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The Art Connector
2022
This Art Fair
The spectacular industrial environment of the Kromhouthal provides the perfect backdrop for the work of more than 120 artists. The artists presented and sold their work in individual stands. Sculptures and installations were exhibited both inside and outside the Kromhouthal. Led by Jeannette, we visited the fair during a preview.
Podcast
Annet Gelink founded Annet Gelink Gallery in 2000, which has grown into one of the most important galleries for (international) contemporary art in our country. This year, Annet is the only Dutch gallery to participate in Art Basel, which starts next week. How has Annet seen the relationship between the..Read More
Art Basel
From Friday 17 June to Sunday 19 June we visited the largest and most important contemporary art event in the world: Art Basel.
Commissioned
So happy with this beautiful site specific piece by Sarah van Sonsbeeck that we just installed in a private collectors home. “Stepping out” reflects the symbiosis of the couple and can be seen as a map of frozen dance steps they once did together and now shaping their shared constellation.
Patronendiner
Once a year the Art Connector organizes the Pattern Dinner for its members and connections. De Patron is always someone who is an important pivot in the art world and who will take us into his or her world that evening and tell about his / her passion. We then..Read More
Itamar Gilboa
The Arts Club has been on a studio visit with Itamar Gilboa. He kept a diary of everything he ate and drank for a year. About three years later, the results can be seen in a sculpture installation, the Food Chain Project. This installation, a traveling pop-up supermarket (now en..Read More
Tableau Magazine
Jeannette has written an article for Tableau Magazine about hypes on the art market. Trends in the art market come and go. How does a hype arise on the art market and what happens when it is over? Full story now online on our website! Click here for the full article..Read More
Etel Adnan & Van Gogh
Amazing to experience the wonderful solo exhibition of Etel Adnan (1925-2021) at Van Gogh Museum in a private setting! Many thanks to curator Sara Tas who gave the members of The Arts Club and The International Arts Club a marvelous inside into the exhibition ‘Colour as Language’. A retrospective that..Read More
Art Rotterdam
The 23rd edition of Art Rotterdam, a special spring edition, will take place this year from Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 May. With Jeannette we explored the fair.
Open studios
On Saturday 14 May we paid an exclusive visit to the Open Studios of the Rijksakdemie. Studios, project rooms, the garden and every conceivable space in between will be transformed into viewing and meeting places where the 46 artists in residence will share their work.
Amie Dicke
Visit to the solo exhibition of Amie Dicke at the Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd. Thursday 5 May we had an evening reception at the Landhuis Oud Amelisweerd, where the Centraal Museum Utrecht will be organizing exhibitions for 5 years. The first is a solo by Amie Dicke. The exhibition brings together a..Read More
Art Brussel
Visit to Art Brussel with The Arts Club. From Saturday 30 April to Sunday 1 May, we went to Art Brussels, one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Europe. More than 150 galleries participate in this 38th edition. Led by Jeannette ten Kate, we went to the fair..Read More
Valuation Game
How do you determine the price of a work of art? Under the guidance of several Christie’s specialists, The Arts Club and The International Arts Club learned to appreciate a work of art during the viewing days of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Auction.
Stevenson & Chill
Gallery Stevenson was transformed into a private cinema where films were shown by internationally renowned video artists, who are not normally seen in the Netherlands. Curated by Jeannette.
AkzoNobel Art Foundation
On Tuesday 15 March, curator and director of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation Hester Alberdingk Thijm showed us around the anniversary exhibition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the collection.
Tableau Magazine
Tableau magazine is a richly illustrated magazine about art and design and releases issues every month. Our own Jeannette is a regular contributor and writes about everything you need to know from the international art market. In this month’s article, she looks at recent developments in every segment of the market:..Read More
Collector’s Evening
Collector’s Evening in collaboration with Grimm Gallery and Classicus Private Insurance. This year’s edition was all about art fairs.
Commissioned
Thrilled to share this spectaculair site specific work by Charles Avery, commissioned through The Art Connector for a private art collector. This huge 7,5 m. high tree with about 5.000 leaves is the largest up until now by Studio Charles Savery and part of his ongoing project The Islanders.
2021
Patronendiner
Wonderful evening: the Art Connector dinner amidst the artworks of Berend Striks smashing solo show: “The Needles”. In celebration of the artists newest major publication “Deciphering the Artist’s Mind”. Designed by Irma Boom.
Private Tour
Very happy we could have a last minute private tour with Marieke Sanders through the exposition ‘Collector’s Item’ Centraal Museum Utrecht, for the members of The Arts Club. Pieter and Marieke Sanders built up a significant collection of contemporary art from the 70s onwards. Recently, the family decided to make a..Read More
Inti Hernandez
With The International Arts Club, we visited renowned and award-winning artist Inti Hernandez at his studio in Amsterdam. The Cuban-born artist continued to live in the city after he completed his education at the Rijksakademie. Inti’s work can be best described as a combination of architecture and design, and is embedded..Read More