The NRW-Forum opened it’s doors in an impromptu action on
Friday 15th January 2010.
Friday 15th January 2010.
The new city, fashion and arts magazine Modesch had planned it’s launch at a smaller venue in Flingern but was overwhelmed by the number of guests who planned to attend. Hearing this Werner Lippert offered the larger space at the NRW-Forum so with just 4 days to go, the launch, fashion show and party were just moved to the NRW-Forum!
There were 100s of guests, many of which had never visited the museum creating a really buzzy atmosphere. We met some great people there, including hopefully, the people who will be making the new RhineBuzz movie.
It was easy to understand why the city magazine Prinz listed the NRW-Forum number 1 in their recent 100 Reasons Why We Love Düsseldorf article!
The day before I was at the museum for the unveiling of the new installation of Olafur Eliasson’s Eye See You on loan from the Boros Collection.
Now when you walk into the house you are you are struck by a brilliant orange light, it really is like having the sun in the building!
How many times have I heard in the past few days that the expats in Düsseldorf are really looking forward to The NRW-Forum re-opening soon and the regular RhineBuzz Friday Nights at the NRW-Forum.
Already hailed by Spiegel Online as one of the most important arts exhibitions of the year the Robert Mapplethorpe Retrospective will give us much for the eye, the mind and the heart.
Friday Nights at the NRW-Forum is open to everyone. It’s an especially good place to come if you are new in town. We will soon introduce you to people and tell you the best bits about our great city. The bar is open to everyone, whether you’d like to see the show or not.
We really look forward to seeing you there!
Press conference Eye See You Olafur Eliasson