Partnerships 2012-2013 Amsterdam Rotterdam Paris Brussels Antwerp Cologne Amsterdam and its romantic canals A romantic capital with the appeal of a village, Amsterdam is famous for its canals and museums. While etaining its human scale, this city has all the advantages of a metropolis: cultural activities, history and numerous museums. The most famous of these are the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh museum and the Stedelijk. Whether you’re on a bike or on foot, you’ll love delving into its alleyways and you’ll enjoy a really great stay there. VINCENT - The Van Gogh Museum in The Hermitage Amsterdam Hermitage Amsterdam Amstel 51 1018 Amsterdam Tel : +31 (0)20 530 74 88 www.hermitage.nl During its temporary stay in the Hermitage Amsterdam (while the building on Museumplein is temporarily closed to the public for essential renovation work) the Van Gogh Museum will exhibit works by Vincent van Gogh (1853- 1890) from its permanent collection in a completely new way. In this display of some 75 paintings, selected letters, objects and works on paper, visitors will follow Vincent van Gogh on a personal quest into the heart of his artistic identity. The themes that the artist himself identified as central to his development will form the basis of the exhibition "Vincent". Many major paintings will be included, such as Sunflowers, The Bedroom, Almond blossom, The potato eaters and The yellow house, in surprising combinations of early and late works. Van Gogh’s most famous and best loved paintings will be shown side by side with lesser known works in closely integrated thematic pairings. Partner offer valid from 29 September 2012 to 25 April 2013 A matroska doll of Vincent Van Gogh to pick up at the shop of the museum, when you show your Thalys ticket or the reservation confirmation email. Rotterdam, a trendy and dynamic port Rotterdam’s new image is that of a trendy and rapidly expanding city. As a member of the artistic avant-garde with regard to architecture and the fine arts, this is the perfect destination if you’re into architecture and design. To get an idea of Dutch architecture, go and see the spectacular Pont Erasme, the original cube houses, the old houses in the Delfshave district etc. And if it’s museums you’re after, don’t miss the Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Fotomuseum. The Road to Van Eyck - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Museumpark 18-20 3015 Rotterdam Netherlands www.boijmans.nl At the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, discover the exhibition "The Road to Van Eyck" with more than eighty masterpieces by Dutch, French and German masters from circa 1400. A collection of extremely fragile paintings, sculptures, metalwork, illuminated manuscripts and drawings by some of Europe's most famous artists, including Jan van Eyck, Jean Malouel and the Master of Saint Veronica, from collections in the United States and Europe will be on display in Rotterdam. This is the first and probably the last time such an exhibition will be organised due the fragility of the works in question. "The Road to Van Eyck" offers some insight as to what and who inspired the work of Jan van Eyck and how he developed his revolutionary and realistic style. Partner offer valid from 13 October 2012 to 10 February 2013 Admission €14 instead of €16.50 on presentation of your Thalys ticket or email confirmation of your booking. Boijmans Van Beuningen Museumpark 18-20 3015 CX Rotterdam www.boijmans.nl From Bosch to Goya to Magritte: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is showing its impressive collection of European painting in a totally new light. For a period of two years the collection will be enriched with masterpieces on loan from collections in the Netherlands and abroad. The Collection Enriched affords a unique opportunity to view the finest paintings from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Partner offer valid until 01 April 2013 Entry costs €10 (instead of €12.50) when you show your Thalys ticket or the reservation confirmation email at reception. Rotterdam Welcome Card VVV Rotterdam Store Coolsingel 5, +31 10 271 01 20 www.rotterdam.info You will undoubtedly know Rotterdam as the biggest port in Europe. But there is much more to Rotterdam. Discover a new standard of hospitality in the most dynamic city in the Netherlands. The Welcome Card offers: o 25% off and more at 50 attractions, museums, restaurants and various places of entertainment o 1, 2 or 3 days of unlimited travel on metro, tram and bus lines (RET public transport network) Partner offer valid from 13 October 2012 to 10 February 2013 25% reduction on the price of the Rotterdam Welcome Card on simple presentation of your Thalys ticket or the reservation confirmation email Paris, both fabled and fashionable The Paris we see in postcards is the one its