articles that do not fall within our usual remit.
is not only an invitation into the various worlds of each of the site specific works by the 23 artists from almost as many countries, but also an invocation of the past in this evocative three story building. The physicality in this former castle, former boarding school, former institute for those classed as insane, and recently the traces of past exhibitions in this unique building are part and parcel of this invitation to look, see, listen and feel.
It is not exactly next door, but worth a visit: Leeuwarden, European Culture Capital 2018. The city of Mata Hari numbers several museums, ranging from its small gin-museum to the much larger Fries Museum. Leeuwarden’s Princessehof Museum is located in a period building in the town’s historic center. The name of this period building hints…
Slightly out of the area we normally cover (hence its Extracurricular designation) the Westfries Museum is one of those museums where the building itself is as interesting as its exhibits. In its panelled, oak-beamed rooms and via its steep winding staircases you can feel the concentrated power of the 17th century Dutch, a time of abundance of riches.
Extracurricular is a regular feature which enables us to include items that are perhaps outside our normal remit . . . Our reviewer Yannick Eisenaecher has been on a busman’s holiday to the German capital and managed to see two different PARSIFAL’S in a week . . .
