2010
"'Rabih Morué"
T.J. Demos, Artforum, 1 September 2010
"Le Musée de la danse et ses fantasmes"
Florence Ostende, Artpress 2, Augustus 2010
"Undersigning us all. Rabih Mroué’s first solo exhibition ‘I, the Undersigned’ transcends country-specificity"
Nat Muller, The Daily Star, Lebanon, 29 July 2010
"Thinking 'Former West'"
Cosmin Costinas & Maria Hlavajova, Afterall Online, 27 July 2010
"'Rabih! Rabih!' Rabih Morué in BAK"
Nat Muller, metropolism.com, 22 July 2010
"Het Libanese verleden verwerken in BAK"
Marjolein Geraerdts, tubelight.nl, 23 June 2010
"Ten aanzien van je verzoek. Van Rabih, naar Rabih, door Rabih"
Rabih Mroué, Metropolis M, № 3-2010, June-July 2010
"An exhibition without objects. Cosmin Costinas on expo zéro"
Jolien Verlaek, metropolism.com, 16 April 2010
"The Return Of Religion and Other Myths: A Critical Reader in Contemporary Art"
Mark Fisher, frieze, № 130 April 2010
"Monoloog. Lawrence Weiner in BAK"
Heleen Huisman, tubelight.nl, 28 March 2010
"Lawrence Weiner. Dicht Bij"
Elise Noyez, De Witte Raaf, № 144 March/April 2010
"Het verlangen uitstekende roereieren te kunnen maken. Lawrence Weiner in BAK"
Leen Bedaux, metropolism.com, 14 March 2010
"De Recensent: vreemde gedachtekronkels van Lawrence Weiner"
Sandra Smallenburg, NRC Cultuurblog, 27 February 2010
"Lawrence Weiner: Dicht Bij"
David Bennewith, Grafik Magazine, Issue 183, January 2010
""Dicht Bij." Lawrence Weiner schittert in Bak Utrecht"
Luk Lambrecht, blogs.knack.be, 20 February 2010
"By blinking flashlight through the Metropolitan at night. Art in the Information Economy"
Domeniek Ruyters, Metropolis M, № 1-2010, February-March 2010
"Utrecht, For Example"
Michele D'Aurizio, Kaleidoscope, № 5, February-March 2010
"Dicht Bij"
Koen Kleijn, De Groene Amsterdammer, 134/5, 4 February 2010
"Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor: All Power to the Imagination!, Surplus Value"
Hedwig Saxenhuber, springerin, XVI/1, Winter 2010
"Lawrence Weiner - Opening BAK Utrecht"
Whatspace Blog, whatspace.nl, 24 January 2010
"1st Former West Congress"
Vivian Rehberg, frieze.com, 14 January 2010
"Former West"
1st Former West Congress
Matteo Lucchetti, Flash Art - Edizione Italiana, № 279, December 2009/January 2010
2009
"The Best of 2009 (Deel 2)"
Maria Hlavajova ,et al., metropolism.com, 28 December 2009
"West of the East. On Recent Works by Mona Vatamanu and Florin Tudor"
Mihnea Mircan, Kaleidoscope, Issue 04, November/December 2009
"Taking Women's Rights Seriously?"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Klara Kemp-Welch, Third Text, № 6, November 2009
"Hoezo former? Eerste congres van Former West bij BAK"
Domeniek Ruyters, metropolism.com, 14 November 2009
"Utrecht en Berlijn"
Former West
Marjolein Sponselee, lucasx, № 4, October/November/December 2009
"To Biennial or not to Biennial?"
Bergen Biennial Conference, Norway
Quinn Latimer, frieze.com, October 2009
"Sanja Ivekoviæ"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Astrid Wege, Artforum, № 2, October 2009
"Appointment with History.
