Tag: art
Events
12 Oct
The Mauritshuis: Treasures of the Dutch Golden Age. At Cheltenham Literature Festival
To mark the Mauritshuis’ bicentenary year, we bring together writer and performer Christine Otten, writer Tessa Leuwsha and Director of The Mauritshuis Martine Gosselink, contributors to Pen Meets Paint – an anthology of new writing that responds to paintings in the museum – to explore the history of the museum, the complexities of the Netherlands’ colonial past, and to celebrate the magnificent works.
1 Oct
The Van Gogh Sisters
In this thoughtful and unprecedented biographical history, Willem-Jan Verlinden delves into previously unpublished correspondence in the Van Gogh family archives to bring Vincent’s three sisters out from their brother’s shadow, poignantly portraying their dreams, disappointments and grief.
The previously neglected voices of his sisters Anna, Lies and Willemien, with whom Vincent had intimate and sometimes turbulent relationships, are now uncovered.
10 Oct
Willem-Jan Verlinden at Cheltenham
The lively and revealing correspondence that Vincent van Gogh maintained with his art-dealer brother Theo is famous as a source of insight into the life and mind of one of the most celebrated artists of all time. But what of Anna, Lies and Willemien van Gogh, with whom Vincent had intimate and sometimes turbulent relationships?
9 Oct
How I Love London: Walking through Vincent van Gogh’s London
Join Willem-Jan Verlinden, author of The Van Gogh Sisters and Livia Wang, Creative Director of Van Gogh House, on a walking tour and discussion of Vincent van Gogh's formative time in London, where he lived at 87 Hackford Road, with his sister Anna.
5 Nov
Onno Blom in Hatchards
Hatchards hosts an illustrated talk and discussion with Onno Blom.
Books
Young Rembrandt
Rembrandt’s life has always been an enigma. How did a miller’s son from a provincial Dutch town become the greatest artist in the world? With his formative years shrouded in mystery, the only remaining evidence of Rembrandt’s life as a young man is his work. Deeply rooted in the turbulent…