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Art Affairs: From Structure to Chaos

There is a moment, somewhere halfway through the Kandinsky exhibition at H’ART Museum, Amsterdam, where you wonder if you’re still seeing the paintings of a…

Arya MallikMay 5, 2025

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 437: Direction

Art Affairs: The Great Wall Walk

On the 30th March 1988, at opposite ends of The Great Wall of China, Marina Abramoviç and Ulay embarked on a 3 month journey, walking…

Sandra HernándezMarch 21, 2025

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 435: Fantasy

Art Affairs: What Separates Flesh from Code?

Photography Through the Lens of AI, a project by Foam, delves into the intersection of art, technology, and society. This exhibition spotlights how advances in…

Sara Fontecha MorganNovember 20, 2024

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 424: Irrational

Art Affairs: Theatre of Broken Memories

Searching for truth and justice in politics and history is an excruciatingly frustrating endeavour, as can be experienced at a current FOAM exhibition. The visitor…

Ann-Kathrin AruiFebruary 17, 2023

Art Affairs Culture Spiegeloog 423: Pride

Art Affairs: YOUTH

To me, pride is an ever-shifting concept, informed by the values of each new generation. Whereas national pride, for example, might still be salient in…

Berenike SimonJanuary 24, 2023

Art Affairs Spiegeloog 422: Solace

Art Affairs: Stray

When brainstorming the possible museum exhibits I could visit for this issue, several came to mind; the WONDR experience, Upside Down, NXT Museum, really anything…

Anushka SabhanamDecember 20, 2022

Art Affairs Culture Spiegeloog 421: Reflections

Art Affairs: Feel Enveloped in the Hug of a Swan

Nhu Hua Xuan. I'm home late, don't you care where I've been? Extract from the series 'Honey Baby', 2020. Nhu Xuan Hua, French-Vietnamese artist, features…

Anushka SabhanamNovember 2, 2022

Art Affairs Culture Spiegeloog 402: Appearances

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 Culture 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

Art Affairs Culture 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

Art Affairs Culture 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 Culture

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 Culture

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

Art Affairs Culture

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 Culture

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 Culture

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 Culture

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