The 3d List week 36 by Daniel R. Gould. Amsterdam art, Amsterdam galleries and museums

By Daniel R. Gould

Well...where to begin? Certainly it isn't everyday that someone has the opportunity to review something composed around their life. And how does one approach the task? Can you be objective? Are you even qualified to write about an "art" form and a discipline which requires an intense study of technique; insight; imagination; and the talent required to put it all together and make it work? This was my challenge, this week, for reviewing "I LOVE ART," a documentary which focuses on 3D.

Oddly enough---and perhaps ironically---3D feels more qualitfied to speak on film making than on art. Sure, both are arts but what puts each in a world of their own--and requires an individual definition---is that film making is generally the result of a group effort and the making of "art" is, generally, an intensely personal and solo expression of the artist's inner soul. A few years ago, an artist I have known since the early 80s, who had just been introduced to the "3D List," said to me, "So now you're a critic!" My reply was immediate, "No! Not at all." I went on to explain that I "review" exhbitions; that is, I describe what I see and encourage the reader---should this style of art attract them---to go and decide for themselves. I know enough about the subject of "art" to know that there is so much I don't know that I could not be a creditable critic. As to film...well, that's another story.

When I was publishing the English language magazine, "Amsterdam TODAY," I focused the magazine's editorial content on the cultural aspects of city. That included movie reviews. I was able to print reviews of American films as written by Roger Ebert who I had "discovered" when I was living in Chicago. However, during the 80s, Hollywood films had about a six month delay between their opening in the states and their distribution outside the country. So for the first several months, after the beginning of publication of the magazine, it was often too late for having Ebert's comments and I wrote the movie review myself. I have read more books on film than I have on art. Both my training in art and film has been informal, but the one is more complete than the other.

What all this means is that I do think and feel that I can "critique" the documentary, "I LOVE ART," objectively, honestly and without prejudicism...but that you can judge for yourself once you have read the review and seen the film; and while you may have missed the premiere, last Saturday, through out the month of June there will be ample opportunity to see it at various venues and even in the comfort of your own livingroom via TV. The 3D List will mention the dates as they evolve.

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INDEX:

Film Review: "I LOVE ART."

Bits & Pieces:

What You Missed Last Week:

What Is Happening This Week:

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FILM REVIEW:

"I LOVE ART," A film by Frederieke Jochems

To write a story involves a concept for a scenario that only becomes meaningful when the writer is able to create a reality and mood that allows the reader to envision the story as they read it. Description of the characters, involved, is essential if the story is to be more than just two dimensional. The task of the author is to be able to convey more than just a physically sketch, but to define their character's personality and their "soul," in other words, what makes them tick. In film making, the characters are before your very eyes. You have their words and gestures to direct you on how you perceive them. In commercial film, the director has professional actors that "carry" the story and plot. The better the actor, the better the story and more mesmerizing is the plot. In the documentary film, again you have the characters, but now they are not actors, for the most part, but real people. There are no lines for them to flub because they will write their "lines and script" themselves. For better or for worse. And while you outline a "shooting script" and formulate a concept for a "story," more often then not, at some point, it becomes irrelevant as the acuality of reality takes over and the film becomes organic and takes on a life of its own. The story than emerges in the cutting room.

The director of "I LOVE ART," Frederieke Jochems, was in the process of visualizing her eight, ninth or tenth film (there's been many) when she began to approach people involved in the Amsterdam art scene. She, herself, is on the fringe of the scene since she is also a photographer and runs a small gallery as a hobby. She is bright enough to know what she doesn't know. Several people pointed to "this older American that doesn't miss a single opening." I first heard about her interest, in me, six months before she made her initial approach. She had not been the first, however. About a year or so before someone had talked with me about doing a project much the same, but within days it became apparent to me that it would not be possible to work with the director.

One criteria I would insist on was to be apart of the actual production. But this did not make 3D the "perfect candiate." The director wants to do it their way. However Jochems acknowledged, at some point during our early discussions, that there was value in my input and she acquiescented to my insistence to be credited as co-scenario writer. As I recall there were about 10+ shooting days over a period of about 15 months. A total of 55 tapes---each 40 minutes---long were used. The final edit would be 53 minutes.

Editing is the hard part. You follow someone about and you conserve your shooting time; tapes cost money. In a sense you think everything you capture is worth showing. If you have ever had to sit through someone's home video of their daughter's wedding you know that everything you capture on tape is not only not necessary, but mostly boring. You're also aware, from various Hollywood movie plots, that tapes can be edited to say things that were not only never said, but never meant to be said. The term "sound bite" has become a common expression because TV news is composed of nothing but sound bites that may be truly reflective of what was said or a complete misrepresentation.

