Post by Grubb. One the exhibits in Kunsthal Rotterdam was by a woman named Piccinini whose silicon molded figures suggest what might have happened if Dr. Moreau hadn’t met his untimely end. Below are Ella’s favorites
Day: May 1, 2023
If Claus Oldenburg taught kindergarten
Post by Grubb. Kids at the Kunsthal Rotterdam playing with giant inflatable billiard balls on a bouncy plastic table.
Dazzled by the Depot
Post by Grubb Inside the reflective glass bowl of the Depot is a six floor atrium divided into translucent levels where exhibits are sectioned off into glass compartments. Art displayed in visible engineering (above) The best part of the Depot experience was the app that let me read the bar code placed by the window…
Rotterdam from above
At the top of the Depot, with stands of Aspen and fir reflected in the glass walls of the museum’s restaurant, there is a 360 degree view of the Rotterdam skyline.
Hooking the duck
We had just left the Sprinter train at Rotterdam Centraal and were walking by one of the main city canals when we saw a fisherman struggling with a highly agitated duck floundering at the other end of his line. It seems the duck had unfortunately beat the fish to the bait. After trying to reel the duck…
Museum Entrances
Post by Grubb. There’s the old school red brick facade a la the Smithsonian dressed up like a villa at the Rijksmuseum, and there’s the post-modern steely sheen of the reflective glass bowl at the Depot. It’s terra cotta versus terra nueva.
Reflections in Rotterdam
Thank you again Esther
We planned to spend the day in Rotterdam and Esther suggested we visit the Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. This is the world’s first publicly accessible art storage facility. 173 years of art collecting. More than 152,000 objects housed together, arranged in fourteen storage compartments with five different climates. This place is amazing and Grubb will…