visitors dream about. Its inimitable sights include the banks of the River Seine, Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. And besides these symbolic locations, it also has 173 museums, 200 churches and 465 parks. Strolling through its winding streets and wide avenues will give you an opportunity to discover this centre of fashion and gastronomy. Whatever your tastes, whatever the season and whatever the time of day, there’s always something to see in the City of Light The sources of aborigene painting - Musée du Quai Branly Musée du Quai Branly 37 quai Branly 75007 Paris Tel : +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00 www.quaibranly.fr Continuing its policy of introducing the arts of Australia, which the museum began when it first opened, notably by ordering the aboriginal ceilings that decorate the Université building, the Musée du Quai Branly is presenting, for the first time in Europe, a major artistic movement born in 1971 in the heart of the central Australian desert. By transposing the motifs of ephemeral ritual paintings to recycled wooden panels, the Aborigine artists of Papunya created an astonishingly inventive formal art, saturated with meaning. These works changed the way the territory is perceived and how the history of Australian art is understood. Painted on pieces of recycled panels, the first works were striking in their raw intensity, the fullness of their strokes and their visual energy. Taking on the challenge of new materials - pencils, brushes, enamel and acrylic paints - the artists transposed their archetypal drawings to rectangular and square panels. These first paintings, few in number, made an ephemeral art once associated with ceremonial sites palpable and permanent, investing the paintings with ritual and solemn power. With more than 200 paintings and nearly 70 objects, the exhibition presents the iconographical and spiritual sources of the Papunya Tula movement and traces its development from the first panels to the large canvases of the early 1980s. Partner offer valid from 09 October 2012 to 20 January 2013 Entry costs €5 (instead of €7) when you show your Thalys ticket or the reservation confirmation email and 10% off for any purchase at the Café Branly. Cooking and Eating in China - Musée du Quai Branly Musée du Quai Branly 37 quai Branly 75007 Paris Tel : +33 (0)1 56 61 70 00 www.quaibranly.fr At the Quai Branly Museum the exhibition Les Séductions du Palais, Cuisiner et manger en Chine (The Chinese Banquet: Nine Millennia of Cooking, Eating and Drinking) presents Chinese table traditions through a hundred objects mainly from the National Museum of China along with a selection of works from the Musée des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet. Cuisine, tableware and table manners are evoked during a chronological and geographical path. Organised around changes in techniques, the exhibition presents an overview of Chinese history and culture through different types of tableware: bronze, ceramics, lacquered ware, gold and silver, porcelain… As a civilisation process that has been in motion for nearly 7,000 years, “cooking and eating in China” cannot be restricted to a chronicle of everyday behaviour through a batch of objects. The exhibition also focuses on different inventions (pasta, for example, or the introduction of tea) and various foods and preparations. Partner offer from 19 June to 30 September 2012 Entry costs €5 (instead of €7) when you show your Thalys ticket or the reservation confirmation email and 10% off for any purchase at the Café Branly. Through an open window - Art contemporain de la collection de Rabobank Institut Néerlandais 121 rue de Lille 75007 Paris France Tel : 00 33 (0)1 53 59 12 The Institut Néerlandais is presenting the finest works from the Rabo Art Collection for the first time in France. The collection features works from 40 artists from different generations, countries and movements. The art department at the Dutch bank Rabobank follows the work of several generations of artists from the 1950s through to the present day, from Karel Appel to Desiree Dolron and Marlène Dumas. The bank has one of the largest contemporary art collections in the Netherlands. The title of the exhibition, “Through an Open Window”, is the name of a Karel Appel sculpture in the collection and also a concise summary of the Rabo Art Collection’s approach to contemporary creation, focused on conceptual art, commitment and the human condition. Partner advantage from 13 September to 04 November 2012 Entry costs 2€ (instead of €4) when you show your Thalys ticket or the reservation confirmation email. Canaletto in Venice - Musée Maillol Musée Maillol 61 rue de Grenelle 75007 Paris France Tel : 00 33 (0)1 42 22 59 The Musée Maillol pays homage to Venice with the first exhibition devoted exclusively to Canaletto’s Venetian works.