The final day turns toward the people who built the exhibitions, artists, curators, and collaborators, in conversation about how the works came together.
Sunday 20 September
11.00 – 11.45
In conversation: The Architect & The Housewife, with artist and designer Anna Gili and artist Sarah Titterington, moderated by artistic director Roos Gortzak Anna Gili and Sarah Titterington are writing a book that looks back at the design scene in Milan and its international resonances, which are clearly felt in this postmodern building.
- All ages
- Location: Coop Himmelb(l)au pavilion
- Language: English
12.00 – 12.45
In conversation: Cleaning the House, two generations of maintenance art, with writer and art historian Luuk Vulkers and choreographer Adam Linder, moderated by curator Clare Molloy. A conversation considering the resonances of Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ coining of ‘Maintenance Art’ and how this ripples in the writing of author Luuk Vulkers and the choreography of Adam Linder.
- All ages
- Location: Coop Himmelb(l)au pavilion
- Language: English
14.00 – 14.45
In conversation: Building the Future, working with the collection, with artists, Kathrin Sonntag, Mercedes Azpilicueta, and Matthew Lutz-Kinoy & Natsuko Uchino, moderated by curator Judith Spijksma. Four artists discuss what it means to make new work in dialogue with Groninger Museum’s collection.. From postmodern design to East Asian Ceramics, the conversation explores resonances through time and between the newly opened exhibitions.
- All ages
- Location: Coop Himmelb(l)au Pavilion
- Language: English
16.00 – 16.45
In conversation: Back to the Future, graphic design, with Sabo Day, designer of the new graphic identity of Groninger Museum, and artistic director Roos Gortzak A look at how the museum's new visual identity picks up the postmodern spirit of its own 1994 building.
- All ages
- Location: Coop Himmelb(l)au Pavilion
- Language: English
Ongoing Activities Throughout the Day
The museum is open from 10.00 to 17.00. Pavilion tours run continuously in English and Dutch (included with your museum ticket).
On the hour, Vivian's Garden by artist Rosalind Nashashibi screens in the Auditorium, a thirty-minute film about the relationship between two artists living and working together in Guatemala, who are mother and daughter, Elisabeth Wild (1922-2020) and Vivian Suter (1949).