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The BETER Consortium investigates the effects of art on (public) health. Can art make people better?

Frank Bruggeman designed a ‘meeting garden’ for the new neighbourhood redevelopment project 'Wijk van je Leven' (The Neighbourhood of Your Life).

A busy port and industrial area always disrupts its surroundings.

In 2010 four artists were asked to submit a proposal for a permanent work for the Badstrand, the recreational beach that is being constructed as part of Maasvlakte 2.

Call for application for 2013 residents.

During the Dutch Design Week, Edison67 in the Eindhoven neighbourhood Woensel West will host different activities and events in relation to sustainable energy, innovations and DIY power systems.

'Fieldwork: Marfa' is the joint project of three major European schools, ESBA Nantes Métropole, HEAD-Genève and Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.

Forty years after the completion of the work 'Broken Circle/Spiral Hill' (1971), the video which, land art artist Robert Smithson was never able to finish due to his untimely death, is now completed.

'Land Art Contemporary' is a new initiative in Drenthe to be launched on September 17, 2011 with a varied, international, multiyear programme dealing with (the contemporary aspects of) land art.

The plans have been finalised for a sequel to the series of art projects that were presented in 2009 under the name 'Portscapes' to mark the construction of Maasvlakte 2.

Which strategies do artists employ if they want to expose their works in the public domain? SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain and the Stedelijk Museum present: 'ARTISTS IN PUBLIC', a series of artists' lectures about the conditions specific to working in public space.

'People in White' is a new video work by the Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, as part of the Madness & Arts Festival in collaboration with SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain.

In 'Polder Cup' the Spanish artist Maider López toyed with the Dutch love of football, water and polders.

The construction of Maasvlakte 2 is nearing completion and a section of the beach will be accessible to the public from May 26, 2012. This is why several artists are working intensively at present to complete a number of permanent and semi-permanent artworks in this area, some of which can already be viewed this summer.

'Between You and I' strives to open up a space in which to reflect on the contemporary meaning of morality, and which invites the public to actively contribute ideas on the presence of contemporary art in public space.

Ingeborg Meulendijks has designed a meditation centre for the new Zorg Complex nursing home in Oud-Delfshaven, a multicultural district of Rotterdam. The art commission formulated for the meditation centre asked for a reinterpretation of the concept of ‘sacred space’ in a multicultural society.

'Portscapes' is a series of artists’ projects developed in connection with the construction of Maasvlakte 2, an area that during the next five years is being reclaimed from the North Sea.

Since September 2008 the Port of Rotterdam Authority has been working on expanding Rotterdam port, by far the largest port in Europe.

A new neighbourhood is being born in Puttershoek.

At 6.00 pm on Friday 22 June 2007 - the day before the Dag van de Architectuur (national architecture day) - visual artist Lara Almarcegui introduced the former Norfolkline premises in Scheveningen to the general public.

The Argentinean Tomas Saraceno responded to our invitation to create a work for Maasvlakte 2 by creating 'Flying Plaza'.

An exhibition on light in Gouda’s historical city center.

Artists are on a quest for love in Amsterdam. They aim to confront by holding up a mirror to the general public while posing questions and offering inspiration.

Maasvlakte 2 is located in the Voordelta, a protected natural area, which is why great care was taken to protect the natural environment during the construction of this new industrial zone.