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Tribute to Jean Nouvel's Louvre museum and his ode to nature in Abu Dhabi...

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@voorhoutmonumentaal just opened. Now you can visi

@voorhoutmonumentaal just opened. Now you can visit #voorhoutmonumentaal2023 until August 20!

My personal favourite is #carelvisser ‘Poort’ on loan from @museumvoorlinden 🔲This piece of art actually interacts with its environment and appears hard up close but soft from a distance.

@pulchristudio teamed up with Dutch artists & private owners to present you a fine selection of artworks. Be sure to visit the Kloosterkerk and Pulchri as well during regular opening hours!

Selection outdoors:
⬇️↘️#zegerreyers
🦈#marisjasmit #thijstrompert
🧜‍♀️#elisabetstienstra
🐄#ateliervanlieshout
🍇#ronaldwesterhuis
🔲#carelvisser

Selection Kloosterkerk:
💡#janvanmunster
🪣#jandeweerd
🐛#theojansen
🌧️#sarahreinbold
🦌#guidogeelen
📜#hiekeluik

⚪️That special moment when Minister for Foreig

⚪️That special moment when Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation @liesjeschreinemacher is about to reveal the Dutch Pavilion for the Expo Osaka 2025!

Save the date 13 April to 13 October 2025 ✈️
Follow 🇳🇱 @nlexpo2025 and 🇯🇵 @expo2025japan

She was offered a ball ⚪️to place it as a sun ☀️ on top of the scale model of reveal the Dutch Pavilion. In the background you can see the design. A circular pavilion with zero emission & 💯 immersive content✌️

This monday the Dutch pavilion has been presented by the consortium A New Dawn 🌄 consisting of @rau.architects @tellart @dgmradviseurs & Asanuma Scale model: @studiokuplus Branding: @nl_netherlands

➡️🇯🇵If you’re interested in contributing to the cultural programme, follow @nlambassadorforculture ⬅️

A New Dawn, Common Ground. Beautiful movie by @r

A New Dawn, Common Ground.

Beautiful movie by @rogiervanderzwaag to reveal the Dutch Pavilion for the Expo Osaka 2025🤩

Source video: the Expo Osaka Page via @nlexpo2025 thanks team @nl_netherlands✌️

#rogiervanderzwaag#expo2025#expo2025osaka#nlexpo2025#designingfuturesocietyforourlives#worldexpo#dutchpavilion#rauarchitects#tellart#zeroemissions#circulardesign#visitjapanjp#visitjapan #大阪関西万博 #Join2025 #未来社会の実験場 #循環型経済 #サステナブル #いのち輝く未来社会のデザイン #日本 #関西 #Osaka #大阪

Rotterdam Rooftop Month started! Only local artist

Rotterdam Rooftop Month started! Only local artists. ⭐️Starring @thegoodtypegirl & @zenarae.art @dakendagen010 ✌️#doeidoei ⚽️🍉 #kommieuitrotterdamdan

#bovenopzuid#zomeropzuid#rotterdamsedakendagen#zuidplein#graffitiart#graffiti#spraypaintart#rotterdamart

@rdamfestivals @rotterdam_makeithappen @winkelcentrumzuidplein

🎭🎨 This is not just art, it's a performance.

🎭🎨 This is not just art, it's a performance. And yes, this is the first immersive show that is not kitch, but really worthwhile visiting ⭐️

It's #davidhockney vision of the world, animated and set in motion @_lightroomldn Me and my friend Yuri were impressed by the playfulness of the animators, the original voiceover by Hockney himself and the pleasant quiet behaviour of the visitors. It really added another dimension to all previous seen exhibitions of his works. This show, Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) runs until October 1 in London🚀 👏 Kudos to team Hockney for pushing the boundaries of what art can be

Pride month 🌈 started today. Watching the “Lo

Pride month 🌈 started today. Watching the “Looking for Langston” by @isaacjulien from 1989 shows you black queer cinema 🎥🖤now @tate #tatebritain until August 20

This early masterpiece was crafted amidst the height of the HIV epidemic, raising the question of how to portray desire - specifically Black gay desire. To tackle this, Isaac knew he had to venture into the realm of fantasy. 🌌✨Here you see a snippet of the nightclub, just before it was stormed by angry white men

