Rob Knijn

In the penultimate episode of the Artist-Run Network Europe (ARNE) podcast, Ormston House’s Niamh Brown speaks with artist, curator and co-founder of Alternative Art Guide, Rob Knijn.

Rob Knijn is an artist, curator, and cultural organiser and initiator based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Knijn is the founder of Alternative Art Guide; the largest online overview of non-profit, artist-run and independent spaces, with over 1700 listings worldwide. In 2022, Alternative Art Guide and ARNE initiated Back to Normal, a collaborative and international exhibition and networking event questioning the role of the artist-run organisation in a post-pandemic world. Most recently, Alternative Art Guide has brought the ARNE devised course “Artist-run, practice and theory” to the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. In this episode, Niamh and Rob discuss the activities of the Alternative Art Guide and the process of bringing the ARNE course to The Hague.

Artist-Run Network Europe (ARNE) was a European project with focus on artist-run initiatives co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.  Ormston House's involvement in the ARNE project was co-funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Limerick Arts Office.

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