Commissioned to make a work in relation to the writer, W. G. Sebald, Tacita Dean took as her subject the Berlin born British poet and translator Michael Hamburger whom Sebald meets in a chapter of his…
Free Thursday evening Free admission starting from Thursday 3 April 5pm - 9pm De Pont museum is open every Thursday evening for free, starting from 3 April! From 5pm, you can walk into the museum free…
Darkened Eyebrows Meeting in the Middle Merina Beekman’s tender portraits of swaddled babies, young boys and girls from the Middle and Far East are a compelling combination of hand-stitched embroidery…
The title of this animation sounds like a fairy tale, and the design also evokes a dream-like atmosphere. But once again Walker demonstrates her capacity to bring attention to the horrific in a poetic…
On display in the project space is an exhibition of recent paintings and works on paper by George Meertens (Stein, 1957). Meertens has been active as an artist since the late 1980s. In recent years…
Selected works by Marc Mulders from De Pont's collection will be presented in connection with the publication of Marc Mulders, works 1980 - 2020 , which includes the essay by Anneke van Wolfswinkel…
Due to the use of aluminum and its industrial finish, Kafka’s Palindrome by Roni Horn is somewhat reminiscent of works from Minimal Art, particularly those of Donald Judd. But whereas Judd’s forms are…
According to the dictionary Pulse means, among other things, heartbeat or rhythm. For those who know Kees de Goede’s work,this will immediately evoke associations with the imaginary ticktock of the…
In the work of British artist Fiona Banner (Merseyside, 1966), opposites play a significant role. This concerns the relationship between words and images, man and machines, but also between the…
‘Please note: jma wishes to make it clear that five paintings are not yet finished.’ Jean-Michel Alberola once placed this text at the entrance to a Paris gallery as an introduction to his exhibition.…