Documentation

Announcement of the debate with Anthony Vidler for architects on Constant. Nueva Babilonia at Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.

In this interview for the Oral History Project of Fondation Constant photographer, Tom Haartsen speaks about his work with Constant taking photo's of his paintings and watercolors and his personal memories of him.
Interviewer: Karel Ankerman

Audio of the full interview, executed and documented in Dutch, is available in the archive for research purposes. Email Kim van der Horst for more information.

Part of my work is humanising technique, like New Babylon (1959-1974) by Constant. According to Constant technique is not an alienating mode but a way to bring man closer to its nature. Homo ludens.

In this interview for the Oral History Project of Fondation Constant gallerist, Nico Delaive speaks about his encounters with Constant, the exhibitions and catalogues they made together, the purchases and sales he did of his work and personal memories.
Interviewer: Karel Ankerman

Audio of the full interview, executed and documented in Dutch, is available in the archive for research purposes. Email Kim van der Horst for more information.

In this interview for the Oral History Project of Fondation Constant museum director, Hans Locher speaks about his friendship with Constant, the exhibitions he made with him, de purchase of the New Babylon collection and his personal memories of him.
Interviewer: Karel Ankerman

A review of Constant. Nueva Babilonia  by Eduardo Castillo on Granadadigital.es, February 3, 2016

Article on the exhibition Constant. Nueva Babilonia at Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid in Hypertextual by Ara Rodríguez, February 2, 2016.

Blog by Esther Schreuder about the book Cobra aan de gracht, 2013.

A blog by Esther Schreuder on the exhibitions of Constant in the Cobra Museum of Modern Art and the Gemeentemuseum from May 28 till September 27, 2016.

Article on the exhibition Constant. Nueva Babilonia at Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid in Hoyesarte, January 5, 2016.

Article on the Constant. Nueva Babilonia exhibition in Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid, October 20, 2015 till February 28, 2016.

Review of the exhibition Constant. New Babylon at Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, 20-10-2015 till 29-02-2016 by Karel Ankerman for Financieel Dagblad, January 2, 2016.

A blog about a visit to Museo Reina Sofia and the exhibition Constant. Neuva Babilonia by Alexandra Goldman.

A review of Constant. Nueva Babilonia by José Catalán Deus on periodistadigital.com, October 23, 2015.

Review of the exhibition Constant. Nueva Babilonia at Museo Reina Sofia Madrid.

The Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, in collaboration with the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, will be hosting the exhibition called "Constant. New Babylon" until 29 February 2016, bringing together some 150 works by the founder of the CoBrA European avant-garde movement active from 1948 to 1951.

A video installation of 13 short films (10 min) by Julian Rosenfeldt starring Cate Blanchet. The installation premiered in 2015 in Australia. The short where Cate Blanchet plays a homeless man is amongst others based on the text from Constant's Manifest for the Experimental Group Holland in 1948.

A review of Constant. Nueva Babilonia by Javier Montes for ABC.es, November 13, 2015

Essay by Lynn Berger for de Correspondent about the commercialisation of creativity and Constant's New Babylon
February 16, 2015

In this interview for the Oral History Project of Fondation Constant journalist Max Arian speaks about his interview with Constant for his article in magazine De Groene Amsterdammer in 1995 (published in January 17, 1996). He recollects how the interview with Constant influenced his biography of Willem Sandberg and Constant's personality. His critical view of Sandberg shed new light on his impression of the legendary museum director.
Interviewer: Karel Ankerman