19 January 2020
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exhibitions, inspiration, news
De Laatste Aai
Expo : De laatste aai / The last pet
June 13 2019 ’till February 23 2020 – Tot Zover, Amsterdam NL
museum Tag
1 September 2019
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exhibitions, inspiration, news
Nature
Expo : Nature – Collaborations in design
May 10th 2019 ’till January 19th 2020 – Cube design museum, Kerkrade (NL)
co-organized with Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, NYC (USA)
26 May 2019
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exhibitions, inspiration, news
Basquiat – The Artist and his New York Scene
Expo : Basquiat – the artist and his New York scene
February 2nd ’till June 2nd 2019 – Schunck*, Heerlen NL
featuring works of Jean-Michel Basquiat
27 April 2019
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exhibitions, inspiration, news
David Lynch – Someone is in my house
Expo : Someone is in my house – David Lynch
November 30th 2018 ’till April 28th 2019 – Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht NL
featuring works of David Lynch
31 March 2019
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Stanley Donwood at Bonnefanten Museum
Expo : Stanley Donwood at Bonnefanten Museum
The cupola of the Bonnefanten Museum only gets a new artwork once every couple of years, so when one of your favourite contemporary artists turns it into something new, you got to go and experience it!
13 March 2019
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exhibitions, inspiration, news
Sphinx Passage
Sphinx Passage
This weekend I went to see the Sphinx Passage in Maastricht.
8 August 2017
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exhibitions, inspiration
De industriële natuur van Kranen/Gille
De industriële natuur van Kranen/Gille / The industrial character of Kranen/Gille
February 11th ’till May 14th 2017 – Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch NL
featuring works of: Kranen/Gille
8 August 2017
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Tracking Memories : The collective memory of a nation
Tracking Memories : The collective memory of a nation
January 22nd ’till June 15th 2017 – AAMU, Utrecht NL
featuring works of: Ron Hurley, Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Gladys Kemarre & Keith Stevens and others
8 August 2017
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exhibitions, inspiration
Rik Wouters & The private Utopia
Rik Wouters & The private Utopia
September 17th 2016 ’till February 27th 2017 – MoMu, Antwerp BE
featuring works of: Rik Wouters, Walter van Beirendonk, Dirk van Saene, Bernhard Willhelm and others
Right before the closing of the exhibition, my friend Katrien and I decided to pay a visit to ‘Rik Wouters & het huiselijk utopia’ (Rik Wouters & the private utopia) at the MoMu in Antwerp.
‘Reading Woman’ by Rik Wouters (1913), picture by Ronald Stoops
The recurring theme of domestic intimacy on the post-impressionist paintings by Rik Wouters was the foundation on which the exhibition was build. Contemporary trends of people searching for domestic intimacy, restoring contact with nature and the current popularity of crafts, linked the exhibition with the utopian ideas of Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden. A book published in 1954, introducing a non-industrial, natural lifestyle as an alternative for an over-stimulated consumer society (of which a book-review will follow soon).
Impression of ‘Rik Wouters & het huiselijk utopia’
The exhibition also featured works of contemporary artists and fashion designers. A beautiful homage to a painter who died 100 years ago.
7 August 2017
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exhibitions, inspiration
Over de Grens
Over de Grens / Crossing Borders
March 5th ’till May 28th 2017 – De Domijnen, Sittard NL
featuring works of: Brele Scholz, Jaap de Ruig, Roy Villevoye & Jan Dietvorst
Last weekend my friend Suzanne and I visited museum De Domijnen in Sittard (NL). Since I did go to high school in Sittard and I always had an interest in culture and history, I’d been in the Domijnen many times. But times are a changing and the museum got a new site, being a part of a newly build cultural house that hosts not only exhibitions but also the library, a small cinema, theatre, bar and a school.
We hadn’t checked the exhibition beforehand, but the theme could not have been more relevant for the current developments around the world. The exhibit ‘Over de grens’ which means ‘Crossing borders’, featured work of artists who are looking for connections with people from other cultures, seeking contact with and opening up towards others.
What mostly spoke to me were the sculptures by German artist Brele Scholz. The faces of her ‘Umgebaute Europäer’ (Converted Europeans) can literally be opened up to see what’s going on inside somebody else’s head.
‘Umgebaute Europäer’ by Brele Scholz
Let’s hope artworks like Brele’s will be an inspiration to cross those borders, to open up to each other and be curious about what’s going on inside somebody else’s head.