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor in BAK + exclusive video"
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Surplus Value
Ingrid Commandeur, metropolism.org, 17 September 2009
“Roemenië: 20 jaar na de val”
interview with Mona Vatamanu, Florin Tudor, and Coen Stork
Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Surplus Value
Flip de Jong, De Andere Wereld, IKON/Radio 1, 6 September 2009
"Sanja Ivekoviæ"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Vivian Rehberg, frieze, № 125 September 2009
"URGENT MATTERS Sanja Ivekoviæ"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Hendrik Folkerts, Metropolis M, № 4 August/September 2009
"Sanja Ivekoviæ in Eindhoven en Utrecht"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Elke van Campenhout, De Witte Raaf, № 140 July/August 2009
"Tijd voor 2.0"
Levien Nordeman, lucasx, № 3 Summer 2009
"Critic's Pick: Sanja Ivekoviæ"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Irene Gerogianni, artforum.com, 9 June 2009
"Pionier wekt nostalgie naar de Muur"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Janneke Wesseling, NRC Handelsblad, 6–7 June 2009
"Urgente zaken Ivekoviæ beter buiten instituten"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Eva van Berne, 8weekly.nl, 7 June 2009
"Uit Beeld"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Machteld Leij,
"Schaduwrapportage VN-Vrouwenverdrag in kunstvorm"
Sanja Ivekoviæ Urgent Matters
Aim for Human Rights.nl, 8 April 2009
"Kunstenaarsinitiatieven: BAK en Casco"
Ans van Berkum, Beelden. Kwartaalblad voor ruimtelijk georiënteerde kunst, year 12, no 45
"The Sweetest Taboo"
The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Marina Vishmidt, Texte zur Kunst.de, 11 March 2009
"Heropleving van religie is een illusie"
The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Jolanda Breur, Trouw, 5 March 2009
"Prekäre Trennlinie. Religionen im digitalen Zeitalter"
Review The Return of Religion and Other Myths and Medium Religion at ZKM
Gislind Nabakowski, Springerin, Winter 2009
"Brussels Biennial I"
T.J. Demos, Artforum, February 2009
"Post-Seculier, maar niet minder kritisch"
The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Maarten Steenhagen, tubelight, 60 January/February 2009
"Kunst die theorie onderbouwt"
The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Janneke Wesseling, NRC Handelsblad, 13 January 2009
2008
"On Knowledge Production: A Critical Reader in Contemporary Art"
Ken Neil, MAP, issue 16, Winter 2008/9
"God is nooit dood geweest"
The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Edo Dijksterhuis, Het Financieele Dagblad, 13 december 2008
"Brussel Biennale 1"
Els Fiers, Metropolis M, № 6 December 2008/January 2009
"Geloof doet leven"
Sven Lutticken on The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Jelle Bouwhuis, Metropolis M, № 6 December 2008/January 2009
"Tidsekonomier"
Jan Verwoert, Paletten #274, № 4, 2008
"Mobilringsignaler och andra framsteg. Föredrag av Tino Sehgal"
Transcription of lecture by Tino Sehgal in World Question Center, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, January 2006
Paletten #274, № 4, 2008
"Hoe het beeld belangrijker werd dan de waarheid"
The Return of Religion and Other Myths
Laureline van den Heuvel, 8weekly.nl, 8 December 2008
"'Once is Nothing’, Brussel Biennale"
BK informatie, № 8 December 2008
"The Return of Religion and Other Myths"
Wouter Prins, Lucas X, № 1 December 2008
"Brussels Biennial 1 of de kringloopwinkel van de moderniteit"
Marc Holthof, De Witte Raaf, № 136 November/December 2008
'Artur Zmijewski. Complexe Herhaling."
