# Ivar Hagendoorn
> Choreographer, photographer, researcher
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## Pages
- [Almost Every Book I Have Ever Read](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/almost-every-book-i-have-ever-read.md) - An incomplete record of all the books I've ever read.
- [Contact](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/contact.md) - Contact details
- [Portfolio](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/portfolio.md) - Portfolio
- [Pricing](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/pricing.md) - Photo license. Indicative pricing.

## Posts
- [Aareschlucht](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/aareschlucht.md) - The Aareschlucht (Aare Gorge) is an awesome 1,400 meter long 200 meter deep gorge near Meiringen in Berner Oberland.
- [Kerry James Marshall at the Kunsthaus Zürich](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/07/19/kerry-james-marshall-kunsthaus-zurich.md) - The Kerry James Marshall retrospective “The Histories” received rave reviews when it was on show at the Royal Academy in London last year. It is indeed an excellent exhibition and I might go and see it again when it travels to Paris this autumn.
- [Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior at the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/26/azzedine-alaia-and-christian-dior-fondation-azzedine-alaia.md) - The Fondation Azzedine Alaïa is a hidden gem in Paris’s Le Marais. The exhibition "Azzedine Alaïa and Christian Dior: Two Masters of Haute Couture" brings together nearly 70 creations by both designers in a mesmerizing scenography.
- [Alexander Calder at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/21/alexander-calder-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - “Calder. Rêver en Équilibre” is a glorious celebration of an artist who never stopped creating. It is also one of those exhibitions that only the Fondation Louis Vuitton can put together.
- [Baroque Splendors at the Musée Jacquemart-André](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/20/baroque-splendors-musee-jacquemart-andre.md) - The exhibition "Baroque Splendors. From El Greco to Velázquez" features around forty paintings on loan from the Hispanic Society of America in New York including some real gems.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/19/further-reading-115.md) - Curiosity is the new edge. How the brain builds sentences. How academic age influences creativity. A human history of the Sahara. New forms of ice. Marcel Duchamp. Agnes Varda. Marilyn Monroe. Thomas Mann. And more.
- [Comics Speak Cash at the Monnaie de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/17/comics-speak-cash-monnaie-de-paris.md) - The Monnaie de Paris has organized a fascinating exhibition exploring a popular theme in many comic books: money, whether in the form of a treasure hunt, a gang of thieves or a plutocrat.
- [Daido Moriyama at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/15/daido-moriyama-fondation-henri-cartier-bresson.md) - The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris celebrates the work of Daido Moriyama with an exhibition centered around Moriyama's obsession with the medium of photography.
- [Jill Lepore: These Truths](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/06/13/jill-lepore-these-truths.md) - Jill Lepore's “These Truths” is probably the best single-volume history of the United States currently available.
- [Bellezza e Bruttezza at BOZAR](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/05/24/bellezza-e-bruttezza-bozar.md) - "Bellezza e Bruttezza" at BOZAR in Brussels explores the aesthetic ideals that guided Renaissance artists, bringing together well-known works from the likes of Titian, Botticelli, Dürer and Lucas Cranach the Elder, and combining them with lesser-known, and therefore all the more interesting, works.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/05/01/further-reading-114.md) - Half of social science research doesn't replicate. In defense of algebra. Neuroplasticity. Exotic particles. Human cooperation. Functional brain organization. Manet and Morisot. Willem de Kooning. Bumble bees. G. And more.
- [Matisse at the Grand Palais](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/26/matisse-grand-palais.md) - The Grand Palais, in collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, has organized a magnificent exhibition devoted to Matisse's final years, the period between 1941 and 1954.
- [Renoir and Love at the Musée d’Orsay](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/19/renoir-and-love-musee-d-orsay.md) - Renoir and Love. A Joyful Modernity at the Musée d’Orsay is quite possibly the largest Renoir exhibition of the decade. It is indeed a joy to behold.
- [Henri Rousseau at the Musée de l’Orangerie](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/19/henri-rousseau-musee-de-l-orangerie.md) - The Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris managed to secure some exceptional loans for its wonderful Henri Rousseau retrospective.
- [Clair-obscur at the Bourse de Commerce](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/12/clair-obscur-bourse-de-commerce.md) - The Pinault Collection's latest exhibition, Clair-obscur, assembles roughly hundred works by 27 artists that meditate on the darkness of our present time. Pierre Huyghe's "Camata" and Sigmar Polke's "Axial Age" alone make it worth visiting.
- [Martin Parr at the Jeu de Paume](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/08/martin-parr-jeu-de-paume.md) - It doesn't happen often that I spontaneously burst out laughing in a museum, but it happened twice during my visit to the Martin Parr exhibition at the Jeu de Paume.
- [Leonora Carrington at the Musée du Luxembourg](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/07/leonora-carrington-musee-du-luxembourg.md) - The Musée du Luxembourg in Paris has dedicated a wonderful exhibition to the dream-like work of the British-Mexican surrealist artist Leonora Carrington.
- [Nan Goldin at the Grand Palais](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/04/06/nan-goldin-grand-palais.md) - “This Will Not End Well”, the touring Nan Goldin retrospective currently at the Grand Palais in Paris, channels half a century of creation into a sustained lament for the lost.
