Documentation

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

"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

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.

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

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

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.

Interview with Karen Kurczynski about her exhibition Human Animals. Cobra and Its Legacy from September 15 till November 20, 2016 at UMCA.

Review of the exhibition Human Animals. Cobra and Its Legacy at UMCA from September 15 till November 20th, 2016.

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

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

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.

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.