Cathalijne Dapiran, metropolism.org, 31 October 2008
"Immense biënnale, hoge ambities"
Brussel Biënnale
Paul Depondt, Volkskrant, 21 October 2008
"Poolse video's over de kracht van manipulatie"
Polish artist shows weaknesses and fears
Lennart Dost, Volkskrant, 16 October 2008
"Welkom, kunstenaar van overal"
How foreigners revive Dutch art
Tineke Reijnders, 2 Ons Erfdeel, May 2008
A conversation with Maria Hlavajova
Andrea Wiarda, A Prior Magazine #15, June 2008
"Death Becomes Them"
Shaping Public Discourse: Daily Art Criticism
Jennifer Allen, Frieze Magazine, Issue 114, April 2008
"AICA Oorkonde voor BAK, Utrecht"
BK Informatie, № 2, March 2008
"Aernout Mik: Shifting shifting at Camden Arts Centre"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage
Steve Klee, Afterall, February 2008
"Televisiekunst"
Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Manon Berendse, Lucas X, Jan, Feb, March 2008
"AICA oorkonde voor kunstkritiek naar BAK"
AICA Award
Lucas X, Jan, Feb, March 2008
2007
For Citizens and Subjects in the media please click here
"Kunst van het jaar"
Top 5 Janneke Wesseling and Machteld Leij
Janneke Wesseling and Machteld Leij, NRC Handelsblad, 31 December 2007
"Geen ivoren toren meer"
Top 5 Netherlands Sacha Bronwasser
Sacha Bronwasser, De Volkskrant, 27 December 2007
"Daily Art Criticism: debat over kunstkritiek in BAK"
Citizens and Subjects: Practices and Debates
Robert-Jan, AICA Nederland, 7 November 2007, www.aicanederland.org
"Hot Exhibitions"
Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Attitude, November-December 2007
"Weekmagazine"
Radio item on Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Gunes Uz, NPS Radio 5, 3 November 2007, http://www.nps.nl/turks
"Artists and Air Miles"
Review on Report (Not Announcement)
Jacob Wren, CMagazine95, Fall 2007
"Utopics"
Television item on Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Stads Omroep/ RTV Utrecht, 21 October 2007
"Citizens and Subjects deel 3"
Citizens and Subjects: Practices and Debates
BK-informatie, 19 October 2007
"Tip van de kenner"
Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Paola van de Velde, De Telegraaf, 18 October 2007
"BAK krijgt AICA-oorkonde"
AICA Award
Kunstredactie, NRC Handelsblad, 8 October 2007
"Queeste"
Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Joost de Vries, UBlad, 27 September 2007
"Paradijs van pratende beelden"
Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Lucette ter Borg, NRC Handelsblad, 7 September 2007
"Het echte leven bestaat niet"
Kutluğ Ataman: Küba/Paradise
Sacha Bronwasser, de Volkskrant, 6 September 2007
"Club Class"
Interview with Binna Choi on Report (Not Announcement)
Nav Haq, Uovo, July-September 2007
"World Question Center (Reloaded). BAK, basis voor actuele kunst Utrecht"
Description of the publication World Question Center (Reloaded)
Goodreads.com, July 2007
"Institucinis konvejeris ar erdvė eksperimentui?"
(The institutional assembly line or the space for experimentation?)
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
Ieva Dilytė, Krantai, № 1 2007
“What is the place of art in all this? A conversation with Maria Hlavajova, Utrecht 16 February 2007”
Andrea Wiarda, A Prior Magazine, № 15 June 2007
(published as contribution to the documenta 12 magazines project)
"Nu in NL № 8: Maria Hlavajova"
Interview with Maria Hlavajova
Ingrid Commandeur, Metropolis M, № 2 April/May 2007
"Te gast in Utrecht"
Althea Thauberger: Alone Again...
Marjolein Sponselee, Lucas X, April/May/June 2007
"Pleasures on full display in ’Paradise’ art show"
Kutluğ Ataman: Paradise
(review of exhibition at the Orange County Museum of Art, USA)
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 11 April 2007
“Ondáks werk dwingt tot beter waarnemen”
Roman Ondák: The Day After Yesterday
Janneke Wesseling, NRC Handelsblad, 30 March 2007
“Roman Ondák – The Day After Yesterday”
Anastasia Bouyiatiotis, New Europe, The European Weekly, 18 March 2007
“Nichts war wie es ist”
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Astrid Wege, Texte zur kunst, № 65 March 2007
“De Europese Canon van Alex de Vries”
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Alex de Vries, Boekman, № 70 Spring 2007
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats (review)
Sven Lütticken, Artforum, March 2007
"Het keurslijf van de groep"
Althea Thauberger: Alone Again...
Anne-Marie Poels, ART, 15 February 2007
"Bombastische meisjes. Moralistische kunst vol met onbetrouwbare tieners"
Althea Thauberger: Alone Again...
Manon Braat, NRC NEXT, 8 February 2007
"Morele kunst vol onbetrouwbare tieners"
Althea Thauberger: Alone Again...
Manon Braat, NRC Handelsblad, 30 January 2007
"Althea Thauberger"
Althea Thauberger: Alone Again...
Jan Kees Helms, ravagedigitaal.org, 28 January 2007
"Heel erg alleen, maar niet vrij"
Althea Thauberger: Alone Again... (interview)
Sacha Bronwasser, de Volkskrant, 18 January 2007
“Wat als? Aernout Miks Nederlandse burgeroorlog”
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Erik van Tuijn, Lucas X, January/February/March 2007
2006
"Een betere wereld dromen"
interview with Maria Hlavajova
Wieteke van Zeil, Volkskrant, 7 December 2006
“Aernout Mik. Raw Footage/Scapegoats”
Arjan Reinders, De Witte Raaf, November/December 2006
“Aernout Mik in BAK Utrecht”
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
"Extrem Normal.
