Paper is and always has been at the centre of our lives, now and in the past. Its fragility belies its capacity for survival of wars and flames when stone and metal have long been destroyed. It has outlasted papyrus and vellum. Fold it and it produces light and shade, coat it and it becomes hard . . .
The main source of Thiebaud’s inspiration, one might even say, salivating obsession, is food. Not good, healthy wholesome food but cakes, ice-cream and pre-MacDonalds American fast-food – the ubiquitous hot-dog. His breakthrough picture was the 1961 boldly painted still-life of triangular slices of pies
Personally, I quite enjoyed this exhibition but I can understand if some people turned their noses up at it. There is something about monumental size turds that does make you think – and probably your eyes water.
Oude Delft 210 2611 HJ DELFT Open two weekends a year. The KunstKamer in Delft is an initiative of four art lovers. They joined forces and together organize an exhibition twice a year in a sixteenth-century canal house in the center of Delft. The special location is located at Oude Delft 210. It is a…
Click on picture for more information Hoorn & Reniers International Contemporary Art Toussaintkade 70 2513 CL The Hague +31 70 427 80 84 Hoorn & Reniers was founded in 2017 by collector Alexander Hoorn and gallerist Thierry Reniers, who share a fascination for outspoken art in which human identity and social critique are central. In…
Click on picture for more information MARCELLO’S ART FACTORY & ROCK GALLERY Koningin Emmakade 148 2518 JK Den Haag Telefoon Factory (+31) 70 363 4047 The versatile artists couple Marcello and Els offers – since 1985! – many activities in The Hague. You can contact them for painting lessons and drawing lessons. For…
Although his links with the Surrealists were tenuous, Delvaux was very strongly influenced by one of its masters, Georgio de Chirico, after seeing The Minotaure exhibition in 1934. It was de Chirico’s mysterious arcaded night-time streets that fascinated him . . .
I must confess to having had a slight sense of déja vu seeing the Anton Heyboer exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. It was only a few weeks ago that I discovered fellow eccentric Dutchman Gerard Petrus Fieret next door at the Fotomuseum, an exhibition . . .
