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What’s the best time to visit Amsterdam and its green backyard De Veluwe? That depends of course on what you’re looking for. In autumn or winter, as the leaves are blown from the trees, Amsterdam’s beautiful gables reappear in their full glory from behind the foliage. Springtime is bright and colourful in Amsterdam. In summer it buzzes with all sorts of outdoors activities and festivals.
ANDRE DE JONG. REVELATIONS THE MERCHANT HOUSE HERENGRACHT 254 WWW.MERCHANTHOUSE.NL 1 FEB TO 21 APRIL André de Jong returns to The Merchant House with new works placed alongside his performative photography in its first public display. The show is made up of two parts, centered on the series St. Sebastian, 2017, and brings to the forefront the artist’s complex themes and methods of working.
THE BAG AS THEATRE TASSENMUSEUM HENDRIKJE HERENGRACHT 573 TASSENMUSEUM.NL TILL 25 FEB Internationally renowned designer Hester van Eeghen, famous for her iconic designs, celebrates three decades of bag and shoe design with the pop-up book One Thousand and One Handbags and the exhibition The bag as theatre. Her clients include Dutch royalty and politicians and international celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Cynthia Nixon and Simon Schama. Hester van Eeghen designs bags with a unique signature.
GAUDÍ AND THE AMSTERDAMSE SCHOOL MUSEUM HET SCHIP AMSTERDAM-WEST OOSTZAANSTRAAT 45, 1013 WG AMSTERDAM HETSCHIP.NL TILL 1 APRIL Museum Het Schip in Amsterdam is delighted to present the exhibition Gaudí and the Amsterdam School from 2 October 2018 to 1 April 2019. With beautiful, imaginative objects designed by the Catalan architect and models of his most famous buildings, like Casa Batlló and the Sagrada Família, the exhibition will highlight the many similarities between Gaudí and the Amsterdam School.
CONNECTING TIME MOCO MUSEUM HONTHORSTSTRAAT 20 MOCOMUSEUM.NL FROM 18 JAN Entering the installation spaces of this exhibition, such as Amethyst Ball Cavern and Eroded Wall Paper Room, feels like stepping into an alternate reality. The artist’s fascination with pop culture objects, sports and the influence of archeology are apparent in these spaces. The show also includes Arsham’s never before presented interactive installation Calcified Room, consisting of a domestic space furnished in mid-century style but created to appear strangely petrified. The calcified room is evocative of a cave interior scaled with minerals, or the city of Pompeii, eternally preserved in ash.
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