Museum plein by Jakop Olie
beautiful Dutch picture “POMPSTATION”
Dancer and choreographer Maja Drobac could be with certainty described as multi-talented artist… she expresses herself, parallel with dance, in the fields of photography and writing, too… She is a world traveler and culture explorer that really enjoys to dance between cultures…
Maja Drobac is a graduated dancer from Amsterdamse Hoogelschoole voor de Kunsten (Theaterschool in Amsterdam) since 2005. She didher stage for one year with Magpie Music and Dance company, an improvisation company based in Amsterdam. She has presented ‘Satu’ (a dance video) as her first independent project as part of Magpie Company.
2 minutes of silence in remembrance of ALL the casualties during the war
The Kunsthal Rotterdam; exhibition Closer to You, illustrating the fascination that Dutch painter Jasper Krabbé has for his wife and muse Floor. The exhibition, which includes over 200 portraits, illustrates Krabbé’s desire to get closer to her. He spent a year and a half creating images portraying ever different aspects of this one woman. The selected works illustrate a wide diversity of options for creating contemporary portraits as well as a variety of techniques on paper. Krabbé particular likes to work on ‘used’ backgrounds such as pieces of cardboard, envelopes and packaging materials. All his works are presented in frames that he has found and many of which are antique. The portraits, presented as an installation across two floors of the Kunsthal’s Design Gallery, are an ode to love.
Haarlemmerolie is a natural supplement that can be taken for a range of ailments. The potion is a mixture of sulfur, herbs and terebinth oil. It is produced in Haarlem, Netherlands.
It was invented in 1696 by Claes Tilly and was marketed as a cure for many ailments.
The word haarlemmerolie (with a lowercase ‘h’) is now used in Dutch to indicate a fix for all problems. I.e., “lowering taxes will be like haarlemmerolie for the economy”. This is also used sarcastically.
The medicine is also called medicamentum gratia probatum.
Prinses Maxima en Prins Alexander
5PM, May 21 2012
