Tandheelkunde Groep Nederland openend its new dental clinic Tandartsenpraktijk Liendert in Amersfoort on October 1^st 2023

• Press Release
• October 2023
• Rotterdam - the Netherlands

Tandheelkunde Groep Nederland openend its new dental clinic Tandartsenpraktijk Liendert in Amersfoort on October 1^st 2023, which is the first dental clinic of the group in the province of Utrecht. The new dental clinic is located in Healthcare Center Liendert, which houses in also other medical professionals such as medical doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists and psychologists.

Tandheelkunde Groep Nederland continues to invest in getting new locations ready for opening in the Benelux region to service high quality dentistry, not merely by realizing brand new start-ups but also by acquisition of operating dental clinics.

Jiyan Düyü’s new video artwork “Heaven must be like this” has been shown during the ‘Harvest 2023’ exhibition in the compartment of the Lakeside Collection in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen

• Press Release
• September 2023
• Rotterdam - the Netherlands

Jiyan Düyü’s new video artwork “Heaven must be like this” has been shown during the ‘Harvest 2023’ exhibition in the compartment of the Lakeside Collection in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Jiyan Düyü (1995) graduated from the Audio-Visual department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2022. With her video installation and graduation film “Birds Fly Back” she won the Lakeside Collection Award and the Wildcard of the Dutch Film Fund. Her new work “Heaven must be like this was created by combining the two awards.”

In “Heaven must be like this” Leonel, Cachupa and Cucada share life with each other. The three friends talk about cars, their children and the loss of their parents.

In 2021 the Lakeside Collection Award has been founded and for the first three years the collection is committed to presenting the award to one of the participants of the Best of Graduates exhibition, organized annually by Galerie Ron Mandos and supported by the Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation. Both the gallery and the foundation are admired for supporting young artists unconditionally. The Best of Graduates is an exhibition of the graduation work of the most talented students of accredited Photography and Fine Arts courses of the Dutch art academies of each year.

Yearly the winner of the Lakeside Collection Award will be granted an artist-in-residence program in the private compartment of the Lakeside Collection in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, including financial support of EUR 5.000,- and guidance during this period. With this award, the Lakeside Collection aims to support and provide visibility for young, local and contemporary artists. Creating a long term relationship with the artists is an important anchor of the program.

Caja Boogers (graduate of HKU, Utrecht) has been awarded the third Lakeside Collection Award. The selection was amongst 25 talented artists selected for the Best of Graduates 2023 by the Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation

• Press Release
• August 2023
• Rotterdam - the Netherlands

Caja Boogers (graduate of HKU, Utrecht) has been awarded the third Lakeside Collection Award. The selection was amongst 25 talented artists selected for the Best of Graduates 2023 by the Ron Mandos Young Blood Foundation.

Motivation by the jury (Sanne ten Brink, Tomas Libertiny, Annemarie van der Hoeven and Ali Keles) of Lakeside Collection Award 2023:

“The jury is of the opinion that Caja’s work is both aesthetically and conceptually convincing. His works are direct, yet offer the viewer the opportunity to interpret what he sees. He paints compellingly. His subjects vary from simple photographic copies to almost abstract sculptural panels. A subject such as frozen waters, on which visible signs of ice skaters who have entered the ice, give an almost photo-realistic image, but at the same time he manages to convert it into an almost abstract natural landscape. His style is daring.

Caja chooses the right scales for his paintings and is not afraid to make mistakes. The cutting style of drawing (as we also see with Marloes Roeper and Sam Werkhoven) is pleasant, confident and without hesitation. This non-hesitation reminds the jury of the pure calligraphic Zen approach when an empty state of mind is needed for the mark to “make itself”. Caja knows how to influence the viewer’s perception by making small interventions in the canvas and challenging the viewer to look closely; what is paint and what is canvas?

The jury was deeply impressed by the concept and the surprising presentation of the work. According to the jury, Caja has a lot of potential, not only on the scale on which he works now, but also on a more monumental scale. His mastery of the craft of painting, sense of theme expressed in his works with balanced depth, light, color and layering make him a promise for the future. The jury is therefore very curious about the further development of Caja.

The other nominees of whom also works have been acquired for the Lakeside Collection are: Jemima de Jonge and Sam Werkhoven.

Caja Boogers (2001), ‘Partition #5’ 2023 art work, oil and paste on linen, became a part of the Lakeside Collection after winning the Lakeside Collection Award 2023

Ali Keles, together with Ritchy Drost and Cyanne Toebes Moe-Tjon, has been appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of De Balie as of June 2023

• Press Release
• July 2023
• Rotterdam - the Netherlands

Ali Keles, together with Ritchy Drost and Cyanne Toebes Moe-Tjon, has been appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Balie as of June 2023. After 8 years, Bercan Günel stepped down as a member of the Supervisory Board. The other current members of the Supervisory Board are Mirjam van Praag (chairman), Peter Mensing and Doreen Boonekamp.

Keles: “Being part of and contributing from the Supervisory Board to an institute like De Balie that is committed to art, culture and social debate is a great honor for me.”