- [Turner and Constable at Tate Britain](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/03/30/turner-constable-tate-britain.md) - To mark the 250th year of both artists' birth Tate Britain has organized a blockbuster exhibition dedicated to the work of Turner and Constable.
- [Tracey Emin at Tate Modern](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/03/26/tracey-emin-at-tate-modern.md) - Tate Modern has organized a large Tracey Emin retrospective. Her work is a testimony to the cathartic power of art.
- [Chiharu Shiota at the Hayward Gallery](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/03/25/chiharu-shiota-hayward-gallery.md) - Chiharu Shiota's immersive installations are highly photogenic, but the symbolism is a bit too obvious for me.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/03/15/further-reading-113.md) - Solvej Balle’s time loop. Chantal Akerman’s predicament. Schubert’s imagination. György Kurtág at 100. Why rivers in the far north are turning orange. Coding after coders. U.S. rail service. Archimedes. László Krasznahorkai. Jürgen Habermas. And more.
- [Birds at the Mauritshuis](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/03/01/birds-at-the-mauritshuis.md) - The Mauritshuis has mounted a small but wonderful exhibition about humanity's fraught relationship with birds curated by The Goldfinch and the British writer and art historian Simon Schama.
- [Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/02/22/metamorphoses-rijksmuseum.md) - The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has organized an ambitious exhibition devoted to Ovid's "Metamorphoses", assembling roughly eighty exceptional works by the likes of Bernini, Caravaggio, Titian, Poussin, Rodin and Louise Bourgeois.
- [Children in Art at the Bucerius Kunst Forum](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/02/15/children-in-art-bucerius-kunst-forum.md) - An ambitious exhibition at the Bucerius Kunst Forum in Hamburg showcases five centuries of children's portraiture, from Titian to Rineke Dijkstra
- [Monster’s Paradise](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/02/15/monsters-paradise.md) - Monster's Paradise, the latest collaboration between Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, directed by Tobias Kratzer is a highly entertaining take on the current state of the world in the form of an opera.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/02/08/further-reading-112.md) - Visions of America. Derrida on hospitality. Astrocytes. Kojève vs Hegel. Quantum computers. The mysteries of Easter Island. A starless cloud of hydrogen gas. Morton Feldman. Barnett Newman. Gertrude Stein. And more.
- [John Baldessari at BOZAR](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/02/01/john-baldessari-bozar.md) - At the last minute and just before it closed I visited the John Baldessari exhibition "Parables, Fables and Other Stories" at BOZAR in Brussels. I’m glad I did, because it was a fun show.
- [Escher at the Monnaie de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2026/01/25/escher-monnaie-de-paris.md) - The Monnaie de Paris is hosting the first major exhibition in France dedicated to the work of M.C. Escher. Evidently it is not to be missed if you happen to be in Paris.
- [Gerhard Richter at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/31/gerhard-richter-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - The Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris is presenting the largest retrospective ever dedicated to Gerhard Richter, featuring 271 works spanning six decades.
- [Minimal at the Bourse de Commerce](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/27/minimal-at-the-bourse-de-commerce.md) - The Bourse de Commerce in Paris has unveiled an intriguing exhibition that reimagines minimalist art by centering artists previously marginalized in the minimalist canon.
- [The Empire of Sleep at the Musée Marmottan Monet](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/26/the-empire-of-sleep-at-the-musee-marmottan-monet.md) - The Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris has organized another fascinating thematic exhibition, this time exploring the rich iconography of sleep and dreams across centuries of art history.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/24/further-reading-111.md) - The AI bubble. A century of modern cosmology. A century of quantum mechanics. Cognitive dissonance. The future of search. The languages of nature. Waste. Schopenhauer. Goethe. Bachelard. And more.
- [Echo Delay Reverb at the Palais de Tokyo](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/20/echo-delay-reverb-at-the-palais-de-tokyo.md) - The Palais de Tokyo has organized an ambitious exhibition, which explores how, from the 1960s to the present, American artists absorbed the ideas of French (and francophone) thinkers.
- [Manga at the Musée Guimet](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/19/manga-at-the-musee-guimet.md) - The Musée Guimet in Paris has mounted an ambitious exhibition dedicated to manga spanning approximately 1,000 square metres across three distinct spaces, including a room dedicated to Hokusai's iconic “The Great Wave off Kanagawa”.
- [John Singer Sargent at the Musée d’Orsay](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/19/john-singer-sargent-at-the-musee-dorsay.md) - The Musée d'Orsay has organized a major retrospective dedicated to John Singer Sargent's Paris years, the city where he achieved his initial triumphs.
- [Georges de La Tour at the Musée Jacquemart-André](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/14/georges-de-la-tour-at-the-musee-jacquemart-andre.md) - The Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris has organized a major exhibition dedicated to Georges de La Tour (1593-1652), a painter who languished in obscurity for nearly three centuries before achieving widespread renown.
- [One Hundred Years of Art Deco at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/12/one-hundred-years-of-art-deco-at-the-musee-des-arts-decoratifs.md) - The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris celebrates the centennial of Art Deco through an extensive exhibition, assembling over 1,200 objects across three floors, encompassing furniture, jewelry, fashion, posters, and drawings that collectively document the creative vitality of the Jazz Age.
- [Robert Darnton: The Revolutionary Temper](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/07/robert-darnton-the-revolutionary-temper.md) - The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 by Robert Darnton is an excellent book which examines the cultural and informational landscape that preceded the French Revolution.
