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The book traces the exceptional career of Ruud van Empel, a pioneer in digital construction. Van Empel reveals an ability to capture the delicacy of the world through his works: editing and composing, from patiently collected and selected photographs

A celebration of amateurism by Erik Kessels, one of the most original figures in today’s art and design scene, 'Complete Amateur' explains how to let go of everything you know and embrace things you know nothing about. Full of brilliant masterpieces

This large-format monograph covers the last two decades of projects by the Dutch partnership of Lode Havermans and Abe Hielkema, designs which are characterised by their "unspectacular simplicity", using straight lines and right angles as a way to el

Each year, many talented photographers graduate from various schools and art academies throughout Europe. Additionally, with the rise of social media and digital platforms, it has never been easier for individual photographers to share their work and

Voor Real Dreams (2021) reisde fotograaf Ruben Lundgren zes jaar lang in opdracht voor onder andere De Volkskrant kriskras door China. In 75 beelden geeft het boek een humoristische reflectie op het land, met een heel eigen esthetiek. Terugkerende th

Spread over five years, artist Sjoerd Martens (1993, Nijmegen) studied the petroglyphs, rock drawings, made on Aruba around the year 1000 by the Caquetio, the indigenous people who were among the earliest inhabitants of the Caribbean island. Where pe

Selma Selman is kunstenaar en activist. Afkomstig uit een familie van schroothandelaren kent ze de noodzaak van recyclen van huis uit. Die wetenschap vormt de kern van haar multidisciplinaire oeuvre. Selman omschreef zichzelf eens als ‘de gevaarlijks

Erik Mattijssen portretteert het alledaagse leven met een unieke twist. Zijn kleurrijke voorstellingen tonen geen mensen, al is hun aanwezigheid voelbaar. 'Oog voor dingen' biedt een ruime keuze uit het oeuvre van de kunstenaar van de afgelopen vijfe

Jouk Oosterhof is a photographer. After 25 years of capturing images of people – and occasionally animals – she felt it was time to bring together her work, both personal and commissioned, primarily for de Volkskrant magazine. The result is the photo

Hades was a powerful god in classical Greek mythology. His ‘Helmet of Darkness’ enabled him and the other gods to be invisible during their sometimes-ambiguous quests. Therefore, the helmet became proverbial for those who conceal their true nature...

‘The Imaginary Friend’ depicts a dream of a young woman who commutes every morning by train across the Maas bridges on the Dordrecht-Rotterdam route. She passes an abandoned bridge keeper’s tower and imagines a friend lives there. She decides to brin

Wat moeten we ons voorstellen bij een 'Design Derby' tussen Nederland en België van 1815 tot 2015? Is er eigenlijk sprake van een karakteristieke Nederlandse of Belgische identiteit in het design? En hoeveel weten we over elkaars geschiedenis? Precie

Deze rijk geïllustreerde catalogus (NL/ENG) verschijnt bij de gelijknamige tentoonstelling in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, met een uitgebreide bespreking van alle tentoongestelde werken en de voorbereidende tekeningen. Daarnaast wordt in vier inlei

What happens when a space adapts to the art instead of the other way around? Over the past years, a series of exhibitions in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen's open foyer has challenged our perceptions of space. In 'Sensory Spaces' fifteen international

In 2019 is het honderd jaar geleden dat het Bauhaus werd opgericht, de revolutionaire kunst- en ontwerpschool waarvan de invloed nog steeds voelbaar is. De baanbrekende uitgangspunten van de opleiding hebben ook in Nederland nadrukkelijk weerklank ge

De collectie surrealisme van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen geniet wereldwijd bekendheid. Toch is deze Boijmans Studie nu eens niet gewijd aan de oeuvres van gecanoniseerde namen als Salvador Dalí en René Magritte. In plaats daarvan wordt het verhaal

De afdeling vormgeving is zonder twijfel de meest gevarieerde deelcollectie van Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. In het openbare depot van het museum kan iedereen zich verwonderen over het pluriforme karakter van deze 50.000 stukken tellende verzamelin

Boek Best Of Boijmans, geschreven door Sandra Kisters, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Museumgids

Boek Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, geschreven door Peter van der Coelen, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Museumgids

Boek De Vuurvogelgeneratie, geschreven door Sandra Smets, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Beeldende kunst

Boek Best Of Boijmans, geschreven door Sandra Kisters, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Museumgids

This continuation of the well-established and popular series of found photography books, provides another collection of intriguing images. This time its subject is one of the earliest successful photographic blogs, a site documenting the story of Ool

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The magazine's focus is to explore images created for practical purposes, in this case, the photographs used to guide solvers of jigsaw puzzles in their endeavours. These pictures, from animals, television and sports to postcard-perfect destinations,

The fourteenth edition of Erik Kessels' found photography series presents a semi-nude detective story: who chopped the heads off all the sunbathers? This latest series was discovered in the late eighties by the photographer Toon Michiels. Edited & de

In almost every picture #7 presents with the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery. The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16 year old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun an

Online auction sites often show photographs where details or sections of the photograph have been covered up due to privacy and/or censorship issues. As a result sellers are forced to come up with smart and practical solutions so that the photograph

‘Useful Photography’ features overlooked and underwhelming images taken for practical purposes. This issue presents the meticulous work of the “script continuity supervisor” on a film set, where details about every shot have to be recorded: camera an

A magazine published once a year focusing on overlooked and underwhelming images taken for practical purposes and is collected & edited by Hans Aarsman, Julian Germain, Frank Schallmaier and Erik Kessels. (Previous editors: Claudie de Cleen and Hans

In Italy, between 1945 and 1976, more than 12,000 women were married by proxy to partners who were unable to attend for reasons such as military service, imprisonment, or travel restrictions. Mina from Bologna was one of them. In 1961, twenty-six-yea

Published by Van Zoetendaal, this special collection of photographs by Dutch documentary filmmaker, author, and photographer Johan van der Keuken offers a fascinating window into the everyday lives of people through portraits, personal moments and ma

Boek Otto Snoek, geschreven door Otto Snoek, uitgegeven door Idea Books B.V., Fotoboeken

Charlotte Dumas spent a few months in the spring of 2006 living in a tiny rooftop accommodation in Palermo, overlooking the city. The photographer became fascinated with a pack of stray dogs hanging around the park across the street, watching them la

Axel van der Kraan has a less than optimistic view of humans and civilisation. He is fascinated by power and bureaucracy and the absurdity of routines and rules that sometimes seem to oppress people more than help them. The artist sees the world as a

Pas de culte (‘no service’) presents hundreds of photographs of places of worship in the Netherlands and its former colonies, spanning over 185 years - the length of photography’s history. The selection includes works by Pieter Oosterhuis, G.H. Breit

Kessels and Stultiens have again delved into the treasure trove of amateur photography. They have found a remarkable series of photographs taken by a taxi driver of one passenger only. The passenger and the taxi are pictured in front of mountains, fi