On January 10th, 2011, DE BOLHOED IN AMSTERDAM…

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view out of De Bolhoed across Prinsengracht, with requisite biker speeding by

…(‘bowler’s hat’ in Dutch, since it used to be a hat shop) is the rare organic vegan restaurant in this town in the land of dairy, which was a prized find (for this vegan) on my last visit a few months ago – a cozy place with lots of plants, views of the canal, a resident cat, and a relaxed decor that seems to have been around since the 1970’s, on Prinsengracht – where I enjoyed lunch today…and then later…dinner – with Fantastic Man Gert and husband Rob, before taking a late train to Rotterdam.

One Reply to “On January 10th, 2011, DE BOLHOED IN AMSTERDAM…”

  • hi Fritz!
    was lovely to meet you yesterday, hope you made it well to Rotterdam. And that you weren’t showered away by the rain today!
    I can’t really find an email dress anywhere on your site, so i’ll pop this into a comment:
    We talked about the director of SKOR, and she is indeed a Turkish lady; check out this press release from 2008 when she took the position. I don’t know her, tho. X R

    Fulya Erdemci new director of SKOR

    The board of SKOR, Foundation Art and Public Space is pleased to announce the appointment of Fulya Erdemci as the new director of SKOR. Since summer 2008, she has taken over from Wilfried Lentz, who fulfilled this position for the past eight years.

    Fulya Erdemci was the director of the International Istanbul Biennial from 1994 to 2000. Between 2003 and 2004 she was the director of Proje4L -Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, and from 2004 to 2005 she worked as the curator of temporary exhibitions in IstanbulModern. She curated the Istanbul section of the 25th Biennale of Sao Paulo in 2002, and worked as a part of the curatorial team for the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2007.

    Fulya Erdemci initiated a series of public art exhibitions in 2002, which were titled ‘Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions’ (Istanbul Yaya Sergileri) and focused on urban transformation and public space. The second edition of this series was realized in 2005.

    Fulya Erdemci is currently co-curating, together with Danae Mossman, ‘Wandering Lines: Towards A New Culture of Space’ for the 5th Scape Biennial of Art in Public Space, which will take place between the 19th of September and 2nd of November, 2008 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

    With the appointment of Fulya Erdemci, we anticipate that SKOR will embark on a new phase in its long history. We believe that Erdemci’s visionary approach and rooted engagement with art in public space, combined with the rich history and strong experience of SKOR, has the opportunity to create an international platform for dialogue and collaboration between institutions, artists, curators and critics and to further promote the quality of public space. Likewise, it is our aim to ensure that, with the new impetus that the foundation has gained and with the joint effort of institutions such as the Mondriaan Foundation and The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (known in the Netherlands as Fonds BKVB), SKOR will be able to substantially reinforce the position of Dutch art at an international level.

    For more information and/or interviews: Christiane Bosman, communication SKOR, cb@skor.nl, tel 0031-20-672 25 25