A new way to experience old art at the Rijksmuseum
Instead of being bored out of your mind while looking at the Nightwatch for the billionth time, you can now go to the Rijksmuseum, pick up your phone and scan it to see graffiti appear all over it, as if by magic. The Amsterdam-based agency Brilliant after Breakfast (never call them before ten in the morning) wanted to remix what is currently on offer in old institutions with their old art. (..more)
Copyright is history, says artist Roberto Voorbij
The art buyer should be uplifted, but this is already changing. More participation in the museums and gallery owners who organize lectures and courses for their customers. Making art itself more understandable, but that's something different than making understandable art. (..more)
If you love photography then you will love UNSEEN, as Roderick van der Lee explains
There are little more satisfying and enduring acquisitions than when you are stopped in your tracks by a piece of art, when you feel a little shock going through your system when you look at it and know you can never be happy unless you own it. (..more)
Local Rockstars: Monsieur Plastique never lets others decide what to wear or how to party
I’ve seen him many times in Amsterdam, but I never had the nerve to go and talk to him before (his outfits are a little intimidating). Paul van der Zanden a.k.a. Monsieur Plastique, who recently won a Golden Gnome for Best Dressed DJ, was very willing to tell me all about his inspirations, his fun and his upcoming projects, exclusively for us here at Overdose.am. (..more)
Get to know Matt and his world of ubercool bags at UNDSCVRD
For Matt Tielman, founder of UNDSCVRD, there is still a lot to be discovered. With his webshop, he is literally opening up a world of ubercool bags for men. He told me all about how he started his own company, which recently celebrating its first year of existence. And what a year it has been for Matt. (..more)
No rest for the obsessed Daan Roukens
There hasn’t been any rest for the obsessed artist Daan Roukens ever since he started painting. He's everywhere, in art, blogs and fashion. I recently met him in Berlin and after we compared our tattoos we decided to stay in touch. Soon you’ll be able to see his work at the Artistic Affairs exhibition at Walls Gallery in Amsterdam. (..more)
Become part of a worldwide pop-up art gallery called No Man’s Art
For Emmelie Koster, travelling the world to get a degree was not enough, art needed to be involved too. That’s why she founded the pop-up gallery No Man’s Art in which she organizes events for up and coming artists to present them to the world. Hamburg and Mumbai amongst others have seen her venues. I myself was part of No Man’s Art in Hamburg and I truly had a blast. Since graduating, Emmelie has decided to become involved in No Man’s Art on a full-time basis. (..more)
If you like photography you should definitely visit the Kahmann Gallery
Roy Kahmann, collectioneur of contemporary and vintage photography pur sang and owner of GUP Magazine will showcase a selection of work by internationally known photographer Willem Diepraam at his Kahmann Gallery this Friday. Diepraam started his career as a photo journalist with a Dutch newspaper and has specialised over the years in making outstanding, mostly black and white photos covering the many subjects he discovered and unravelled during his trips around the world. (..more)
What’s next for FOAM and photography?
Amsterdam’s number one museum for contemporary photography Foam is celebrating it’s tenth year of existence. To celebrate, they have invited four guest-curators to answer the following question: “What’s Next?”. A logical question from FOAM, as they are all about showing you the latest in photography. New photographers that have just arrived at the scene, as well as the new classics. The guest curators are Lauren Cornell (New Museum, New York), Jefferson Hack (Dazed & Confused), Erik Kessels (KesselsKramer) and Alison Nordström (George Eastman House, Rochester). (..more)
You will get inspired, since it’s Pecha Kucha time again
Check out Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for 'small talk'), Amsterdam's foremost and most important platform for the exchange of elevator-pitch style presentations in twenty slides each taking twenty seconds. The Pecha Kucha method was invented by a Tokyo-based company looking for a new platform to exchange ideas, and is now used in over a hundred countries worldwide. (..more)
