articles that do not fall within our usual remit.
This is the story of how a 2,800 year-old Cypriot oinochoe, or wine jug, ended up in a small apartment in Eindhoven. Its journey from ancient Cyprus to a Dutch domestic environment is as intriguing as the archaeological importance of the vessel itself. The saga begins nearly a century ago, far from both Cyprus and the Netherlands, in Sweden.
In this exhibition Mayken Verhulst is finally positioned as the Mater Familias of the Brueghel family. In her day she was well known, for she is mentioned in contemporary sources as one of the most meritorious 16th-century female painters of watercolours, all of which were unfortunately lost (Ludovico Guicciardini, Descrittione di tutti I Paesi Bassi from 1567). What did survive is a double portrait of her and her husband . . .
Extracurricular is a feature which enables us to include items that are perhaps outside our normal remit . . . On a recent visit to Brussels I spent an exceptionally entertaining and pleasant evening at the Théâtre Royal de Toone. Hidden down a dark and dingy alley off one of the city’s main shopping streets, and only 100m from the Grande Place , . .
Some artists are simply known by their first name Leonardo and Michelangelo being the most famous. However, there are also female painters of great acclaim of whom Artemisia is probably the most well-known. But there is one other female artist whose first name was enough to make you swoon: Rosalba.
Three hundred and fifty years after Rosalba Carriera’s birth her name again is the talk of the town, especially when this town is Dresden.
For a noble woman like Sofonisba Anguissola it was extremely difficult to become a professional painter for a number of reasons. First of all, a lady of her standing was not allowed to sell her work. The portraits she made were paid for by returning favours to her family. Secondly, even though learning how to paint befitted a noble lady, there was no way she was allowed to study the human anatomy.
This extraordinary fine art photo project shows women of the floriculture industry with collars made from their own flowers. Marjolein van Ruiten and fine art photographer Marieke Treffers have been looking for women working in this industry to be part of this project since the spring of 2021. The goal, to create twelve extraordinary portraits which show the diversity of the floriculture industry in a new way.
The Spanish Tourist Office in The Hague has been busy this week promoting the cultural aspects of their beautiful country. They were at the Boijmans van Beuningen Depot in Rotterdam to promote Picasso Year 2023 and in Amsterdam to sing the praises of Valencia.
In July three galleries in The Hague, Billytown, Trixie, and Quartair, hosted exhibitions, a symposium, a book launch, workshops, and artist talks under the title Back to Normal. Sonja van Kerkhoff went along to see them for ArtsTalk Magazine
