Op 29 december 2022 overleed modeontwerper Vivienne Westwood op 81-jarige leeftijd. Ze was nauw betrokken bij de punkbeweging in Londen in de jaren zeventig, en haar partner was de manager van de Sex Pistols. Haar doe-het-zelf creaties waren subversief bedoeld en poogden met taboes en tradities te breken. …

The exhibition In the Presence of Absence – Proposals for the Museum Collection is curated by Fadwa Naamna (freelance curator) and Britte Sloothaak (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam). In this Curatorial Conversation they discuss different aspects of the exhibition and how it came about, interviewed by Gwen …

This publication has been realized on the occasion of the project FORMER WEST: Documents, Constellations, Prospects, a joint undertaking by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin organized at HKW from 18–24 March 2013.