. . . what he learned from Japanese prints, continued to influence his art. The famous self-portrait from the Courtauld Gallery, showing Vincent with bandaged ear? On the third floor, among other prints, hangs one showing a Japanese actor wearing some kind of cap tied under his chin. Did this print inspire this self-portrait?
Most of the paintings are fifteenth or sixteenth century and many of them are no bigger than an A4 sheet of paper. But it is this very intimacy, the fact that you have to get up close and personal, that contributes to their attraction . . .
For centuries artists have been fascinated by circus performers of all kinds – Toulouse Lautrec, Picasso, Marc Chagall and Dame Laura Knight’s colourful work are all well-known. Britt van Eijk’s exhibition of drawings is a perfect illustration of how the arts can overlap and feed off each other.
GROUND is a one-day festival for ground-breaking art, knowledge, design and music. On Saturday, March 17, 2018, more than 40 artists, thinkers, designers and musicians from the Netherlands and abroad will be guests in The Hague. The program is a combination of theater, lectures, debates, film, concerts and exhibitions.
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…
Jan Steen is famous for his paintings of naughty scenes and slightly dysfunctional families. Yet he was also an excellent portrait painter. The Mauritshuis is currently highlighting yet another side of Jan Steen – his history paintings.
Visitors are introduced to the exhibition through a short video and a catalogue is available for those who crave more information about Japanese history, the Samurai, Japanese theatre, the armour exhibited.
This is Stefan Tcherepnin’s first institutional solo exhibition and his Masters will surely charm most visitors. Mad or not, these are giant puppets which could have escaped from the Muppet Show. It takes some time to realise not all is what it seems. On entering, visitors meet a white Mad Master. Like Tcherepnin, he is a musician . . .
