The Dutch Assembly

Contributions by: Jeremiah Day (Ellen de Bruijne Projects); Stedelijk Museum (Leontine Coelewij); SMBA Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (Jelle Bouwhuis); Nathaniel Mellors (Diana Stigter); Van Abbemuseum (Steven ten Thije); Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture (Lisette Smits, Hanne Lippard); Lara Almarcegui; Mondriaan Fonds (Peter P. Wulfften Palthe; Madeleine van Lennep); Javier Hontoria; De Appel Arts Center (Ann Demeester, Nathalie Hartjes); Rebeca Blanchard (NoguerasBlanchard); Jeanine Hofland (Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art); Helga de Alvear (Galería Helga de Alvear); Manifesta – The European Biennial of Contemporary Art (Cuauhtémoc Medina); Wendelien van Oldenborgh; If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Tanja Baudoin); Miren Jaio and Leire Vergara (Bulegoa z/b); Pedro G. Romero; Tropenmuseum (Anke Bangma); De Vleeshal (Lorenzo Benedetti); Casco – Office for Art, Design and Theory (Yolande van der Heide); Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art (Zoë Gray); Kunstverein (Krist Gruithuijsen, Maxine Kopsa); Gabriel Lester; TENT (Mariette Dölle); Eva González-Sancho; Stroom Den Haag (Arno van Roosmalen); Jan Van Eyck Academie (Adrià Julià); Museum De Paviljoens (Annick Kleizen); SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain (Theo Tegelaers); De Hallen (Xander Karskens); Rory Pilgrim; Fucking Good Art (Nienke Terpsma); Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten (Philippe Pirotte, Rubén Grilo); BAK, basis voor actuele kunst (Maria Hlavajova, Rabih Mroué); Expodium (Bart Witte); W139 (Tim Voss, Sam de Groot); De Ateliers (Paloma Polo).


Hosted within the ‘Superstructure’, a specially-commissioned snail's shell architecture by Dutch artist Jasper Niens and designer Thijs Ewalts, 'The Dutch Assembly' consisted of a five-day gathering convened and moderated by Latitudes in the framework of The Netherlands as the guest country in the 2012 edition of ARCOmadrid.

Over five days, nearly 100 art professionals engaged in debates on cultural practices and policies, sharing their immediate concerns about anticipated funding cuts in 2013, as well as reflections of the artistic exchanges between Spain and the Netherlands. Artists, researchers, gallerists, professors, and curators connected with the audience across 30 events, including lectures, panels, readings, performances, book launches and screenings.

In September 2013, in the context of the Netherlands-Russia Year 2013, the pavilion travelled to Moscow to host ‘The Dutch Art Assembly – How do we want to be curated?’, a new series of discussions between Russian and Dutch art professionals presented during the 5th Moscow Biennale.