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, …
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ART ADVENT: week 3
This December I am keeping an advent calendar. Advent is traditionally the period during which the celebration of the birth of Christ is anticipated. During my travels over the past few weeks, I have seen …
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ART ADVENT: week 2
This December I am keeping an advent calendar. Advent is traditionally the period during which the celebration of the birth of Christ is anticipated. During my travels over the past few weeks, I have seen …
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ART ADVENT: week 1
This December I am keeping an advent calendar. Advent is traditionally the period during which the celebration of the birth of Christ is anticipated. During my travels over the past few weeks, I have seen …
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PhD: Public Defense Dissertation
When it’s on the net, it’s real. As announced on the website of Tilburg University, in exactly a week from today, on September 12, I will be publicly defending my PhD dissertation. It’s titled “Making Sense …
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RECAP: Égalité in Amsterdam
Exactly one week ago – on Saturday February 27 – 65 participants performed Elena Kovylina‘s artwork Égalité on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. It was a beautiful and impressive performance, for the participants, audience members, and us …