- [Jacques-Louis David at the Louvre](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/12/07/jacques-louis-david-at-the-louvre.md) - The Louvre is hosting a major retrospective of Jacques-Louis David to mark the bicentenary of his death, bringing together approximately one hundred paintings and drawings.
- [Pierre Soulages: Works on Paper at the Musée du Luxembourg](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/11/30/pierre-soulages-works-on-paper-at-the-musee-du-luxembourg.md) - The Musée du Luxembourg in Paris has organized a wonderful exhibition of Pierre Soulages' rarely shown works on paper.
- [Kandinsky. The Music of Colours at the Philharmonie de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/11/30/kandinsky-the-music-of-colours-at-the-philharmonie-de-paris.md) - “Kandinsky. The Music of Colours” at the Philharmonie de Paris is a fascinating immersive exhibition, which examines the profound, life-long connection between Vassily Kandinsky’s art and music.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/11/09/further-reading-110.md) - How to get the best night's sleep. My favorite thing is monsters. How AI redefines scientific research. Manga in translation. Data centers. Rick Owens. Mrs Dalloway. And more.
- [Niki de Saint Phalle and Jean Tinguely at the Grand Palais](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/11/02/niki-de-saint-phalle-and-jean-tinguely-at-the-grand-palais.md) - Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hulten at the beautifully renovated Grand Palais is one of many unmissable shows this autumn in Paris.
- [Rick Owens: Temple of Love at the Palais Galliera](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/10/19/rick-owens-temple-of-love-at-the-palais-galliera.md) - "Temple of Love" at the Palais Galliera offers an unprecedented insight into the world of Rick Owens. More than a retrospective, it is an invitation to see fashion as autobiography, and beauty as an act of devotion and defiance.
- [Breithorn](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/breithorn.md) - The weather forecast had been good, but unfortunately the Breithorn was covered in clouds during my ascent to the top. It did make for some nice atmospheric photos.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/09/20/further-reading-109.md) - The Paris of Agnes Varda. The gentleman of Verona. Thirst. Illusions of AI consciousness. Resistance. Lithium deficiency. Chocolate. Black holes. Cellular automata. Dandelions. David Lynch. And more.
- [Cabane du Grand Mountet](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/cabane-du-grand-mountet.md) - The hike to the Cabane du Grand Mountet is one of the best hikes in the Swiss Alps. It's long and strenuous but the views from the Cabane du Grand Mountet are stunning.
- [Roc de la Vache](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/roc-de-la-vache.md) - The Roc de la Vache is a popular viewpoint above Zinal, which offers terrific panoramic views of the Zinal valley and the surrounding mountains.
- [UNESCO Höhenweg Bettmerhorn Eggishorn](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/unesco-hohenweg-bettmerhorn-eggishorn.md) - The UNESCO Höhenweg from Bettmerhorn to Eggishorn is an alpine trail which offers amazing views of the Aletsch glacier.
- [Wolfgang Tillmans at the Centre Pompidou](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/08/17/wolfgang-tillmans-at-the-centre-pompidou.md) - Wolfgang Tillmans’ exhibition “Rien ne nous y préparait – Tout nous y préparait” at the Centre Pompidou is definitely one of the best exhibitions I’ve seen this year.
- [Dans le Flou at the Musée de l’Orangerie](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/08/10/dans-le-flou-at-the-musee-de-l-orangerie.md) - “Dans le Flou”, a fascinating exhibition at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris, reframes Claude Monet’s "Water Lilies" and modern and contemporary art at large through the lens of blurriness, or "le flou" in French.
- [David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/08/05/david-hockney-25-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is a mixed affair: I love the iconic works from the mid-60s and early-70s; but the works from the past 25 years leave me unmoved.
- [Matisse and Marguerite at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/08/04/matisse-and-marguerite-at-the-musee-d-art-moderne-de-paris.md) - The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is hosting an exhibition dedicated to Henri Matisse’s portraits of his daughter, Marguerite, who was both a constant muse and a pivotal yet discreet figure in his life.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/07/27/further-reading-108.md) - Writing is thinking. How the brain wakes up from sleep. The parrot in the machine. A foundation model for human cognition. Placebos. Literary translation. Smell. The struggle for Los Angeles. Yuja Wang. Sylvia Plath. And more.
- [Ilulissat Icefjord](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ilulissat-icefjord-2.md) - A selection of photos of the magnificent Ilulissat Icefjord taken during a midnight cruise.
- [Ilulissat Icefjord](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/ilulissat-icefjord-1.md) - Visiting the Ilulissat Icefjord was definitely one of the most breathtaking experiences of my life.
- [Disko Bay](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/disko-bay.md) - The journey by boat from Ilulissat to the Eqi Glacier is nothing short of spectacular.
- [Eqi Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/eqi-glacier.md) - I feel fortunate to have visited the Eqi Glacier in Greenland and to have spent a night at the nearby Eqi Camp.
- [Nuuk Harbour](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/nuuk-harbour.md) - I had a great time photographing the fishing equipment lying around in heaps at one of the warehouses near the harbour of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
- [Russell Glacier](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/russell-glacier.md) - The Russell Glacier is a magnificent glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.
