Art is about stories and one story in particular: the artist's life. We’ve seen it happen with LSD-trippin’ artists in t…
Tag: paintings
Private opening of the Rijksmuseum: Rembrandt portraits Marten and Oopjen
It's been a while since I first saw Marten and Oopjen in the Rijksmuseum: two life-size portraits by Rembrandt, so reali…
Vik Muniz in Mauritshuis: Dutch masters museum goes contemporary
The beautiful 17th century mansion Mauritshuis in The Hague is the palace of the great Dutch masters. Rembrandt, Potter,…
Arie Schippers exhibition: birds and other animals
No one comes up here after Keith Haring. Except for a few retired friends taking refuge in a bench. We are on the upper …
Late Rembrandt: a master exhibition
On a Friday morning I am to meet one of the people I admire very, very much. As I clear my mind with one last cappuccino…
Depot-art now in Amsterdam Pop Up Museum
Dutch television show De Wereld Draait Door has opened a pop up museum in Amsterdam. The temporary exhibition spaces of …
Confronting art: British paintings of World War I
Today, one hundred years ago the Great War was outliving its expiration date. No one had dared to imagine soldiers would…
Van Gogh discolors, what??
Yesterday it became national news in the Netherlands: light appears to discolor paintings in the Van Gogh museum Amsterd…
Meet Marlene Dumas in Amsterdam
If I could give only one advice to anyone it would be to meet new people. Since I discovered the search option of Linked…