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Culture Metropolis Ruhr as Standing Order

RUHR.2010 entrusted her legacy into new hands on the 5th of December 2011: Reginalverband Ruhr – RVR (Regional Association Ruhr), Kultur Ruhr GmbH (Culture Ruhr Ltd.), Ruhr Tourismus GmbH (Ruhr Tourism Ltd.) and the European Centre for Creative Economy (ECCE) started with their respective tasks and have since been supporting sustainable developments in networks and projects, of the European Capital of Culture. / MORE

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Call for Projects and Artworks

Bohème Précaire and 2010LAB.tv/ecce are inviting international artists and creative minds from the fields of contemporary art, media arts, digital and contemporary culture to submit their works for the exhibition "been out, vol. 1.". The artworks will be exhibited from Saturday, 3rd of December, until Saturday, 10th of December, in the Dortmunder U. The deadline for the call will be the 1st of November. / MORE

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"Still-Life" / Photo: RUHR.2010/Matthias Duschner

RUHR.2010 takes stock

What has been achieved? What has been learnt? What is to be done? The title is moving on, but the Ruhr will remain a cultural metropolis. Even before the sold-out finale on December 18, and after 5,500 events, the feedback is positive. "The idea of a Capital of Culture is a Europe that is truly lived – for the people and thanks to them," explained José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. / MORE

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RUHR.2010 - The Finale (here: scene from !SING - DAY OF SONG, June 6,2010) / Overlay: Gil Mehmert/Fufu Frauenwahl

RUHR.2010 – THE FINALE

"RUHR.2010 will say good-bye with the usual vigour and another round of strong visuals. We owe that to the people of the Ruhr region who made the European capital of Culture their own," says Fritz Pleitgen, Chairman of RUHR.2010 GmbH. In line with the guiding theme of "Change through culture," the sites for the finale include Nordsternpark in Gelsenkirchen as well as new future-oriented locations in Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg. While the torch may be passed on to another European Capital of Culture, the cultural metropolis will remain. As the region’s miners would say - Glück auf 2011! / MORE

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RUHR.2010 wants to thank the more than 30,000 Facebook friends and 4,000 Twitter followers. / Facebook/Twitter Icons; Overlay: RUHR.2010

More than 30,000 Facebook friends – Thanks!

The European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 has been made successful by the enthusiasm and involvement of the people in the Ruhr Region. Its residents, cultural institutions and artists have created the Cultural Metropolis Ruhr and it demonstrates, far beyond its borders, the cultural variety and artistic quality that characterise the Ruhr Metropolis. / MORE

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HC Berg "Eye of Light", 2000. Photo: HC Berg

Light 21

From December 4, 2010 – March 27, 2011 the Centre of International Light Art in Unna is showing the special exhibition Light 21: Light Art Visions for the 21st Century. You can see works by HC Berg, Brigitte Kowanz and Christina Benz. "Light 21" is part of "Mapping the Region", the series of exhibitions hosted by the RuhrArtMuseums on the occasion of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. / MORE

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Gustave Caillebotte: Rue de Paris, temps de pluie. Straße in Paris, an einem Regentag, 1877. The Art Institute of Chicago, Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Collection. Photography. © The Art Institute of Chicago, 2010

Images of a Capital – The Impressionists in Paris

From October 2, 2010 to 30 January, 2011 the Museum Folkwang in Essen is showing, with Images of a Capital – The Impressionists in Paris, a unique exhibition with numerous spectacular loans, dedicated to the first modern metropolis in Europe. It is a main project of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010. The exhibition is under the patronage of Angela Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic. / MORE

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Detail of James Larsen's ''Everybody wants the good life'' / Photo: Kunst-raum Schulte, Goltz & Noelte, Essen

contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.)

More participants, a unique location and an innovative concept: As part of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, the contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.) art fair will present a unique mix of avant-garde and established artists from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, the USA and South Korea. From October 29-31, 57 galleries for contemporary art, several special exhibitions, academies, art associations and selects artists will transform the World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein in Essen into a pulsating hub of contemporary art. / MORE

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Hanna Herfurtner (l.), Fausto Reinhart (r.) in Gisela! or: The Strange and Memorable Ways of Happiness / Photo: Ruhrtriennale 2010/Ursula Kaufmann

World Premiere – Gisela!

For the European Capital of Culture year 2010, music institutions of the region network for the very first time in order to present together the musical works and social acts of Hans Werner Henze. The program mirrors the range of his creation in interaction of tradition and modern, of local resources and international music scene: Music theatre, ballet, orchestral pieces, chamber music, youth orchestra festival, music mediation, radio pieces and film retrospectives. / MORE

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MELEZ.2010

The festival of the cultures of the Ruhr Metropolis kicks off in one month A gold- and petrol-coloured train will drive through the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 in October. / MORE

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Light art at the Bochum obervatory / Design: Yves Netzhammer

International light art project “Ruhrlights: Twilight Zone“

This September, 12 light artists will transform the Ruhr river, the Ruhr Metropolis‘ main artery and key east-west connection, as part of “Ruhrlights: Twilight Zone”. / MORE

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C.A.R. 2009, SANAA-Building, Projection: André Werner / Photo: Matthias Duschner/Stiftung Zollverein

C.A.R. - The innovative art fair

In 2010 art fair contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.) takes place in five exhibition halls and more than 5000 squaremetres as an increasingly international art fair with the main objective to develop a long term arts marketplace that the contemporary art ruhr (C.A.R.) is an innovative and dynamic fair format. The participants are coming from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary or North America.
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DESIGNKIOSK RUHR.2010 / Photo: DESIGNKIOSK RUHR.2010

RUHR.2010 Designkiosk at Het Parcours, Maastricht

European Capital of Culture moves art from museums into everyday life. During the "Het Parcours" in Maastricht, September 11 – 12, 2010 RUHR.2010 will be presenting a mobile edition of the Ruhr kiosk, the Mobile Designkiosk. It will be located at the "het Vrijthof" square in Maastricht old town on Saturday, September 11, 20:00 - 24:00 hrs and on Sunday, September 12, 12:00 - 18:30 hrs. / MORE

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Moon Sculpture by Wolfgang Volz, Oberhausen Gasometer / Photo: Sven Siebenmorgen/Gasometer

750,000th visitor at "Out of this World"

The exhibition "Out of this World – Wonders of the Solar System" in Oberhausen Gasometer has now counted its 750,000th visitor. It is thus by far the most successful exhibition that has so far been seen in Oberhausen’s landmark. / MORE

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RUHR.2010 says thank you to all Still-Life participants and partners / Photo: RUHR.2010 / Manfred Vollmer

More than 3 million guests at the world's longest table

One of Germany's busiest motorways came to a standstill on July 18, 2010 as part of RUHR.2010 European Capital of Culture / MORE