Aernout Mik bei basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Anneke Bokern, www.artnet.de, 28 November 2006
"Aernout Mik"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Marjolein Sponselee, Lucas X, October/November/December 2006 (no. 4)
"Vervreemde oorlogsbeelden"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
De Telegraaf, 3 November 2006
"Het belang van het onbenullige"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Catherine Somzé, Tubelight, November/December 2006 (no. 47)
"Fog machines, scent dispensers and origami; sci-fi tower blocks and urban detritus"
Haegue Yang: Unevenly
Emily Pethick, frieze, November/December 2006 (no. 103)
"Report (Not Announcement), czyli nieoficjalny raport o mobilnoœci sztuki na dzieñ dzisiejszy."
Report (Not Announcement)
Alicja Bielawska, Sekcja - magazyn artystyczny
“Mik filmt in ingedikte vorm wat oorlog is”
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Machteld Leij, NRC Handelsblad, 13 October 2006
"Bureaux de change"
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
Alex Farquharson, frieze, September 2006 (no. 101)
"Lipstick en Kalasjnikovs"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Rugter Pontzen, de Volkskrant, 28 September 2006
"Raw Footage/Scapegoats"
Aernout Mik: Raw Footage/Scapegoats
Amsterdam Weekly, 28 September 2006 (no. 3)
"Research-in-Residence; Buitenlandse gasten in Utrecht"
Research-in-Residence
Patricia Pulles, Lucas X, July/August 2006 (no. 3)
“Neither here nor there: Artists reflect on ‘non-place’”
Hwang You-mee, The Korea Herald, 18 July 2006
"In Transit. Report (Not Announcement)"
Report (Not Announcement)
Michael Gibbs, Art Monthly, April 2006 (no. 295)
"Voetnoten bij het nieuws"
Concerning War
Sandra Smallenburg, NRC Handelsblad, 10 March 2006
“Maria Pask. Musicals, naturist camps, lifestyle manuals and education”
Emily Pethick, frieze, March 2006
"Terneergeslagen vuurvliegjes in Albanië"
Adrian Paci
Machteld Leij, NRC Handelsblad, 23 February 2006
"Adrian Paci haalt armoede en corruptie Albanië dichterbij"
Adrian Paci
Thea Figee, AD Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 18 February 2006
"Concerning War" review
Concerning War
Ine Gevers, Metropolis M, February/March 2006 (no. 1)
"Er zal geleerd worden!"
Concerning War
Domeniek Ruyters, De Volkskrant, 12 January 2006
“De Gruwelen voorbij”
Concerning War
Nanda Janssen, Lucas X, January/February/March 2006 (no. 1)
2005
“Oorlog en Kunst"
Concerning War
Paola van de Velde, De Telegraaf, 25 November 2005
"Gewone oorlog"
Concerning War
Leendert van der Valk, de Groene Amsterdammer, 25 November 2005
"Doordringen tot onbegrijpelijke gruwelen"
Concerning War
Sacha Bronwasser, de Volkskrant, 15 November 2005
"Oorlog bij BAK"
Concerning War
Nanda Janssen, LucasX, October 2005
"Denisa Lehocká - Boris Ondreièka"
Landscape
Daniele Perra, Tema Celeste, September/October 2005 (no. 111)
"Who if not we should at least try to imagine the future of all this?"
Christian Rattemeyer, Artforum, May 2005
"Dat is een voortreffelijke vraag"
Agenda van de toekomst
Maria Hlavajova, Metropolis M, 2005 (no. 3)
"De toekomst van het kunstenaarsinitiatief"
Domeniek Ruyters, Metropolis M, 2005 (no. 3)
"Het ontrafelde landschap"
Landscape
Karen Duking, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 21 April 2005
"The BAR Code"
Billy Nolan, Frame, March/April 2005 (no. 43)
"Now What? Artists Write!"
Now What? Artists Write!