Last week, on the "3D List," I wrote that it was my hope that Jochems and Andras Hamelberg, the cameraman, would capture the many sides of my personality and be able to show them as one. Strangely enough---and for someone who claims to understand the film art---there was a factor I had not considered when I thought about the editing process and that was that someone else would do it! I would meet that "someone else" Jan Katelaars for the first time at the conclusion of the film's premiere. Thus, he is perhaps the most objective individual that was involved.

Well, that's a long introduction for a film review, but I have meant to give you some idea what I am up against when it comes to subjectivity versus objectivity and making this "unbiased" attempt to write an accurate review. Whew!!!

Who is 3D. When I began to compose the "3D List" it was an informal act that's only intention was to send four people a list of gallery openings for the coming weekend. This would relieve me of the burden of responding to each of their weekly telephone calls. E-mail was the perfect solution...3D dosen't like talking on the phone. These four people passed on the list to friends and these friends asked to have their name added to the mailing list. In a few short weeks it will be the end of the fourth year of publication and last week's mailing was sent to 784 addresses. The actual designation, "3D," came about because of my history with this city. I have lived in Amsterdam twice---a total of 32 years---and during that span of time---and for various reasons---people know me, informally, as Dan, Daniel or Danny. Some who use to call me "Daniel" now call me "Danny" and some who called me "Dan" now call me "Daniel" and/or "Danny." So I thought "3D" was a valid acronym---not to mention, short and cute---to use as a "title" for the list.

Whatever the variation, of the name, too, has valid reference points to my history. My business cards have always listed my full name: Daniel R. Gould. But during my years in scientific publishing, when I handed somebody my name card, I would introduce myself as "Dan." In Europe, I soon discovered, people made their own decision and many a pretty lady would whisper "Daniel" in my ear and it sounded sexy and seductive. One girl friend, who called me Dan, heard another lady call me "Danny." That lady did so because her brother's name was "Dany." So, to that girl friend, at times, I was "Dan" to her and at other times, "Danny." Later, I would open an "ethnic" restaurant, in Amsterdam, during the early 80s, and, by that time, I had discovered that the Dutch liked the diminutive form of a name and I called the restaurant: Danny's American Style. So, you say, what's in a name? Well, in my case, it is my history. My many sides. It was what I had hoped that the director and editor could capture and "package" into an acceptable protagonist for the documentary.

And have they done it? Pretty much so. Again, a day after seeing the film previewed---and it was my first viewing---my thoughts were not so much as to what I had seen, but what had been lost to the cutting room floor. How many people were interviewed? I have no idea. A lot. How many gallery owners did we ask questions to? I can't recall. But what you see is a fraction of them. I recalled answers I had received for questions asked and thought what a pity it had not be included. Not to mention visits to galleries to interview the gallery holder and/or shooting of openings where there was 30 minutes or more of tape, but not one second appeared on the big screen. This is the hard part of making a documentary. What to cut and what to keep. You generally want to keep nearly everything so cutting is where the anguish comes in to play.

Again, the quest in the making of a documentary is to include everything, leave nothing out and do it all in 60 minutes. It is something akin to when you were in your 20s and looking for a job only to discover that while the interviewer wants someone under 30 they also demand at least 25 years of experience. It just ain't possible.

So much has been left out, but, again, the goal was to provide a sketch of the Amsterdam art world which is indeed complex in its diversity as well as fickle in its operation. And we were trying to portray these idiosynscrasies from several view points: the gallery holder's, the artist's, the people at the fringe, etc. In some ways, I was indeed the perfect selection for Jochems because I was not only an observer of the scene---both for journalistic reasons and just plain curiosity---but also an artist come-lately. You see me as 3D making notes at exhibitions and talking to artists, but you also see me presenting my work to the powers that be. And the rejections.

Jochems tried very hard to present all my sides when it came to my involvment with art. After I had showed her a few pieces from my art collection---with famous names---and explained the difficulty of validation, she said she would contact Christie's and/or Sotheby's and capture me on film showing it to them. I said that that was fine with me but---with about 25 years of experience in trying to authenticate art work---I was skeptical of the possiblity. Unfortunately, that would prove to be the case. Neither auction house wanted to be seen on camera saying "yes" or "no" or even worse, "I don't know!" as to whether the watercolor was in the actual hand of Kandinsky. Jochems was perplexed, but said, "Hey, I'll contact the TV art road show." Well, at first there was some interest, but, again, in the end, they said "no," too; and not in any of these examples did anyone ask to see the Kandinsky prior to the proposed review. So it goes.

