Annabel Simjouw, Author at Spiegeloog

Art Affairs: Adorned – The Fashionable Show

What do you do when everyday images do not resemble you or your close ones, appearance-wise? Tyler Mitchell, a 26-year-old american photographer, took inspiration and…

Annabel SimjouwMarch 2, 2020

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 401: Dreams

Art Affairs: Dreams – Monet’s Garden

Monet's famous paintings of his water lilies would almost not have existed. When Monet moved to Giverny, France in 1883, his neighbours heavily opposed his…

Annabel SimjouwFebruary 10, 2020

Camera Obscura Spiegeloog 401: Dreams

Camera Obscura: And Then We Danced

Does dancing give you the opportunity to break free from the rules? In the Georgian movie And Then We Danced, we follow Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani),…

Annabel SimjouwFebruary 3, 2020

Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

Writing about Schizophrenia

What does it mean to have schizophrenia? And what is the status of ‘Schizophrenia’ as a concept in our current time? Annabel reviews two books:…

Annabel SimjouwJanuary 24, 2020

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

Art Affairs: Writing about Psychology – Rothko & me

The exhibition Rothko & me consists of a single painting, Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 and has to be visited alone. Upon entering you’re…

Annabel SimjouwJanuary 8, 2020

Spiegeloog 400: Psychology & Writing

Joker: A Dangerous Movie?

No movie has recently stirred up quite the debate like Todd Phillips’ Joker. Numerous articles have been written about the movie, long before it came…

Annabel SimjouwJanuary 6, 2020

Spiegeloog 399: Attention

On Stigma and Art

With the rise of the discussion on stigma regarding psychological disorders, a vary of parties have picked up on the battle against this. One of…

Annabel SimjouwDecember 22, 2019

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 399: Attention

This exhibition questions the concept of ‘one shared reality’

In a new exhibition by Beautiful Distress, Yasmijn Karhof asks patients and employees of King County Hospital about their concept of reality.

Annabel SimjouwOctober 4, 2019

Art Affairs

Art Affairs: Money – Ed van der Elsken

‘I want to make movies as an individual expression, not to make money.’ Ed van der Elsken, a Dutch photographer, seemed to care little about money.…

Annabel SimjouwJuly 16, 2019

Art Affairs

Art Affairs: Space – Dolf Verlinden

How does art relate to the space it finds itself in? Where does the artwork end and where do its surroundings begin? These are some…

Annabel SimjouwJune 24, 2019

Camera Obscura

Camera Obscura: Le grand bain

‘Asquare will never fit into a circle’. The opening line of Le grand bain, a movie by French director Gilles Lellouche, seems like a plea…

Annabel SimjouwJune 20, 2019

Art Affairs

Art Affairs: Meaning – Hockney & Van Gogh

The Van Gogh Museum recently opened an exhibition on David Hockney and Vincent van Gogh: The Joy of Nature. Even though Van Gogh and Hockney…

Annabel SimjouwMay 21, 2019

Art Affairs

Art Affairs: Anxiety – Art brut

‘Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn't bore.’ These words belong to Jean…

Annabel SimjouwApril 17, 2019

Art Affairs

Art Affairs: Speed

The word kinetic means causing movement, or relating to movement. Kinetic art originated around 1900, when kinetic art pioneer Naum Gabo first started experimenting with…

Annabel SimjouwJanuary 18, 2019

Art Affairs

Art Affairs: Sex

Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a man known for his love for women. The women and sex in his life…

Annabel SimjouwJanuary 18, 2019