De kunstenaar Kendell Geers en verzamelaar Sindika Dokolo zochten in de collectie van de laatste naar het wezen van Afrikaanse … More
Category: Museum
Fascinating and well made show in Centre Pompidou with the theme: Préhistoire une énigme moderne
Préhistoire une énigme moderne in Centre Pompidou Summary of the introduction of the exhibition In what way does the emergence … More
Black models: from Géricault to Matisse
Last week I travelled to Paris to see the exhibition Black models in Musée d’Orsay (and to do research for … More
Kenwood House: take two
In 2007 I visited Kenwood House, With Elizabeth McGrath and Avinash Kumar Puri. They showed me the exhibition Dido Elizabeth … More
Escape from Amsterdam to Utrecht: Centraal museum
To start with: my Favourite of this day is Hendrick ten Brugghen Yesterday (15-2-2019) opened in the Centraal Museum in … More
Films made for the exhibition Black is beautiful. Rubens to Dumas (2008)
In the coming years many Dutch museums, and possibly foreign ones, will pay attention to ‘black’ people in European visual … More
Almost finished: Paintings by Angelika Kauffmann, curls in marble by Canova and others in the Hermitage Amsterdam
Hermitage Amsterdam: Classic Beauties or the Curly Century All over mid-eighteenth century Europe many ondertook the Grand Tour: a pilgrimage … More
2018 exhibitions: Rijksmuseum
2018 Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam High society: Four centuries of glamour ‘Top international art in the Rijksmuseum, from Cranach to Velázques … More
Must see: Jan Švankmajer in Eye Filmmuseum
Jan Švankmajer. The Alchemical Wedding Curated by Jaap Guldemond, with Marente Bloemheuvel. In Eye Filmmuseum Amsterdam 15 December 2018- 3 … More
Afrikanen aan de hoven van de Pruisen
In het boek Cupido en Sideron. Twee Moren aan het hof van Oranje, zitten aan het eind een aantal extra … More
