From 17th February till 27th of March the exhibition "Clown Faces" by Dutch artist Albert Houthuesen is open for public.
His works can be seen in the Da Scalzo Art Brasserie in Knightsbridge.

Da Scalzo Art Brasserie
Knightsbridge
215 Brompton Rd, London SW3 2EJ

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All museums have stories to tell and the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York is no exception. Between 10 February and 6 September 2010 there will be even more tales to tell when a new exhibition brings the romance and excitement of international travel to the Museum.

Once Upon a Tide is a free exhibition sponsored by Stena Line BV, in partnership with the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht. The exhibition originated from the ideas in a PhD entitled “Gateways to Europe: the experience of passengers between the Netherlands and Great Britain 1880-1984”, which was supported by Abellio Foundation. The exhibition explores the tales of over 100 years of North Sea ferry crossings between Harwich and the Hook, when ferries were part of the British Railways fleet, through the memories of the people who used it and the poster artwork that sold it.

A roll-on roll-off ferry will take centre stage at the NRM throughout the duration of Once Upon a Tide, enabling visitors to walk onto the deck and experience the Museum’s turntable as they’ve never seen it before.

Since 1867 ferries transporting passengers to Holland have been one of Britain’s main links with Europe. In 1890, the service began calling at the Hook, which was connected to the rest of Europe by rail in 1904. For the next 60 years, a system of boat trains linked with the day and night sailings from Harwich and until the 1970’s the trains and ferries would wait for each other before departure.

Passengers used the system of international rail and ferry connections to get from all over the UK, on trains like the Hook Continental from Liverpool Street station, to Europe’s holiday hot spots including Switzerland, Berlin and Rome.

Many of the passengers that have used this service over the years have sent their memories to the Museum as part of an appeal held earlier this year. To enhance Once Upon a Tide’s stunning visuals these recollections will be on display, bringing to life tales of rough crossings, Dutch kindness and holiday adventures.

The exhibition will take visitors on a journey from 1890 to the present day enabling them to reminisce about their experiences whether they involve motor-holidays or backpacking. Kids will be able to join in with a variety of ‘I spy’ games, story telling and craft activities.

After it closes in September 2010, objects featuring in the exhibition will travel across the North Sea to the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht so Dutch visitors can also reminisce about the historic ferry route.

National Railway Museum

Jo Coenen, architect of the Netherlands Architecture Institute, discusses the design of the new Amsterdam Public Library, a project whose main focus is not on the creation of an extererior facade composition, but one which is primarily concerned with designing the inner world.

1 March
The Royal Academy of Arts
6.30-7.30pm

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Tate Modern will host a major exhibition devoted to the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg. Van Doesburg was the creater and of the magazine and movement De Stijl. The exhibition will run from 4 February till 16 May 2010.
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Dr Jean-Marc Boulon, Chief Psychiatrist and the Director of Saint Paul de-Mausole hospital in Saint Rémy de Provence, where Van Gogh was confined in 1889, discusses with exhibition curator Ann Dumas his research into Van Gogh’s family history of melancholy and suicide, the symptoms gleaned from the artist’s letters, and his diagnoses.

6.30–7.30pm; £14/£6 reductions* (includes exhibition entry and a drink), £10 (includes a drink)

In the Large Weston Room
Royal Academy of Arts
5 March 2010

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Dutch artist Marcelle Hanselaar will show her work on three different locations in the UK this year:

6-28 March 2010
The House of Fairy Tales
Millenium gallery, Street an Pol, St. Ives Cornwall, TR26 2DS millenniumgallery

29 April-3 May 2010
London Original Print Fair with Eyestorm
Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD
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2 April-8 May 2010
St. David’s Hall Printmaking Exhinbition
The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH
St Davidshall Cardiff

Marcelle Hanselaar was born in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and travelled extensively in Asia and Europe before finally settling down in her studio in central London. Although she studied briefly at The Royal Academy, The Hague,1962-'64, in oil painting she is entirely self-taught. In 1992/93 and again in 1995/96 Hanselaar was invited to teach painting at the S.W.Teaching University, Chongqing, China, she also taught drawing at Sotheby's Educational Institute, London from 1989-'99. Around that time Hanselaar became interested in etching and learned printmaking first at Morley College and later at Kensington & Chelsea College. Marcelle Hanselaar's early painting was abstract but from 1992 her work became completely figurative. Member of The London Group and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE)

Marcelle Hanselaar

Reed quintet Calefax will perform in London this March.