Then there was the case of a gallery holder that I made to blush by asking a question. Jochems said, "Great!...and we have it against a white wall!" Fortunately, for the gallery holder, that is, she ended up on the cutting room floor along with a slew of others.

So, did "I LOVE ART" achieve the lofty heights of good story telling that we had hoped for, not to mention, strived to attain? From my point of view it was an honest effort made good. The editing told the story without manipulating it and turning it into something looking like a work of fiction. In fact, there is a scene that illustrates how it is easily possible to manipulate an incident to make it look candid and serendipitous. The photograph on the annoucement card, for the production, is from a photo that was snapped at the VIP opening for the Andy Warhol retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum. A man, with a camera, Edgar de Mol---whom I had never seen before---asked me if I wanted him to photograph me with Lou Reed and Gijs van Tuyl, the director of the museum. I said, "Sure." Later he sent me the photo and I put it on the wall of the atelier I had at the time. Jochems saw it and wanted a copy. She herself had taken photos of me and had access to perhaps a hundred or more taken by two photographers that capture the Amsterdam art scene pictorially. She selected the "candid" photo, with Lou Reed, that pictures me not at the center, but at the fringe and only half-face. The obvious focus of attention is on the "players" Reed and Van Tuyl, but they are in the shadows and I have good light. A friend, when he first saw it, was critical. "If someone doesn't know you they will not now know you. You can't see your face..." or words to that effect. I answered, "It shows me as an observer---with the spotlight on me---and that's what I am and that's what the documnetary is all about, my observation of the Amsterdam art world. It is the perfect selection." As the documentary played on---and when we reached the Warhol opening---I was surprised that Hamelberg, the cameraman, had got all the makings of this "accidental photo" coming together, as it happened, with me jostling for position, on film. Thus, I can, again, say it is an legit documentary which captures the nuances of art, art as business, art as parlor game, art as something in a constant state of evolution and at times even revolutionary. The big picture.

And as the months went on, the focus did change from the "scene" to me, personally, as unexpected events occurred that proved to be dramatic. A Hollywood script writer could not have developed the story better...And in my opinion, the "big picture" does come through.

Frank Capra, the great American director of the 30s, 40s and 50s, said that the purpose of the movies was to entertain. One of the definitions for "entertain" is "something that holds your attention." No one walked out before the closing credits; and at the end, there was prolonged applause which evolved into a standing ovation; and to quote a few of the reactions, two ladies told me that they each had tears streaking down their cheeks; and three men admitted to having been teary eyed. Actually, now that I think about it, all the other words, I have written, are perhaps superfluous. The reaction of those in the audience was perhaps the most succulent analysis and probably the only remarks truly necessary.

The next viewings will be at Arti & Amicitiae (Rokin 112) on the 12th of June with three showings. The viewing times on a future 3D List.

"I LOVE ART," a documentary produced and directed by Frederieke Jochems; cameraman, Andras Hamelberg; editing, Jan Ketelaars; lyrics & music, Daniel R. Gould and Janne Buurman; title's logo, Bas Geerts. Length: 53 minutes, color. A production of FRANJO STUDIO AMSTERDAM. www.franjo.nl Photos taken at the premiere by "The Red Beret" at: http://www.photoart.nl/Local092/IloveArt.htm

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BITS & PIECES:

Does anyone know what this means? "Prostitute?/Fully dressed?/Looking Scared?/TRAfficked/Victim/10-20% of the prostitutes/Sex with her is/RAPE." [sic]. 3D spotted this as a A4 poster attached to the inside of an outdoor pissor at the bridge off the Prins Hendredijkade leading to the new library.

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Arnold Swartzenigger, icon, actor and California's governor gave a univeristy graduating commence speech. The former body building champion turn Hollywood "exterminator" then demoted to an American politician---whose only detriment to running for president of the USofA is that he was born in Austria---had this to say as motivational encouragement to those about to receive their diplomas: "I am often asked how did you become so successful. I answer: 1. Come to America. 2. Work your butt off! and 3. Marry a Kennedy!" He got that right.

