Art Diary
 

Our Selection for the Spring Season 

Rubens, Van Dyck and Jordaens
The Hermitage Amsterdam presents a stunning selection from the Flemish art collection of the St. Petersburg Hermitage: 75 paintings and about 20 drawings including numerous masterpieces by the three giants of the Antwerp School, Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens.
A legend in his day, Rubens will be represented by many drawings and 17 paintings including one of his masterpieces, the famous Descent from the Cross (c. 1618) that depicts Christ’s suffering with compelling drama, and has never before been displayed outside of St. Petersburg.
Dates: September 17 - March 16 (2012)
Location: Hermitage, Amsterdam
For more information, please visit www.hermitage.nl  


Azzedine Alaïa in the 21st Century
This exhibition displays the most fantastic Alaïa fashion creations of the last ten years. Alaïa is one of the last major couturiers still active. Tunisian-born Azzedine Alaïa is one of the most important fashion designers of the last decades and his name stands for glamour, sensuality, style, cut, self-confidence, comfort and, of course, sex appeal. His range of clothing has received great acclaim from celebrities.
Dates: December 11 - May 6, 2012
Location: Groninger Museum, Groningen
For more information, please visit: www.groningermuseum.nl  

Judaism: A World of Stories
In the winter of 2011-2012, De Nieuwe Kerk and the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam will present an exhibition about Judaism. With more than 500 objects on display, this exhibition will tell the fascinating story of 3,000 years of Jewish religion, culture, art and history, the chronicle of a world religion that takes diverse international forms but has always held on to its identity. The exhibits come from internationally renowned museums and private collections, and most of them will be on display in the Netherlands for the first time.
Dates: December 17 - April 15, 2015
Location: De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
For more information, please visit: www.nieuwekerk.nl  

Chuck Close – Prints, Process and Collaboration
American painter and photographer Chuck Close (1940) is one of the best-known portrait artists since the 1960s. Most of his paintings are large portraits based on photographs of family or friends. With approximately 125 works ranging from 1972 to the present day, the exhibition Prints: Process and Collaboration at the Kunsthal Rotterdam provides a comprehensive overview of his work. The exhibition demonstrates Close's creative process, which comprises several time-consuming phases and proofs, from concept through to the final version.
Dates: January 28 - May 6, 2012
Location: Kunsthal, Rotterdam
For more information, please visit: www.kunsthal.nl

TEFAF – The European Fine Art Fair
As a visitor to TEFAF Maastricht you will be present at an outstanding event, one that offers the best choice of the very best in fine art. You will have a unique chance to view and to buy paintings from Bruegel to Bacon as well as objects reflecting 6,000 years of excellence in the applied arts. Nowhere else will you find such an elegantly displayed selection of genuine masterpieces from 260 of the world’s most prestigious international dealers from 16 countries, and nowhere else will you find such rigorous investigation of their quality, condition and authenticity. Every item is checked by one of 29 vetting committees made up of over 175 internationally respected experts.
At the fair, you will find yourself in such a distinguished and stimulating company of dealers, academics, art critics, and collectors. During the week of the fair, anyone who is anyone in the field of fine art will be at TEFAF Maastricht. Here you will find: 20th-century Decorative Art, Porcelain and Ceramics, Jewellery, Snuff Boxes and Miniatures, Oriental and Asian Art, Primitive and Pre-Columbian Art, Clocks and Barometers, Books, Manuscripts and Maps, Photography, Textiles, Carpets and Tapestries, Old Masters, Arms and Armour, and much, much more.
Dates: March 16- 25, 2012
Location: MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Center), Maastricht
For more information, please visit: www.tefaf.com  
 

Klee and Cobra. A Child’s Play
Klee en Cobra reveals the mutual fascination of both Paul Klee and the Cobra artists for the wondrous, imaginary world of the child. In all, over 130 masterpieces by Klee and 120 Cobra highlights - including works by Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Eugène Brands, Asger Jorn and Pierre Alechinsky - have been brought together from collections in several countries. Dates: through April 22
Location: Cobra Museum, Amstelveen
For more information, please visit: www.cobra-museum.nl

Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens – Flemish Painters from the Hermitage
Enjoy numerous masterpieces from the Flemish Art collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, presented for the first time in the Netherlands!
This exhibition includes 75 paintings and about 20 drawings by three big names of the Antwerp School: Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens, accompanied by works of some well-known contemporary artists.
Dates: through June 15
Location: Hermitage Amsterdam, Amsterdam
For more information: www.hermitage.nl

Wall Painting – Angela Bulloch
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art present a parallel exhibition by Angela Bulloch. Her wall painting Bodyspacemotionthings (2011) is on view in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningens, while her solo exhibition Short Big Drama is exhibited in Witte de With. This wall painting exhibition is part of the Rules Series, which Bulloch has been developing since the ‘90s. Dates: until April 9
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
For more information: www.boijmans.nl

Pophouse! Exhibition by Evelyne Janssen
Evelyne Janssen will be exhibiting her playful, associative and disordered miniature universe in her exhibition “POPHOUSE!” – a fusion of the English term “dollhouse” and its Dutch translation “poppenhuis”.
Since her youth, Janssen has been collecting toys and other objects, which she assembled, creating a miniature universe that will be installed in the four spaces known as the cloverleaf, as well as in the broom cupboard next to it
Dates: February 11 - August 12
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
For more information: www.boijmans.nl

Second Nature – Guy Tillim
In collaboration with the Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town, Huis Marseille Museum of Photography presents the Second Nature – Photographic works by Guy Tillim.
After 10 years of working as a freelance photographer for local and foreign media, Guy Tillim moved from photojournalism to a much more humane and subtle approach to his themes. His photographs depict vividly colourful landscapes of South Africa – images that live long in the mind and never fail to stir up emotions
Dates: March 2 - June 3
Location: Huis Marseille Museum of Photography, Amsterdam
For more information: www.huismarseille.nl

Terry O’Neill – 50 Years at the Top
This exhibition is held to celebrate 50 years of Terry O’Neill’s iconic photographs. O’Neill has become one of the world’s most popular photographers, famous for his collectible photos such as the ones with Brigitte Bardot smoking a cigar, Frank Sinatra with his bodyguards sauntering down the Miami boardwalk, and Faye Dunaway the morning after her Oscar win. His work plays an important role in forming our very notion of celebrity.
Dates: March 3 - April 21
Location: Eduard Planting Gallery, Amsterdam
For more information: www.artslant.com

God Save the Queen – Punk in the Netherlands
This exhibition covers the period 1977 – 1984, when the Dutch youth decided to break free from serious situation of crisis, high unemployment, housing shortage and the nuclear bomb threat, and focuses on the revival of this period. Central Museum Utrecht proudly presents works by Walter Dhan, Georg Dokoupil, Americans Keith Haring, Rammellzee and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Dates: March 3 - June 10
Location: Central Museum Utrecht, Utrecht
For more information: http://centraalmuseum.nl  

Collection Exchange between Istanbul Museum of Modern art and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, in cooperation with Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Istanbul Modern), presents a unique exhibition organised by the Chief Curator of Istanbul Modern. Works from the Istanbul Modern, which is the only museum for contemporary art in Turkey and attracts more than 1,500 visitors every day, will be shown in Rotterdam while a selection of works from the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen will be exhibited in Istanbul. Note that this is the first large-scale show of contemporary art from Turkey in Rotterdam.
Dates: March 10 - June 10
Location: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
For more information: www.boijmans.nl 

Masterpieces from the Mauritshuis Presented at the Gemeentemuseum The Hague
Around 100 highlights from the Mauritshuis Museum’s collection, including Vermeer’s View of Delft, Potter’s The Bull and Rembrandt’s Anatomical Lesson, will be on display in the Gemeentemuseum The Hague.
This unique collaboration is the result of the Mauritshuis’s plans for expansion and renovation, which is due to take place between April 28, 2012 and mid-2014. During this period, you can still enjoy Mauritshuis tours and education events as well as the museum shop at the Gemeentemuseum The Hague.
Dates: April 28 - mid 2014
Location: Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
For more information: www.gemeentemuseum.nl

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