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FLATLAND is proud to commence working together with Valérie Belin (1964, Boulogne-Billancourt) who is one of the most celebrated French photographers of today. In presenting her work in The Netherlands, FLATLAND will work closely with the esteemed gallery Nathalie Obadia in Paris who has been working with her for years. The first context in which FLATLAND…
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In the upcoming weeks of October FLATLAND is proudly supporting FUTURES DIGITAL FESTIVAL. The festival/platform will broadcast from the gallery their virtual edition with talks, exhibitions and other online activities. FUTURES is a photography platform that brings resources and talent programmes of leading cultural institutions across Europe together in order to support the new talents….
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Sadly Paris Photo has been forced to cancel the fair scheduled for November 12 to 15, 2020, following the announcement by the French government on September 23, 2020, limiting capacity at major events to 1,000 people, compared to 5,000 previously. The 24th edition will be postponed to November 11 to 14, 2021, when it will…
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The culture of culture can change. The past few months have influenced many lives. In many families huge losses were felt. Others saw or are seeing their business collapse. In our case this period of silence has lifted a veil that hung lately over our horizon. For over two decades FLATLAND was part of a…
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From the 17 September to 8 December 2020, CAMERA will host the solo exhibition ‘Carousel’: an itinerary through the eclectic career of Paolo Ventura (Milan, 1968), one of the most widely recognised and appreciated Italian artists both in Italy and abroad. On this occasion, the rooms of CAMERA host some of his most suggestive works…
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For our participation in PARIS PHOTO 2020 we are proud to share that we will present a trio exhibition of the artists Jasper de Beijer, Kim Boske and Paolo Ventura. With the graceful support of the Mondriaan Foundation both Dutch artists Jasper de Beijer and Kim Boske have been able to create new work. @parisphotofair @mondriaanfonds #parisphotofair 

Though Covid can disrupt our agenda, we strongly believe in thinking positive. We therefore are looking forward to bring our artists to the upcoming fairs this fall: Art Paris 9 – 13 Sept 2020 Grand Palais, Paris; Photo London 6 – 11 Oct 2020 Gray’s Inn Gardens, London; Paris Photo 12 – 15 Nov 2020…
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Proud of Kim Boske whose new work Moving Flowers #1 is published on Saturday 30th May on the frontcover of Dutch newspaper Het Parool as part of the HOU VOL (“Keep Faith”) series, a tribute of the newspaper all of those who have to cope with the devastating effects of Covid-19. In the midst of…
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In 2021 Kim Boske will have a large solo show at the Museum of Modern Art, Tokushima. Since 2018 the young Dutch artist visited many times Japan, an interest that began with her residency at KAIR (Kamiyama Artist in Residence) in Tokushima when she created a series of unique indigo-blue waterscapes; collages of photographs printed…
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Sensual. Vibrant. Self-possessed. The women visualized in Jocelyn Lee’s new monograph SOVEREIGN are individual, yet iconic in how she chooses to frame each one, subtly shifting focus and leading the viewer to engage subject and environment equally in the immersive scenes of her creation. Sovereign, emerged out of two bodies of work (“Dark Matter” and…
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The newest series April fool of Erwin Olaf has been published today in the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. The work reveals the impact the pandemic has on the creative train of thought of Olaf and aims at underlining a collective feeling of lack of control and powerlessness. Captivating the fragility of our society, it is…
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‘In 2020 wordt in Hangar Photo Art Centre in Brussel de expositie “Ruud van Empel 25 Years of Photo Works 1995-2020” geopend. Bij de tentoonstelling verschijnt ook de gelijknamige publicatie. Daarvoor schreef Alex de Vries teksten over vrijwel alle series fotowerken die Van Empel in die periode gemaakt heeft. Mister Motley publiceert in twee delen een…
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In the first Vogue issue of 2020 Ventura’s work was on the cover being the first illustrated cover for Italian Vogue. This time in the issue of February 2020 Ventura created artworks that show “uninhabited places, glimpses, escape routes, unexpected visions. ” Follow this Link to read the article (in Italian!) and scroll down to…
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“So, we start our day whenever we wake up. No alarm anymore. We start with me trying to work out. Aurore puts a Pilates thing on TV. It’s in French, so I get to learn French and try to avoid working out at the same time. “Somehow I make it to the studio, either by…
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Lichtkunstwerk ‘Het gezicht van de A50’ van Stanislaw Lewkowicz is deel van de 100 sleutelwerken uit de Nederlandse openbare ruimtes, geselecteerd door BK-Informatie. Kunst in de openbare ruimte is een kenmerkend, uniek soort Nederlands erfgoed dat een veelomvattende weergave biedt van politiek-maatschappelijke denkbeelden. In 2013 creëert kunstenaar Stanislaw Lewkowicz een ambitieus kunstwerk van dansende lichtjes…
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Italian photographer Paolo Ventura was stranded in the medieval town of Anghiari without his camera during the Corona crisis. He hasn’t been allowed to leave the apartment for ten days – that’s how he started painting. Subsequently he was interviewd by Weltkunst. Ventura told them that to paint is for him completely different; “The artistic…
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Proud of contemporary Tel Aviv artist Guy Yanai who was invited by the house of Hermès to draw “Voile sur Galilee” in felt pen, at the intersection of impressionism and abstraction. Long visual lines make use of perspective and add a sense of depth to the drawing on two beach towels for Hermès. The original…
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As part of FLATLAND’s determination to give more attention to female voices in the cultural field in 2020, FLATLAND proudly presents at Art Rotterdam young female artists who work on new questions of existence that rise from the magic in new technology, artificial intelligence, relationships, the forces of natural resources of the earth. Both digital…
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Milan based artist Paolo Ventura was invited by Vogue Italy to create their first illustrated cover ever. The magazine wanted to make a statement about sustainability by producing its January issue without photographs. The magazine’s first issue of 2020 will instead feature illustrated stories and a series of hand-drawn covers created “without traveling, shipping clothes…
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