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The Dutch parliament is considerering to go back to the "good ol' days" and close the "coffee shops" which are famous for another commodity: Marijuana. Well, they should look closely at the USofA where there are now over 2,200,000 men and women in jails and prisons. Half are there for drugs; and of that nearly half (47%) are there because of marijuana convictions. Hey, guys, If it ain't broke...don't fix it.

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Here's how to alleviate many problems in the world or just in your personal relationships, "Let Me Live Behind Your Eyes," is the thought, this week, from Amsterdam's street philosopher, Laser 3.14, as seen at Jodenbreestraat 164.

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"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor." Truman Capote.

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Looking for a job? When I clicked onto www.nytimes.com, for the 27th of May, 3D saw an advert that said work for the CIA. Huh? So I clicked on to www.cia.gov and reviewed what postions were open. One for a "Financial Adminstrator" was first posted in 2007 and has been updated twice. Hmmm...and they are still looking? Anyway, what got my attention was this: "Important Notice: Friends, family and individuals may be interested to learn that you are an applicant for or an employee of the CIA. Their interest, however, may not be benign or in your best interest. You cannot control whom they would tell. We therefore ask you to exercise discretion and good judgement in disclosing your interest in a position with the Agency. You will receive futher guidance on this topic as you proceed through your CIA employment processing." Any takers? Yes?...and who are you? "Bond...James Bond!" Hey, you haven't seen 3D with a toupee.

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WHAT YOU MISSED LAST WEEK:

N.B. There is a dearth of reviews this week though there were several openings, especially on Saturday. However, due to the premier of the documentary film (reviewed above) 3D was only able to attend two. Sorry to all the artists and galleries I missed.

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Friday:

The Frozen Fountain (Prinsengracht 5___) titles their new show "TRULY DUTCH," but what's in a name. As always there is something for everybody's taste; and, maybe more importantly, everyone's budget. At the entrance is an exhibition for "The Flax Project." Christien Meindertsma takes a very simple concept, not to mention material base, heavy rope (flax). He somehow weaves the electrical wiring through the center and connects a light socket and a plug. You do the rest. Different sizes available: Flax light (that sounds like a lo-cal beer), five meters @ 190 euro; 10 meters @ 250 euro. Also flax wax candles @ 56 euro.

...And don't miss this! And if you go, you won't. A photographer who goes by the name "Lois" is a child-prodogy...well, almost. She is 17 years old and no longer a child but in the photography game she is still an infant, but a precocious one. She has marvelous wit; is satirical; and, get this, serious too. The latter is examplified in a photo that you wouldn't put on your FaceBook site and is titled: "Botox: do it yourself," and it conforms to Murphy's Law that says "Everything that can go wrong...DID!" Or something like that. 3D especially appreciated "McWedding" which pictures a young man and woman in their wedding dress gorging on their wedding night feast at a McDonalds. It sent shivers through 3D when he realized that the scene is probably played out for real a thousand times a day at anyone of of the 40,000 McRipOffs across the world. Did you know there is no milk products in a McShake? It is made from oil and flavorings. Kid you not! But, I digress. There are posters on sale for each of the photos and priced @ 50 euro.

Of course, one of F.F.'s stars is on view: Piet Hein Eek. He shows several pieces of furniture as well as lamps and shelving. Hanging lamp @ 405 euro; sofas 100x55x30 cms., @ 2,230 euro to 209x100x60 cms., @ 7,605 euro; chairs from 215 to 245 euro. If you don't know his work, check it out. He takes old wood and recycles it into contemporary furniture in design patterns that can be described as abstract.

The Frozen Fountain is a design emporium which spotlights things that are: 1. practical and utilatarian; 2. whimsical and bizarre; 3. to just downright useless. The practical: Two rolls of masking tape in one package with each a different pastel color @ 4.50 euro. "Mr Neckless" is whimsical and each is a unique piece and well priced @ 45 euro; Hella Jongerhuis has created a bizarre "Porcupine Desk;" and, as for the completely useless, there is "The Clapping Hands" push the button and two hands clap @ 250 euro by Martin Smith. Well, come to think of it, if you are egotistical this might be very useful and fullfill a need. Damn, 3D still does not have their web-site.

