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Saskia Noor van Imhoff shares insights into her solo show "Mineral Lick" now on view at Grimm Gallery in London.

The Netherlands has always stood out for its capacity to experiment, to try out new ideas and rethink assumptions in an almost fearless, yet rigorous ways.

The high water level in the IJssel River did not flow beyond the limit of the reinforced quay in Deventer. The city said that the water level did not reach the critical point of 6.30 meters above NAP, the average level of the North Sea. The water is slowly receding again, Deventer announced on Thursday. The highest water in the central and western portion of the Netherlands could arrive from Friday through Sunday.

Storm surges, dam breaches and dike collapses: they may be rare, but they still happen. People and pumps therefore have to be standing by to swoop in and clear out excess water to prevent floods, mitigate damage and clean up the mess. Who are these real-life superheroes and what’s their gear?

The Netherlands’ current approach to water defense will likely be enough to keep the country safe against the rising sea levels in the coming decades. “It is technically possible to protect the Netherlands against a sea level rise of up to 3 meters,” according to an interim report by the Sea Level Rise Knowledge Program.