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My skull is bigger then your skull
Last week the whole of Amsterdam was plastered with the image of Damien Hirst’s skull. The Rijksmuseum lets the whole Dutch world know that they have this precious object on display. The most expensive artwork in the world is in Amsterdam: “come and see it now!”. (It can be debated if it really the most ...
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Selling yourself on a trade fair.
The cultural season is starting with mini exhibition in cargo container. In Amsterdam every year at the last weekend of August the cultural Season opens with the Uitmarkt festival. The Uitmarkt is held from August 29 – 31 at the Eastern Harbour area in Amsterdam. Three days with over 400 previews of different artists, performing ...
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Predecessor Damien Hirst at the Tropenmuseum
The famous artwork ‘for the love of God’, made by Damien Hirst, starts it world tour in Amsterdam at the Rijksmuseum at the 1st of November. This artwork is a skull which is cast from platinum, encrusted with 8,601 diamonds and has its original teeth. An investment group bought the skull a few years ago ...
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Why ‘Art matters’, optimimum entrance fee part 2.
In my previous post I have mentioned eight factors to consider when setting an admission price. I just want to explore the first factor that is the factor ‘art matters’. What does ‘art matters’ mean? I will present a few cases to show why ‘art matters’ in setting your entrance fee and I will show ...
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Is a collaborative museum pass a good idea?
In the Netherlands and Amsterdam we have two collective museum cards. The first is the so called ‘museumkaart’ or museumcard. This card gives you free entrance, for a year, to about 400 museums in the netherlands after you paid a subscription fee of about 35 euros. This card is handed out by the museumvereniging (The ...