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Les Nabis uit Hermitage Petersburg in volle glorie te zien aan de Amstel

In de grote zaal van de Hermitage Amsterdam is de muzieksalon van zakenman en kunstverzamelaar Ivan Morozov nagebouwd. De zaal waar normaal de topstukken van de exposities aan de Amstel hangen, laat nu zien hoe de muziekkamer van Morozovs Moskouse stadspaleis eruit zag. Met vleugel en al. Maar bovenal: met de wanddecoraties van Maurice Denis, die speciaal hiervoor opdracht had gekregen. Voor een keer hebben deze schilderingen de Hermitage verlaten, zodat ook St. Petersburg kan werken aan een zelfde reconstructie. De kans is klein dat ze St. Petersburg daarna nog verlaten. 
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How to choose from the profusion offered by the Tefaf

Stel je heb een klein kapitaal op zak. En je gaat een dagje naar de Tefaf. Dat is een feestelijk gevoel: een kunstcadeau voor jezelf. Maar eenmaal binnen is de kans groot dat de schrik je om het hart slaat. Want hoe te kiezen uit 30.000 objecten? In die 265 stands van vermaarde galeries uit twintig landen: Argentinië, Verenigde Staten, Canada, Italië, Japan, Canada?En in welke hoek ga je op zoek? Oudheden? Of modern, antiquair, design? Ga je voor een beeld, een doek,  sieraad, stoel of een boek?...

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Fiction in dance films, (how) does it work? Good question at festival Cinedans

Fransien van der Putt, together with choreographer and dance filmmaker Angelika Oei, saw five new Dutch dance films during Cinedans. Some of the results were promising. The films all transcended the level of visual gimmick. In its place is a struggle with fiction and physical credibility.

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Peter the Great: the curious tsar is back in Amsterdam

Het Nederland-Rusland jaar gaat van start en waar kun je beter mee dan beginnen dan met een expositie gewijd aan de beroemdste Rus allertijden? In de Hermitage Amsterdam is dan ook de tentoonstelling ‘Peter de Grote, een bevlogen tsaar’ te zien. Een biografische expositie die draait om zijn leven, oorlogen, passies, verzamelingen en bovenal zijn grenzeloze nieuwsgierigheid. Die brachten hem met twee reizen naar Amsterdam en inspireerden hem om zijn land te hervormen. Zonder hem, had het huidige ...

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'A lot of art is too much about pleasing'

It started with an email out of the blue. Artist Joncquil had Googled my website and was struck by the name. I myself had almost forgotten how I had ever come up with the name, Joy of Irony: a song by the legendary, highly underrated English noise/metal band Fudge Tunnel. Joncquil came to my site because of his expo at the time, Himmel und Joy. He had read some of my pieces and introduced himself. Maybe one day we could have coffee to talk a bit about art.

Thus it happened.

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Peter van Onna: 'Treaty of Utrecht is also topical now'

Three hundred years ago, the Treaty of Utrecht was signed, bringing an end to both the War of Spanish Succession, and the War of Queen Anne. Remarkably, this peace treaty was not negotiated on the battlefield, but at the negotiating table. It took a year and a half for the many parties to come to an agreement, and the treaty counts as the beginning of... 

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Internetters kunnen reageren op plan afschaffing CKV

Minister Bijsterveld van OCW gaat het land vragen om advies. Deze week is een zogenaamde internetconsultatie van start gegaan over het voornemen van haar ministerie om de Culturele en Kunstzinnige Vorming van Havo en VWO scholieren af te schaffen. 'het Veld' kan nu reageren, dus wij stellen voor dat u uw mening, en vooral uw inhoudelijke argumenten aan het ministerie kenbnaar maakt, via deze link: http://internetconsultatie.nl/bovenbouwhavovwo.
Zelf doen we al even een voorzetje, dat natuurlijk ...

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'Beading' at the Leiden Cloth Hall is a boundless experience

'Pearls' is an exhibition with the limitlessness, fantasy and dreamlike vistas that come with a fairy tale. Associations with the pearl roll in all directions. Those who wander around in 'Pearls' forget for a moment everything to do with sober everyday reality. Pearls appear everywhere. The artworks belonging to this exhibition are scattered among the fixed... 

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Artists paint artists in 'We, the Artists'

Unruly Gallery, a tiny underground art gallery on Amsterdam's Cliffordstraat, presents the group exhibition We, the Artists. Featuring portraits of artists created by other artists. How self-referential do you want it to be? Very worthwhile nonetheless. Unruly Gallery is one of the few artist-run galleries in Amsterdam with a refreshing do-it-yourself attitude. The gallery was set up by Niels Meulman and Adele... 

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Science shows: the story accompanying a work of art is more important than the art itself

It has finally been scientifically proven: a work of art does not stand alone. A work of art is only truly appreciated when the viewer is told that it is real art. British professor Martin Kemp conducted research with brain scans at Oxford University and provided proof that the way we look at art is "completely irrational". The research... 

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Exhibition Sketches of Beauty sheds new light on metre-long sketch designs for 'Gouda Glasses'

The stained-glass windows of the Sint-Janskerk in Gouda, known as the Gouda Glasses for short, are famous abroad. Domestically, the colourful splendour and artistic value of the sometimes 20-metre-high windows is less well known. Even less known are the paper sketches for these windows, which have recently been restored. The exhibition 'Sketches of beauty', opened by Queen Beatrix, closes... 

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Dancers of Busy Rocks combine rigour with lightness and humour in 'Studium'

Studium by Busy Rocks - photo Teodora Mihai
It is nothing new that simple movements, close to the everyday, are given a place in dance performances. But the particular way they are constructed and highlighted in 'Studium' by Belgian group Busy Rocks makes you look at them with fresh wonder.
Drie van de vier dansers, donker gekleed, gaan in zorgvuldig uitgedachte houdingen tegen elkaar aan op de grond liggen. Op deze constructie van lichamen neemt een danseres,...

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Shukshin's Stories: a 'gypsy boy-with-trane' painting by a grand master. #hf10

The Russian soul. So there is something about that. And you get something from that when you see a Chekhov play (if done well), or read one of his short stories. Or when you read the works of Tolstoi, Dostoevsky or any other inhabitant of that vast nothingness east of Poland. Or seeing the paintings, which a few... 

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