The film’s exploration of the complexity of the queer gaze has led to it gaining cult status, marking it as a cornerstone of what we now call ‘New Queer Cinema’. To me it’s a mesmerising 45-minute journey through a black and white dreamscape 🖤

This iconic piece is part of the exhibition “Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is to Me” at Tate Britain, London. 11 movies in 7 rooms worthwhile looking at it

🎨 @innes_callum now @frithstreetgallery Golden

🎨 @innes_callum now @frithstreetgallery Golden Square until 1 July 2023

After visiting a great exhibition in the @de_pont_museum a few years ago, it’s great to encounter again a series of works by Callum Innes✨

I like the fundamentals of his paintings: pigment, surface and space. Moving between the solid and the seemingly translucent paints, his works make me more aware of the spatial dimensions of it’s surroundings. Call it an architects favourite 🤭

Celebrate diversity, unity & the power of art with

Celebrate diversity, unity & the power of art with @frans_franciscus 🖤🤍🌈 together @museumw.weert

Take a closer look to the man in the cape, do you notice his Nike gloves? 🧤Do you spot what the Scouts are looking at?🍄🤯

This new expo in @museumw.weert is until end of October. Wrapped in a Gold✨ facade by @mauricementjens

#ilovegold #loveart #oilpaintings #celebratediversity #museumweert #blm #loveislove

@frans_franciscus & @rienus_gundel_franciscus in

@frans_franciscus
& @rienus_gundel_franciscus in front of my favourite photo on the Opening day @museumw.weert 👆Swipe to see the leather 👖& 💅 details

Frans once said, "My paintings are not populated by only white people, because isn't that how the world looks?" His art breaks boundaries and invites us into a broader spectrum of the human experience, a world that's diverse, vibrant, and real.

The #oilpaintings by Frans are filled with biblical references. They're re-imaginings, placing age-old themes in a contemporary context. There's humor, there's shock, and there's a conversation that he initiates about the human condition. It fit’s well into @museumw.weert

Inspired by the precious relic shrines from #Monstrance and other golden artefacts, the museum's facade has been lovingly clad in #TecuGold ✨in 2021 by @mauricementjens

This ‘Adagio Violante’ exhibition runs until October 29 and puts ceramic and #oilpaintings central in the four rooms. Swipe to the see my other favourites, the 🖼️Götterdämmerung, 🐑the Good Shepherd & ✉️Khaled the Postman ✨curated by @haikosleumer✌️

#fransfransiscus #adagio #museumweert #artexhibition #artsayssimon

🌟 Happy Birthday, James Turrell! 🎉 80 years🙏🏻

Rainy days at @museumvoorlinden museum can be so beautiful. As an art lover and architect, I’m continually inspired by the mesmerizing Skyspace installations
Light, space, and nature are perfectly connected

On sunny days the artificial light is replaced by the open view to the sky. Choose your weather wisely when visiting😇🤭💖

#JamesTurrell #Skyspace #MuseumVoorlinden #lightart #LightAndSpace #HappyBirthday #jamesturrellskyspace

Every hue pirouettes in perfect harmony 🌟 @feli

Every hue pirouettes in perfect harmony 🌟 @felipepantone presents you his 🌈🌍@kunsthal

It feels vibrant, gives me energy and shows a mature artist at work. Infinite video walls, slick gradient product design murals and immersive installations. Art meets design 💙

#FelipePantone #Kunsthal #kunsthalrotterdam #ColorfulArt #Chromatic #prospective #graffitistyle #ColorLovers #VisualPoetry #artsayssimon

An Immersive Sci-fi novel by @studiopelang @hek_ba

An Immersive Sci-fi novel by @studiopelang @hek_basel You have to stop & look 🙏🏻 See the shadows slowly moving indefinitely 🪩💫 Until May 25

The interaction of material components in Pe Lang’s autonomous systems generate sounds and rhythms. But would you call this music?