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Saturday:

Thomas Arnold is at "aschenbach & hofland galleries" (Builderdijkstraat 165) with an exhibition titled "spazieren (international)." His works ranges from painting in b/w to very colorful canvases to those that are monochromatic. That's some range. The monochromatic piece is in blue but with a close inspection you will be rewarded with views of symbols and forms. A very large canvas could be described as Mondrian inspired work---because of the use of only red, blue and yellow---with a strange variety of forms including: a bike, a boat's oar, shirt, badminton bird, etc. But he does it all dramatically. Two objects are also on display; both are minimal and monumental. (75x45 cms., @ 2,400 euro; 115x90 cms., @ 4,000; 400x250 cms., @ 13,000 euro.) Until 27th June. www.xs2art.com

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Galerie Gabriel Rolt is showing the work of Anna Bjerger and is titled, "INVISIBLES." A contemporary impressionist---and indeed in the true spirit of the 19th century masters---she paints beach scenes, landscapes, gardens, etc. The style is her own and of that there can be no doubt; and it is pleasing to the eye. (21x30 cms., watercolor @ 950 euro; 50x40 cms., oil, @ 3,600 euro; 50x60 cms., oil @ 3,900 euro.) 10 red dots at opening. Until 27th June. www.gabrielrolt.com

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Sunday:

WOW! "LOST AND FOUND" is the title for Oumar Mbengue (Senegal) installation at Galerie 23 (KNSM-laan ____). It is labeled as an installation but that is a term with a broad meaning, but overall it is an acceptable description. The main element that unifies the exhibition into a whole or oneness is the use of rag cloths that have been recycled into "blankets" that are used to wrap around furniture to be shipped.

Everything in the basement is covered with it: walls, ceiling, floor, pillars, tables, chairs and even the stairs leading into the space. In addition there are several hundred objects---easily identifiable---wrapped in the same material; even an old fashion radio stand-up microphone. No price list available. Until ___?___. www.________________

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WHAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK:

Reminder: The (?) means that the info could be wrong. And when you see "*" you should be warned to check the times. 3D provides the web-site address when possible, but you gotta do the rest.

THURSDAY: 28th May, 2009

16-18:00 "artANDhouse" (Polonceaukade 26 and 28). "A surprising program of music, dance and arts.." www.westerparkkunst.nl

17:00 Bijbels Museum (Herengracht 366). A group exhibition of 12 artists. www.bijbelsmuseum.nl

17:30-19:00 "foam" (Keizersgracht 609). "Marks of Honour," Emilie Hudig, "Controle," and Guy Tillim, "Avenue Patrice Lumumba," and Massimo Vitali. www.foam.nl

17:00 until ??? Victoria Kovalenchikova Gallery (Ceintuurbaan 264). "Just Childhood," is the title for the show featuring recent paintings (2008-2009) for this painter/gallery holder. There wil be a live performance by Jin' Ai and Lady Sunshine. This is also a birthday party for the artist and that's the reason for the "???" as to how late it will go on...you know how the Russians are, party like it was 1999. The action will take place in the gallery's garden. www.vkgallery.nl

19:00 Club of Amsterdam (Syntens, KvK building, Ruyterkade 3). "The Future of BioMed," Recent advances in Genomics, Systems Biology, Nanomedicine and Tissue Engeneering will be discussed and in layman's terms. If you are not acquainted with the exciting work being done in these particular diciplines this is the lecture for you. In English and, again, said so you can understand. Tickets still available. See www.clubofamsterdam.com for info and prices (discounts available); and you can order and pay on line.

FRIDAY: 29th May

17-19:00 SM Bureau Amsterdam (Rozengracht 59). Nathaniel Mellors, installation and video. www.smba.nl

18-20:00 Maxalot Gallery (Haringpakkerssteeg 10-18). Group show with the theme "Time and Space." Pinar Demirdag (Turket); Nigel Dennis (USofA); Magomed Dovjenko (Germany); Acrosyn-Lex Mestrovi (Argentina/NYC); Joao Olivera (Portugal); Boris Thorbecke (Netherlands). Sorry, no web-site on invite.

18:30 NIMk (Keizersgracht 264). "Fluid Architecture." "Metropilis," the futuristic silent film (1926) was directed by Fritz Lang who would later flee Europe and the Nazis for America. The film is set in a mega-city of the 21st centrury. If such a city was designed today it would certainly not be a look-a-like to this model. The exhibition kicks off with a lecture by the curator, Susanne Jaschko and she is followed by a lecture from Michael Najjar on "Digital Urbanism." www.nimk.nl/nl; www.nimk.nl/en (The second address is for English speakers.)

