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Deeply personal song to me by @madonna and her col

Deeply personal song to me by @madonna and her collaboration with the @theaidsmemorial as part of the #madonnacelebrationtour

It was written shortly after Haring’s AIDS diagnosis and serves now as a tribute to his courage and resilience. Haring died at the age of 31. An entire generation of artists was wiped out during the 80s and 90s

Coming out, you had to ask yourself:
Will I grow Old?🙏🏻
If only I could live to tell..

We can do it now. Thanks to research and activism, nowadays in the Netherlands with @prepnunl and @aidsfonds which I support since my coming out, this deadly disease is now manageable.

Madonna and Keith Haring were two of the most iconic figures of the 80s. They first met in New York City, and their connection was immediate.
In 1984, Haring designed the cover art for Madonna’s single “Like a Virgin.” He also designed the costumes for Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” tour. The album was a critical and commercial smash, and it made Madonna a global superstar

In 1990, Haring was diagnosed with AIDS. Madonna was devastated by the news, and she did everything she could to support him in his final months. She visited him often, and she even helped him to create a final mural in his hospital room😌

Madonna has said that this song was inspired by Haring’s courage and determination in the face of his illness 💪 Great that this song is still included in her 2023 Celebration World Tour🥰
@news_of_madonna

#madonna #keithharing #aidsawareness #worldaidsday #friendship #livetotell #80s #90s #grafittiart #celebrationtour #celebrationtour2023

Now can you see Yayoi Kusama’s art from her peri

Now can you see Yayoi Kusama’s art from her periods in the Netherlands @stedelijk.museum.schiedam

See this! 📽️In Schiedam, 1967, Yayoi body painted #janschoonhoven 🍇She published the Orgy magazine and enjoyed the dutch 🎵 #barrelorgan aka #draaiorgel

If you know #yayoikusuma only via Louis Vuitton, the silver balls or perhaps the fallus cuddle toys. Good news, all these early editions are present too 🥳

#stedelijkmuseumschiedam paints a vivid narrative, showcasing both well-known and underappreciated early works like the spaghetti trousers👖🍝. This exhibit invites you into a detailed exploration of the artist’s formative years. Having attended multiple shows, this one stands out for its focused insights for the period 65-70. I like this approach, it’s not about grandeur but about intimately connecting with the artist’s journey 🔴🟡⚪️

Until February 25

#museumtip #stedelijkmuseumschiedam #yayoi #artreview #japaneseartist #yayoikusamaexhibition #kusamayayoi #polkadots

Now can you see Yayoi Kusama’s art from her peri

Now can you see Yayoi Kusama’s art from her periods in the Netherlands @stedelijk.museum.schiedam

See this! 📽️In Schiedam, 1967, Yayoi body painted #janschoonhoven 🍇She published the Orgy magazine and enjoyed the dutch 🎵 #barrelorgan aka #draaiorgel

If you know #yayoikusuma only via Louis Vuitton, the silver balls or perhaps the fallus cuddle toys. Good news, all these early editions are present too 🥳

#stedelijkmuseumschiedam paints a vivid narrative, showcasing both well-known and underappreciated early works like the spaghetti trousers👖🍝. This exhibit invites you into a detailed exploration of the artist’s formative years. Having attended multiple shows, this one stands out for its focused insights for the period 65-70. I like this approach, it’s not about grandeur but about intimately connecting with the artist’s journey 🔴🟡⚪️

Until February 25

#museumtip #stedelijkmuseumschiedam #yayoi #artreview #japaneseartist #yayoikusamaexhibition #kusamayayoi #polkadots

Romantic getaway in Rotterdam @degroteschijnnl unt

Romantic getaway in Rotterdam
@degroteschijnnl until October 29

Creative by @vanhostauijen @mojoconcerts

Perfect when it rains ☔️, it’s more mysterious and less busy. The footpaths are paved & the whisky punch tastes good! Open till 22pm

#romantic #dreamy #soundscapes #videomapping #kralingsebos #degroteschijn #forestbathing

The works of the architectural inspired designer @

The works of the architectural inspired designer @lisetteschumacher belong to our favourites! Together with @liamillar we visit @artthehague

To me this edition of #artthehague played more safe and I noticed more affordable art. Still happy to discover beautiful abstract art again 😇

Lisette from @rootgallery is now in LA to seek more inspiration from #franklloydwright 🧡to use in her #abstractart paintings. Looking forward to meet you next week in Rotterdam!

