The role and status of the artist changed fundamentally in the ninetheenth century. Interest grew in the person behind the work and the artist's portrait became a popular genre. Artists were keen to show themselves as individuals as well as painters, while also acting as their own models.

De Engelstalige publicatie 'Wild Park. Commissioning the Unexpected' is geschreven door Jeroen Boomgaard, als zesde deel van de essayreeks van het Fonds BKVB.

'Wild Park' is een essay over het verschil in kwaliteit van kunst in de openbare ruimte. Niet alleen vorm en iconografie bepalen een kunstwerk, ook de functies en betekenissen waarmee het op voorhand wordt opgezadeld. Boomgaard gaat op zoek naar werken die er in slagen te ontsnappen aan de belangen en intenties waarmee een plek beladen ...

The Dutch entry for the 60th edition of La Biennale di Venezia is provided by artist collective Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (CATPC) together with artist Renzo Martens and curator Hicham Khalidi. The exhibition at the Dutch Pavilion in the Giardini is twinned with a presentation at the White Cube in Lusanga (DRC) and is part of CATPC’s ongoing commitment to reclaim land to reintroduce biodiversity, regenerate the soil and provide sustenance for the community in Con...

Even though Gerard Verdijk (1934 - 2005) passed away at the beginning of this century, many still remember him as a striking and versatile artist. From midway the 20th century until the beginning of the 21st century he was active within a wide area of the visual arts. He was a poetic and philosophical man that manifested his creativity through a wide range of materials and techniques. He was a curious man, eager to learn, who travelled through Europe, Turkey, The Middle-East, North-America, A...

Angelika Hasse (Neunkirchen 1960) has lived in the Netherlands for 28 years.

Born and raised in the German Saarland, she completed studies of graphic design at the Fachhochschule in Mainz. She then moved to The Hague, where she worked as a graphic designer.

Following her heart, she chose to become an artist and took lessons at the Free Academy.

Given her years of experience in creating a combination of text and form on assignment, it is not surprising that text fragments appear in her work.

She is partly inspired by advertisements and commercials in magazines to which her parents subscribed. She thus playfully keeps in touch with her German background and language and pays tribute to the stylish design from the fifties and sixties, when craftsmanship had not yet been taken over by the computer...

The Amsterdam painter Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918) was a celebrated portraitist in her time, who combined great talent and technical expertise with a superb head for business. She produced likenesses of the 19th-century Dutch beau monde and members of the royal family in an un-Dutch style, and became a millionaire in the process. She established an international reputation, with countless exhibitions and commissions throughout Europe and the United States.

The apparently effortless brill...

Via Twitter oefende Trump presidentiele macht uit, op een geheel eigen demagogische wijze. Twitter gaf Trump de mogelijkheid om direct met zijn volgers in contact te treden, waar hij dankbaar gebruik van maakte. Via tientallen tweets per dag strooide hij directieven, meningen, beledigingen, intimidaties en oordelen uit die zijn tachtig miljoen volgers gretig lazen. Hij schiep hiermee een parallelle realiteit en een vijandsbeeld. Tegengas van traditionele media werd consequent als ‘Fake News...

Het is onmogelijk om goed grip te krijgen op een landschap, toch leggen we het graag vast. Met een stijgende zeespiegel en de te verwachten regenoverlast, is in het Belgische Vlaanderen het springtij een groot gevaar. Overheid en ingenieurs trachten het water in toom te houden. De Schelde krijgt meer ruimte, dijken worden verlegd, het uitzicht verandert. Dat vraagt om beeldvorming. En iedereen tekent; de kunstenaar, de waterbouwkundige, de landschapsarchitect, ja zelfs de hengelaar maakt noti...

The publication 'jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome' discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It brings together writers from a variety of fields who reflect on the legacy and failures of modernism from the perspective of their individual backgrounds and expertise.

Edited by Lisa Bakker and Eleonoor Jap Sam. With text contributions by (poet) Maria Barnas, (poet) I.K...

'Erraid Sound – Floating Worlds' is an artist book and a short film by the renowned Scottish theatre director Graham Eatough and the Dutch visual artist Andre Dekker, known for his public art with Observatorium.

September 2020 the artists spent one month in the remote coastal landscape to research Erraid Sound, the tidal flat between the Ross of Mull and the Island of Erraid. Through an exploration of our relationship with the natural environment the project offers an artistic response in d...