Ludwig Forum Aachen Every first Sunday of the month, 3 → 4 pm GUIDED TOUR On demand in English Leopold-Hoesch-Museum Every first Sunday of the month, 11 am → 5 pm FREE ADMISSION Museum Het Domein, Sittard Every last Sunday of the month, 1 - 2 pm GUIDED TOUR SCHUNCK*

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

Patricia Johanson, 2013, Museum Het Domein Foto: Kristof Vrancken

Contemporary —Art— Bustours

On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October 2014, you can again 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 are as well welcome to join the guided tours, performances, workshops, expert talks and discussions on your own...

You can find more info on the program on: www.verycontemporary.org

→ Bureau Europa → Z33 → Museum Het Domein

→ SCHUNCK* → Ludwig Forum Aachen → NAK

→ Z33 → CIAP → Espace 251 Nord → ikob

→ ikob → Marres → Bureau Europa

→ Marres → Bureau Europa → Leopold-Hoesch-Museum

HASSELT

MAASTRICHT

DÜREN

EUPEN

2

3

4

5

ROUTE START BUS

SATURDAY, 25—10—2014

Please register on the website: www.verycontemporary.org

AACHEN

The Contemporary-Art-Bustours start from every city of the Very Contemporary network.

On Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October 2014 you will be welcomed at three art spots in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. Joining the CAB is for free, please be prepared that every institution handles their normal entrance fee. In every CAB fifty places are available on a first-come, firstserved basis.

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Do you want to be moved by art?

→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → NAK → Bureau Europa

→ Bonnefantenmuseum → ikob → NAK

→ Bonnefantenmuseum → ikob → NAK

HEERLEN

FLÉMALLE

LIÉGE

7

8

9

→ La Châtaigneraie → Bonnefantenmuseum → SCHUNCK*

→ Museum Het Domein → Marres → Espace 251 Nord

→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → Ludwig Forum Aachen → La Châtaigneraie

→ Espace 251 Nord → Bonnefantenmuseum → Museum Het Domein

→ Espace 251 Nord → Bonnefantenmuseum → Museum Het Domein

→ Ludwig Forum Aachen → La Châtaigneraie → CIAP

→ Ludwig Forum Aachen → La Châtaigneraie → CIAP

→ SCHUNCK* → CIAP → Z33

→ SCHUNCK* → CIAP → Z33

AACHEN

HASSELT

MAASTRICHT

DÜREN

EUPEN

SITTARD

HEERLEN

FLÉMALLE

LIÉGE

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

ROUTE

START

BUS

SUNDAY, 26—10—2014

→ Leopold-Hoesch-Museum → NAK → Bureau Europa

SITTARD

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Contemporary—Art—Bustours Routes

Art does not need a common language,

it is international by itself.

The association of thirteen institutions 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.

Cover photo: Laura Lima, Head gardens 2009, Photo Laura Lima Editing: Julia Zeh, Ludwig Forum Aachen — Graphic Design: Niek Kosten

Supported by the Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia

www. verycontemporary .org