Jeanne Schmeltz, art 21, March/April 2005
"Onwillige getuigenis"
Gerrit Dekker: Over geen beneden, geen boven en geen zijkanten
Mischa Andriessen, Tubelight, March 2005
"Gerrit Dekker deelt zijn leven in BAK"
Gerrit Dekker: Over geen beneden, geen boven en geen zijkanten
Thea Figee, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 27 January 2005
"Cordially Invited"
Cordially Invited, episode 3 Who if now we...?
Michael Gibbs, Art Monthly, February 2005 (no. 283)
"New Europe, hope on aesthetical intelligence and its dynamic potential"
Time and again, episode 2, Cordially invited, episode 3, Out of the Shadows, episode 4, Who if not we...?
Binna Choi, Art in Culture, February 2005
"Who if Not We...?"
Cordially Invited
Ad Breedveld, BBK Krant, 15 January 2005
Marleen Blokhuis, Lucas X, January 2005
2004
"Cordially Invited"
Cordially Invited, episode 3 Who if not we...?
Melanie Ohnemus, Springerin, 4/2004
"Who If not we…? " (the book review)
Mischa Rakier, The HTV, December/January 2004 (no. 56)
"Wilfredo Prieto Garcia, Apolitical, 2001, Installation"
Cordially Invited, episode 3 Who if not we...?
Gerado Mosquera, The HTV, December/January 2004 (no. 56)
"Welcome to Europe?"
Cordially Invited, episode 3 Who if not we...?
Winnie Koekelberg, Tubelight, November 2004 (no. 35)
"Gespletenheid verbeeld in speelplaatsen"
Time and again, episode 2, Cordially invited, episode 3, Out of the Shadows, episode 4, Who if not we...?
Janneke Wesseling, NRC, 8 December 2004
"Slechte Europa-expo's"
Time and again, episode 2, Cordially invited, episode 3, Who if not we...?
Sandra Spijkerman, Trouw, 4 December 2004
"Bouwen aan een Europa zonder dubbele standaard"
Cordially Invited, episode 3 Who if not we...?
Roos Gortzak, Volkskrant, 9 December 2004
"Tussen Agitprop en nieuwe Staatskunst"
Who if not we...?
Anne Berk, Het financieele Dagblad, 27 November 2004
"Geef ze een vinger en ze nemen je hele hand"
Time and again, episode 2, Cordially invited, episode 3, Who if not we...?
Sascha Bronwasser, Vrij Nederland, 27 November 2004
"BAK en Centraal museum buigen zich over gastvrijheid en migratie: Welkom, maar nu opdonderen."
Cordially Invited, episode 3 Who if not we...?
Karen Duking, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 4 November 2004
"Ann-Sofi Sidén"
Ann-Sofi Sidén: Warte Mal!
Kees Keijer, De Witte Raaf, September/October 2004
"Kil en schrijnend, hard en schel"
Ann-Sofi Sidén: Warte Mal!
Jacquine van Elsberg, Skrien, October 2004
"Now What? Artists Write!"
Now What? Artists Write!
Mischa Rakier,The HTV, October/November 2004 (no. 55)
"BAK, klein en dynamisch hedendaags kunstcentrum"
BAK, basis voor actuele kunst
Sandra Jongenelen, Kunstbeeld, September 2004 (no. 9)
'Sirenen' aan de grens"
Ann-Sofi Sidén: Warte Mal!
Machteld Leij, NRC , 4 September 2004
"Een realistisch en universeel probleemverhaal"
Ann-Sofi Sidén: Warte Mal!
Marjolein Sponselee, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 26 August 2004
"Ontroerend portret van onbeduidende meisjes"
Ann-Sofi Sidén: Warte Mal!
Merel Bem, De Volkskrant, 19 August 2004
"De kunstenaar als interpreet"
Now What?Artists Write!
Rogier Schumacher, De Witte Raaf, July/August 2004 (no. 110)
"Maria Pask combineert politiek, amusement en kunst tot inspirerend geheel het leven als een musical"
Maria Pask: Starhawk! the musical
Marjolein Sponselee, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 6 May 2004
"Thinking Forward"
Who if not we...?
Geert van de Wetering, Metropolis M, August/September 2004 (no. 4)
"Dubbelzinnige verschuivingen van waarden en normen"
Gerard Byrne: A country road. A tree. Evening.
Thea Figee, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 12 February 2004
"Now What- Het belang van het vraagteken"
Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts
Roos Gortzak, Metropolis M, February/March 2004 (no. 1)
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