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Telling Stories of Slavery, One Person at a Time A new exhibition in Amsterdam reconstructs personal histories to confront the Netherlands’ extensive and little discussed involvement in the international trade of enslaved people during the colonial era. Eveline Sint Nicolaas, left, and Valika Smuelders, curated the exhibition “Slavery” at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.Credit...Ilvy Njiokiktjien for The New York Times By Nina Siegal June 4, 2021, 5:07 a.m. ET AMSTERDAM — An ornate tortoi...

Rijksmuseum receives exceptional seascape by Ludolf Bakhuysen Ludolf Bakhuysen, A Seascape with Figures by a Boat on a Shore, 1667, Donation Broere Charitable Foundation, 2021. AMSTERDAM .-The Rijksmuseum has received an exceptional seascape by Ludolf Bakhuysen as a gift from the Broere Charitable Foundation. A Seascape with Figures by a Boat on a Shore shows a serene view of the beach at Huisduinen, a village near Den Helder in the Netherlands. Ludolf Bakhuysen, who painted the panel in 1667, ...

The NL Times reports that the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently opened its first major exhibition devoted to the subject of slavery. The exhibition titled, The Slavery, was formally unveiled by King Willem-Alexander during a live broadcast on NPO1. The Guardian’s Andrew Boffeywrites, “The Slavery exhibition, showcasing 140 objects, ranging from two Rembrandt portraits of married and…

New Film: “New Light, the Rijksmuseum and Slavery” The Rijksmuseum recently opened its groundbreaking exhibition on the history of slavery in the Netherlands, “Slavery.” [Also see previous post .] During the past few years, Suriname-born director Ida Does have been working with the Rijksmuseum, filming behind the scenes in Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, and Suriname, to observe how the preparations by the curators of the museum took shape. It resulted in her latest film New Light, the Rijk...

A new exhibition called Slavery has opened in Amsterdam amid suggestions it’s an issue that affects all Dutch people. Why? Isn’t it solely the responsibility of those linked to the slave trade to atone for their forefathers’ sins?

Slavery exhibition, Photo: Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has unveiled its landmark exhibition, “Slavery” (through August 29), an unprecedented survey of 10 personal stories of those who were involved in the slave trade, either as profiteers or victims, as it made its way across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and into the Netherlands’ various colonies. The show, which has been four years in the making, includes 140 objects from the 17th through 19th centuries, and includes tw...

Gold, ivory and human beings: New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery Firstpost 4 hours ago The Associated Press © Provided by Firstpost Gold, ivory and human beings: New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery Amsterdam: The delicacy of one of the first objects in a new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the artistically interwoven letters GWC — used to brand the initials of a Dutch tr...

AMSTERDAM — The delicacy of one of the first objects in new exhibition at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum belies its brutality. At the end of a thin iron rod are the artistically interwoven letters GWC — used to brand the initials of a Dutch trading company into the skin of enslaved workers. The stark contrast between finery and brutality, wealth and inhumanity is a recurring pattern at the museum’s unflinching exhibition titled, simply, “Slavery,” that examines the history of Dutch involv...

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Top Dutch Museum Directors Condemn a Proposed Law That Would Mandate Coronavirus Testing for Museum Visitors Museum leaders fear the added burden and expense would further hinder attendance. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Photo by Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty Images. A new bill coming to a vote today in Dutch parliament has prompted outcry from the heads of the Netherlands’ most prominent museums, as well as leaders from theater and cultural institutions. The €1 billion law would establish regi...