We liked the pink works 💓 by @hashimotoai_art @pulchristudio who has her inspiration from the tsunami disaster in Japan. She developed new kinds of organisms

We loved every one of 🖤🤍 @vandecampheesterbeek photos. They are technically flawless and have nearly abstract compositions. You must zoom in to see more details of the #bnwphotography @de_galerie_den_haag

Almost romantic are the 🩵abstract works by
Rob.Regeer (he, who cannot be tagged) represented by @franzisengels

A rediscovery is @lexpott by @postmoderncollection who made this wooden element. It’s a shelf with tree rings. Lex sandblasted the weaker summerperiods wood, leaving only the harder winterperiods left. Great #interiorinspiration 🌳 Count the years ✌️

@artthehague is open this weekend📍@fokker_terminal

@leondebruijne and @willem_van_doorn work: Scaffol

@leondebruijne and @willem_van_doorn work: Scaffolding 🪜, is a kinetic art work painted in warm yellow 💛

Not for rent if you’re planning to paint your house! Their work swings from the left to the right 😇

Part of the #mcmindgames exhibition, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the birth of artist Maurits Cornelis #Escher in 2023 with @thisisthehague

This #kineticart installation was originally intended to harmonize with a surroundings of the Duivelsteen castle in Gent. It’s now situated in the garden of, Lange Voorhout 78, until October 29. That’s next to the @escherinpaleis

Kinetic art is a kind of art that breathes life into inanimate objects. Over a century ago, in 1913, when #marcelduchamp bicycle wheel, designed to spin, displayed as a static piece of art, the antidote, defined the start of a new art revolution

I think Leon and Willem do follow #tinguely #calder #hanshaacke or #theojansen in the history of kinetic art. What do think? 😃

Powerfull graphic design this year at @bigartnl

Powerfull graphic design this year at @bigartnl

My favourites are
💚 @brandner.leonie @facesound
🟪🟨 @paul.tegenbosch
🖤 @domenique_himmelsbach
🤍 @timothyvanoorschot
❤️💙 @tommyhagen.art
💕@yamunaforzani
💙 @nellekebosland
💢 @robbertdegoede

#bigart

Visiting the opening of @boijmans in @rijksmuseum

Visiting the opening of @boijmans in @rijksmuseum with my artist friend @antoinettemhb

We are standing in front of the rainbow-rooftop artwork by @ugorondinone0 🌈 The title "Breathe. Walk. Die."

It reflects the profound cycle of life, from the first breath we take to the final moments we experience. It's a reminder of our journey and the impermanence of existence🙏🏻 #carpediem comes before #mementomori

These green mirrors, with a touch of Rotterdam charm, decorated us for the Infinity Mirror Room’s debut of #yayoikusama

The exhibition is on display until January 14 and shows a curated selection of 90 highlights from the with exhibition design by #irmaboom If you can’t wait another 7 years before the reopening of Boijmans, visit this one😅

#ugorondinone#rondinone#breathewalkdie#rondinone#boijmans#museumboijmansvanbeuningen#artreview

Cute Colourful works at the @rijksmuseum expo exhi

Cute Colourful works at the @rijksmuseum expo exhibition works from the @boijmans museum. Now open in Amsterdam till January 14✨🎨

❤️🖼️ My favourites:

#davidhockney “Two Deckchairs, Calvi” creates a serene atmosphere with a hint of hidden events. 🏖️🖌️ Not a single straight line, despite it first impression

#geertlap ‘s “Colour Triangle Consisting of 21 Bowls” embodies perfection and serenity in hand-turned stoneware 🍶🎨

“The Car” by #marisolescobar takes you on a road trip of freedom in 1964, reminding of life’s unpredictable journey🚗💫

“Corpo d’aria (Body of Air)” by #pieromanzoni challenges the desire to possess the artist’s breath through a balloon, stand, and box💨🎈

“Escuela Julio Mella” captured by #desireedolron in Havana introduces politics into the portraits of school children 📚🇨🇺What a fantastic photo

If you can’t wait till Boijmans will reopens. Do visit the Rijks and see 90 pieces in a fresh light blue setting 🖼️🎨

#painting #photography #installationart #ceramics #conceptualart #rijksmuseum #inclusiveart #artreview

Erwin Olaf🕊️Forever in my 🤍 In 2003, when

Erwin Olaf🕊️Forever in my 🤍

In 2003, when Erwin Olaf just finished the ceiling for the Dutch Embassy in Warsaw, me and @bnster010 met Erwin in a bar in Rotterdam. We knew his work already, but this was the first time we met him. We were intrigued by his life. And we all laughed together when we shared our life stories and future plans. From Erwin I learned the meaning of the word #freedom 🕊️🤍

From that moment on, we met each other with🥂 and Erwin called us the “Boys from Rotterdam”.

