main program

the Avantgarde:
We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope. Ettore Sottsass: works from Stockholm, 1969

12 december 2009 – 13 february 2010

Curators: Lisette Smits and Guus Beumer more

the Collector:
Beyond The Amateur - A collector's perspective on the history of photography

14 march – 30 may 2010

Curator: Yvon Schoenmakers
Researcher & Collector: Arjan de Nooy more

the Avantgarde:
The Cell That Doesn't Believe In The Mind That It's Part Of

27 june – 12 september 2010

Curator: Lisette Smits
Artist: Chris Evans more

the Avantgarde:
Hygiene, the story of a museum

24 october 2010 – 30 january 2011

Curators: Guus Beumer and Claudia Banz
In cooperation with EventArchitectuur more

parallel program

the Avantgarde:
Filmvertoning Rock My Religion

07 february 2010

In the context of the exhibition We Were Exuberant and Still Had Hope: Ettore Sottsass, works from Stockholm, 1969, a filmscreening of Dan Graham's Rock My Religion (55 min.) will take place on Sunday, February 7 at 4 pm. more

the Collector:
Wooff!! Wooff! Or who killed Richard Wagner?

19 – 21 march 2010

In the context of the DuringTefaf Festival, Marres and 't Barre Land present this play, which is developed in cooperation with artist Karen Sargsyan. more

the Avantgarde:
Cop Talk

20 may 2010

Curator: Lisette Smits
Artist: Chris Evans
In cooperation with the Academie for Visual Arts Maastricht more

the Collector:
Beyond the Amateur: Expert Meeting

25 may 2010

Lecturers: Flip Bool, Sophie Berrebi, Koen Brams and Lex ter Braak
Aftertalk with Gert Staal en Guus Beumer more

the Avantgarde:
Filmvertoning La Collectionneuse

12 september 2010

On the occasion of the last day of the exhibition The Cell That Doesn't Believe In The Mind That It's Part Of, Marres shows a screening of the film La Collectionneuse van Ιric Rohmer. more

Garden Intervention

23 october 2010 – 15 may 2011

Artist: Frank Bruggeman more

A glimpse of the dynamics within a collecting art institute
Can death, decay and blood indeed be so beautiful, almost seductive? 
Consumerist excess and the fiction of economic speculation
Create or destroy
Every bird can only sing what it is able to hear
Health as common good and social capital
How to deal with this new reality?
is the idea of a school still grounded in the locality of a physical environment?
The ultimate symbol of godlessness
Trust me - I'm a designer
We'll be rich tonight!
Without a palace of glass, life is a burden