- [Greenland Ice Sheet](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/greenland-ice-sheet.md) - The edge of the Greenland Ice Sheet is a fascinating landscape of ice with mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes and deep abysses.
- [Five Friends at the Museum Brandhorst](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/06/15/five-friends-at-the-museum-brandhorst.md) - The Museum Brandhorst in Munich has organized an excellent exhibition exploring the artistic and personal relationships between visual artists Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly, composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham.
- [Anselm Kiefer: Sag mir wo die Blumen sind](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/06/07/anselm-kiefer-sag-mir-wo-die-blumen-sind.md) - Anselm Kiefer’s dual exhibition “Sag mir wo die Blumen sind” at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum is a vast, haunting meditation on memory, war and the dialogue between art and history.
- [Clive Oppenheimer: Mountains of Fire](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/06/06/clive-oppenheimer-mountains-of-fire.md) - "Mountains of Fire. The Secret Lives of Volcanoes" by Clive Oppenheimer is a captivating blend of memoir, scientific exploration, and historical narrative that delves into the power, mystery and human connection to volcanoes.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/06/06/further-reading-107.md) - Rose petals. Hailstones. The unpleasantness of thinking. The moon. Shrunken heads. Hobbits. Surrealism. Drone warfare. Mendels' pea traits. William Kentridge. Patricia Lockwood. And more.
- [American Photography at the Rijksmuseum](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/31/american-photography-at-the-rijksmuseum.md) - American Photography at the Rijksmuseum is a fascinating exhibition, which examines how photography has captured the complex reality of American life, from its aspirations to its contradictions.
- [Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War. A Scenario](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/30/annie-jacobsen-nuclear-war-a-scenario.md) - "Nuclear War: A Scenario" by Annie Jacobsen ranks among the most terrifying and unsettling books I've ever read.
- [Arcimboldo, Bassano, Bruegel: Nature’s Time at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/29/arcimboldo-bassano-bruegel-natures-time-at-the-kunsthistorisches-museum-vienna.md) - The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna has organized a fascinating exhibition, which focuses on Renaissance representations of the seasons and their symbolic, scientific, and cultural significance.
- [4 Museums 1 Modernism at the Pinakothek der Moderne](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/25/4-museums-1-modernism.md) - To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of “Die Neue Sammlung”, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich has organized an exhibition showcasing highlights from the collections of the four museums that make up the Pinakothek der Moderne.
- [Paula Scher: Type Is Image at the Pinakothek der Moderne](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/18/paula-scher-type-is-image-at-the-pinakothek-der-moderne.md) - Type Is Image, the Paula Scher retrospective at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, is a spectacular celebration of typography in the form of an amazing immersive installation.
- [Trees, Time, Architecture at the Pinakothek der Moderne](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/16/trees-time-architecture-at-the-pinakothek-der-moderne.md) - The exhibition “Trees, Time, Architecture!” at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich explores the complex relationship between trees and architecture. It shows how trees, both living and dead, are utilized as functional and aesthetic elements in architecture.
- [Civilization: The Way We Live Now at the Kunsthalle München](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/16/civilization-the-way-we-live-now-at-the-kunsthalle-muenchen.md) - The exhibition "Civilization: The Way We Live Now" presents a sweeping photographic exploration of contemporary global society. Showcasing the work of over 100 photographers from around the world, it investigates the complexities and interconnections of modern life.
- [Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/16/velvet-terrorism-pussy-riots-russia.md) - "Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia" documents twelve years of Pussy Riot's performances and interventions. It's a colorful, chaotic mix of photographs, videos and handwritten texts that capture the group’s anarchic spirit.
- [Gemäldegalerie of the Akademie der bildenden Künste Vienna](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/11/gemaeldegalerie-of-the-akademie-der-bildenden-kunste-vienna.md) - The Gemäldegalerie (Paintings Gallery) of the Academy of Fine Arts is one of Vienna’s best kept secrets. The collection includes works by Rembrandt, Rubens, Botticelli, Cranach and Hieronymus Bosch.
- [Anton Corbijn: Favourite Darkness at the Kunstforum Wien](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/10/anton-corbijn-favourite-darkness-at-the-kunstforum-wien.md) - I greatly enjoyed visiting Favourite Darkness, an Anton Corbijn exhibition at the Kunstforum Wien, which features many photographs that were new to me.
- [Egon Schiele's Last Years at the Leopold Museum](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/05/10/egon-schiele-last-years-at-the-leopold-museum.md) - The exhibition “Changing Times: Egon Schiele’s Last Years, 1914–1918” at the Leopold Museum in Vienna delves into a transformative period in Schiele’s career, one marked by technical refinement, emotional resonance and thematic complexity.
- [L’art est dans la rue at the Musée d’Orsay](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/04/21/l-art-est-dans-la-rue-at-the-musee-d-orsay.md) - “L’art est dans la rue” is a colourful and well documented exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay which explores the rise of the illustrated poster, which came to dominate the streets of Paris during the second half of the 19th century.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/04/19/further-reading-106.md) - The best AI tools for research. Event scripts. Swarming. Animal consciousness. Inside arXiv. The biggest brain map ever. Typewriters. Fridges and freezers. Chris Ware. Nan Goldin. And More.
- [Wes Anderson at the Cinémathèque Française](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/04/06/wes-anderson-at-the-cinematheque-francaise.md) - The Cinémathèque française in Paris in collaboration with the Design Museum, London has organized a wonderful exhibition celebrating the work of Wes Anderson.
