Dean's Lecture Series: The Constant Dialogue

2015
Series of lectures at Illinois Institute of Technology. Main speaker: Mark WigleyOther speakers: Wiel Arets, Trudy Nieuwenhuys and Ludo van HalemSeptember 16, 2015

Een spoor van knopen

2015
An article on Shinkichi Tajiri announcing his exhibition Universal Paradoxes at Japan Museum SieboldHuis, Leiden. It references his affiliation with the Cobra movement.

Op Art Basel zijn zelfs de braadworsten onbetaalbaar

2015
A review of Art Basel 2015, mentioning the New Babylon presentation by BorzoGallery.

Art Basel: Architect Talk Constant's New Babylon

2015
Mark Wigley, Author of Constant’s New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire, Princeton; Ludo van Halem, Curator for ‘Constant and the European avant-garde 1950 – 1960' at Cobra Museum, Amstelveen Moderator: Hans den Hartog Jager, Art Critic and Writer, AmsterdamArt Basel-Salon, Thursday, June 18, 2015

Baseltopia: Searching For Utopia (and Dystopia) at Art Basel 2015

2015
MutualArt.com brings an interesting article about Utopian (and Dystopian) art works at Art Basel, in which Constant's New Babylon has not gone unnoticed.

Constant

2015
Short piece about the Feature of Constant's New Babylon work by BorzoGallery, Amsterdam.

De vlam van de opstand moet branden

2015
An interview with PROVO Roel van Duijn about fifty years PROVO with a reference to their connection to New Babylon.

Engagement-Constant en New Babylon

2015
Blog by Anja Marbus on the Exam theme VWO 2015 on Arttube.nl

'The Disappearance of Rembrandt' | Joost Zwagerman's column in HUMO

2015
In his column in weekly magazine HUMO, Joost Zwagerman writes about one of Rembrandt's self portraits in the exhibition Late Rembrandt in the Rijksmuseum, he compares Rembrandt's painting De kunstenaar in zijn atelier (The Artist in His Studio), 1629 to Constant's painting with the same title, from 1977. Read the article (in Dutch) by downloading the pdf below.

New Babylon

2015
Blog by McKenzie Wark on VersoBooks.com

Alsof de kijker zelf in New Babylon woont

2015
Article on the acquisition of the Diorama's by Kunstmuseum Den Haag. 

'Kijkdozen' naar museum

2015
Article on the aquisition of the Diorama's by Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Constant en het canoniseringsproces in het Stedelijk Museum

2015
A research by Mylene Jankoswki on the collection of Constant's work by the museum transcending several directorships. 

El Reina Sofía sueña la Nueva Babilonia

2015
Exhibition review of Constant. Nueva Babilonia at Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

Miró en Cobra: wie beïnvloedde nu eigenlijk wie?

2015
Article about the connections between Cobra and Miró and the exhibition at Cobra Museum.

Een dichter die zijn leven lang de tijd wilde bevriezen

2014
A short article on the passing of Gerrit Kouwenaar mentioning Constant, Karel Appel, Lucebert, the Experimentele Groep Holland and Cobra.

‘We zijn Wibaut vergeten’

2014
Interview with Adri Duivesteijn about the city innovations he realised as alderman in Almere and Den Haag. He mentions the New Babylon project by Constant as an inspiration.

De keuze van Katja Weitering

2014
A guest blog on a photo of Constant by J.J.M. de Jong from 1949 on jedithjadegroot.nl.

De naakten moeten even wachten

2014
About Anton Martineau’s hommage to Velázquez with references to the Cobra members and Constant.

City Rising

2014
For the exhibition Metahaven Selected Projects 2010-2014 at the Cobra museum, January 2014, designers collective Metahaven created the movie City Rising featuring Constant's New Babylon works.