PlayNL

28/11/2009 — 21/03/2010

Play Van Abbé ia an 18-month pro­gramme con­sist­ing of exhi­bi­tions, projects, per­for­mances, lec­tures and dis­cus­sions, tak­ing the col­lec­tion of the Van Abbemuseum as a start­ing point. Play Van Abbé is sub­di­vided into four parts, each with its own theme.

Part 1, The Game and the Players, begins on Saturday 28 November 2009 and runs until March 2010.In this first part of the 18-month pro­gramme Play Van Abbé, the museum focuses on the sto­ries of artists and exhi­bi­tion makers.

The Game and the Players con­sists of three exhi­bi­tions: Repetition: Summer Display 1983, Strange and Close and Rien né va plus. Part 1 of Play Van Abbé will be closed in March 2010 with the project If I Can’t Dance… Edition III — Masquerade.

From 28 November 2009, Play Van Abbé is the Van Abbemuseum’s major project for 18 months. It is a mul­ti­fac­eted pro­gramme work­ing with and around the col­lec­tion of the Van Abbemuseum and will cover the major­ity of the exhi­bi­tion space. Play Van Abbé con­sists of exhi­bi­tions, projects, per­for­mances, lec­tures, dis­cus­sions, and new tech­niques for medi­at­ing the public’s reac­tions to art and its con­texts. With the social and polit­i­cal changes of the last 20 years in mind, the museum uses Play Van Abbé to ask top­i­cal ques­tions about the iden­tity and objec­tives of muse­ums and cul­tural her­itage organ­i­sa­tions more generally.

What is the role of an art museum in the 21st cen­tury? What are the con­ven­tions of a museum and to what extent are we aware of them? How did they develop and are they appro­pri­ate today? Can we make them vis­i­ble? Change them? Play with them?

Van Abbemuseum
www.vanabbemuseum.nl
Bilderdijklaan 10
5611 Eindhoven, Eindhoven (Noord-Brabant), Netherlands
040 2381000

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What is the role of an art museum in the 21st century? — Play Van Abbé

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