De Appel

De Appel Centre for Contemporary Art ( De Appel short ) is a Dutch exhibition center for contemporary art in Amsterdam, which is operated by the De Appel Foundation. 2008 almost 16,000 people visited the exhibitions at De Appel. De Appel is known particularly for his performance events and exhibitions.

De Appel was founded in 1975 by Wies Smals as a foundation, the first promoted the spread of performance and installation art forms that are difficult to convey in museums. Later films and videos have been added. The founding director of De Appel meadow Smals headed until 1983. The house has been chaired since 1984 by Saskia Bos that the Curatorial Training Programme (CTP ) initiated in 1994 as a program of training for curators. For a course consists of five to six participants. Among the graduates of the CTP include Tobias Berger, Rita Kersting, Adam Szymczyk and Raimundas Malašauskas.

In September 2005, Saskia Bos changed after 20 years as artistic director and managing director of De Appel as Dean of the School of Art at the Cooper Union. The Supervisory Board of De Appel Foundation convened in the spring of 2006, Ann Demeester in place of Bos. Demeester began her career as a cultural journalist for Belgian newspapers, and had previously worked at MARTa Herford for Jan Hoet and led the Amsterdam artist initiative W139.

After 2006, the lease of the De Appel was not renewed for the former building in the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10 and moving plans were dashed in the ROC - building in the Westerstraat, De Appel found a new home in a former school in the former working-class district de Pijp south of Amsterdam Old Town. The new building in the Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 59 was inaugurated in February 2010 with the first exhibition. It was built in the late 19th century as a primary school for boys and is therefore called de Appel Jongensschool.