Valentijn Byvanck

Upcoming and most recent

On Saturday May 11, the Avro Broadcasting group will air my item on Katja Mater in Kunstuur.Channel: Nederland 2, between 5 and 6 pm.

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On Friday April 9, De Volkskrant will publish my review of the logistical spaces in the renewed Rijksmuseum, about toilet troubles, friendship boxes and Dutch pride.

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On Saturday March 30, the Avro Broadcasting group will air my item on Wim T. Schippers in Kunstuur. Channel: Nederland 2, between 5 and 6 pm.

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On Saturday January 26, the Avro Broadcasting group will air my item on Erwin Olaf in Kunstuur. Channel: Nederland 2, between 5 and 6 pm. Extra materials, including stuff on Olaf’s history piece at the Lakenhal Leiden can be found on the Kunstuur website.

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On Friday January 25, De Volkskrant will publish my readers’ feedback article in the series ‘Museumbenen’, with golden tips concerning folding chairs, shop revolutions, and mood tours.

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On Tuesday January 8, De Volkskrant will publish my last column (12) in the series ‘Museumbenen’. Devoted to the one museum occasion where visitors routinely skip the exhibition, ignore the speeches, and walk out tipsy.

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On Wednesday January 2nd, De Volkskrant will publish my next column (11) in the series ‘Museumbenen’, devoted to bicycles. About ants, urban chaos and the famous Rijksmuseum dilemma (to bike or not to bike).

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On Tuesday December 17, De Volkskrant will publish my next column (10) in the series ‘Museumbenen’, devoted to turnstiles. About bar codes, technique fetishism and sleepy museum directors.

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On Tuesday December 11, De Volkskrant will publish my next museum column in the series ‘Museumbenen’. #9 is devoted to text labels in the museum: about struggling visitors and frowning hardliners.

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On Tuesday December 4, De Volkskrant will publish my next column (8) in the series ‘Museumbenen’, devoted to the Museumcafé. About finger sandwiches, sturdy interiors, and strong espresso.

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On Saturday December 3, I will be presenting Joost Conijn in 4 Art, Avro’s Kunstuur.

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On Tuesday November 27, De Volkskrant will publish my next column (7) in the series ‘Museumbenen’, devoted to toilets. About clean art, faucet dancing and Joep van Lieshout’s apple green comfort room.

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Friday November 23, in De Volkskrant, my tips for holiday presents from the museumshop, with a gorgeous collage by Nadja Kieft.
On Tuesday November 20, De Volkskrant will publish my next column in the series ‘Museumbenen’ about the museum shop, about holiday shopping, entrepreneurship and V&A label merchandise.

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On Tuesday November 13, De Volkskrant will publish my next column in the series ‘Museumbenen’ about hair, dirty fingers, and the death of a brave millipede.

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On Tuesday November 6, De Volkskrant publishes my next column in the series ‘Museumbenen’ about benches, no seating, Archie Bunker’s scolding chair and Christian Kieckens’ community sofa.

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On Friday November 2, I will chair the jury of the ArtOlive Award, given out to the most promising work by Art academy graduates 2012. Exhibition of a selection of their works between Oct 30 and Nov 4 in Loods, KNSM laan, Amsterdam.
On Tuesday October 30, De Volkskrant publishes my next column in the series ‘Museumbenen’ about food, smells, cantines and prison movies.

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On Tuesday October 23, I will publish the next column in my series Museumbenen in De Volkskrant, about coats & bags, and flirting in the museum.

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On Saturday October 20, 2012, I will be presenting Daan Roosegaarde in 4Art, Avro’s Kunstuur.

Roosegaarde is an inventor and entrepreneur. He produces interactive light works for public spaces. In collaboration with technical labs, he also explores methods for recycling energy produced by people.

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On Tuesday October 16, I will publish the first of a series of Volkskrant museum columns. Episode 1: museum stairs.

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On October 13, 2012, I will be presenting Olaf Mooij in 4Art, Avro’s Kunstuur.
Olaf Mooij is obsessed with cars, and all his work celebrates this obsession. In his Rotterdam studio, we discuss cars, art and design, and view his latest series, in which he explores the car as an organic being. I also get to drive in the Brain Car!

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On October 2, I will host a public discussion about sketches for three games about historical travel made by Monobanda, studio Hubbub and Tempeest at the symposium Games and Heritage, Pausdam, Utrecht.

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The AVRO has just launched the new dvd with 32 episodes of 4Art, a television programme about contemporary artists and their work presented by Ann DeMeester (Appel Arts Centre), Hans den Hartog Jager (independent critic), Bart Rutten (Stedelijk Museum) and me. Production: AVRO broadcasting group.

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July 2012: launch ‘De Geur, de reis en het einde,’ (The Scent, the Journey and the End), published in: Jan van Munster en Birthe Leemeijer, Door Tijd en Ruimte (Through Time and Space), De Ketelfactory, Schiedam, 27-33.

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On June 6, I will be giving a lecture on Ideology and intimacy in photography at the Dutch Doc Award ceremony at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam.

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On May 12, I will be presenting 4Art in AVRO’s Kunstuur: Falke Pisano.

Falke Pisano is a thinking artist. She builds her oeuvre focusing on broad themes, including ‘The Body in Crisis’. We discuss Pisano’s work while her exhibition is mounted in the Vleeshal in Middelburg.

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On April 19-20, I will be giving four lectures at the Forum, one of which is at TedxYauzaRiver, ARTPLAY design centre in Moscow.

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March 29, the launch of Blueprint: Sketches, Plans and Story of the Museum of National History (2008-2011) [SUN].

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