8th March - Highgate School - 7.30pm Highgate School

9th March - Royal College of Music 10.30-1pm Royal College of Music

10th March - City of London Festival winter series 1pm London winter series

Having played over 600 concerts in 20 countries, reed quintet Calefax are in great demand all over the world. The quintet performs standing up, plays some pieces from memory, and always introduces itself and the programme to the audience. Most importantly, the five musicians arrange, recompose and interpret music from eight centuries to suit their unique constellation: from early music to classical and jazz to world premières; in the hands of Calefax it all sounds fresh and new.
Bron: Calefax

After his successful recital at Fairfield Halls last month he will be giving a further concert at The Forge in Camden Town, London on Wednesday 10th March, at 7.30 pm


Programme:

Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D minor (from Partita BWV 1004 for violin solo)

R. Schumann Symphonic Etudes opus 13

Interval

L. v. Beethoven 15 Variations with fugue, opus 35 “Eroïca”

M. Balakirev Islamey (Oriental Fantasy)

About Misha Fomin

This exciting new generation Russian (dutch nationality) piano virtuoso graduated with distinction from the Gnessins Russian Academy of Music. He studied with Lina Bulatova, herself a pupil of the revered professor Helen Gnessina and the legendary Neuhaus, who himself had taught Richter. He later became her assistant for two years.

In 1996 after a successful career in Russia, where he gave numerous recitals all over the country, he decided to broaden his musical horizons and moved to the West. He attended several masterclasses given by Lazar Berman, Kämmerling and Rhingeissen and then took up post-graduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar and the Amsterdam Conservatoire.

After winning several major prizes at international piano competitions Misha was invited to take part in important events such as ‘Chopin-Liszt’ Festival in Leipzig and perform with first-class orchestras. Misha Fomin is now extensively in demand throughout Europe and is frequently heard in TV and radio broadcasts. Recordings he made have received critical acclaim in the leading classical piano magazines.

Most recent appearances include The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and The Musikverein in Wien.

Misha has always been famous for his fine communicative skills in front of an audience, allied to effortless technique and inspiring musicianship in everything he performs.

Address: Forge Venue, 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 7NL

Misha Fomin

Arrivadiva

Organised by Architecture Centre Network, is a free international symposium at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on 15 March that brings together educationists, decision makers and practitioners from across the international built environment sector. The one-day international education salon is the second stage of an exchange between architecture and built environment centres in Europe.

The day is a platform for the UK to showcase its built environment education, an area in which it has earned a reputation as a European leader. The focus will be on the benefits of innovative technological practice and engaging teachers in built environment education. The day also aims to further develop a European youth action project and specialist teacher development exchanges.

Master classes with leading technology professionals will showcase the latest in educational and architecture technologies and the V+A will give tours of their architectural resources and galleries.


For further information and to book, please contact Cara Courage , Head of Learning, Architecture Centre Network, or visit Architecture centre

Ways into Architecture Learning is presented in conjunction with The Sackler Centre, Victoria and Albert Museum and Architectuur Lokaal, Amsterdam and supported by Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

15-19 March

This year the Frontiers+ Festival is dedicated
to the music of pioneering Dutch composer Louis Andriessen.

Louis Andriessen has been at the very forefront of contemporary music for nearly 40 years, creating a distinctive style which draws upon influences from minimalism and jazz to Stravinsky and modernism, often delivered with the power of a rock band.

Performances during the week come from an array of distinguished musicians, including the Smith Quartet, Monica Germino, Michaela Riener and Decibel (who will be in residence), alongside performances by students and tutors from Birmingham Conservatoire.

Louis Andriessen will be attending performances, working with student performers, giving masterclasses to composition students and receiving an Honorary Doctorate from Birmingham City University.

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The Royal Academy of Arts hosts a landmark exhibition of the work of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. It will start on January the 23rd through the 18th of April 2010.
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