- [Au Fil de l’Or at the Musée du Quai Branly](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/04/05/au-fil-de-l-or-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly.md) - Au fil de l’Or (Golden Thread) at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris is a sweeping and informative exhibition exploring the historical and cultural significance of gold in fashion.
- [Artemisia Gentileschi at the Musée Jacquemart-André](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/04/04/artemisia-gentileschi-at-the-musee-jacquemart-andre.md) - The Musée Jacquemart-André honours the 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi with a small but exquisite exhibition featuring some forty paintings including various masterpieces.
- [Dolce & Gabbana at the Grand Palais](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/03/29/dolce-gabbana-at-the-grand-palais.md) - The Dolce & Gabbana exhibition "Du Coeur à la Main" at the Grand Palais is absolutely magnificent and one of the must-see exhibitions of the year.
- [The Face Magazine at the National Portrait Gallery](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/03/21/the-face-magazine-at-the-national-portrait-gallery.md) - "The Face Magazine: Culture Shift" at the National Portrait Gallery in London is a must-see exhibition and a trip down memory lane if you grew up in the 80s and 90s.
- [Goya to Impressionism at the Courtauld Gallery](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/03/20/goya-to-impressionism-at-the-courtauld-gallery.md) - A selection of works from the Oskar Reinhart collection in Winterthur is currently on show at the Courtauld Gallery in London. They nicely complement the Courtauld's only collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.
- [Picasso. Printmaker at the British Museum](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/03/20/picasso-printmaker-at-the-british-museum.md) - The British Museum has organized a small but wonderful exhibition showcasing a selection of its surprisingly large holdings of Picasso's prints.
- [Siena: The Rise of Painting at the National Gallery](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/03/19/siena-the-rise-of-painting-at-the-national-gallery.md) - At "Siena: The Rise of Painting" Siena steps out from Florence’s long shadow, reclaiming its place in the history of Western art.
- [Mickalene Thomas at the Hayward Gallery](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/03/18/mickalene-thomas-at-the-hayward-gallery.md) - Mickalene Thomas's solo exhibition at London's Hayward Gallery is a fun and colourful celebration of joy and Black Identity.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/02/14/further-reading-105.md) - Your brain is full of microplastics. The asteroid Bennu. Ockham’s razor. Hula hoops. The shape of the universe. The kissing problem. A new book-sorting algorithm. Las Meninas. Jean Tinguely. Franz Kafka. Shigeru Ban. And more.
- [The Best Classical Music YouTube Channels](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2025/02/09/the-best-classical-music-youtube-channels.md) - I recently discovered some great classical concert channels on YouTube so I thought I’d share the links here.
- [The Year in Review: 2024](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/12/31/the-year-in-review-2024.md) - A list of my favourite books, films, albums and exhibitions of the year.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/12/22/further-reading-104.md) - No more Mendelism. Bauhaus in exile. Eating the Earth. DNA from Pompeii body casts. Why dogs shake themselves dry. A history of the comic strip. Zur Soziologie des Verlusts. Francis Williams gets his due. Sophie Calle. David Bessis. Bruce Nauman. And more.
- [Cindy Sherman at FOMU](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/12/15/cindy-sherman-at-fomu.md) - As part of the Ensor year Antwerp’s photography museum (FOMU) has organized a retrospective of the American artist Cindy Sherman with a specific focus on her engagement with the world of fashion.
- [James Ensor at KMSKA](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/12/15/james-ensor-at-kmska.md) - In 2024, James Ensor is being celebrated across Belgium to mark 75 years since the artist's death. The KMSKA has organized a comprehensive survey of his work with loans from around the world.
- [Rancière and Chekhov on Freedom](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/12/01/ranciere-and-chekhov-on-freedom.md) - Jacques Rancière's latest essay, Au loin la liberté, is a wonderful treatise on Chekhov. Its title couldn't be better chosen.
- [Tom Wesselmann at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/24/tom-wesselmann-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - I enjoyed the Tom Wesselmann retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton much more than I had expected. The exhibition doubles as a grand survey of Pop Art, with works by all the usual suspects and some surprises.
- [Surrealism at the Centre Pompidou](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/17/surrealism-at-the-centre-pompidou.md) - To celebrate the centenary of the birth of Surrealism the Centre Pompidou, in collaboration with several other museums, has organized a large survey, which shows Surrealism in all its breadth and geographical scope.
- [Bande Dessinée 1964-2024 at the Centre Pompidou](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/17/bande-dessinee-1964-2024-at-the-centre-pompidou.md) - I wish I had scheduled more time to visit Bande Dessinée 1964-2024, the amazing comic art exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. There was simply too much to see and discover and too many artists that I had never heard of.
- [Arte Povera at the Bourse de Commerce](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/10/arte-povera-at-the-bourse-de-commerce.md) - The Bourse de Commerce currently hosts a major exhibition which celebrates Arte Povera in all its diversity and wittiness.
- [Figures of the Fool at the Louvre](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/08/figures-of-the-fool-at-the-louvre.md) - “Figures of the Fool” is a fascinating exhibition. I didn’t know that the fool or the joker has such a rich cultural history.
