Marina Abramović @ Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Exhibition 16 March – 14 July 2024 I have only seen the art performances on YouTube. I must see them in person. So, I went. We all know … Marina Abramović (Belgrade, 1946) is a multidisciplinary artist captivating audiences by exploring art as a…
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Amsterdam
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Grandfather Clock by Maarten Baas
After witnessing two mesmerizing art performance clocks, I had to see the following: The Grandfather Clock 📍Rijksmuseum On display between rooms 0.5 and 0.6; ground floor corridor connecting the Middle Ages halls and the Asian Pavilion. A giant 2-metre modern grandfather clock in real-time featuring a man ‘trapped’ behind the…
Den Haag
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King Willem of NL & LU
I have always noticed this bronze statue whenever I walk past the Binnenhof complex. Some noble guy sitting on a high horse on the Buitenhof, overlooking the Hofvijver lake, in the centre of The Hague. I never give it much thought. A week later when I was visiting Luxembourg, I…
Amsterdam
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Mayor Bosshardt
A monument right here in front of the Dutch branch of “Leger des Heils” on Oudezijds Voorburgwal 14, otherwise known as the Salvation Army. A bronze statue of a lady sitting down by the canal in Amsterdam’s Red Light District is none other than Majoor Bosshardt. The monument was commissioned…
Amsterdam
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Love or Generosity
When the trains suddenly stopped running and I had to take a long route via Amsterdam Zuid … I caught a glimpse of a massive artwork as my bus was making a turn. I had to go back! As it turned out, the gigantic statue is on the forecourt of…
Rotterdam
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Sweepers Clock by Maarten Baas
I was in the neighbourhood of Museumpark, in Rotterdam. Thought I pop by to the Erasmus MC to check out an art installation that I have been curious to witness in person. It is about a clock! Video: a five-second time-lapse recording which represents about a minute and a half…