Art in the Netherlands

Do Rineke Dijkstra’s Beach Portraits stand the test of time?

Photography / 3 minutes of reading

Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra utilizes photography in a way that many other contemporary artists do not. Not only do her photographs take on certain characteristics of paintings, but the subjects included appear to be a lot more present and unmediated in accurate and uncontaminated detail. Rineke Dijkstra was born in 1959 in the Netherlands, where […]

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Strijdom van der Merwe – Our top 10

Installations / 4 minutes of reading

“Land art encompasses everything – wind, birds, smell, touch. And my work doesn’t exist until I find it” – Van der Merwe Strijdom van der Merwe is a South African land artist. Growing up as a young boy on a farm just outside of Johannesburg, Strijdom was always taken by the beauty of nature and

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Berndnaut Smilde’s Nimbus – What are his clouds all about?

Photography / 2 minutes of reading

Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde effortlessly creates fluffy, unusual, yet perfect clouds in different indoor locations. For several years, he has practised this and created a series named Nimbus. Clouds & their different meanings Smilde makes his art possible with the use of smoke, air, light or water. Throughout the entire world, the presence of clouds

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Art in the Netherlands

Do Rineke Dijkstra’s Beach Portraits stand the test of time?

Strijdom van der Merwe – Our top 10

Berndnaut Smilde’s Nimbus – What are his clouds all about?

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