This virtual Advent Calendar consists of works of art I have seen during the past year and which made a great impression on me. The Calendar is featured with daily posts on my social media, …
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Book Review: Mondrian & Steiner
Last year, a wonderfully insightful book on the relationship between Piet Mondrian and Rudolf Steiner was published, written by art historian Jacqueline van Paaschen. She is an expert on the Zeeland circle of artists, which …
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CHAPTER: Encounters. The Art of Interfaith Dialogue
During a decade artist Nicola Green has attended interfaith meetings around the world. Not as a participant, but as a witness. Allowed to sketch and take photographs, the resulting series “Light” and “Encounter” constitute a …
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ISRLC 2019 Panel: Visionary Truths
I am very proud to announce a new activity by the Visionary Artists, Visionary Objects (1800-now) research network. Between 28-30 September, four of the network members are participating in a panel at the biennial conference of the International …
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AWARD: Mondrian research
At the end of June 2018, I had the privilege of attending the Company of Ideas Forum of the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park at beautiful Hornby Island. My research project on the visionary dimensions in …
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LECTURE OUDE KERK: Picturing the Divine
On 21 June, I gave a lecture during the symposium “The Resurrection of the Lost Image” in the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam. This symposium was organized on occasion of the installation Anastasis by Italian artist Giorgio Andreotta …
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REVIEW: Reading Religion
Previously published at Reading Religion, the book review website of the American Academy of Religion. Published in a hefty and expensive hardcover edition in 2014, The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts is now available …
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REVIEW: Reading Religion
The topic of inter-religious dialogue is very popular. Visual arts can play a crucial role in facilitating such a dialogue. In the book The Ecumenism of Beauty several authors share insights and experiences of how art opened …
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AWARD: Teylers Theological Society
I am honored by the decision of the Teylers Theological Society, to award my essay collection In Pursuit of the Sacred: The Museum as Laboratory in the Contemporary Quest for God a gold medal. I …
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ARTICLE: The Burlington Magazine
The February edition of the international art historical journal The Burlington Magazine features an article I wrote about how Piet Mondrian’s painting “Lozenge Composition with Yellow Lines” came to The Netherlands. Lozenge composition with yellow lines, …
