Raoul de Keyser at De Pont Museum
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Raoul de Keyser at De Pont Museum

More than anything De Keyser's paintings celebrate painting and as such life itself. It’s just paint on canvas, nothing more, nothing less. There's no ideology, no meaning, no hidden manifesto and no bravura. Just paint on canvas, but sometimes the paint speaks for itself.
Marc Newson at the Design Museum
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Marc Newson at the Design Museum

Mark Newson is one of today's most celebrated designers. He is famous for his fluid, blob like designs, such as the Lockheed Lounge chair, the Orgone chair and the Embryo chair, all of which have a seemingly timeless futuristic quality to them.
Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials
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Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials

As I entered the Turbine Hall I could hear a voice shouting somewhere from above "Think think think think think think think think think". It seized me by the throat. For a moment I was frozen in my steps. There was no escaping. It felt as if I was thrown against a wall. Shivers ran down my spine.
Edward Hopper at the Museum Ludwig
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Edward Hopper at the Museum Ludwig

Some of Hopper's paintings have become icons of 20th century art. This is perhaps one of the greatest honours that can be conferred upon an artist, but the omnipresence of his work in the form of posters and coffee mugs also makes it difficult to approach the original paintings with an open mind.
Oldboy
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Oldboy

You can watch Oldboy as a very intelligent highly engaging thriller, but it also asks some profound philosophical questions. This to me is what raises it above the level of just another good film.
Holland Animation Film Festival 2004
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Holland Animation Film Festival 2004

Every other year the Holland Animation Film Festival shows a selection of some of the best independent animation films of the past two or three years as well as a number of retrospectives and thematic programs. Here are some personal highlights of this year's festival.