EASTER MONDAY FREE TOUR FOR KIDS         On Easter Monday, Witte de With will open its doors at 11 am. A free guided tour of the exhibition Making is Thinking will take place at 3 pm for children of 6 years and older. Of course, parents and other visitors are welcome to join the tour. Children up to the age of twelve receive free admission.         MAKING IS THINKING Until 1 May 2011     A group exhibition exploring artistic practice as a way of thinking, together with notions of conceptual craft and intuitive industry. Read more Featuring works by Wilfrid Almendra, Eva Berendes, Alexandre da Cunha, Julia Dault, Dewar & Gicquel, Ane Hjort Guttu, Hedwig Houben, Teppei Kaneuji, Edgar Leciejewski, Rita McBride, William J. O'Brien, Eva Rothschild, Hans Schabus and Koki Tanaka. Curated by Zoë Gray, assisted by Amira Gad.           TO TELL THE TRUTH PART I - May 18 & 25, 2011 at 7 pm     On two Wednesday evenings in May, members of Witte de With’s programming team will set forth their ideas about cultural politics and the public role of Witte de With.     Wednesday 18 May THE DANGER OF MEDIOCRITY by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Director of Witte de With As debates around public funding for culture continue to rage, it has become clear that today we suffer from the absence of people engaged in the arts who are willing to speak up in defense of ideals. With a few exceptions, this lack particularly afflicts the visual arts and contemporary artists, whose often solitary practice is less suited to mass protest than the fields of theater and cinema. In a political atmosphere increasingly dominated by reactionary rhetoric, cultural institutions are under great pressure to be popular, to be liked, to appeal to the mythical ‘‘masses.’’ As his tenure as director of Witte de With draws to a close, Schafhausen’s talk will explore alternatives to this dangerously simplistic approach to culture and how they are relevant to institutions of contemporary art. TO TELL THE TRUTH  will continue Wednesday 25 May with The empty center by Monika Szewczyk, Witte de With’s Head of Publications. In the autumn, part II will take place with lectures by the curatorial team: What is right and what is left by Juan A. Gaitán; Upstairs, Downstairs by Zoë Gray and Please by Anne-Claire Schmitz. Details to follow shortly. Location: Auditorium, Witte de With Language: English Entry: Free, no reservation necessary         THE END OF MONEY 22 May – 7 August 2011     Opening: Saturday 21 May 2011 (6 - 9 pm) Performance by Goldin+Senneby at 7 pm The End of Money is a group exhibition about time and value. This exhibition and its parallel publication reflect upon the fears, hopes, and expectations associated with the end of money and its ominous consequence: the dissolution of an absolute standard of value. Featuring: Alexander Apóstol; Pierre Bismuth; Peter Fischli & David Weiss; Zachary Formwalt; Goldin+Senneby; Hadley+Maxwell; Toril Johannessen; Vishal Jugdeo; Agnieszka Kurant; Matts Leiderstam; Maha Maamoun; Christodoulos Panayiotou; Lili Reynaud-Dewar; Tomás Saraceno; Tonel; Vangelis Vlahos; and Lawrence Weiner. Curated by Juan A. Gaitán; assisted by Amira Gad.       For more information about Witte de With, please visit our website http://www.wdw.nl or contact us via info@wdw.nl or +31 (0) 10 4110144 Witte de With is supported by the city of Rotterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Culture. Making is Thinking is supported by Goethe-Institut Niederlande, OCA, CulturesFrance, Institut Français des Pays-Bas (Maison Descartes), Austrian Embassy in The Hague. The End of Money is supported by OCA Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Cyprus and Swiss Arts Council Prohelvetia. or modify userprofile Mail-a-Friend