Bibliography

Catalog with the exhibition Becoming CoBrA at Kunsthalle Mannheim from 18 November 2022 till 5 March 2023.

A blog by head curator of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, Terry van Druten on the collection endowment by collectors Loes and Egbert Dommering. Amongst the donation are several beautiful works by Constant, like the watercolor Le départ, 1978, and the portfolio New Babylon.

Catalog with the exhibition Cobra en Chaissac, zielsverwanten at Kunstmuseum Den Haag from May 8th till September 19th, 2021.

With an introduction by Juan Pro, Professor of Contemporary History at the Autonomous University of Madrid.

The essay Sonic Imaginaries of New Babylon! Soundtrack for an Unbuilt City by Steve Taylor for the UK based platform MUSICITY analyses the sonic landscape of Constant's New Babylon.

A book by Tom Avermaete and Janina Gosseye A comprehensive history of urban design in the 20th century. 

Review of City sculptures in Amsterdam.

Children's picture book by Bette Westera and Sylvia Weve, with a nod to the playful, childlike, provocative art of the CoBrA artists. Both author-illustrators received the Gouden Griffel award in 2020 for the book. 

Catalogue with the travelling exhibition Impossible Architecture. The exhibition travels to the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Niigata City Art Museum, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Museum of Art in Osaka from February 2019 till March 2020.

Review group exposition in Het Huis met de Pilaren in 1948 organised by Kunstenaars-centrum Bergen.

Catalogue with the exhibition nederland ⇄ bauhaus at Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

Catalogue with the exhibition nederland ⇄ bauhaus at Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

Interview with architect Winy Maas about the Dutch Pavillion at the Architect Biennale 2018.

Review of the Dutch Pavillion at the Architecure Biennale in Venice, 2018.

Thoughts of Constant by Ronald Tolman, colleague and friend.

Catalogue with the exhibition Flashes of the Future at Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen in 2018.

Catalogue with the exhibition The Most Dangerous Game in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin in 2018. The catalogue has an inlay which warns readers that chapter 3 contains descriptions of sexual acts and violence, which could be disturbing. Not advisable for readers under 18 years old.

Catalogue with the exhibition The Most Dangerous Game in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin in 2018. The catalogue has an inlay which warns readers that chapter 3 contains descriptions of sexual acts and violence, which could be disturbing. Not advisable for readers under 18 years old.

Catalogue with the exhibition The Most Dangerous Game in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin in 2018. The catalogue has an inlay which warns readers that chapter 3 contains descriptions of sexual acts and violence, which could be disturbing. Not advisable for readers under 18 years old.

In honor of the 35th anniversary of the Rabo Art Collection, three beautiful books have been made. Together they tell the story of the collection.

Published in conjunction with the Dutch Pavilion at the Biennale Architettura 2018, is the book Work, Body, Leisure. Selected essays are published in installments on this website

Essay on Constant’s New Babylon by Darren Jorgesen and Laetitia Wilson for Invisible Culture, 2017.

In this interview for the Oral History Project of Fondation Constant art historian, Willemijn Stokvis talks about her encounters with Constant in the seventies and eighties, his influence within the CoBrA group, their first exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the encounters with the artists that led to her thesis and her personal memories of him. Interviewer: Karel Ankerman