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Playing with Stone: Architect Michel de Klerk Inspired the Amsterdam School
A beautiful exhibition at Museum Het Schip in Amsterdam honours the forgotten architect Michel de Klerk as a central figure of the Amsterdam School.
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Fashion Photographer Willy Vanderperre Clicks to the Core
He has shot campaigns for fashion houses like Dior and Prada, and celebrities such as Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett have stood before his lens. Meet Willy Vanderperre, the first photographer to exhibit at the MoMu Fashion Museum in his hometown of Antwerp.
Masterpieces From the CODART Canon
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The Curious Life of Rembrandt and His Forgotten Painter Friend Jan Lievens
They both lived during the Dutch Golden Age, grew up in Leiden, were taught by the same painter, and painted the rulers of their time. And yet, Jan Lievens is not as famous today as his friend Rembrandt.
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Volendam: The Dutch Fishing Village That Became an International Artists’ Haven
In his book 'The Discovery of Holland', Jan Brokken describes how the quaint fishing village of Volendam became a bustling artists' colony, attracting painters from all over the world with its enchanting opal light.
Museum Explorer
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Hymn to the Silence: The Contemplative Work of Jef Verheyen
Forty years after his death, the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp is devoting a retrospective to the influential Flemish artist Jef Verheyen.
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From Heritage to Cultural Entrepreneurship: These Are the Winners of the Ultimas 2023
Thirteen Flemish artists or organisations have been awarded an Ultima for their achievements in the socio-cultural sector.
More Vermeer
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Ilke Cop Paints So She Can Start Afresh Again and Again
For Ilke Cop the role of an artist in a crumbling world is to create something from nothing.
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Nits Have Been Painting With Sounds For Fifty Years
The Amsterdam pop group Nits is celebrating their anniversary with a tour and an EP that sounds as timeless as it is stimulating. Their intelligent pop music sounds both refined and very European.
Forgotten Female Painters
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Boozers, Militiamen And Mischievous Looking Women: Frans Hals Brought Them All Masterfully To Life
The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting around fifty of Frans Hals' best works. This seventeenth-century master could transform smears of paint into striking portraits like no other.
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Roelant Savery Painted the Emperor’s Wondrous World
Mauritshuis in The Hague is paying tribute to Roelant Savery, painter of the Netherlands’ first floral still life, and of the legendary (extinct) dodo.
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Moulding Life: Artists Craft with Fungi and Bacteria
Artists and designers are increasingly embracing the sensory properties and sustainable potential of microorganisms. Say hello to bioluminescent fungi and microbial weaving.
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By, For And With The Community: LGBTQ+ Film Festivals In The Low Countries
The role of many LGBTQ+ festivals goes way beyond simply screening films.
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Museum MORE Ensures Rehabilitation Of Realism
Museum MORE specializes in a movement that has long been ignored: realism. If that is not enough reason to travel to Gelderland, there is always the world's largest collection of works by Carel Willink.
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Sex In The Cinema? Censorship In The Netherlands, Deleted Scenes In Belgium
The Netherlands was long considered more progressive in cinema than Belgium. Surprisingly enough, film censorship was more robust in the Netherlands than in Belgium.
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Rafaël Rozendaal Bridges The Gap Between The Online And Offline World
With an oeuvre at once connected to art history and contemporary technology, Rafaël Rozendaal has made a name for himself as a prominent digital artist.
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Memling’s Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove
'The Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove' by Hans Memling is one of the hundred masterpieces of early modern Dutch and Flemish art in the CODART Canon.
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Eugeen Van Mieghem's Compassionate Sketches of the Tired, Poor and Huddled Masses
Thanks to a donation of unique drawings to the New-York Historical Society, American art lovers can finally discover the work of Flemish artist Eugeen Van Mieghem, draughtsman of the common man.
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How Much Colour Can The Flemish Art World Tolerate?
Superdiversity and interculturality have become inevitable facts. An articulate generation with diverse backgrounds is demanding its place. How is the debate conducted in the Flemish cultural sector, and in particular in the performing arts?
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James Ensor, Rebel For All Times
James Ensor was not just a crazy, angry, solitary painter of masks, he was also an authentic rebel who spent a lifetime using his voice to champion values that still hold true today.
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In The Uncomfortable Documentary 'White Balls On Walls', The Stedelijk Museum Looks In The Mirror
Sarah Vos follows how under new directorship, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is wrestling with a more diverse and inclusive trajectory.