An appealing approach to creating elegant, worldly interiors that are rooted in the comforts of home. Interior designer Timothy Whealon is beloved for his accessible style, his seamless blend of classic and modern influences, and his skillful use of artwork and antiques, thanks to an extensive knowledge of fine and decorative arts. Whealon's design philosophy finds its roots in classicism; however, he approaches each project with a fresh, twenty-first-century eye that makes it both modern and...

With fifty-three paintings on paper Ed van der Kooy (The Hague, 1956) reflects on the current juncture, at which a volatile pandemic, racial riots and a persistent climate crisis dominate news reports. Sometimes the pictures are dark and intense. Sometimes they just appear to be idyllic, because there is a snake in the grass, disturbing the dream. In a painterly respect, too, nothing seems to be self-evident.

At his request, his daughter Floortje van der Kooy (The Hague, 1993) writes her refl...

Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is het eerste geheel publiek toegankelijke kunstdepot ter wereld. Het depot, ontworpen door MVRDV, staat naast Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in het Museumpark in Rotterdam. Bezoekers zien het resultaat van ruim 170 jaar verzamelen: meer dan 151.000 objecten beeldende kunst en vormgeving zijn ondergebracht in veertien depotruimtes en gerangschikt op materiaal, formaat, en soms op chronologie of geografie. Naast de objecten zijn alle werkzaamheden die komen kijken b...

Belgian artist Gert Robijns has spent the past decade working on his “Reset” concept, wherein the recreation and revaluation of the landscape are key. In 2010, Robijns made a copy of the small town of Gotem, his birthplace, out of white wood and metal on a scale of 75:100, including the church and rectory. From then on, he became dedicated to following this idea of “Reset” in various projects, among them Reset Charbon, a reflection on Limburg’s mining history, and Reset Mobile, a so...

Solidarity has re-entered the global zeitgeist with resounding force in the last decade, driving new thinking to counter the systemic failures and abuses of our society. The Art and Solidarity Reader considers the agency artists, collectives, and art institutions have in building the radical visions of care and solidarity needed to transform the conditions of our collective existence.

Presenting new and historical material, the Reader narrates various micro-histories of artistic solidarity gl...

"Maarten Baas - New Times" deals with the phenomenon of time. The focus is on Baas' series "Real Time", which he has been constantly developing since 2009. In this series, his versatile approach to design, through the use of different disciplines, becomes particularly clear. He combines film, performance, art and design to rethink clocks and thus manages to tell us stories with his design.

De basis voor een nieuwe Kosmotronik is altijd een bestaand object van plastic, zoals een föhn of helm. Deze alledaagse apparaten en objecten worden door de meeste mensen als afval beschouwd zodra ze stuk zijn, maar door beeldend kunstenaar Harry Arling niet. Hij ziet de schoonheid in de afgedankte materialen en recyclet het van afval tot kunst. Inmiddels zijn de magische machines internationaal tentoongesteld en kennen de Kosmotroniks vele liefhebbers.

In 2021 maakte Uitgeverij Komma met Ha...

This lavishly illustrated book records the high profile restoration of Rembrandt van Rijn's 17th century masterpiece, The Night Watch, one of the world's most famous paintings. Many questions about the creation of this work have been answered by extensive technical studies done in conjunction with the restoration. The popular Dutch TV program The Secret of the Master has documented the restoration of The Night Watch in four episodes, assisted in this by various external specialists. This book...

During the summer of the year 2000, Medieval Art Historian Scott Montgomery and Early Modern Historian Alice Bauer undertook the task of retracing the medieval pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. This book documents their thousand-mile, sixty-seven-day journey walking from Le Puy en Velay, France to the tomb of St. James at Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It also examines the historical background and numerous historical lessons gleaned from the experience.

As academics, Montgomery ...