New York, NY – When Vasily Kandinsky and Franz Marc formed Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) group in late 1911, the artists predicted a watershed in the arts, a große Umwälzung (great upheaval) that would radically challenge traditional artisti…
Rijksmuseum Exhibits a Selection of Its Most Beautiful Drawings and Prints of Dune Landscapes
AMSTERDAM.- The Dutch landscape was largely created by man, except for the sandy beaches and dunes along the coast, which were mostly created by nature. In the seventeenth century, when the Netherlands was the most urbanised region in Europe, the dunes…
First-Ever Solo Exhibition by the Internationally Renowned Lebanese Artist Rabih Mroué at Lunds Konsthall
LUND.- Lunds konsthall presents the exhibition I, the Undersigned. In these days of profound change and hopefulness in the Arab world Lunds konsthall is able to show the first-ever solo exhibition by the internationally renowned Lebanese theatre direc…
Cecily Brown’s First Ever Solo Exhibition in the Netherlands at GEM Museum of Contemporary Art
THE HAGUE.- The new work of New York-based artist Cecily Brown (b.1969) features a medley of grey, red, orange and earth colours applied with vigorous gestures to canvases of many different sizes. Initially, the explicitly sexual content of her picture…
Bonnefantenmuseum Shows Exhibition by BACA Laureate 2010: Francis Alÿs
MAASTRICHT.- The BACA is the only major award for international visual art in the Netherlands. The 2010 jury, comprised of Enrico Lunghi, Dirk Snauwaert and Alexander van Grevenstein, decided unanimously to give the award to Francis Alÿs (B – 1959), f…
Bonnefantenmuseum Shows Exhibition by BACA Laureate 2010: Francis Alÿs
MAASTRICHT.- The BACA is the only major award for international visual art in the Netherlands. The 2010 jury, comprised of Enrico Lunghi, Dirk Snauwaert and Alexander van Grevenstein, decided unanimously to give the award to Francis Alÿs (B – 1959), f…
Works from the Collection Besselaar Lead Sotheby’s Amsterdam Sale of 19th Century European Paintings
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam sale of 19th Century European Paintings on 13th December 2010 will feature Twelve Master Paintings from the Collection Besselaar. The selection, which is expected to bring in excess of €1,5 – 2 million, re…
Works from the Collection Besselaar Lead Sotheby’s Amsterdam Sale of 19th Century European Paintings
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam sale of 19th Century European Paintings on 13th December 2010 will feature Twelve Master Paintings from the Collection Besselaar. The selection, which is expected to bring in excess of €1,5 – 2 million, re…
First Retrospective of Designer Hella Jongerius at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
ROTTERDAM.- This autumn Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is presenting the first retrospective exhibition in the Netherlands of the designer Hella Jongerius. It is a unique survey of her working practices, experiments and innovative products. The exhibiti…
Vet Reaches 10,000 Volunteer Hours at WWII Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP).- The National World War II Museum is honoring a man who parachuted behind Nazi lines on D-Day. But Tom Blakey is being recognized for safer service: 10,000 hours as a museum volunteer. He’s the first volunteer to log that many hours…