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Jan 29
Do artworks have a soul?
Of course, they do! With this blog, dear readers, I take the opportunity to underline the importance of galleries and museums and their...
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Dec 18, 2024
A Year in Archiving: Discovering Babs Haenen's inspiring artistic journey
Reflecting on my first year working on the ArchivorumArk project, it has been an incredibly fulfilling experience. The opportunity to...
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Nov 27, 2024
Archiving stories
Wanting a change of pace, I decided for this blog to write about my previous experiences and stories relating to the interesting process...
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Nov 6, 2024
From calmness to turbulence
While organizing the material I collected from Babs Haenen for the ArchivorumArk project, one particular observation inspired me to write...
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Oct 16, 2024
An artistic bond between Europe and Japan
For this week’s blog, I would like to make a special mention to a prize that influenced Babs Haenen’s future artistic creations. It was...
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Sep 25, 2024
A tribute to the art collector van Achterbergh, a precious friend of Babs Haenen
Recently, I got to learn about a person who was a pivotal figure in Babs’s career as an artist and in the world of contemporary ceramics...
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Sep 4, 2024
An encounter with... a Women artists-focused Gallery in New York
While working with Babs Haenen , I got to know about various galleries she has collaborated with until today, and one of them is Hostler...
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Aug 14, 2024
Structured Labyrinths
I would like to write about the man who was the homage and inspiration for one of Babs's series. Since I am learning about Babs's...
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Jul 31, 2024
Mountainous centerpieces
During my time working together with Babs, I came across a very interesting black and white photo in one of the catalogues I was...
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Jul 24, 2024
The diachronic role play of masks
How can a mask, such a simple object, evolve and escape the confines of its origin as a religious or cultural object to become something...
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Jul 17, 2024
Interview with an Art Collector, no. 1
This interim blog will be the point of view of a private art collector in Boston, from whom I had the chance to take an interview (only...
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Jul 10, 2024
The making of a Turbulent Vessel: From a flat surface into a sculptural artwork
Have you seen the creation of a one-of-a-kind artwork? Or how a painting can come alive in a sculped form? My first visit to Babs’s...
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Jul 3, 2024
The story of an artistic house
In the beginning of my two weeks’ visit to Babs in Amsterdam a couple of months ago, I had the opportunity to see the home where she...
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Jun 27, 2024
The Flowing Porcelain
Is it possible to depict water in porcelain in a way that it looks realistic? Babs created a series of artworks that does just that. It...
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Jun 19, 2024
Jingdezhen, The “Porcelain Capital“
One οf the important places for Babs and the evolution of her career is Jingdezhen, known as the “Porcelain Capital“ of China. Babs...
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Jun 14, 2024
Babs Haenen’s Alma Mater
Have you ever wondered from where Babs begun her artistic journey? Her Alma Mater? That is the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. The...
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Jun 6, 2024
The history and evolution of the Dutch porcelain
While travelling from Amsterdam to De Hague with Babs to visit her exhibition, she gave me a memorable introduction to the history of...
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May 29, 2024
The porcelain route to Europe
One day, as I was at Babs’s house doing my work for the ArchivorumArk project, Babs suddenly asked me if I had noticed the buildings...
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May 23, 2024
The Art….of collecting Art
In the world of art, collectors play a very important role in preserving and celebrating artistic creation and passion. With their...
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May 16, 2024
The importance of The Depot and the Archives as the secret keepers of the past
One Saturday morning, Babs took me to go and visit The Depot in Rotterdam so we could see some of her artworks that are kept there. I had...
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