As of March 18th 2014 Els Ottenhof (Financial Director of the Cobra museum) has joined our board as chair woman. By taking this position she allows mrs Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst to focus all of her attention on the research for the catalogue raisonné. Trudy will remain on the board as a member. We feel blessed to have these two dedicated and skillfull women on our team and look forward to the future!
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Els Ottenhof in front of Constant's Construction with Ladders (1961), 2011
19-03-2014
Constant, Les Touristes, 1972
18-03-2014
Bozro shows the painting Les Touristes (1972) and the Observatorium (1956) of Constant and work by amongst others Schoonhoven at the TEFAF 2014
Steve Mcqueen, 1969
04-02-2014
Fondation Constant is proud to present the exhibition MEER MACHT (More Power) that will open on March 30th at Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle. Fondation Constant gave several works on loan for the exhibition: the construction Two Towers and several collages from 1972 that have only been exhibited once before in 1973.
20-01-2014
Friday January 17th Metahaven Selected Projects 2010-2014 opened at the Cobra museum. Amongst the finished projects it showed a movie that Metahaven had made with Constant's New Babylon constructions the previous months. Fondation Constant was present at the opening and impressed with Metahaven's work.
Constant, Wild West, 1962
17-12-2013
Spirit of Cobra, a major exhibition exploring the roots and inspiration of the European avant-garde Cobra movement, on view November 8, 2013 through May 18, 2014. Spirit of Cobra highlights the unique meeting of young artists who came together from several European countries in the aftermath of World War II to create a living art, based on spontaneity, experimentation, socialist politics, and exuberant optimism.
Constant, Wild West, 1962, oil on canvas, 19 in x 43 in, Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, The Golda and Meyer Marks Cobra Collection, M-79.20
12-11-2013
As we speak Trudy, the president of Fondation Constant is flying back from Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she was present at the opening of the Cobra exhibition SPIRIT OF COBRA at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale. She was invited by the museum as a representative of Constant and the foundation to be interviewed for the local public television station and for the archives of the museum.
NSU MUSEUM OF ART FORT LAUDERDALE ANNOUNCES
SPIRIT OF COBRA
11-11-2013
After a period of renovations Kranenburgh opens its beautiful new building to the public on November 12th with the exhibition Wonder. Two days before the official opening I was at the museum for a sneak preview of the exhibition. It was amazing to see the work Portret of Mati from 1946 hang next to the Portrait of Victor (Mati & Constant's son) from that same year.
Jørgen Nash, Constant and Victor Nieuwenhuys. Constant working on the mural of painted cement at the home of Jørgen Nash in Tibirkelunde, Denmark, in May 1949.
31-10-2013
In May 1949 Constant painted and sculpted a wall at the house of his friend Jørgen Nash in Tibirkelunde, Denmark, see photo.
Mira Sanders, The Journey, 2009 (videostill)
08-10-2013
ZATERDAG 19 OKTOBER | 16 UUR | MIJN DERDE LAND | FRANKENDAEL FOUNDATION, CLUB INTERBELLUM & WHITE RABBIT THEATER
"...Ik heb om aan dit noodlot te ontkomen,
Een derde land verzonnen in mijn hoofd,
Een land vertrouwd met leugens en fantomen..."
In de tentoonstelling Mijn Derde Land reizen we naar een land dat bestaat tussen verbeelding en werkelijkheid: een imaginaire bestemming als toevluchtsoord voor de hedendaagse mens. Vertrekpunt is het gedicht 'Contragewicht' van Gerrit Komrij.
Foto: Thomas Lenden
19-09-2013
Nieuw-West Open, het programma dat 60 jaar Westelijke tuinsteden viert, in een reis van 60 weken door de publieke ruimte presenteert:
DIALOOG MET EEN BEELD II
een performance van Danielle van Vree
DE POORT VAN CONSTANT
een dwaling door de tijd langs zeven performers
zaterdag 21 september 18.00-20.00
donderdag 26 september 18.00-20.00
vrijdag 27 september 18.00-20.00
zaterdag 28 september 18.00-20.00
zondag 29 september 18.00-20.00