Cruising Rotterdam

Art Rot­ter­dam takes place from Feb­ru­ary 4 to 8.

Art Rot­ter­dam launches Object Rot­ter­dam, inter­na­tional fair for autonomous design. Simul­ta­ne­ously with Art Rot­ter­dam, the inter­na­tional fair for autonomous design, Object Rot­ter­dam, takes place in the nearby Las Pal­mas. Object Rot­ter­dam is the plat­form in the world, where peo­ple can find the lat­est devel­op­ments of unique, or lim­ited edi­tion func­tional objects of inter­na­tional design­ers. It is the place where the cutting-edge between art and design becomes evident.

The tenth edi­tion of Art Rot­ter­dam was a great suc­cess. Over 11,000 art lovers vis­ited the art fair in the dura­tion of five days. Com­pared to the 2007 edi­tion Art Rot­ter­dam attracted more peo­ple from abroad. The inter­na­tional press was very enthu­si­as­tic, and described Art Rot­ter­dam as an art fair where plenty of new tal­ent could be dis­cov­ered. The inter­na­tional gal­leries were also very sat­is­fied. Chemould Prescott Road Gallery from Bom­bay sold all the works of Anant Joshi, and Gallery Willem van Zoe­tendaal the entire instal­la­tion of Sarah Blok­land to Caldic. Caldic imme­di­ately gave the instal­la­tion on loan to the Gemeen­te­mu­seum Den Haag. The Scheringa Museum bought an instal­la­tion of Sylvia B.

The Illy prize has become an impor­tant part of Art Rot­ter­dam. In 2008, this pres­ti­gious prize is awarded to the most inno­v­a­tive artist at Art Rot­ter­dam. The win­ner, Alexan­dra Leykauf, was announced on Wednes­day Feb­ru­ary 6. She received €10,000 in prize money.

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