This weekend we went to see a fantastic exhibition from the Dutch artist Hans van Bentem in the Gemeentemuseum of the Hague. We were blown away by the most beautifull installations we have seen in a long time. In this time of recession it is such a delight to see something so rich and abundant! Van Bentem’s installations are displayed in the Gemeentemuseum’s period rooms: the ideal setting for an unprecedented encounter between the present and the past, and between east and west. The Gemeentemuseum is one of the few fine arts museums in the Netherlands to possess a suite of authentic period interiors. Whereas most such period rooms in Dutch museums disappeared in the 1960s and ’70s, this suite has survived intact ever since the museum opened in 1935. The Gemeentemuseum has taken the unusual decision to use it as the setting for a series of innovative exhibitions in which contemporary art enters into a dialogue with the historic interiors.
We didn’t bring our camera, so the pictures were taken with a mobile phone…

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