20:00 Arti et Amicitiae (Rokin 112). Moniek Toebosch, "Arti-medaille 2009." www.arti.nl

SATURDAY: 30th May

11-17:00 Amsterdam Book Auction (Quellijnstraat 129). The catalog list several categories including: Art, Photography, Posters, Strips, Prints and Fine Art. Auction on 1st June @ 19:30. www.amsterdambookauction.nl

12-18:00 Kunstkerk (Prinseneiland 89). The 25th anniversary of the Prinseneiland Open Ateliers program with 75 participating artists. This is the Central Exposition space where you can see samples of each artist's work and pick up a map and DO IT! Between 18-20:00 is a "Get-Together" for artists and the sponsors and by invitation only. www.oawe.nl

(?)15:00 Galerie Charlotte Lugt (1e Anjelierswarsstraat 36). Sylvie Boudet, Gerda de Jonghe and Odette Saulnier. www.galeriecharlottelug.nl

16-20:30 KOCHXBOS Gallery Amsterdam (_________________). "NYMPH" by Ciou (French). "Her works are cute and scary. A mixture between wonderland and nightmare." www.kochxbos.com

17-19:00 VERVERS modern art gallery (Hazenstraat 57). A group show featuring drawings and gouaches by Mara Costa, Helga Kos, Harold Linker, Hans van der Pas and Tafil. www.verversgallery.blogspot.com

(?) Willem Kerseboom Gallery (Leidsegracht 38). Liu Zheng, Zhang Hui and Xixi. www.kerseboom.com

(?)17-19:00 Galerie D. Stigter (Elandstraat 90). Julika Rudelius, "Rites of Passages." This is an up and coming video artist who did a video interview of 3D nearly ten years ago. See it at: www.skor.nl

17-19:00 GALERIE ROB KOUDIJS (Elandsgracht 12). Karen Pontoppidan, "Family Portraits," + Felix Linder, a recipient of the Herbert Hofmann Award. New jewelry. www.galerierobkoudijs.nl

17-19:00 Huis Marseille (Keizersgracht 401). Rob Nypels, "Only gaze a while longer---new views on landscape." www.huismarseille.nl

17-19:00 Galerie BMB (Kerkstraat 127). Katharina Berthold. www.galeriebmb.cl

Lijnbaansgracht Group (Lijnbaansgracht 314, etc).

AKINCI: "CRUDO," by Miguel Angel Rios, video and phtography. www.akinci.nl

LUMEN TRAVO: Cláudia Cristóvao's "A Catalogue of Possible Gestures." Winner of Dekar Revelation Prize, 2006. www.lumentravo.nl

VOUS ETES ICI: Bart Domburg. www.vousetesici.nl

17:00 "galerie martin van zomeren" (Prinsengracht 276). Nick Oberthalex's (Austrian) "Nothing Ever Happens," paintings and sculpture. A performance by Wilfredo Prieto. www.gmvz.com

(?)17-19:00 GRIMM (Keizersgracht 82). Volker Hueller. www.grimmfineart.com

17-19:00 S.A. (Societe Anonyme) (Paul van Vlissngenstraat 2). Thomas Hillébrand. www.societeanonyme.info

22:00 Projectruimte Retort (Aalsmeersweg 103). "Nuit Américaine." nine artist show the ways that they "suggest the night" in their work. www.retortproject.nl

SUNDAY: 31st May

11-17:00 Amsterdam Book Auction (See details at Saturday)

12:00 to ??? Westerpark, "A Day in the Park." Theater, music and art. www.westerparkkunst.nl

12-18:00 Kunstkerk (See Saturday for details). www.oawe.nl

MONDAY: 1st June

11-15:00 Amsterdam Book Auction (See details at Saturday) Auction today @ 19:30.

12-18:00 Kunstkerk (See Saturday for details). www.oawe.nl

WEDNESDAY: 3rd June

17:00* Tibet Art Movement (Prins Hendrikkade 20). A group show of 7 artists. www.tibetartmovement.com

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It was nice to see the case of measles at Galerie Gabriel Rolt that became infectious enough to proliferate into 10 red dots. Let's hope for an epidemic! Don't let your friends out spend you. Show them who loves art best. Remember, there are only about four or five more shopping weeks left before the Big Sleep during July and August. Get 'em while the paint is still wet on the canvas. Buy today and save tomorrow from the misery of artists sellng apples on the street...painted or otherwise. THIS MEANS YOU!!!

Hey, isn't that 3D munching on an Elstar with an arrow sticking out of its center and riding, riding, riding to the next BIG OPENING...