- [The Atomic Age at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/04/the-atomic-age-at-the-musee-d-art-moderne-de-paris.md) - The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris has organized an interesting but somewhat uneven exhibition, which explores how artists responded to the advent of the atomic age and the invention of the atomic bomb.
- [Chantal Akerman at Jeu de Paume](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/03/chantal-akerman-at-jeu-de-paume.md) - Travelling is the first major exhibition dedicated to Belgian film maker Chantal Akerman and features installations, film excerpts and never-before-seen archive material.
- [Trompe-l’oeil at the Musée Marmottan Monet](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/03/trompe-l-oeil-at-the-musee-marmottan-monet.md) - To celebrate its 90th anniversary the Musée Marmottan Monet has organized a fascinating exhibition tracing the history of the trompe l’oeil painting from the 16th century to the present.
- [Masterpieces from the Museum Berggruen at the Musée de l’Orangerie](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/02/masterpieces-from-the-museum-berggruen-at-the-musee-de-l-orangerie.md) - A selection of works from the Museum Berggruen is currently on show at the Musée de l’Orangerie. They beautifully complement the Musée de l’Orangerie's own collection making this a perfect time to visit.
- [Masterpieces from the Galleria Borghese at the Musée Jacquemart-André](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/11/01/masterpieces-from-the-galleria-borghese-at-the-musee-jacquemart-andre.md) - On the occasion of its re-opening Paris’s Musée Jacquemart-André has organized an exhibition showcasing around forty masterpieces from the collection of the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
- [Pierre Huyghe: Liminal at the Punta della Dogana](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/27/pierre-huyghe-liminal-at-the-punta-della-dogana.md) - Liminal is one of the most interesting and inspiring exhibitions I’ve seen in recent years. It brings together a selection of Pierre Huyghe’s works from the past ten years as well as several new creations.
- [Julie Mehretu: Ensemble at the Palazzo Grassi](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/27/julie-mehretu-ensemble-at-the-palazzo-grassi.md) - I rejoiced when I read that the Palazzo Grassi would organize a large Julie Mehretu exhibition as one of the collateral events of the Venice Biennale 2024.
- [Berlinde De Bruyckere: City of Refuge III](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/25/berlinde-de-bruyckere-city-of-refuge-iii.md) - "City of Refuge III" by Berlinde de Bruyckere at the magnificent church of San Giorgio Maggiore is one of the highlights of the 2024 Venice Biennale.
- [William Kentridge: Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/18/william-kentridge-self-portrait-as-a-coffee-pot-2.md) - The premiere of William Kentridge’s "Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot" was one of the highlights of this year’s Venice Biennale. It is a celebration of the creative process and a love letter to art and the power of the imagination.
- [Venice Biennale 2024](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/18/venice-biennale-2024.md) - There was a lot to see at the 2024 Venice Biennale, but very little that stopped me in my tracks. The best country pavilion by a mile was the Australian pavilion.
- [Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/17/gallerie-dell-accademia-di-venezia.md) - For some reason I must have skipped the Gallerie dell’Accademia when I first visited Venice. I’m glad I finally had an opportunity to visit it. It has an outstanding collection.
- [Uffizi Gallery](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/16/uffizi-gallery.md) - I finally had a chance to visit the Uffizi Gallery. Included here is a pick of some of my personal favorites.
- [Utopias and Reality at the Villa Bardini](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/14/utopias-and-reality-at-the-villa-bardini.md) - OltreCittà at the Villa Bardini in Florence is a fascinating exhibition which showcases how artists have imagined the city in the 20th and 21st century.
- [Renaissance Florence Reimagined](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/13/renaissance-florence-reimagined.md) - Laurent Binet's "Perspective(s)" and Maggie O’Farrell’s "The Marriage Portrait" are a joy to read and make for a perfect travel companion on a trip to Florence.
- [Edward Burtynsky: Extraction/Abstraction](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/13/edward-burtynsky-extraction-abstraction.md) - Extraction/Abstraction is the largest survey of Edward Burtynsky’s work so far and features photographs from his entire forty-year career.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/06/further-reading-103.md) - The unraveling of space-time. The largest ever brain map of the fruit fly. What finance is for. Depression. Death of the department store. Flow. Pierre Huyghe. Michel Houellebecq. Richard Powers. And more.
- [Highlights from the Spring 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collections](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/10/06/highlights-from-the-spring-2025-ready-to-wear-collections.md) - Some of my favorite designs from the Spring 2025 ready-to-wear collections.
- [John Vaillant: Fire Weather. A True Story From a Hotter World](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/09/29/john-vaillant-fire-weather-a-true-story-from-a-hotter-world.md) - In "Fire Weather. A True Story From a Hotter World" John Vaillant tells the harrowing story of the 2016 wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, Alberta. It is a sobering read that serves as both a compelling disaster story and an urgent warning about our climate future.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/08/31/further-reading-102.md) - Scientists need more time to think. Gravitational waves. Tiling patterns. Prime numbers. Protein ribbon diagrams. Western diets and chronic diseases. Brancusi. Annie Ernaux. Jan van Eyck. Riccardo Tisci. And more.
- [Richard McGuire. Then and There. Here and Now](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/07/28/richard-mcguire-then-and-there-here-and-now.md) - "Richard McGuire: Then and There. Here and Now" at the Cartoonmuseum Basel is a wonderful career retrospective of the illustrator and designer best known for his cult graphic novel "Here".
