An overview of theExhibitions

“Clothing has always been important to me. It is a direct expression of who I am.” This exhibition brings together the worlds of Grietha Scheers and visual artist Ellen Korth. Clothing connects them, yet their relationship to it is very different. Grietha delights in wearing...

English below Wat betekent vrijheid, 80 jaar na de bevrijding? Hoe herinneren we ons de oorlog nu er steeds minder overlevenden zijn die erover kunnen vertellen? In de tentoonstelling Spiegelend Landschap reflecteren hedendaagse kunstenaars op de sporen van oorlog en de kwetsbaarheid van vrijheid. Vanuit verschillende perspectieven...

Wearable Wunderkammer is an exhibition with contemporary jewellery inspired by the curiosity cabinet. Conceived for the Georgian mansion Newbridge House -County Dublin, Ireland- it is inspired by its Cabinet of Curiosities presented in the Museum Room. Throughout the house the exhibition shows the work of...

Every year Middachten Castle in De Steeg, The Netherlands, choses a lesser known part of their collection to highlight to the public. Victoria Countess Bentinck (1863-1949) collected cabinet photos and cartes-de-visite. Her albums are part of the collection of Middachten. During the summer of 2023...

2020 marked the tricentenary of the birth of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Italian architect, antiquarian, etcher, vedutista, designer and writer was one of the foremost artistic personalities of the 18th century in Rome. His interpretation of the classical world has become of great significance not...

There is no such thing as a copy. Everything is a translation of something else. * The 18th century building ‘Paviljoen Welgelegen’, the seat of the King’s commissioner of the province of Noord-Holland in Haarlem, stages every three months a contemporary art exhibition under the...

In September 2018 the works selected for the exhibition On a Pedestal presented for two months at Castletown House were transferred to the State Apartments of Dublin Castle. The exhibition changed character within the period rooms of Dublin Castle with more emphasize on the individual...

The inspiration for this exhibition came from the eighteenth-century interiors of Castletown House, a magnificent Georgian country house near Dublin, and its most famous occupant Lady Louisa Conolly. The house is in the care of the Office of Public Works in Ireland. Hélène from HB...

The exhibition investigated the material and immaterial – mostly invisible – means women have had of controlling power from the Middle Ages to the present day. It presented seven female icons from Dutch history and brought them to life through historical objects. Three contemporary artists...

The former summer residence of the aristocratic d’Ursel family in Hingene near Antwerp was built in the eighteenth century. In the summer of 2015 it hosted this unusual exhibition which portrayed the eighteenth century through the eyes of fifty contemporary designers, artists and fashion designers,...