Museumnacht 2010 March 6

Photos © Jean-Marie Périer

Le Petit Départ - LE TOUR DU POP

Eén van de belangrijkste Rotterdamse evenementen van 2010 zal Le Grand Départ worden, de start van Le Tour de France.
Enkele maanden hieraan voorafgaand speelt Galerie V!P's hierop in met Le Petit Départ - Le Tour du Pop, waarin een uniek overzicht wordt gegeven van de Franse popmuziek van ruim 40 jaar geleden.
Ondermeer Françoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, Jacques Dutronc en Michel Polnareff zullen middels foto's en videoclips te zien zijn op deze unieke tentoonstelling.
Hoofdonderdeel van dit evenement zal een fotoexpositie zijn van de Franse fotograaf Jean-Marie Périer.
Bovendien zijn acht hedendaagse Nederlandse kunstenaars gevraagd een kunstwerk te vervaardigen dat geïnspireerd is door hun favoriete Franse popster uit de jaren zestig/zeventig.

Tijdens de negende Roterdamse Museumnacht op zaterdag 6 maart 2010 zal LE TOUR DU POP spectaculair geopend worden. Fenno Werkman, al jarenlang de vaste leverancier van de videoclips die ieder jaar in de uitzendingen van de Top 2000 te zien zijn, zal tot 2 uur 's nachts een unieke verzameling Franse videoclips op een groot scherm vertonen

V!P's on location in Paris

On Friday night 6 March V!P's Gallery had a one night exhibition with the Kate Moss photos by Mick Rock in the Salon Berlioz of the Hotel Intercontinental in Paris during the Paris Fashion Week. When you look at the photo of the Salon Berlioz you can imagine that this venue was the most impressive location where V!P's Gallery ever had an exhibition. The evening has been organized by Cyril Peret (Don't Tell my Booker events) with whom V!P's Gallery has collaborated on a few events in the past and more to follow in the coming months.

Photos opening reception Rock-'n-Roll Kate by Mick Rock

Thanks to main sponsor Colito and sub sponsors Moët & Chandon, Eyes on Media, Schiffmacher Wodka, Impress, AIFW, Glamcult, Stacy Kalb, So Full of Flavour, Lichtned, Swinckels and Momo, the opening reception of Rock-'n-Roll Kate by Mick Rock was a great success. At Duintjer CS some 350 guests attended the party. A 35 minutes film of the photoshoot with Kate Moss was screened, Felix and Phil from Moke played a couple of songs and Mick Rock did some photoshoots. Jakhals Frank did the presentation and a Kate Moss photo was auctioned by Fabienne de Vries and raised € 2.800,= for War Child. During the Kate Moss exhibitions in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Mick Rock, Kate Moss and V!P's will donate € 500,= (big size) or € 100,= (small size) for each sold photo to War Child. All photos by Mike Smith.

See the movie of the opening reception. Music by Moke, filmed by Garrelt Schuil (Eye Media Productions):

See Mick Rock in De Wereld Draait Door (De Jakhalzen):

See Mick Rock in RTL Boulevard (13:30 min after start):

Opening Stanley Donwood exhibition V!P's Amsterdam

Wednesday July 2nd 2008 saw the premiere of Stanley Donwoods work in the newly opened V!P's Amsterdam. The exhibition contains quite a few never before seen works and has so far been visited by the likes of Thom Yorke, Colin Greenwood, Michael Stipe and David Belisle.

Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) visits Stanley Donwoods exhibition Photo by Avi Sewnarain.

Thom Yorke being Donwoods long-time collaborator was very pleased to see the exhibition as a cultural stop whilst exploring Amsterdam by bike and Colin Greenwood claimed to be happy to see the works outside of the shed. As both Radiohead-musicians had not yet attended an exhibition by Stanley Donwood.

Baoxian Fei (V!P's Gallery Amsterdam) and Michael Stipe (R.E.M.). Photo by Avi Sewnarain.

Michael Stipe was rumoured to be running around Amsterdam with the exhibition invitation already on wednesday, trying to find V!P's gallery before going on stage himself at the Westerpark that same evening. And on thursday he stopped by the gallery to see the works that he had heard so much about. His visit to the gallery was covered on his own website http://remhq.com/news_story.php?id=827
On monday during the installation of the show Stanley created a piece of 'Street Art' on the gallery front. Fans, tourists and many more people passed by and watched the creation of this art piece somewhat reminiscent of a performance.
Everybody's Happy Nowadays already welcomed more then 800 people.

Bob Gruen at V!P's Art Galleries, October 12, 2007