Events

CULTURAL CURRENTS: Miami meets Paramaribo – Third International Cultural Exchange Project to Suriname

Readytex Art Gallery is happy to announce a special exhibition coming up in our gallery, organized in association with DVCAI (Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator) from Miami, Florida. Featuring a diverse group of artists based in Miami, together with the Surinamese artists affiliated with Readytex Art Gallery, the exhibition titled CULTURAL CURRENTS: Miami meets Paramaribo, is one of the highlights of DVCAI’s third International Cultural Exchange Project to Suriname. The International Cultural Exchange Project of DVCAI in Suriname, in partnership...

March Exhibition: Here and now. Are we in this together?

Readytex Art Gallery invites you to visit the exhibition currently on display on the ground floor. It is one that is particularly interesting, as it reflects on the current socio-political situation in our country. Curated by Aruna Mungra, Kurt Nahar and Dhiradj Ramsamoedj, the exhibition, titled Here and now. Are we in this together? raises critical questions about leadership, corruption, favoritism, poverty and the economic downfall, but also about the underlying sense of division that is being fed, and...

ECOLOGY – 30 years Readytex Art Gallery

Dear art friends and relations, After the Opo Yari exhibition in Januari, at Readytex Art Gallery the month of February is all about our Bigi Yari! This February 8th marks the 30th anniversary of our opening in 1993. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to celebrate this wonderful milestone with us at the opening of the group exhibition ECOLOGY – 30 years Readytex Art Gallery on Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 pm. In this special exhibition we...

Exhibition “OPO YARI” curated by visual artist Kurt Nahar

Dear friends and art lovers, The exhibition "OPO YARI" is now on display in Readytex Art Gallery. We do not have an evening reception this month so we hope to see you all during our regular opening hours. We are starting the new year with a beautiful, mixed display of small and large artworks. So, please drop by to enjoy a diverse collection of art from our talented group of visual artists. With a prime selection of works from our stock...

Manifestation 1980 – 1989: Surinamese stories of joy and sorrow

As final manifestation of the project ALAKONDRE: A Space in time, which started in Readytex Art Gallery in October 2021, the month of December is dedicated to a truly unique experiment. On December 8th, under the title Manifestatie 1980-1989: Surinaamse verhalen van vreugde en verdriet, (Manifestation 1980-1989: Surinamese stories of joy and sorrow) the artists Miguel Keerveld and Xavier Robles de Medina launch a growing, interactive manifestation that will take shape not by their design, but by contributions from...

Solo exhibition ALAKONDRE TORI by Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi

Dear art lovers and relations, We kindly request your attention for the special solo exhibition ALAKONDRE TORI of visual artist Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi, opening in Readytex Art Gallery on Thursday November 3. The exhibition is part of a broader project of the artist, which had its start on the 1st of October, within ‘de week van het Nederlands’ (Dutch language week), with the presentation of her new book Het Alakondre Drakenmeisje (The Alakondre Dragon Girl). With her exhibition ALAKONDRE...

Readytex Art Gallery presents group exhibition: This ‘revolution’ is not a tea party

This year, on December 8, 2022, it is exactly 40 years ago that the 'December murders' took place. Within this framework, there is currently a special group exhibition on display on the second floor of Readytex Art Gallery.  The curator of this exhibition titled This 'revolution' is not a tea party, is visual artist Kurt Nahar. Kurt Nahar himself is well-known as an artist who for many years now, has used striking symbolisms to express his critical opinion on the...

BIGI SPIKRI – Reflecting on the cultural and social significance of head coverings

In October, Readytex Art Gallery presents yet another fascinating and new group exhibition. It is the last in the series of three for which Sri Irodikromo has been assigned the role of curator. In BIGI SPIKRI (large mirror) Sri highlights as she always does, our various cultures and traditions, but this time she places the emphasis on how they are manifested through different types of head coverings. In Sri’s search for a theme for her last curatorial task within the...

“HET ALAKONDRE DRAKENMEISJE” by artist and writer Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi

HET ALAKONDRE DRAKENMEISJE Op zaterdag 1 oktober 2022 wordt het boek HET ALAKONDRE DRAKENMEISJE én het gelijknamige educatieve kunstproject gepresenteerd. Deze presentatie wordt gehouden van 11:00 - 12:30 uur te Readytex Art Gallery in de Grote zaal op de eerste verdieping. Het project ‘Het Alakondre Drakenmeisje’ wordt uitgevoerd binnen het grotere project ‘Alakondre a Space in Time’ van Readytex Art Gallery te Paramaribo, Suriname. Als partner-kunstenaar én Alakondre kunstenaar in hart en nieren, heeft Kit-Ling Tjon Pian Gi haar eigen project...

Wi Alakondre – a powerful tribute to artist Soeki Irodikromo

We gladly invite you to the second group exhibition created by curator-in-residence Sri Irodikromo. With this new exhibition titled Wi Alakondre, she continues the trajectory of the larger ALAKONDRE: A Space in Time project that runs at Readytex Art Gallery until the end of this year. At the same time, this exhibition is highly personal to Sri Irodikromo, because she created it mainly in honor of her father, artist Soeki Irodikromo who passed away two years ago. Alakondre was...