Saskia Noor Van Imhoff: #+23.00

As of January 2016, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam opens every Friday from 10 am to 10 am. The Friday Night is the new art-minded kick-start of the weekend, with a diverse programming that ranges from exhibition openings with young artists, tours, lectures and debates to presentations, artist interviews, film screenings and performances. Visitors are cordially invited to attend the program, wander around the exhibition galleries or have a drink at the bar.

Program

 6.00 arrivals (main entrance Stedelijk Museum)
 6.15 opening speech Beatrix Ruf (Zadelhoff café)
 6.30 introduction Leontine Coelewij, curator Stedelijk (Zadelhoff café) 
 6.45 opening of the exhibition (galleries 28 and 29)
 7.30 column by Lex ter Braak, director Jan van Eyck Academy (Zadelhoff café)
 8.00 first speed tour through the museum collection (start: information desk)
 9.00 second speed tour through the museum collection (start: information desk)
10.00 museum closes

OPENING SASKIA NOOR VAN IMHOFF: #+23.00

Director Beatrix Ruf will give an opening speech for the newest presentation by Saskia Noor van Imhoff. The exhibition, #+23.00, is part of a series of dynamic solo exhibitions by a promising generation of artists. Many of these are new productions and/or recent acquisitions by the museum. By committing to a long-term relationship with young talent, the museum provides a platform for its future collection.

TALK LEONTINE COELEWIJ

Leontine Coelewij is curator at the Stedelijk Museum and curated the exhibition Saskia Noor van Imhoff: #+23:00. She collaborated closely with van Imhoff in preparation and will briefly introduce her work and the presentation.

EXHIBITION OPENING

In 2015 the Stedelijk purchased the spatial artwork #+14.11 (2013) by Saskia Noor van Imhoff. For the inaugural presentation of this work at the Stedelijk, the artist created an installation that engages in a conversation with the museum collection and with the architecture of the gallery spaces. Van Imhoff combines artworks from the depot, replicas, and everyday objects in her work, juxtaposing them without any kind of hierarchy. Conservation, research, and classification methods become integrated elements of her installation.

COLUMN BY LEX TER BRAAK

Lex ter Braak is a writer and critic, and director of the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht. This post-graduate art institution is known as a major research and residency space for young artists from within and outside the Netherlands. Ter Braak has followed the work of Van Imhoff for some time, and will briefly discuss her work in the context of her generation.
 

SPEED TOURS MUSEUM COLLECTION

Every Friday evening our youngest peer-educators, called the Blikopeners, provide speed tours through the museum. View the collection of the Stedelijk Museum and the exhibitions through the eyes of a Blikopener and talk to them about their favorite artworks. The tours start at 8 and 9 pm. They are in Dutch.