How do museums exhibit the colonial past? Kelly Horan © Mauritshuis, The Hague Jan Mijtens (Dutch, c. 1614–1670), Portrait of Maria of Orange with Hendrik van Nassau-Zuylestein and a Black Child (detail), c. 1655. Oil on canvas.
When the Amsterdam Museum announced, in September 2019, that it would no longer refer to the Dutch Republic’s most robust period of cultural and economic ascendancy as its “golden age” a term that glosses over the gross inequities of the period Sarah Mallory, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Art and Architectural History at Harvard and a scholar of the period, took notice.
“That term, ‘golden age,’ is so integrated into the way that people think about the Netherlands in the 17th century and its incredible flowering of arts and culture,” she says. Think Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Dyck. “It’s also a signal to remember some incredibly important reasons why that [flowering] was able to happen.” Namely:
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Art Rotterdam 2021 summer edition: Indoor and outdoor exhibitions
Müge Yilmaz, A Garden of Coincidences, 2020. Courtesy Nest, Den Haag.
ROTTERDAM
.- The twenty-second edition of Art Rotterdam, once again to be held in the iconic Van Nelle Factory, is taking place at the height of summer from Thursday 1 July to Sunday 4 July. This year, there will be lots to experience and discover outdoors around the building. Apart from large-scale works of art and installations, many of which have been created especially for the occasion, there will also be several food trucks with drinks & bites on the factory grounds. With a surface area of over 10,000 m2, the inside of the factory has room for more than 100 galleries to exhibit the work of up-and-coming and established talents alike. Director of Art Rotterdam Fons Hof comments, We are very much looking forward to welcoming participants and visitors to this unique summer edition of Art Rotterdam. The catalogue is being presented on GalleryV
Here are five things to know about Covid-19 in the Netherlands, which has dominated the election campaign:
Current situation
The Netherlands, which by Tuesday had recorded more than 1.1 million coronavirus infections and more than 16,000 deaths, is currently under its most stringent health measures since the first restrictions started almost exactly a year ago.
There is a 9:00 pm to 4:30 am curfew in place and although schools partially reopened in recent weeks, restaurants and bars remain closed.
Non-essential stores remain shuttered but it is possible to shop by appointment or collection. The infamous Dutch coffee shops are allowed to sell takeaway cannabis, but consumption on the premises is prohibited.
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Dutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday (17 March) for the last day of a three-day parliamentary election, in which Prime Minister Mark Rutte is aiming for a fourth term in office.
Here are five things to know about Covid-19 in
the Netherlands, which has dominated the election campaign:
Current situation
The Netherlands, which by Tuesday had recorded more than 1.1 million coronavirus infections and more than 16,000 deaths, is currently under its most stringent health measures since the first
restrictions started almost exactly a year ago.
There is a 9:00 pm to 4:30 am curfew in place and although schools partially reopened in recent weeks, restaurants and bars remain closed.
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