‘This book presents the lives of two black servants at the court of stadholder William V. Sideron arrived from Curaçao…
Also seen in London: Only Human by Martin Parr in NPG April 2019
Because I am organizing, mapping and naming the research I did this year, I come across exhibitions that I have…
From the Black is beautiful. Rubens to Dumas catalogue: Battling Siki by Isaac Isreaels
Because I receive more and more requests from abroad for the exhibition catalogue Black is beautiful, Rubens to Dumas from 2008, I…
From the Black is beautiful. Rubens to Dumas catalogue: Dutch hero Anton de Kom
Because I receive more and more requests from abroad for the exhibition catalogue Black is beautiful, Rubens to Dumas from 2008, I…
From the Black is beautiful. Rubens to Dumas catalogue: Charles Roelofsz
Because I receive more and more requests from abroad for the exhibition catalog Black is beautiful, Rubens to Dumas from 2008, I…
From the Black is beautiful. Rubens to Dumas catalogue 2008: ‘Le Bal Nègre’ in Paris
Because I receive more and more requests from abroad for the exhibition catalog Black is beautiful, Rubens to Dumas from…
Best of 2019 in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam? Walid Raad?
Possibly the best exhibition to be seen this year in the Stedelijk Museum was that of Walid Raad. At least…
‘Uw Onderdanigsten en gehoorzame Dienaar G. Sideron’. Onderdanig? Niet echt.
‘Uw Hoog Wel Geboren Onderdanigsten en Gehoorzame Dienaar G Sideron’. Dat staat geschreven onder de eerste brief van de zwarte…
De bijzondere entourage van een prinses
Tijdens mijn onderzoek naar de twee jongens Willem Frederik Cupido, van de kust van Guinea, en Guan Anthony Sideron, uit…
Suriname in the Picture
Dit najaar (2019) staat Suriname, in Nederland, in verschillende tentoonstellingen centraal. In Amsterdam alleen al in de Nieuwe Kerk met…
Uit Kaapstad: Indrukwekkende grote en kleine werken van Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi
Negen jaar geleden ontmoette ik Ndikhumbule Ngqinambi voor het eerst bij de Thami Mnyele Foundation (Thami Mnyele is een…
