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Design Artecnica Showroom and Design with Conscience® Exhibition Artecnica, Los Angeles, CA Through January 2009 Additional info: Artecnica, Tord Boontje Los Angeles-based design firm Artecnica opened its showroom with an exhibition of objects from its Design with Conscience® collection and a talk with renowned Dutch designer and frequent collaborator, Tord Boontje. Also on view are works by Hella Jongerius and Joris Laarman. Import / Export: Pyramids of Makkum & Contemporary Chinese Painting and Photography Moss Art and Design Studio, Los Angeles, CA November 11 – December 31, 2008 Additional info: Moss Moss presents an extraordinary juxtaposition of flat art and design in an exhibition called Import / Export. Exploring the art historical exchange between East and West through two collections, Moss shows Pyramids of Makkum and a collection of paintings and photographs by five internationally recognized contemporary Chinese artists. General Interest Discussion on Usage-Based Approach to Languages The UCLA Department of Germanic Languages, Los Angeles, CA November 5, 2008 Additional info: UCLA Department of Humanities Four talks by Dutch and Flemish doctoral students and post-docs currently spending Fall 2008 as Visiting Scholars in the UCSB Linguistics Department. For further information, please e-mail Prof. Robert Kirsner, “kirsner at humnet.ucla.edu.” Lecture: PROVO! Amsterdam's Revolt of the Nineteen Sixties The UCLA Department of Germanic Languages, Los Angeles, CA November 12, 2008 Additional info: UCLA Department of Humanities Jan Donkers, well-known Dutch author and journalist currently in residence as Regents Lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, will talk on the PROVO cultural revolution in 1960s Amsterdam. For further information, please e-mail Prof. Robert Kirsner, “kirsner at humnet.ucla.edu.” Dutch Heritage Day: Story Hour Various Venues, San Francisco, CA November 14, 2008 Additional info: The NAF San Francisco The Northern California Chapter of the NAF celebrates Dutch-American Heritage Day with a 'Dutch Story Hour' designed to promote awareness of the Dutch-American heritage and educate children about a different country and culture. For further information, please contact Anne-Mieke Roza, “annemiekroza at gmail.com” or Pauline Schrooyen, “pschrooyen at yahoo.com” for further information. The Netherlands American Society 69th Anniversary Marina del Rey Hotel, Marina del Rey, CA November 16, 2008 Additional info: The Netherlands American Society of Southern California The Netherland America Society is the oldest Dutch organization in California, founded under the patronage of the Netherlands Ambassador in Washington, D.C. For the 2009 Dutch American Heritage Day, NAS celebrates its 69th Anniversary at the Marina del Rey Hotel. For more information, please contact Inge Hobo-Scheinfarb, “neverland at sbcglobal.net” or 310-993-1987. Rocking the Polder: Annual Dinner and Dance Event Ex'pression College, Emeryville, CA November 21, 2008 Additional info: The NAF San Francisco The Northern California Chapter of the Netherland-America Foundation hosts this year's annual dinner and dance event with Dutch radio legend and journalist Jan Donkers, currently in residence as a Regents Lecturer at UC Berkeley. Donkers will discuss the impact of American music on the Netherlands in the 1950s and 1960s. The presentation by Jan Donkers will be followed by a rijsttafel dinner and live dance music. For tickets and information, please visit The NAF San Francisco website. Lecture: Provo and After: Second Thoughts on Amsterdam’s Playful Revolution in the Sixties, by Jan Donkers Institute of European Studies, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA December 1, 2008 Additional info: UC Berkeley The Dutch Studies Program at Berkeley hosts a lecture by Jan Donkers, this year's Regents Lecturer. Donkers is the Dutch authority on the history of pop music, the cultural revolution in the sixties and the American influence on Dutch popular culture. For additional information, contact Jeroen Dewulf, “jdewulf at berkeley.edu.” Music Contemporary Dutch Music at REDCAT REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA November 9 – December 10, 2008 Additional info: REDCAT CalArts has organized a series of concerts profiling contemporary music from the Netherlands. The series includes a concert by the Willem Breuker Kollektief, performing a live score to accompany the film Faust (Nov 9); a Festival of Contemporary Dutch Music, with the CalArts New Century Players and the California E.A.R. Unit (Nov 14-16); and a performance of Jacob ter Veldhuis' The Body of Your Dreams as part of the SCREAM 08 program, with Vic Ray Electric (Dec 10). Kraak & Smaak The Music Box at Fonda, Hollywood, CA November 21, 2008 Additional info: Henry Fonda Theatre, Kraak & Smaak Kraak & Smaak are a DJ/producing trio from Leiden, producing a funky vibe with a mix of breakbeat, hip-hop, and electronica. They will play a concert at the Fonda, presented