Now, 20 years later we have to say goodbye. My thoughts are for Kevin and Shirley😘🥲 @studioerwinolaf

🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️
Repost photo from the excellent 2019 exhibition in @kunstmuseum.nl

@artsayssimon 🙏🏿🙏🏻Sexy Activism in the Hague

The Palm Spring photo series of @studioerwinolaf premieres now in the Gemeente museum. My favorite work is this one: 🇺🇸American Dream, Portrait of Alex

#erwinolaf explores the relationship between a constructed dream world and reality. A white male kneels down. Just like the African-American quarterback #colinkaepernick who knelt during the national anthem in protest at police violence and discrimination. #imwithkap

Even without this story you would recognize his style; sexy and perfectly staged

Simon says: On show until May 12. Many new works worth looking at. Next to that you can find beautifully printed and carefully selected works of his oevre in both the @kunstmuseum.nl and the @fotomuseumdenhaag

Wonderful GRAW days💚 Studio visit of @geertmul

Wonderful GRAW days💚

Studio visit of @geertmul @ackersdijkstraat_20 with @leroyjoey at @grootrotterdamsatelierweekend 🟢

In front of Breaking Dawn Forever. Debuted in 2020 @art_rotterdam via @galerieronmandos 🌳💡Lightbox with slow changing led light

GRAW, or Groot Rotterdam Atelier Weekend, deserves credit for the superb mapping of Rotterdam's 109 sites and ~800 artists👏👏Thanks to @droomendaad for making this happen. If you haven't been able to visit all of them, check out the GRAW website to see all of the sites in Rotterdam for future visits

Every space we visited we met dedicated artists who loved to make art🥰So many former school buildings in Rotterdam are transformed to atelier spaces! I fell in love with Rotterdam again 🥰

#loverotterdam #rotterdamhotspots #rotterdamart #supportthearts #artrotterdam #lightbox #grootrotterdamsatelierweekend #artreview #artsayssimon

This week the exhibition: Loot - 10 Stories opens

This week the exhibition: Loot - 10 Stories opens @mauritshuis_museum and it left me with mixed feelings🔮

Standing with @demunnick in front of the horse head from Brandenburger Gate in Berlin, which was stolen by Napoleon in 1806 before it was returned in 1814

I 💜 the purple exhibition design by @trappedsuburbia and @studiospass for the graphic design. This design takes out all references of a museum, which was intended to do so. The looted objects were carefully selected and created 10 unique and uncomfortable stories, like the horse head

The looted objects can be divided into three moments in time, #colonialism #napoleon and the #ww2 lootings. However, the VR movies were a letdown🔻

Reviewing the VR Horse head experience: They were static, no added narrative or movement, just some birds flying over and napoleon in the background on a horse. It really is missing the golden opportunity to bring the theme of looted art to life

Simon Says: Four stars for the exhibition, one star for the VR. To the museum team; please join me and visit the @dutchdesignweek in October & the Immersive Tech Week @vrdaysfoundation in November in Rotterdam to learn what Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Simulated Reality ànd Extended Reality can do!✌️

#roofkunst #lootedart #mauritshuis #quadriga #colonialism #culturalheritage #arthistory #artreview
📷: the final image is a photo

Looted art @mauritshuis_museum 🔮Ten unique stor

Looted art @mauritshuis_museum 🔮Ten unique stories in Purple

The horse head from Brandenburger Gate in Berlin, was stolen by Napoleon in 1806, the Benin bronze replicas 20c, the Rembrandt Self-Portrait was stolen during ww2. They all tell the stories of #colonialism

#lootedart #cuturalheritage #arthistory #mauritshuis #quadriga beninbronze #rembrandt #purpledesign

Lovely afternoon visit this week. Here we are on t

Lovely afternoon visit this week. Here we are on the Empty Chairs by @maarten.baas in @museumvoorlinden with Margriet & @bnster010

Maarten Baas designed the Empty Chair in 2011 for @amnestynl 🪑 The Empty Chair symbolizes the vacant seat of Liu Xiaobo during the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 in Oslo. The Chinese dissident was unable to collect his award in person due to an 11-year prison sentence

Lui was a Chinese literary critic, human rights activist and philosopher. He passionately advocated for political reforms and campaigned against communist one-party rule in China. Despite his efforts, he faced numerous arrests, earning the titles of China's most prominent dissident and the country's most famous political prisoner. In June 2017, Liu was granted medical parole after being diagnosed with liver cancer, but sadly, he passed away a few weeks later..

