Mondrian on my wish list A book about the life and work of Piet Mondrian (1892 – 1914) was on my wish list for a while, but for a long time I wasn’t able to find a book which tells the story of Mondrian in the right way. In this matter, ‘the right way’ is also showing the early works of…
Two great books about the key figures of Amsterdam Impressionism Hallelujah for second hand bookstores. A good second hand bookstore can be recognized – in my opinion – by a great variety of available categories, from biology to… art. Last summer, I visited several second hand bookstores in Enschede and Deventer, and found some beautiful art books. In this post, I’d…
In my hometown Enschede, there’s this old gas station, which nowadays is used as an art gallery / cultural meeting point. The lighting in the open spaces of ‘TANKSTATION Cultureel Vulpunt‘ is really special and even a bit mysterious. The exposed ceiling construction and the high windows add an industrial atmosphere to the gallery. There are two exhibition spaces in ‘TANKSTATION Cultureel Vulpunt’.…
Do you know Society6? I din’t, but I’m glad I do now. Society6 is a stylish webshop / community for cool art products, decorated with numerous art prints from artists all over the world. When you feel your house or apartment is in serious need of some fresh decoration, Society6 is a great platform for inspiration. In their webshop, you can find a lot…
Over the last 500 years, art has changed dramatically. But if you watch the fascinating video below, it seems that art changed – in the first place – very fluently…
Art Studio Area in West German city In Enschede, the Dutch city where I live, it’s easy to take a train to Germany. It only takes one hour to get from Enschede to the West German city of Münster. In Münster, there’s a lot of artistic stuff going on. When you only have one day to see Münster, I would…
Sunset photography collage with your iPhone An inspiring idea to start with in the new year: collect a sunset every day, always using the same viewpoint. I made the sunset collage you see below already in 2012. Sunset photography doesn’t have to be difficult, when high resolutions and realistic colors aren’t the most important things. I made my photo’s simply…
A story about a fascinating artist and person I already knew the artist Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011), one of the greatest painters of his time. Or maybe I should say: I knew a few of his works of art. But I didn’t have have a clear picture of the man behind the paintings. If the person Lucian Freud is also a…
A little art gallery and a book store in one, how nice is that? Again, I ‘discovered’ the place where this is really happening in my own home town, Enschede, The Netherlands. I was looking for a new art book for some inspiration, when I saw this red arrow, challenging me to go the next floor. There I found a…
On a nice sunny day in October, we walked to the 21rozendaal art gallery in Roombeek, the area of Enschede where we live. It’s a gallery with free entrance, and it’s always nice to check out the newest exhibition, organized by Concordia. Sometimes I see a few things I like, other times the works of art are not my taste.…