Ten years ago the artist Erik Andriesse (Bussum 1957 – Amsterdam 1993) died at a young age. A spectacular career and an impressive oeuvre were brought to a thoroughly unexpected end. Now Erik…
Though several important works by Tacita Dean are part of De Pont’s collection, a large exhibition dedicated to her entire body of work has not been held before in Tilburg. Recently she has exhibited…
Despite his international reputation, the French artist Jean Pierre Raynaud (1939) has remained largely unknown in the Netherlands until now. His only solo exhibition here was held at the Stedelijk…
The work of Rosemarie Trockel (1952, Schwerte FRG) is not unfamiliar or without influence in the Netherlands, although it has only been shown to a moderate degree in several group exhibitions, among…
In connection with the commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Dutch-Japanese relations, a great many events and exhibitions that focus on various aspects of this are being held this year. The…
Powerful, absurdist and deeply uncomfortable at the same time: no one can watch the tragicomic performances by Tilburg-based artist Renée van Trier and remain unmoved. Her original visual signature…
In the paintings of Reinoud van Vught, paint and chance are given free rein. Moments at which he pours out the paint and directs the fluid substance only in a loose, intuitive manner are alternated,…
Michaël de Kok (Hilvarenbeek, 1958) paints landscapes. Yet this is not the first thing that comes to mind on seeing his exhibition of recent works in De Pont’s podium space. Most of the works consist…
Roni Horn grew up in New York, where her father ran a pawnshop in Harlem, and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University. In 1975 Horn visited Iceland for the first time. Since…
In the 2019 video work Liminal , by the Peruvian artist Maya Watanabe (Lima, 1983), the camera slowly feels its way across a piece of land: loose soil, rocks, roots – alternately in and out of focus .…