by Golden Voice. For tickets, visit www.goldenvoice.com. Nikitov Cal Performances, Zellerbach Theatre, Berkeley, CA December 20, 2008 Additional info: Cal Performances, Nikitov Cal Performances presents "Pomegranates & Figs," a holiday concert celebrating the rich traditions of Sephardic, Mizrahi and Yiddish music.The production features Nikitov, a quartet formed six years ago by Yiddish chanteuse NikiJacobs and gypsy jazz violin virtuoso Jelle van Tongeren from the Netherlands. Visual Arts Vermeer's A Lady Writing Norton Simon Museum of Art Pasadena, CA November 7, 2008 – February 2, 2009 Additional info: The Norton Simon Museum As part of a newly-established exchange program with the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, the Norton Simon Museum will present Vermeer's A Lady Writing (c. 1665). The painting is one of only 35 attributed to the Dutch master and will be displayed alongside the museum's collection of Rembrandt portraits and 17th-century Dutch genre paintings. Additional programming: Lecture: What Makes a Vermeer a Vermeer?, by Arthur Wheelock November 8, 2008 National Gallery of Art Curator, Arthur Wheelock, will discuss the visual power in Vermeer's works, examining the artist's use of light, color and perspective to enhance the physical and emotional content of his painting. Spotlight Talk: Vermeer's A Lady Writing December 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2008 Vermeer's painting is the subject of December's Spotlight Talk series, an in-depth discussion on the painting on four consecutive Fridays. The Second Golden Age of Dutch Art Hearst Art Gallery at Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA October 12 – December 14, 2008 Additional info: Hearst Gallery The Hearst Gallery at Saint Mary's College presents a collection of more than 60 nineteenth-century Dutch masterpieces from the Beekhuis collection. Works on view include examples from the Dutch Romantic style, the Hague School, and the Dutch Impressionists. Van Limbourg Brothers The Getty Center Los Angeles, CA November 18, 2008 – February 8, 2009 Additional info: The Getty Center , Van Limbourg Brothers The Belles Heures of John, Duke of Berry is one of the most beloved books of the Middle Ages and one of the most sumptuous. Painted by the van Limbourg brothers, born in Nijmegen in the 14th-century, the book, in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be presented at the Getty Museum with its individual leaves unbound. Additional programming: Lecture: The Limbourg Brothers and the Triumph of the "Belles Hueres", by Timothy Husband November 20, 2008 Curator of the Cloister Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Timothy Husband discusses the astonishing quality, beauty, and sense of discovery attained by the Limbourg Brothers in creating this 600-year-old illustrated manuscript. Master Class: Manuscript Illumination December 13, 2008 In conjunction with the exhibition of the Belles Hueres, the Getty offers a master class in manuscript illumination led by artist Sylvia Barrett, focusing on historic materials and painting techniques employed by the Limbourg brothers. See the website for information on registration and fees. Gallery Talk: Thomas Krens on The Belles Heures December 23, 2008 Thomas Krens, senior curator of manuscripts at the Getty Museum, discusses the exhibition. Bik van der Pol San Francisco Institute of the Arts, San Francisco, CA December 1, 2008 Additional info: SFAI, Bik van der Pol Artist team of Liesbeth Bik and Jos van der Pol gives a lecture as part of the Visiting Artists and Scholars series at SFAI. In the Fall 08, they are artists in residence at the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Program at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, CA. Ewerdt Hilgemann Samuel Freeman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Through November 29, 2008 Additional info: Samuel Freeman Gallery Outdoor sculpture in the courtyard of Samual Freeman Gallery at Bergamt Station on view through November 29th. Chris Berens Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, WA December 12, 2008 – January 20, 2009 Additional info: Roq la Rue, Chris Berens Amsterdam-based artist Chris Berens will have his first exhibition at Roq la Rue Gallery in Seattle. Berens' paintings reveal an interior world populated with imagined sights and narratives, situating them well within the gallery's pop-surrealist focus. Shedding New Light: Frans Hals, Lucas de Clerq and Feyna van Steenkiste The Getty Center Los Angeles, CA May 2008 – May 2010 Additional info: The Getty Center After three months of treatment and study at the J. Paul Getty Museum, two magnificent Frans Hals portraits, Lucas de Clercq and Feyna van Steenkiste, will be on view at the Getty Center for a 2-year period. The portraits, owned by the city of Amsterdam and on loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam since 1891, came to the Getty as part of the conservation partnership program. |
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