This work reminds me of #olafureliasson as both artists explore the interaction between natural phenomena and human perception. While Eliasson often uses light, reflection, and color to create immersive environments, Lang focuses on the dynamic interplay of mechanical components, resulting in captivating audio-visual compositions

This location of HEK Basel was a discovery for me. Der Campus der Künste at the Freilager-Platz is just a few tram minutes away from Basel SBB. It has brutalistic buildings, art galleries and the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst. It should be on your itinerary when u visit Basel💪🇨🇭

#immersiveart #hekbasel #pelangstudio #artbasel #kineticart #kineticsculpture #lightart #inpraiseofshadows

🎮You can play techno games with the art of @luy

🎮You can play techno games with the art of @luyangasia @kunsthallebasel 🕹️It’s a crazy mix of anime🇯🇵, Buddhism, Indonesian dance rituals, neuroscience & sci-fi 🔮💫

Until May 21 her show is ON!

#immersiveart #yulangasia #kunsthallebasel #thisisbasel #tokyodrift #tiktokmuseum #artbasel #technomusic

Exploring the🤍 #NovartisCampus in Basel @novart

Exploring the🤍 #NovartisCampus in Basel @novartis_ch 🏢 Nonstop architectural highlights from #starchitects all over the world. All buildings have one thing in common: the opened facades on the ground floor enables you to interact with the building. To shelter from the rain or simply enter it. The mirrored facades on the top levels allow you to glimpse the sky from any angle🌤️

One building truly stands out for me, the office building by #YoshioTaniguchi 🌟🇯🇵His minimalist designs combine traditional Japanese architecture with modern beauty. In 2004, he became well-known for his work at New York's #MoMANYC & in 2019 he won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 🍃💼

Since 2022, @novartis_ch welcomes the public on the company premises work weekdays between 7am-7pm. No need to book a mandatory tour.

#lookingup_architecture#japanesearchitecture#japansedesigm#archilovers#thisisbasel#novartis#basel#novartiscampus#ihavethisthingwithfacades#BaselArchitecture#YoshioTaniguchiDesign#NovartisInnovation#BuildingsofBasel

The Schaudepot of the @vitradesignmuseum has been

The Schaudepot of the @vitradesignmuseum has been transformed by @sabine_marcelis into one gigantic #VDMColourrush
💚💙💜❤️🧡💛

Congrats to Sabine, the Rotterdam based designer has two of her works, added to permanent collection of the #vitraschaudepot 💕Candy Cube & Boa Pouf💕I’m still saving for your gradient mirror!😃

Until May 2024 you can visit Colour Rush. What an incredible collection of iconic furniture and interior design pieces! 🛋️🌟she & her team curated 400 objects, from timeless classics to avant-garde innovations 🔄🚀

So many are present. Architect Le Corbusier, who created a palette of finely graded shades, and designer Verner Panton, most famous by the colour standards of today. Even the famous #fraktabag from ikea by Knut & Marianne Hagberg👌 or the coloured vases by #hellajongerius 🇳🇱

#VitraSchaudepot #DesignHistory #FurnitureDesign #industrialdesign #productdesign #lovecolour

There is only one Mondrian▪️but.. Now in the

There is only one Mondrian▪️but..

Now in the @kunstmuseumbasel you find a temporary exhibition about most fanatic Mondrian Groupie ever!✅

Charmion von Wiegand’s admiration for Piet Mondrian inspired her unique approach to Neoplasticism, blending geometric abstraction with her own color and composition intuition. The cover photo is by her, the terrace of Jade, 1952

Also, the permanent collection has also #MondrianInspired works by
#sophietauberarp #fritzglarner #richardpaullohse among others. Spot the real Mondrian✌️

🎨 #charmionvonwiegand #Mondrian #DeStijl #AbstractArt #GeometricArt #PrimaryColors #Neoplasticism #artsayssimon

🌅Sunset at @fondationbeyeler in Basel🇨🇭

🌅Sunset at @fondationbeyeler in Basel🇨🇭

Feeling lucky to live in Europe with so much stunning museums around the corner. This museum has been on my ‘basic art eduction bucketlist’ for years. And yesterday, a lucky day with sunshine, I was able to visit #fondationbeyeler

