CASCADE: A new icon for Rotterdam’s Coolsingel Rotterdam has many sculptures. However, until now it was lacking a piece by one of its most internationally renowned artists, Joep van Lieshout. In 2008, Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR) invited Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL) to develop a work of art for the city centre.
Taneda's Coolsingel Cube 27 January – 07 February 2010
Japanese production designer/filmset-designer Yohei Taneda, known as the production designer of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume 1, has been commissioned by Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR) to design a temporary facade for the Monisima Cube at Kruiskade 2 in Rotterdam.
SIR Cinema at Coolsingel in October, November and December Rotterdam has a new cinema!
Sculpture International Rotterdam (SIR) opened a temporary cinema at Rotterdam's Coolsingel. After two months of showing Alfredo Jaar’s The Ashes of Pasolini, the SIR cinema now offers a new programme with a unique collection of artists’ productions for November and December dealing with the contemporary city and the influences of large-scale urban development on residents.
Billy Apple® in Rotterdam In occasion of the exhibition A History of the Brand in Witte the With, Center for Contemporary Art, Sculpture International Rotterdam and Witte de With, present two new works by Billy Apple® in Rotterdam.
Erasmus moves forward two metres From the press release, February 2009 - The bronze statue of Erasmus, which Hendrick de Keyser created in 1620, will shortly be moved two metres forward on its pedestal on the Grotekerkplein, ahead of the renovation of the entire square.
28 november: Santa Claus finds a Permanent New Home After many years at the centre of thorny debate, Santa Claus, the renowned sculpture by Paul McCarthy, is being relocated to a definitive new home on the Eendrachtsplein, having spent three years in asylum in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s courtyard and a brief stop-over on the pavement alongside the museum entrance. Santa Claus will be transported to his permanent new home on Friday, 28 November 2008, accompanied in parade by the Binnenweg Association (Vereniging De Binnenweg, which represents retailers on one of the country’s longest shopping streets), the new guardian angels of Santa Claus.
GOOSE FEATHER IS MOVING The sculpture Quill by Phillip King, also known as the 'Ganzeveer' (Goose Feather) is being moved.