- [When We See Us at the Kunstmuseum Basel](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/07/21/when-we-see-us-at-the-kunstmuseum-basel.md) - "When We See Us", currently on view at the Kunstmuseum Basel, is a fascinating exhibition, which presents a panoramic survey of a century of Black figurative painting.
- [Rugghubelhütte](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/rugghubelhutte.md) - The hike from Ristis to the Rugghubelhütte is one of the best and most rewarding hikes in Engelberg.
- [Surenenpass](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/surenenpass.md) - The hike from Engelberg via Surenenpass to Attinghausen is considered one of the most impressive of central Switzerland. I didn't make it all the way to Attinghausen, but returned via Stäuber and Stäfeli to the valley station Fürenalp.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/06/29/further-reading-101.md) - On getting the life you want. The enduring mystery of how water freezes. Primordial black holes. Why sleep deprivation disrupts memory. Patricia Lockwood on A.S. Byatt. Egypt’s new USD 1-billion mega-museum. Counting crows and more.
- [Paris 1874. Inventer l’Impressionisme at the Musée d’Orsay](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/06/16/paris-1874-inventer-l-impressionisme-at-the-musee-d-orsay.md) - "Paris 1874. Inventer l'Impressionisme" at the Musée d'Orsay is a magnificent exhibition, which brings together some of the works that were shown at the First Impressionist exhibition and at that year’s official Salon.
- [Brancusi at the Centre Pompidou](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/06/09/brancusi-at-the-centre-pompidou.md) - As one of the final acts before it closes for a five year refurbishment, early 2025, the Centre Pompidou has organized a large and superb retrospective of Constantin Brancusi.
- [Matisse: The Red Studio at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/06/02/matisse-the-red-studio-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - It is an absolute joy to see Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio" in all its glory surrounded by all surviving works of art depicted in the painting.
- [Ellsworth Kelly at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/06/02/ellsworth-kelly-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - Hot on the heels of the Mark Rothko retrospective, the Fondation Louis Vuitton has organized an Ellsworth Kelly retrospective, which brings together more than 100 works by the American artist.
- [Robert Ryman. The Act of Looking at the Musée de l'Orangerie](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/26/robert-ryman-the-act-of-looking-at-the-musee-de-lorangerie.md) - Robert Ryman is best known for his white on white paintings. Throughout his career Ryman tirelessly explored the possibilities of painting while confining himself to white paint as can be seen at a retrospective of his work at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris.
- [Paolo Roversi at the Palais Galliera](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/23/paolo-roversi-at-the-palais-galliera.md) - Paolo Roversi is one of today’s most celebrated fashion photographers. With its red walls and intimate lighting the Palais Galliera is the perfect setting for a retrospective of his work.
- [Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/17/exteriors-annie-ernaux-and-photography.md) - "Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography" is a fascinating exhibition, which juxtaposes excerpts from Annie Ernaux’s book Journal du dehors (1993) with photographs from the collection of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie.
- [Le monde comme il va](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/17/le-monde-comme-il-va.md) - Le monde comme il va (The World as it Goes) is one of the most interesting exhibitions I’ve seen at the Bourse de Commerce so far.
- [Mexica at the Musée du quai Branly](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/16/mexica-at-the-musee-du-quai-branly.md) - "Mexica. Offerings and Gods at the Templo Mayor" is a fascinating, information dense exhibition at the Musée du quai Branly, which documents the results of fifty years of archaeological research at the site of the former Great Temple of the Mexica empire.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/05/15/further-reading-100.md) - Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail. Noise. The universe’s topology. Intrinsic simplicity of complex systems. How Einstein lost the battle to explain quantum reality. Collective intelligence. Survival of the nicest. Air pollution. Everyone’s a sellout now. And more.
- [Poor Things](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/04/07/poor-things.md) - I’m glad films like "Poor Things" are still being made. The production design is amazing as are the costumes. Unfortunately, like so many films these days, it is overlong. Had it been 30 minutes shorter I would probably have liked it better.
- [Frans Hals at the Rijksmuseum](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/03/31/frans-hals-at-the-rijksmuseum.md) - The Frans Hals retrospective at the Rijksmuseum brings together some of his best works. Frans Hals is best known for his loose, bold brushstrokes. Other than that there is little to say about his work.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/03/30/further-reading-99.md) - Claire Voisin on mathematical creativity. How the Big Bang got its name. The Vela supernova remnant. The miracle of modern chip manufacturing. The ‘Mother Tree’ idea is everywhere, but how much of it is real? Vladimir Nabokov. Michel Talagrand. Virginia Woolf. And more.
- [Highlights from the Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear Collections](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/03/16/highlights-from-the-fall-2024-ready-to-wear-collections.md) - A selection of my favorite creations from the Fall 2024 ready-to-wear collections.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/02/24/further-reading-98.md) - Why tumour naming needs to change. Causation in neuroscience. The decimal point. Dark matter. How people can become happier. Categories we live by. Linnaeus. Spinoza. Claire Voisin. John Nash. Thomas Ostermeier. And more.
- [Anselm](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/02/11/anselm.md) - “Anselm”, directed by Wim Wenders, is a visually-striking documentary and a fascinating peek into the mind of an artist.
