60 Years of Recuperation | Are the Situasionists still relevant?

2017
Sixty years after Guy Debord, joined by a group of artists, thinkers and revolutionaries, established the Situationist International, the forms of advanced capitalism they critiqued - commodity fetishism, social alienation and the replacement of significance by spectacle - have become the bedrock of twenty-first-century society. So what is their legacy today? McKenzie Wark weighs things up.

Renewed art is not interesting for me. Why always renew art?

2017
An interview with Constant by Mark Rappolt, 2003 in ArtForum of October, 2017

Frank Lodeizen: Bevrijd door Cobra en de Vijftigers

2017
A preview of the book Dichter van de droge naald. Frank Lodeizen 1931-2013 by Rineke van Houten in Vrij Nederland, September 2017. A charming insight of the scene the Cobra artists and poets moved around in.

Kleine maar fijne design-expo in Eersel

2017
Review of the exhibition Spectrum Design - van Rietveld tot Wilcke at Museum De Acht Zaligheden. Mentioning the furtniture that Constant designed for t Spectrum in 1953.

Artful Volumes: Constant: Space + Color

2017
A book review of the catalogue Constant: Space + Color. From Cobra to New Babylon in Bookforum, summer 2017.

Baldadig minimaal

2017
Writer/poet K. Schippers shares his memories about architects and artists surrounding Theo van Doesburg, founder of De Stijl.

Triennale di Milano - mostra “La Terra Inquieta”

2017
Interview with Massimiliano Gioni - Fondazione Nicola Trussardi about the exhibition LA TERRA INQUIETA at the Triennale Milano from April 28th till August 20th.

Altijd te zien

2017
And Het Acrobatenschip by Constant's brother Jan Nieuwenhuijs is donated to Stedelijk Museum Schiedam by his wife Cockie

Panorama Pijbes

2017
"A floating anarchist with megalomane characteristics" Wim Pijbes and Winy Maas discuss Constant's New Babylon project during the build up of the exhibition Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty Gemeentemuseum Den Haag​ in 2016 in episode De Nieuwe Tijd in the series Panorama Pijbes on NTR. 00:20:50-00:32:53

Casabella 869

2017
The architectural magazine Casabella lists the catalogue Constant. Space + Color as a good read on it's reading list in the january 2017 edition 869.

Economies of the Wild: Speculations on Constant’s New Babylon and Contemporary Capitalism

2017
An essay by Bram Ieven for the publication Speculative Art Histories by Edinburgh University Press, 2017. NB: Published here is the unedited version.

Economies of the Wild: Speculations on Constant’s New Babylon and Contemporary Capitalism

2017
An essay by Bram Ieven for the publication Speculative Art Histories by Edinburgh University Press, 2017. NB: Published here is the unedited version.

Dit is de beste beeldende kunst van 2016

2016
The NRC art reviewers put out their top 5 list of best art works, buildings, photography and design of 2016. The exhibition Constant. Space + kleur was listed twice, once in the top 5 of Sandra Smets and once by Hans den Hartog Jager.

Portretten van afgelopen eeuw: van Picasso tot Lee Miller

2016
Review of the exhibition Zie de mens in Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle, Netherlands, 2016.

Kunstmuseum Den Haag; Constant – New Babylon

2016
Review of the exhibition Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid in Kunstmuseum Den Haag in 2016.

Exploring the Transition in Constant's Work

2016
Review of the exhibitions Constant. Ruimte + Kleur at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art and Constant - New Babylon at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag by Nina Siegel.

Exploring the Transition in Constant's Work

2016
Review of the exhibitions Constant. Ruimte + Kleur at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art and Constant - New Babylon at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag by Nina Siegel.

Exploring the Transition in Constant's Work

2016
Review of the exhibitions Constant. Ruimte + Kleur at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art and Constant - New Babylon at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag by Nina Siegel.

Ons streven ligt in de leefsfeer

2016
Article on the exhibition Constant. Ruimte + Kleur at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen by Jeroen Visschers.

Ons streven ligt in de leefsfeer

2016
Article on the exhibition Constant. Ruimte + Kleur at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen by Jeroen Visschers.