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Art with a Capital A
Madeleine Bosscher (1942) Art with a Capital A—that’s how the Province of North Brabant regards its art collection, which received special attention last summer thanks to exhibitions devoted to the Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930–2017) at the Textile Museum in Tilburg and in ’s-Hertogenbosch. The largest work in the provincial collection is by her, aptly…… Read more
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Exhausted
Jonas Staal, New World Summit – Utrecht (2016) BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, i.s.m. Universiteit Utrecht. Foto: Nieuwe Beeldenmakers An influential art historian once said that exhaustion is the reason every avant-garde eventually comes to an end. An irrevocable end, not to be recuperated in some neo-this or neo-that. He was referring to art movements, but…… Read more
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Ring in the Season
(foto: Maarten Sprangh) In theaters, summer begins early. Regular programming has to make way for festivals. They erupt in full force in June. I’m a fan of some festivals—media art festivals, theater festivals, and music festivals—though I usually skip the big pop and choir festivals. Still, over time, something has changed. My interest in the…… Read more