Cultural City Program

11.03.2023 – 19.03.2023

During the 36th edition of the world’s leading art and antiques fair, The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) at MECC Maastricht, the whole city will be bustling with a varied range of exhibitions, music productions and special events. It is the perfect opportunity to experience the rich cultural life of Maastricht and the region. What is on offer? What is simply unmissable? Discover TEFAF and the city of Maastricht. www.tefafandthecity.com

Exhibitions

Hrair Sarkissian: The Other Side of Silence

Location Bonnefanten

Date until 14 May 2023

First retrospective exhibition of one of the most prominent conceptual photographers of our time. Using life-size photos, the SyrianArmenian artist Hrair Sarkissian lays bare the wounds of conflicts. The ‘Other Side of Silence’ displays important works from the past fifteen years of his career as well as new assignments. Sarkissian uses his conceptual photography to explore the various ways in which controversial events in history are told and disseminated. www.bonnefanten.nl

Táctica Sintáctica

Location Marres, House for Contemporary Culture

Date 9 March to 28 May 2023 www.marres.org

The exhibition by Diego Bianchi and Mariano Mayer goes against the rules of the museum to give the body space. The works of art are spread out across the rooms; some partially hidden and others only visible if visitors are prepared to crouch, climb or kneel. The radical question is: What type of movement and identities lie hidden and are reflected in art exhibitions? And what does the body itself want?

Frozen Music (Bevroren Muziek)

Location Bureau Europa

Date until 28 May 2023 www.bureau-europa.nl

Music and architecture speak the same language of rhythm, contrast, proportion, dynamism, and harmony. Composers and architects have been inspiring one another for centuries. Music also has its own architecture: from the design of instruments to the aesthetics of the musical notation itself. In the exhibition, the design of space and sound is explored with the help of interactive installations, art, film and music, architectural drawings, and scale models.

‘FAMOUS’ by Terry O’Neill

Location Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof

Date until 10 september 2023 www.fotomuseumaanhetvrijthof.nl

This retrospective exhibition of the British celebrity photographer Terry O’Neill (1938–2019) presents more than 125 portraits of international music legends, film stars, and fashion icons, predominantly from the sixties and seventies. Terry O’Neill is one of the world’s most iconic and influential photographers of the past 60 years. Members of the British royal family and prominent politicians have also stood in front of his camera. With his informal, intimate photos, he reveals the human side of celebrities.

Portraits of here (Portretten van hier) / 1955–1966 Frans Grummer

Location Centre Céramique

Date until 16 April 2023

The photographer Frans Grummer was a freelance photographer based at the Vrijthof from 1955 to 1972. He died in 2021 leaving behind an impressive archive containing thousands of negatives. In addition to interesting advertisement photos for companies such as Mosa, and Sphinx, more than 4,000 portraits depicting people from Maastricht were found. This exhibition shows a selection of these. www.centreceramique.nl s and picture unfolds. drukkunst

Concert

Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and the Royal Conservatoire The Hague – Side by Side

Location Theater aan het Vrijthof

Date 11 March 2023

The combined energy of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century and the passionate top students of the former music department of the Royal Conservatoire The Hague (Royal Early Music) ensure that this annual project is one of the season’s highlights. This time, the professionals and the eager new generation of singers and instrumentalists will perform Handel’s Messiah, under the direction of Daniël Reuss. A first-class musical experience. www.theateraanhetvrijthof.nl

EVENTS Transitions Video Art Festival

Location various locations in the Sphinx quarter

Date 9 to 14 March 2023

A six-day audiovisual festival set to take place in the former industrial Sphinx quarter in Maastricht. It combines showings at fifteen locations with special film programmes and aims to be a haven for filmmakers and a candid audience. ‘Transitions’ provides a high-quality programme in a contrasting atmosphere: experiential rather than judgemental, it is an opportunity to become acquainted with the future classics now. transitions.video

Maastricht Antiquarian Book & Print Fair

Location St. John’s Church

Date 10 – 12 march 2023 www.mabp.eu

The Maastricht Antiquarian Book and Print fair provides a very diverse selection of books, charts and prints, it’s a candy store for collectors and lovers of antiquarian books and prints. Around thirty renowned antiquarian book traders from the Netherlands and abroad will be bringing the most valuable and interesting items from their collections to Maastricht at the largest antiquarian book and print fair in the Benelux region. The theme of this year is “d’Artagnan”.

Region

Chaim van Luit

Location Schunk Heerlen

Date untill 24 September 2023

Chaim van Luit will be presenting a new installation, about the past and present of mining, in the showcase at the Glaspaleis (Glass Palace). For Chaim van Luit, the physical search is essentially the work of art. He collects unique traces of human activity and sometimes also that of animals. He does this during treasure hunts – sometimes spanning several years – through the woods of the German Eifel region, in the Limburg marl caves, and across towns and fields throughout Europe. www.schunk.nl

Exhibition

The object itself as a chronicle (Het object zelf als kroniek)

Location Suermondt Ludwig

Museum Aachen

Date 9 March to 25 June 2023

The exhibition presents works from the Fricke Collection by 26 photographers, including Franz Schensky, Rosemarie Clausen, Hermann

Claasen and many other artists.

Supplemented by their background stories, the photos offer us the opportunity to obtain a second, deeper insight into what was actually recorded. www.suermondt-ludwig-museum.de

EXHIBITION Bags: inside out

Location Hasselt Fashion Museum

Date until 14 May 2023 www.modemuseumhasselt.be

Almost 300 objects illustrate the centuries-old and worldwide fascination for bags: from the iconic Brillant bag by Delvaux and Kelly bag by Hermès to tiny vanity cases, military backpacks, and luxurious travelling cases. The exhibition not only considers the manufacturing process of the bag but also the ingredients that determine its success. After all, a bag not only has a functional purpose but is also an expression of identity and status.

EXHIBITION Autopia

Location De Domijnen Museum of Contemporary Art, Sittard Date until 2 April 2023 www.dedomijnen.nl

A world full of cars – for some people a utopia, for others a nightmare. Olaf Mooij (1958, Rotterdam) sheds light on our close relationship with the car and the consequences of it through sculptures and installations. ‘People have a personal connection with cars. They would do anything for them.’ The exhibition includes a brief history of the car, and of the only Dutch car manufacturer.

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