Bibliography

Review in De Groene Amsterdammer of the exhibition Liga Nieuw Beelden at Atelier Volten 11 April till 01 November 2026.  The Liga Nieuw Beelden, active from 1955 to 1969, was an association of painters, sculptors, designers, architects, and urban planners. Atelier Volten has devoted a small but exceptionally well-executed exhibition to it.

After the Second World War, Liga Nieuw Beelden was the largest association in which architects, visual artists, and designers worked together. It brought together 361 people, including Wim Crouwel, Aldo van Eyck, and Frieda Hunziker. Yet the association has largely been forgotten and remains little known today. An exhibition at Atelier Volten, on view through 1 November 2026, aims to change that.

Tip off from the New York Times for the exhibition New Humans at the New Museum, 2026. 

Ian Volner of Architectural Record about the new wing of the New Museum, 2026

Review by Johanna Fateman of Cultured of the New Museum opening exhibition New Humans, 2026. 

Review by Ariella Budick of the Financial Times of the New Humans exhibition at the New Museum, 2026

Review by Brian P. Kelly of The Wall Street Journal of the New Museum opening exhibition New Humans, 2026. 

A dialogue between Maximilíano Durón and Alex Greenberger from Artnews on the New Museum opening exhibition New Humans, 2026. 

Review by Artnet of the exhibition New Humans at the New Museum, 2026. 

Catalog with the exhibition Cobra in woord en beeld at Nederlands Steendruk Museum, Valkenswaard, from 26 September, 2026 till 28 February, 2027. 

The Netherlands has been represented at the Venice Biennale since its very first edition in 1895. Over the past 130 years, its presence has evolved from a modest contribution to a nineteenth-century salon exhibition into an established place at one of the world’s most influential art platforms. Art historian Nathalie Zonnenberg researched all Dutch participations at the request of the Mondriaan Fund and describes them in 56 concise chapters, one for each edition in which the Netherlands took part.

A timely exploration of artists’ enduring preoccupation with what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changeNew Humans traces a diagonal history of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through the work of more than 150 artists, writers, scientists, architects, and filmmakers, highlighting key moments when dramatic technological and social changes spurred new conceptions of humanity and new visions for its possible futures.

Review by Esha Guy Hadjadj in De Groene Amsterdammer of the exhibition New New Babylon at Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 29 March till 31 August, 2025. Read the English version HERE.

Episode 19, 14 May with Bart Rutten. In the 1950s, Cobra artist Constant Nieuwenhuys imagined a new world, without possessions or war, in which everyone was free to play and travel. He called this art project of a utopian world New Babylon. In the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 75 years later, international artists now imagine their ideal, different world. Director of the Centraal Museum Bart Rutten travels with them in their imagination.

On the occasion of the exhibition New New Babylon – Visions for Another Tomorrow at Kunstmuseum Den Haag on Saturday [29 March - 31 August 2025] and the book Playing Constant, the final part of the Constant 101 project that will be published by Jap Sam Books in June, a pre-publication of Zippora Elder’s essay Constant Spelen was published on the Mister Motley website. 

Publication with the main exhibition Eu-topia, Ou-topia of the 5th Mugal Biennial with a chapter by Juan Pro on Constant's labyrinth in New Babylon. 

Promotional article in Residence about the exhibition Bouwen aan een nieuwe wereld (Building a New World) at CODA Apeldoorn, NL. The group exhibition was inpsired by Constant's New Babylon manifesto from 1963 and featured some works by Constant amongst works by four contemporary artists.

Article in Villa d'Arte about the exhibition Bouwen aan een nieuwe wereld (Building a New World) at CODA Apeldoorn, NL. The group exhibition was inpsired by Constant's New Babylon manifesto from 1963 and featured some works by Constant amongst works by four contemporary artists.

Article in Kunst- en Museumkrant about the exhibition Bouwen aan een nieuwe wereld (Building a New World) at CODA Apeldoorn, NL. The group exhibition was inpsired by Constant's New Babylon manifesto from 1963 and featured some works by Constant amongst works by four contemporary artists.

Article in the July/August edition of Kunstkrant about the exhibition Bouwen aan een nieuwe wereld (Building a New World) at CODA Apeldoorn, NL. The group exhibition was inpsired by Constant's New Babylon manifesto from 1963 and featured some works by Constant amongst works by four contemporary artists.

A doctoral dissertation by Yoshikazu Nangko for the University of Tokyo, 2024. See abstract and table of content in PDF below. Published in Japanes in 2024. 

Article in Het Parool about the sculpture Constant's Gate (De Poort van Constant), 1963 and its new status as municipal monument of Amsterdam.

Article on the website of the Municipality of Amsterdam about Constant's Gate (De Poort van Constant, 1963), which stands at the entrance of sports park Ookmeer in the district of Amsterdam Nieuw-West. On January 16, 2024, the artwork received the status of 'municipal monument': a special occurrence, because, as the article states, artworks in the public space don't receive such a status all too often.

The Soundscape of New Babylon. Artist Justin Bennett explores the role of sound in Constant’s New Babylon project in his new podcast Constant’s New Babylon on UFMC.