Marga van Mechelen

In the Volkskrant newspaper of January 21, following a tumultuous week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sander Schimmelpenninck gives the media a cold shower in his column to cool them down from their euphoria about the former prime minister of the Netherlands, now NATO chief, Mark Rutte. He speaks of ‘chauvinistic folklore’ as…… Read more

The word ‘Hitweek’, ‘the trade magazine’ for ‘twieners’, the name editor Willem de Ridder came up with, still has a magical ring to it. A weekly magazine, or should we call it a newspaper given its format, which was on sale throughout the Netherlands for thirty cents (“drie dubbeltjes”). Magical because it sums up everything…… Read more

Karesansui (Zen garden), installation with works by Shinkichi Tajiri and Ferdi in the exhibition The Restless Wanderer, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht (2 December 2023–12 May 2024) Photo: Marga van Mechelen It is not uncommon, after national elections, for commentators to lament the lack of attention paid to certain issues during the campaign. This time, it was climate…… Read more