- [Anselm Kiefer at Museum Voorlinden](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/02/11/anselm-kiefer-at-museum-voorlinden.md) - The Anselm Kiefer exhibition at Museum Voorlinden in The Hague shows a selection of works from the past 10 to 15 years, some of which are great, others are, well, not that great.
- [Iris van Herpen. Sculpting the Senses](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/28/iris-van-herpen-sculpting-the-senses.md) - I greatly enjoyed the Iris van Herpen retrospective "Sculpting the Senses", or perhaps I should say couture show, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/26/further-reading-97.md) - How to have a more productive year. The consciousness wars. The cerebellum. The Mandelbrot set revisited. The cause of depression. The meaning of a dog’s tail wag. Math and literature. Witchcraft. Tool. And more.
- [Dana Schutz at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/14/dana-schutz-at-the-musee-dart-moderne-de-paris.md) - The American artist Dana Schutz practices painting as a form of social commentary. Her large canvases are often grotesque and absurd, but also full of humor.
- [Juergen Teller: i need to live](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/06/juergen-teller-i-need-to-live.md) - Juergen Teller is in many ways my opposite. That’s why I find his work interesting and inspiring. I therefore enjoyed visiting "i need to live", a large retrospective devoted to his work conceived by Teller himself.
- [Bijoy Jain / Studio Mumbai: Breath of an Architect](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/05/bijoy-jain-studio-mumbai-breath-of-an-architect.md) - The Fondation Cartier in Paris has given Bijoy Jain, founder of Studio Mumbai, carte blanche. The result is an immersive exhibition in dialogue with Jean Nouvel’s iconic building.
- [Alberto Giacometti. The Nose](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/05/alberto-giacometti-the-nose.md) - The Institut Giacometti in Paris has created a small but beautiful exhibition bringing together all versions of “Le Nez” (The Nose), one of Alberto Giacometti’s best-known sculptures.
- [Issy Wood. Study For No at Lafayette Anticipations](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/04/issy-wood-study-for-no-at-lafayette-anticipations.md) - Issy Wood’s solo exhibition “Study For No” at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris shows that painting is not dead, it is very much alive and yes, relevant.
- [Lorraine Daston: Rules. A Short History of What We Live By](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/03/lorraine-daston-rules-a-short-history-of-what-we-live-by.md) - "Rules: A Short History of What We Live By" by Lorraine Daston is a fascinating, dense and highly readable book, which explores the concept of rules and their role in shaping human behavior.
- [Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2024/01/01/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse.md) - Like its predecessor Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a visually stunning film and a feast for the eye.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/12/31/further-reading-96.md) - Patricia Lockwood on meeting with the Pope. How Lea Ypi defines freedom. Siddharta Mukherjee on carcinogens we cannot see. An atlas of human brain cells. The fate of free will. Ed Ruscha. Gerhard Richter. And more.
- [The Year in Review: 2023](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/12/31/the-year-in-review-2023.md) - The best books that I read, the best films that I watched, the best albums that I listened to and the best exhibitions that I visited in 2023.
- [Sophie Calle at the Musée Picasso](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/26/sophie-calle-at-the-musee-picasso.md) - "À toi de faire, ma mignonne", Sophie Calle's take-over of the Musée Picasso, is one of the most intelligent exhibitions I've seen in a long time. Picasso is absent, but he has never been more present.
- [Nicolas de Staël at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/25/nicolas-de-stael-at-the-musee-d-art-moderne-de-paris.md) - The Nicolas de Staël retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris is a revelation. This was the first time that I encountered a comprehensive survey of his work. I instantly recognized a kindred spirit.
- [Le Paris de la Modernité at the Petit Palais](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/19/le-paris-de-la-modernite.md) - Le Paris de la Modernité (1905-1925) is a sprawling exhibition, which brings to life a period when Paris was the cultural capital of the world. Through nearly four hundred works across all artistic domains, the exhibition celebrates the effervescence of the years 1905 to 1925.
- [Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso at the Musée du Luxembourg](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/18/gertrude-stein-and-pablo-picasso-at-the-musee-du-luxembourg.md) - I was not expecting to see works by Bruce Nauman, Carl Andre and Jasper Johns, when I saw the posters for “Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso. The Invention of Language”, but it makes for an interesting exhibition.
- [Mark Rothko at the Fondation Louis Vuitton](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/17/mark-rothko-at-the-fondation-louis-vuitton.md) - The Mark Rothko retrospective at the Fondation Louis Vuitton is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see an exceptionally large selection of works by the American abstract expressionist.
- [Naples in Paris at the Louvre](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/16/naples-in-paris-at-the-louvre.md) - The exhibition Naples à Paris at the Louvre is a rare opportunity to see some masterpieces from the Museo di Capodimonte alongside the Louvre's own collection of Italian paintings.
- [Further Reading](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/12/further-reading-95.md) - What causes fainting? Canada's year of fire. Curiosity. The science that paved the way for the Higgs boson. A neural network with the ability to make generalizations about language. Global warming. Issey Miyake. And more.
- [Ray Monk: Ludwig Wittgenstein. The Duty of Genius](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/blog/2023/11/12/ray-monk-ludwig-wittgenstein-the-duty-of-genius.md) - Ray Monk’s excellent Wittgenstein biography "Ludwig Wittgenstein. The Duty of Genius" is a joy to read and also serves as a good introduction to his work.

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