On February 27, the ArtWorlds foundation will bring the beautiful performance Égalité, by artist Elena Kovylina to Amsterdam. A human horizon will emerge on the Museumplein, an ultimate visualization of the idea of equality through diversity. …
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PROJECT: Performance Égalité on Museumplein (EN)
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ARoS REVIEW: Monet – Lost in Translation
Translating Monet Around the time that ARoS Art Museum opened its major exhibition on French painter Claude Monet, several US art museums were facing protests outside their buildings. A small group of protesters rallied against …
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Column: The Fountain of Abramovic
This is a translation of a column that was featured on the website of the Association of Dutch Art Historians and in the Dutch local newspaper Harlinger Courant on February 20, 2014. ‘Extreme artist designs fountain …
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Blog post: How a 2014 film made a 1912 painting come to life
The other week I went to see the film Samba. A film by the creators of Intouchables, the major French film hit of 2011. Samba was advertised with a poster at the bus stop nearby my …
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Paper presentation: Religion, Art & Conflict
Next week (on Dec. 5-6) a conference titled Religion, Art & Conflict: Disputes, Destruction and Creation will take place at the wonderful Courtauld Institute of Art in London. During this conference, I will be speaking about one …
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Column VNK: Het Feestje van Dumas
Deze column schreef ik voor de website van de Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici. Het Feestje van Dumas Al zou je willen, er was geen ontkomen aan. Vorige week opende in het Stedelijk Museum de grote …
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Op-Ed Trouw: Rijksmuseum collection is not a toolbox
This is a translation of an op-ed that was featured April 30, 2014 in Dutch newspaper Trouw Rijksmuseum collection is not a toolbox Photo: Olivier Middendorp The Dutch Rijksmuseum invited the philosopher Alain de Botton …
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Recensie: Zwagermans beeldgedicht het sterkst zonder rijm
Afgelopen weken deed ik mee aan een workshop kunstkritiek, georganiseerd door Tubelight en Haarlemse Lente. Ik ging naar de tentoonstelling Zwagerman Kiest in het Teylers Museum en schreef er onderstaande recensie over. Samen met een …
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Artikel Schift: Money Talks
Dit artikel schreef ik voor online cultureel journalistiek magazine Schift Met twee grote Hollywood films over frauduleuze zaken is het grote geld weer een hot topic in de cinema. Een videokunstwerk dat gemaakt werd voordat …
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n.paradoxa article: The Last Supper of Dumas, Edelson & Ohlson Wallin
January 2014 saw the publication of a new issue of n.paradoxa, the international feminist art journal. For this theme issue on Religion, I wrote an article about the role of gender in the use of …