The Empty Chair, standing at 5 meters tall, not only represents an unoccupied seat but also serves as a symbolic stairway to heaven 🕊️✨ and look up: one chairs literally goes through the roof of the museum🤩🪜 You can visit the show of Maarten Baas until September 24 in Museum Voorlinden

#emptychairsproject #peace #humanrights #amnestyinternational #liuxiaobo #maartenbaas #artsayssimon

Remember your loved ones😘 Empty chair by @maar

Remember your loved ones😘

Empty chair by @maarten.baas @museumvoorlinden

The chairs were originally made for @amnestynl to not forget those who stood up for freedom☺️

#liuxiaobo #emptychair #emptychairsproject #powerofart #museumvoorlinden #maartenbaaschair #maartenbaas #maartenbaasclay

Cheers to the Summer! ☀️ @waterkantamsterdam 📸 @bnster010

Real gold, fake marble & contemporary art like the

Real gold, fake marble & contemporary art like the gradient ceiling🤍🩵🤍 by #rudivandewint
@koninklijkeverzamelingen

#workfromhome palace of our King 👑 tickets via @koninklijkhuis

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#paleisnoordeinde#noordeindepalace#willemalexander#werkpaleisvandekoning#koninklijkeverzamelingen#art#artlovers#thenetherlands#dutch#royal#king#queen#interiorphotography#palaces#dutchpalace#luxurylifestyle#architecture#fabulous#interiorinspiration#koning#royalinteriors#workfromhomejobs#palace#contemporaryart#artsayssimon

Royal Visit 👑 to the #workfromhome Palace Noord

Royal Visit 👑 to the #workfromhome Palace Noordeinde with @bnster010

Art via @koninklijkeverzamelingen like the fantastic gradient ceiling by #rudivanderwint

Once a year it’s doors are opened. Beautiful to visit the working palace of our King, spot the 🔥guards as well as the golden carriage at the stables. As of today, some tickets for the stables are available via @koninklijkhuis

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#paleisnoordeinde#noordeindepalace#willemalexander#werkpaleisvandekoning#koninklijkeverzamelingen#interior#art#artlovers#thenetherlands#dutch#royal#king#queen#interiorphotography#palaces#dutchpalace#luxurylifestyle#architecture#fabulous#interiorinspiration#artsayssimon

Wheatfield under Thunderclouds 🌩️☔️💧 @

Wheatfield under Thunderclouds 🌩️☔️💧
@vangoghmuseum

It’s already August..You can see “His Final months”, THIS final month, up until September 3rd in Amsterdam. Tip, try to book your mandatory timeslot two weeks in advance

He painted Wheatfield under Thunderclouds 🌩️in 1890 shortly after a turbulent visit to Theo and Jo in Paris. In both this work and Wheatfield with Crows (the famous one) he emphatically tried to convey ‘sadness, extreme loneliness.’

In his final weeks he created some of his most renowned works, producing around 70 paintings in just 70 days. Especially the series of magisterial landscapes around Auvers in what for him was a new, elongated format of 50 centimetres by 1 metre. To me, in this series, this work is one of the most beautiful works he ever made❤️

Sadly, on July 27, 1890, Van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, bringing an abrupt end to his extraordinary artistic career. Until September 3 you can see his works

#museumtok#vincentvangoghpainting#vangogh#vangoghart#vangoghpainting#landscapepainting#vincentvangogh

Do you see the glitch? 🫨⭕️ Watch closely

Do you see the glitch? 🫨⭕️

Watch closely when the artist @nickverstand crosses the circle: #howitsmade 💢

Tiny but beautiful expo #ekstatis until January 2024 @stedelijkmuseumschiedam with 40.000 laserdots per minute beaming 😎

#stedelijkmuseum #laserbeamz #laserlight #laserart #kineticart #lightart #sounddesign #nickverstand #janschoonhoven #heleenblanken #mariskadegroot

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