RECENTLY CROWN PRINCE WILLEM-ALEXANDER AND PRINCESS MAXIMA VISITED THE DUTCH CULTURE CENTER IN SHANGHAI, TO SEE, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, THE EXHIBITION DOUBLE INFINITY, A JOINT PROJECT OF THE VAN ABBEMUSEUM AND ARTHUB ASIA. THE ROYAL COUPLE WERE TAKEN ROUND BY CHARLES ESCHE, DIRECTOR OF THE ANNEMUSEUM AND DAVID QUADRIO, DIRECTOR OF ARTHUB ASIA. ROB VAN GIJZEL, THE MAYOR OF EINDHOVEN, PRESENTED THEM WITH A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE DOUBLE INFINITY BOOK. THE EINDHOVEN ARTIST JOGN KORMELING, ARCHITECT OF HAPPY STREET, THE DUTCH PAVILION AT THE SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010, AND VARIOUS CHINESE ARTISTS, INCLUDING JIN SHAN AND XHOU ZIAHOU, WERE ALSO PRESENT FOR THE TOUR. IN ADDITION TO DOUBLE INFINITY, THE ROYAL COUPLE ALSO VISITED THE OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE DUTCH CULTURE CENTER, SUCH AS A REHEARSAL OF THE NEDERLANDS DANS THEATRE, AN EXHIBITION OF ALEXANDER VAN DER SLOBBE AND AN ART PROJECT BY STUDENTS OF THE WILLEM DE KOONING ACADEMY AND THE SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY. DOUBLE INFINITY TAKES PLACE PARALLEL TO THE WORLD EXPO 2010 AND IS A COLLABORATIVE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN A NORTHWESTERN EUROPEAN ART MUSEUM, THE VAN ABBEMUSEUM AND AN ASIAN ART INITIATIVE, ARTHUB ASIA. IT COMPRISES OF AN EXHIBITION, A PERFORMANCE SERIES, A LECTURE PROGRAM AND A PUBLICATION. DOUBLE INFINITY MARKS THE FIRST TIME THAT A EUROPEAN MUSEUM OPENS ITSELF AND ITS COLLECTION TO THE RESPONSES OF ARTISTS LIVING AND WORKING IN CHINA, RESPONSES THAT FORM A HOST OF ENRICHING, HUMOROUS AND CRITICAL INSIGHTS.
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