Art - Ivar Hagendoorn

10 Aug 2025 · Blog | Art

Dans le Flou at the Musée de l’Orangerie

“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.

5 Aug 2025 · Blog | Art

David Hockney 25 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

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.

4 Aug 2025 · Blog | Art

Matisse and Marguerite at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris

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.

15 Jun 2025 · Blog | Art

Five Friends at the Museum Brandhorst

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.

7 Jun 2025 · Blog | Art

Anselm Kiefer: Sag mir wo die Blumen sind

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.

31 May 2025 · Blog | Art

American Photography at the Rijksmuseum

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.

29 May 2025 · Blog | Art

Arcimboldo, Bassano, Bruegel: Nature’s Time at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

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.

25 May 2025 · Blog | Art | Design | Architecture

4 Museums 1 Modernism

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.

16 May 2025 · Blog | Art

Civilization: The Way We Live Now at the Kunsthalle München

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.