After twenty years of working on art in Rotterdam's public space, Siebe Thissen said goodbye at the end of 2021. BK-informatie asked him to look back at the past two decades. What stands out to him and what has changed?

This series is about commissioning and public space. A situation is always sketched from the perspective of the narrator. This can be an artist and/or a client. We want to paint a picture of the artist's practice: what goes well, what an artist encounters when working in public space and how...

This series is about commissioning and public space. A situation is always sketched from the perspective of the narrator. This can be an artist and/or a client. We want to paint a picture of the artist's practice: what goes well, what an artist encounters when working in public space and how...

This series is about commissioning and public space. A situation is always sketched from the perspective of the narrator. This can be an artist and/or a client. We want to paint a picture of the artist's practice: what goes well, what an artist encounters when working in public space and how...

A few months ago, Esther Didden wandered through the historic centre of Utrecht. At that moment, Centraal Museum was closed due to the corona measures, but on the adjacent square stood a huge angry tree.

Esther Didden talked to Niels Albers, artist and designer.

On his website visual artist Edwin Stolk has divided the projects he is working on into three categories: in development, completed, not completed. Especially the last category is striking, why make stranded projects public?

Main conclusions for the future of art in public space.

Esther Didden talks to commissioners and artists in the section "Commissioning and Public Space. This time with visual artist Sjef Henderickx (1944) whose work and life are steeped in historical awareness.

In 2017, the IJssel Biennale put itself on the map with a big bang as the Dutch equivalent of Beaufort and Emscherkunst; a mile-long temporary exhibition in the IJssel Valley with countless works of art that you could view by bike.