You're instantly impressed by how much natural light pours into the museum through the large glass walls as you go about it. These walls' precise alignment and shading allow the ever-changing daylight to illuminate the surfaces of the artworks, giving the already remarkable pieces a new dimension. Architect #renzopiano did a great job in ‘97👌

I couldn't help but draw a comparison with the @museumvoorlinden in Wassenaar, Netherlands. Designed by #kraaijvangerarchitects in 2010, this private art museum also harnesses the power of daylight to create an immersive experience for visitors. To me this museum has thé best daylight in the Netherlands next to the fantastic works like the skyspace from Turrell

Both the museums exemplify the perfect marriage between architecture, art, and daylight. You truly see the owner’s commitment to make the best possible place to enjoy art. This private museum has more than 200 masterpieces, included works from artists where light also played a mayor role like #claudemonet and #vincentvangogh

I will come back 😎 because they are busy building a new building by #peterzumthor😍😍 Couldn’t find an estimated opening date, so I guess it will be end of 2024 when it’s completed

#inpraiseofshadows #thisisbasel #fridaybeyeler

Promise me it’s gonna be alright! Douze Points

Promise me it’s gonna be alright! Douze Points for @voyagerau @eurovision Thanks @ausembnl 🇦🇺🥳

#eurovision2023 #voyagerau #popmetal #eurovision #eurovisionsongcontest #esc2023

Fantastic Female Painter Sofonisba @rijksmuseum_tw

Fantastic Female Painter Sofonisba @rijksmuseum_twenthe

#SofonisbaAnguissola, have you heard of her? Born in Italy in 1532 & raised to fame when she was just 19 years old. She has an completed oeuvre of 32 works. Sounds familiar to Vermeer right? You can see her paintings in Enschede🤘until June 11

She’s one of the most talented painters of the Renaissance period, yet often overlooked. She broke barriers as a female artist in a time when women were not allowed to study art or have careers. Thanks to her father who encouraged to pursue her passion 🙏🏻

Her portraits appear so intimate to me. Look how the playing children gaze at each other!😍 To me, she beats Vermeer & this exhibition is a mustsee!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The beautiful exhibition was made in collaboration with @nivaagaard 🇩🇰 and many works on loan from @museoprado 🇪🇸 Shout out to 📚@waanders_uitgevers who made a beautiful book with high resolution images. Note, it’s only in the Dutch language

#ItalianArtist#RenaissanceArt#WomenInArt#FemaleArtist#PortraitPainting#ArtHistory#OldMaster#BaroqueArt#MuseoDelPrado#FemaleEmpowerment#ArtOfThe16thCentury#FamousPainters#ItalianRenaissance#WomenInHistory#ArtGallery#InspiringWomen#ArtMuseum#FamousArtists#ItalianCulture#artreview#artsayssimon

One day in Japan 🇯🇵 with my dear friends Hap

One day in Japan 🇯🇵 with my dear friends
Happy Easter! 🐣

A visit to @japansetuinbe offers a sensory experience that combines natural beauty and serenity⛩️🍃 Savor vibrant colors🌸 contrast with pitch black tree trunks. Soothing sounds of waterfalls ⛲️& the satisfying crunch of your footsteps on the gravel pathways 👣

When you turn around a corner, you suddenly hear a stream of water..or nothing at all. The sweet smell of #桜 💗 blossoms becomes stronger when a little breeze takes the leaves into the air. The damp moss carpet 💚is then covered with tiny white dots and merge with the surface of the lakes. The Koi carp lifts its head and greets us🎏. Thank to the garden design, the sound of visitors is muted✨

To me this is the most authentic 🇯🇵 garden in Europe, made for all five senses🥰. It’s daily open until October 31

The history of this @japansetuinbe dates back to 1985 when the city of @visithasselt decided to build a symbol of friendship between Belgium and Japan. The garden was designed by Japanese garden architect #YasuoKitayama and was officially opened in 1992

#JapaneseGardens#日本庭園 #ZenGarden#禅の庭 #KoiPond #鯉の池 #CherryBlossom#MeditationGarden #石灯籠 #JapaneseArchitecture #和風建築 #lovejapan #JapaneseGardenHasselt#japansetuinhasselt#japansetuin#artsayssimon#sensorygarden#tranquility

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