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CODART
1 min reading time
Canon Book ‘100 Dutch and Flemish Masterpieces’ in 2021
By April next year, CODART will publish its canon list of masterpieces in book form.
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Saskia Boelsums
4 min reading time
The Impressive Skies of Landscape Photographer Saskia Boelsums
The work of Dutch landscape photographer Saskia Boelsums is inspired by the rich painting tradition of the Old Masters.
Series
Faces of Loneliness
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Karin Wolfs
13 min reading time
The Terror of the Smile. Loneliness in Film
As a socially desirable phenomenon, laughter is the paragon of happiness. But what if that laugh cannot be sustained?
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Edo Dijksterhuis
6 min reading time
Nxt Museum: A Black Box for Digital Art in Former Siberia
Nxt Museum represents both a new museum for Amsterdam and an art institution for a new generation.
Museum Explorer
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Mauritshuis
4 min reading time
Smell the Seventeenth Century in Art
The Mauritshuis in The Hague prepares an exhibition about sweet perfumes and foul odours in the 17th century.
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Hendrik Kerstens
4 min reading time
When Painting and Photography Merge Into One
Masterpieces by Rembrandt and Van Eyck have helped photographer Hendrik Kerstens blur the line between the painter’s art and photography.
New at the Museum
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Nicole Montagne
13 min reading time
I Am Lonely, Therefore I Exist
The Dutch writer and visual artist Nicole Montagne is searching for 'imaginary lonelinesses' with, among others, Hopper, Spilliaert and the 'unknown girl from the Seine River'.
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Lisaboa Houbrechts
5 min reading time
Mad Meg or the Weirdness of the Masterful Detail
Playwright and director Lisaboa Houbrechts has written a kaleidoscopic theatre piece of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and the era in which he created Mad Meg.
Series
Forgotten Female Painters
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Bas Meeuws
5 min reading time
The Seventeenth-Century Tulip Field of Bas Meeuws
The Dutch photographer Bas Meeuws is continuing the tradition of Golden Age floral still lifes.
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CODART
1 min reading time
Fitzwilliam Museum Acquires Two Portraits by Adriaen van Ostade
These two portraits, of a kind rarely seen in public collections, will now better represent Ostade’s oeuvre within Cambridge and the UK.
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Maarten Buser
6 min reading time
Eva Spierenburg's Works of Art Infect Each Other
The Dutch artist wonders whether she can translate the spatial aspect of her installations into something that could simply hang on the wall, like a painting.
history
Virginie Platteau
6 min reading time
The Burgundians Show off Their Miniatures in a New Museum
After being hidden for six hundred years, the Royal Library of Belgium presents its unique collection of manuscripts from the Burgundian period.
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Tom Christiaens
2 min reading time
American Philanthropist Donates Memling to Bruges
An American philanthropist has returned a portrait by the 15th-century artist Hans Memling to the city of Bruges, where it was painted.
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Tijl Nuyts
11 min reading time
Brussels Represent! Meet Hip-Hop Phenomenon Zwangere Guy
Rapper Zwangere Guy enters into a conversation with Brussels in order to get to know the city and himself better.
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Lisa Grob
8 min reading time
The Flemish-Dutch Theatre Sector: One Language, One Tour
'Seeking a cross-border measuring tool', a study of the interconnectedness in the Flemish-Dutch theatre sector.
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Herwig Todts
6 min reading time
Living Masters, a New Overview of 19th-Century Painters in the Netherlands
'Mirror of Reality’ is the first comprehensive overview of nineteenth-century Dutch painting, set within the context of the international art world.
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Elisa Candela
7 min reading time
LABIOMISTA Is an Evolving Work of Art About the Mixture of Life
Koen Vanmechelen created an evolving work of art on the foundations of the former mine and zoo of Zwartberg in the Belgian city of Genk.
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Tom Christiaens
2 min reading time
Photographer Rineke Dijkstra Wins Johannes Vermeer Award
According to the jury, Dijkstra makes a major contribution to the international prestige of Dutch visual arts with her work.
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Mia Vaerman
8 min reading time
Alexander Vantournhout Moves Between Dance and Circus
From dance to circus, his performances show influences from various disciplines and are a constant exploration of the possibilities of the body.
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Tom Christiaens
4 min reading time
P.A.R.T.S. Makes the World Dance for 25 Years
The Brussels-based school for contemporary dance and choreography has an impressive international reputation.
