#art in utrecht

[kundst]

Leonie Bos (Dutch)

Three different women (2024)

Illustration for De Volkskrant with the review of the triptych by Catalan author Eva Baltasar.

[livesunique]

 Rupelmonde Estate, Nieuwersluis, Utrecht, Netherlands

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Wordtober day 12: Taa (Swahili)

Lights/lanterns! Zoro getting lost on his bday in Utrecht while it’s St. Maarten

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꧁★꧂

[classic-art-favourites]

The Annunciation by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1629.

[cogumellow]

burn the village, feel the warmth // utrecht, netherlands // 2017 // ©

[lionofchaeronea]

The Happy Violinist, Gerard van Honthorst, ca. 1624

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🇳🇱 View of the Choir and Tower of Utrecht Cathedral - a painting by Jan Hendrik Verheyen from ca. 1829

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[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Adriaen van Utrecht (1599-1652) "Banquet Still Life" (1644) Oil on canvas Located in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Dom Van Utrecht (Sint-Maartenskathedraal) Utrecht, Netherlands

[kundst]

Caren van Herwaarden

Eve & Adam (2023)

watercolour & ink (140 x 50 cm)

#vulnerable #humanfiguredrawing #humanbody

[skelecha1rs]

Still-Life with Hare and Birds on a Ring, Adriaen van Utrecht (1646-1649)

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This year the iconic Rietveld-Schröder House in Utrecht celebrates its 100th anniversary, a welcome opportunity for the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Rietveld’s hometown, to dedicate a rather unusual exhibition to the local hero: for „Kuijer & Rietveld“, running through 18 August, the museum invited sculptor Ruud Kuijer to engage with their unique collection of Rietveld furniture. Up to this point Rietveld has largely been discussed in the context of De Stijl, architecture and furniture design but Kuijer explicitly focuses on the sculptural quality of his furniture designs. Taking up the cue William Hayward provided in his essay for the catalogue of the 1972 Rietveld exhibition at Hayward Gallery, Kuijer juxtaposes his sculptures and select pieces by Gerrit Rietveld. The result are eleven pairings that each address a different sculptural aspect of Rietveld’s furniture and forge a link between his and Kuijer's work: for both artists the material handling and physical process of making is pivotal and it is indeed surprising to explore similarities and differences in the juxtaposition of both artists’ works.

The accompanying catalogue, published recently by nai010 publishers, goes beyond the exhibition and includes a conversation Kuijer and William Hayward had over the different Rietveld/Kuijer pairings that draws the reader’s attention to the particular aspects connecting the sculptures and furniture pieces. Through it the reader gets to understand that there is much more to the juxtaposition than formal aspects but also materials and construction aspects. Kuijer and Hayward dissect both the sculptures and the Rietveld furniture, an approach that also demonstrates the ingenious construction of many of Rietveld’s pieces as well as his careful treatment of materials.

The juxtaposition of Ruud Kuijer’s sculptures and Gerrit Rietveld’s chairs at first sight might seem arbitrary but in fact offers the opportunity to look at well-known pieces from an unusual and largely unexplored perspective. 

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Refugee crisis in Ter Apel, Joyce Overheul, 2023

Based on a news photo, stitched buttons on canvas

[classic-art-favourites]

Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John by Hendrick ter Brugghen, 1625.