KM21

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KM21, museum for contemporary art
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Entrance KM21 and Museum for Photography, The Hague
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Location in South Holland in the Netherlands
Established2002 (2002)
LocationStadhouderslaan 43
The Hague, Netherlands
Coordinates 52°5′26″N4°16′47″E / 52.09056°N 4.27972°E / 52.09056; 4.27972 Coordinates: 52°5′26″N4°16′47″E / 52.09056°N 4.27972°E / 52.09056; 4.27972
Type Art museum
DirectorBenno Tempel
CuratorYasmijn Jarram
Website www.km21.nl

KM21 is a museum for contemporary visual art in The Hague in the Netherlands. The museum was established in 2002 as part of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag. [1] In KM21 work by artists from The Hague, the Netherlands and international contemporaries can be admired at the same time.

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A wide diversity of disciplines is on show: installations, video installations, painting and sculpture, multimedia, performance, film, photography, drawing, digital art, design, etc. In addition to exhibitions, activities such as lectures, discussions, performances, film screenings and book presentations also take place. The museum is located beside the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and also houses the Fotomuseum Den Haag (The Hague Museum of Photography).

History

KM21 was set up in 2002 by the Kunstmuseum Den Haag under the name Gem, Contemporary Art, shortly GEM, to represent the contemporary visual art department of that museum. It was located in the renovated Schamhart Wing next to the Kunstmuseum, and shares this building with The Hague Museum of Photography. In 2016 the GEM and the Museum of Photography traded placed to give more room to the Museum of Photography. [2] [3]

Exhibitions

The opening exhibition in 2002 was about the American artist Raymond Pettibon. It offered an "overwhelming amount of drawing... partly framed and partly pinned directly to the wall." It was described as "a sinister body of work, in which serial killers, dictators, baseball players, movie stars and comic book heroes play the leading roles." [1]

In the year 2021 the museum has organized exhibitions of artists such as the South African painter Lisa Brice, [4] the Groningen artist Alida Pott (1888-1931). [5] and the Scottish-born contemporary visual artist Caroline Walker

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References

  1. 1 2 Sandra Smallenburg. "Musea ambitieus van start," 14 december 2002, (quotes translated).
  2. Haagse Fotomuseum twee keer zo groot ten koste van GEM Volkskrant, 13 juni 2016
  3. "Meer tentoonstellingsruimte voor foto’s, minder voor kunst," NRC Handelsblad. 13 juni 2016
  4. Sandra Smets, "De onaffe romp bij Lisa Brice heeft een erotiserend effect," NRC Handelsblad, 8 januari 2021.
  5. Toef Jaeger. "Natuur in strepen: Het werk van de Groningse kunstenares Alida Pott was jaren lang weggestopt. Nu is er een retrospectief," NRC Handelsblad, 1 juli 2021.