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# Favourite Artists
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/about/favourite-artists/
- Published: 2018-12-29T09:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-06T17:23:13.000Z
- Description: My favourite artists in various disciplines.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: About

### Visual Art

[Gerhard Richter](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/31/gerhard-richter-fondation-louis-vuitton/)  
[Berlinde de Bruyckere](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/25/berlinde-de-bruyckere-city-of-refuge-iii/)  
[Nicolas de Staël](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/25/nicolas-de-stael-at-the-musee-d-art-moderne-de-paris/)  
[Anna-Eva Bergman](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/06/18/anna-eva-bergman-voyage-vers-l-interieur/)  
[Julie Mehretu](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/27/julie-mehretu-ensemble-at-the-palazzo-grassi/)  
Jason Rhoades  
Bruce Nauman  
Piet Mondrian  
Pablo Picasso  
[Henri Matisse](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/26/matisse-grand-palais/)  
[Vincent van Gogh](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2022/05/21/steven-naifeh-and-gregory-white-smith-van-gogh-the-life/)  
[M.C. Escher](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/01/25/escher-monnaie-de-paris/)  
Theaster Gates  
Keith Tyson  
[Pierre Huyghe](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/27/pierre-huyghe-liminal-at-the-punta-della-dogana/)  
[Sophie Calle](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/26/sophie-calle-at-the-musee-picasso/) 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2020/02/gerhard-richter-november.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2023/12/mehretu-retropistics-2001.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2020/02/jason-rhoades-tijuanatanjierchandelier.jpg)

Gerhard Richter (left); Julie Mehretu (middle); Jason Rhoades (right)

### Dance

[William Forsythe](https://www.williamforsythe.com/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)  
Merce Cunningham  
[Pina Bausch](https://www.pina-bausch.de/de/person/6/pina-bausch?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)  
[Sasha Waltz and Guests](https://www.sashawaltz.de/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)  
[Jiri Kylian](http://www.jirikylian.com/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)  
Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker  
Trisha Brown  
[Ohad Naharin](https://batsheva.co.il/en/home?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com) 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/eidos-telos-2.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/pina-fruehlingsopfer.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/kylian-click-pause-silence-2.jpg)

Left: William Forsythe, Eidos:Telos; Middle: Pina Bausch, Das Frühlingsopfer; Right: Jiri Kylian, Click-Pause-Silence

### Literature

Georges Perec  
Thomas Bernhard  
Fernando Pessoa  
James Joyce  
Ali Smith  
David Foster Wallace  
Jorge Luis Borges  
Vladimir Nabokov  
Italo Calvino  
Annie Ernaux 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/stephen-shore-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2023/12/saul-leiter-1.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2023/12/eggleston-8.jpeg)

Left: Stephen Shore; Middle: Saul Leiter; Right: William Eggleston

### Photography

Stephen Shore  
William Eggleston  
Daido Moriyama  
[Wolfgang Tillmans](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/08/17/wolfgang-tillmans-at-the-centre-pompidou/)  
[Juergen Teller](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/06/juergen-teller-i-need-to-live/)  
Peter Lindbergh  
Saul Leiter  
[Tim Walker](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2022/12/02/tim-walker-wonderful-things/)  
Walker Evans  
Lee Friedlander  
[Edward Burtynsky](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/13/edward-burtynsky-extraction-abstraction/)  
Albert Watson 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/david-carson-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/anthon-beeke-leonce-en-lena-1979.jpeg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2022/12/ed-fella-poster-4.jpg)

Left: David Carson; Middle: Anthon Beeke; Right: Ed Fella

### Graphic Design

David Carson  
[Anthon Beeke](https://anthonbeeke.nl/en/category/work/?ref=ivarhagendoorn.com)  
Ed Fella  
[Paula Scher](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/18/paula-scher-type-is-image-at-the-pinakothek-der-moderne/)  
Peter Saville  
Tomato  
Bruce Mau 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/cdg-1992-spring-1.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/cdg-2011-fall-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/jw-2017-fall-1.jpg)

Left: Comme des Garçons; Middle: Comme des Garçons; Right: Junya Watanabe

### Fashion

Comme des Garçons  
Junya Watanabe  
Noir Kei Ninomiya  
Issey Miyake  
Martin Margiela  
Yohji Yamamoto  
Thom Browne  
[Rick Owens](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/10/19/rick-owens-temple-of-love-at-the-palais-galliera/) 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2023/12/the-twist-2.jpg)

The Twist by BIG in Kistefos, Norway

### Architecture

OMA|Rem Koolhaas  
BIG|Bjarke Ingels Group  
Peter Zumthor  
Snøhetta  
Lebbeus Woods  
Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa|SANAA  
Daniel Libeskind  
[Herzog & De Meuron](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2005/01/30/beauty-and-waste-in-the-architecture-of-herzog-and-de-meuron/)  
[Le Corbusier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2007/07/28/le-corbusier-the-art-of-architecture/) 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2023/12/ensemble-intercontemporain-22.jpeg)

### Classical & Contemporary Music

Gérard Grisey  
Pierre Boulez  
György Ligeti  
John Cage  
Tristan Murail  
Helmut Lachenmann  
Brian Ferneyhough  
Rebecca Saunders  
Clara Iannotta  
Chaya Czernowin  
György Kurtag  
Frédéric Chopin  
Enno Poppe 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2025/01/mulholland-drive-2.jpeg)

### Film

Wong Kar-Wai  
Park Chan-wook  
David Lynch  
[Wes Anderson](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/04/06/wes-anderson-at-the-cinematheque-francaise/)  
Michael Haneke  
Hou Hsiao-hsien  
Jean-Luc Godard 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/ostermeier-richard-3.jpg)

Thomas Ostermeier, Richard III

### Theatre

Thomas Ostermeier  
Nicolas Stemann  
Frank Castorf  
Tim Etchells 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/remain-in-light.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/hail-to-the-thief.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/08/burial-untrue.jpg)

### Pop/Rock/Jazz/Dance/Metal

Radiohead  
Talking Heads  
Keith Jarrett  
Frank Zappa  
Nick Cave  
Burial  
 Tool  
Massive Attack  
Kamasi Washington 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2023/12/mehretu-congress.jpeg)

Julie Mehretu, Congress (2003)