Opening
Friday 5 June
doors open: 20:00 hrs
opening remarks and performance: 20:15 hrs
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Artist
Thordur Hans Baldursson

But also
Stine Jensen

Exhibition
Does the best artwork receive the most money? Or is it the piece that most successfully entices me to give? When we must pay for each artwork individually, does art then become a commodity, driven by soulless and perverse incentives?
- Stine Jensen

In an era where arts subsidies are increasingly under pressure, the exhibition (+ Supplementary Fee) offers a critical perspective on the challenges confronting artists and cultural institutions. With a brand new government that places little value on art and culture, the commercialization of the arts seems inevitable for survival.

Inspired by the dynamics of daily life in global cities such as New York and increasingly Amsterdam, this exhibition also highlights how money plays a central role, where consumers must pay additional fees for every extra service. Craving a glass of tap water in a restaurant? Pay a supplementary fee. Need eight centimeters more legroom on your flight? Pay a supplementary fee. Want an online order delivered a day earlier? Pay a supplementary fee. Seeking an Uber that arrives four minutes sooner? Pay a supplementary fee.

At (+ Supplementary Fee), visitors are now also asked to pay a supplementary fee to view the artworks in the exhibition. Through their financial support, they not only get the ultimate experience but also directly contribute to sustaining Thordur Hans Baldursson’s artistic practice and the Nieuw Dakota program.

Thanks to
AFK, Mondriaan Fund and Oedipus