A word from our sponsor…

aliwats — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:52:38 +0000

Although it was a little late in the game, the Grape District is now a part of Art Blossom!

We are happy to feature some of their lovely wines:

Gorilla Primitivo from Puglia (our resident red)

Vina Sofraga from Rueda (the white)

Fizz Fizz Fizz Cava (bubbles, of course)

The Grape District locations can also be found on our Art Blossom iPhone application! Enjoy them here or pick one up on your way home…

Fantastic feedback from yesterday and only getting better…

aliwats — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:44:50 +0000

The VIP party with Club C was a great success and our tours have been a big hit!

Tonight, we are hosting the Alphabet Club for an exclusive party in Brug9, complete with a tour and loads of mingling with other art enthusiasts.

Make sure you get your tickets for tours this weekend!

Link to our Art Blossom iPhone application!

aliwats — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:31:34 +0000

Made especially for us by AFrogLeap – Amsterdam’s first art gallery iPhone app!

http://www.afrogleap.nl/index.asp

Sample image from AFrogLeap

Les Avant Nu tonight at Art Blossom’s VIP event

aliwats — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:26:19 +0000

Les Avant Nu is a dynamic, creative collective filled with wonderful minds and artists from different disciplines. We try to break prejudices and rejoice in what is different. Our performances, tableaux vivants and expositions are happy, chaotically organized, expressive, intuitive, adventurous, dynamic and impulsive.

Les Avant Nu goes back to the time when Brug 9 was a prison. We’ve taken inspiration
from this and the theme of Art Amsterdam: No Holds Barred

Brug9 Interior

We made a combination between fashion, beauty and the restrictions of being imprisoned. Our sculptural oufits will refer to being bound, caged, kept from the world and with a touch of S&M.
The costumes are bondage-like but with an air of humor and art, and always with the personal touch of Les Avant Nu.

We will showcase our creations in the form of a performance. Our take on things will be guided by a musical mix of Monsieur Plastique to emphasise the emotions and ideas.

Have we tantalized you? Then come take a look…

Les Avant Nu

The work is up and the stage is set…

aliwats — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:19:32 +0000

for Art Blossom’s VIP event tonight! We are hosting Club C of Art Amsterdam in our exclusive location in the centre of Amsterdam, Brug9!

Don’t miss the tours this weekend – go to our maps + tours page for ticketing information.

It’s gallery season

aliwats — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:46:16 +0000

Today, you can walk through the Jordaan (after visiting Dam Square) and hit up some of the gallerie s that are having their openings today! Many of the galleries that are participating in Art Blossom are showing their wares before spending a week at Art Amsterdam…. This is a good moment to see all of the action before the rest of the city does.

Galerie Gabriel Rolt

Ellen de Bruijne Projects

Galerie Serieuze Zaken

"Rooms 9 and 10" by Michiel Kluiters

Resort to childlike behavior

aliwats — Sat, 22 May 2010 12:33:03 +0000

In this sunny weather, what more could you ask for then to be outside painting? Go to Dam Square and contribute to the Art Blossom Paint-by-Numbers canvas – a canvas of 2.5×1.8m is sitting in Dam Square begging to be painted on and played with. This little project was created, developed and executed by Jottem!, a guerilla marketing group and creative partner for Art Blossom. Get out in the sun, bring some friends and an iced coffee and paint your heart out.

Get on the train!

aliwats — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:46:18 +0000

Tickets for Art Blossom NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Go to our maps + tours page to purchase your tickets for the times that you would like to participate!

or, click here…

Train by Thomas Goodwin

Ten Haaf Projects has eerie paintings

aliwats — Tue, 11 May 2010 15:25:43 +0000

If you like portraits of striking faces that aren’t quite right while at the same time are appealing to the eye, then look no further than Ten Haaf Projects latest exhibition by Georgina Gratrix! Quite colorful, super confronting, technically beautiful… ms. Gratrix is an emerging artist hailing from South Africa and has brought the weight of her worldview to Amsterdam. Running through 19 June.

Georgina Gratrix 2

As long as your hair still looks good…

aliwats — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:56:19 +0000

Galerie Gabriel Rolt‘s latest exhibition of recent paintings by British artist Dawn Mellor is called THE CONSPIRATORS.
Comprised of portraits of actresses in movie roles and taken from film stills, but then completely warped and twisted – we like Audrey Hepburn from My Fair Lady, Meryl Streep and a particularly freaky (if you like clowns) Louise Fletcher.

AUDREY HEPBURN / Oil on canvas / 121.92 x 121.92 cm / 2010

10 APRIL — 15 MAY, 2010