Thesis Focus: Bold Black Lines: The Decolonial Aesthetics of The Black Panther Black Community News Service

Written by Lisa Marie Sneijder There is something about the power of print, the carefully placed words and images, the use of colour, the design choices. As we live in a world where print has been taken over by the online world where moving images are the norm, we tend to forget how strong the… Read More Thesis Focus: Bold Black Lines: The Decolonial Aesthetics of The Black Panther Black Community News Service

January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Thesis Focus: Visibility of the Lesbian Identity on TikTok

Through her Research Master thesis about lesbian visibility on TikTok, Dunja Nešović won the Faculty of Humanities MA Thesis Award.… Read More Thesis Focus: Visibility of the Lesbian Identity on TikTok

January 7, 2022 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Students’ Stories: Chloë Becker on her internship at Pakhuis de Zwijger

Written by Chloë Becker From February 2021 till the end of June 2021, I was an intern programmer at Pakhuis de Zwijger Amsterdam. Pakhuis de Zwijger is a cultural platform for creation and innovation. It organises events and programs about the city, urban culture, politics, social topics, the arts, economy & sustainability. Its goal is… Read More Students’ Stories: Chloë Becker on her internship at Pakhuis de Zwijger

May 24, 2021 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Behind the scenes of the world of art-dealing

Written by Babette Claassen The world of trading in fine art: very interesting, but for many also unfathomable. What actually happens behind the scenes? And which path does a painting take from the first brushstroke on the canvas, to the framed painting above the sofa at your home or at the museum? The new podcast… Read More Behind the scenes of the world of art-dealing

March 2, 2021 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Working in the cultural field after graduation

Written by Manique Hendricks In september 2017 I graduated from the MA Museumconservator, now Curating Arts and Cultures at the VU/UvA. During my masters I worked at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam as a curator in training for a whole year as part of the programme. At the Stedelijk I conducted research on the collection as… Read More Working in the cultural field after graduation

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Students’ Stories: Julia Kantelberg

Written by Julia Kantelberg Six years ago, I stepped into the building of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. I started out by doing my bachelor in Media, Art, Design, and Architecture, which was a brand new bachelors program at the time. I got interested in sustainable design and wrote my bachelor’s thesis on Victor Papanek’s… Read More Students’ Stories: Julia Kantelberg

November 26, 2019May 26, 2020 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Uitnodiging: Kunst en Cultuurwetenschappen Alumni Evenement

Beste alumnus / alumna, Op 20 december 2018 zal voor het eerst een activiteit speciaal voor jou georganiseerd worden! Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam heeft een feestelijk programma samengesteld en Marten Kuijpers (Architect en Senior Onderzoeker bij HNI) geeft voor Kunst & Cultuurwetenschappen Alumni een exclusieve rondleiding door de nieuwe tentoonstelling Work, Body, Leisure. Deze… Read More Uitnodiging: Kunst en Cultuurwetenschappen Alumni Evenement

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Participation in RE-framing Residual Materials in Design Theory, Practice and Education.

Written by Joost Adriaanse Participation in RE-framing Residual Materials in Design Theory, Design Practice and Design Education. RE-source is a two year collaboration between Design Academy Eindhoven – lectorate Places and Traces, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – Faculty of Humanities, Municipality of Rotterdam and Studio Ester van de Wiel. The research project ends in October 2019.… Read More Participation in RE-framing Residual Materials in Design Theory, Practice and Education.

November 13, 2018 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Music: Listening and Philosophy

Written by prof. dr. Hans Fidom Looking back & and an invitation: join the lecture/workshop on samba on Tuesday 16October with Jean Kleeb and Nadine Balbeisi (16A00, 16.00h) One of the highlights of the International VU Symposium ‘As Slowly As Possible’ (24-26 May 2018) undoubtedly was the keynote by Wolfgang Ernst, Humboldt University Berlin. Ernst… Read More Music: Listening and Philosophy

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

Invitation – Symposium Collecting Dutch and Flemish Art in Germany 1600-1900

Written by dr. Ingrid Vermeulen Collecting Dutch and Flemish Art in Germany 1600-1900 From the 17th century on, Germany was a major market for Dutch and Flemish paintings, drawings and prints of the Golden Age. Although this market remains important until the present day, its peak was during the 18th century: Netherlandish art was passionately… Read More Invitation – Symposium Collecting Dutch and Flemish Art in Germany 1600-1900

October 9, 2018 vuartandcultureLeave a comment

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