Clouds over the Gunung Agung volcano on Bali.
#Clouds #BlueSkyArtShow #Sanur #Bali #photography

a group neighbours singing Christmas carols outside in the dark .

Christmas carol singing in my neighbourhood.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Holiday #Leiden #Merenwijk #Forellen

Photographed the community art performance "de zinnen verzetten" (taking your mind off things) in the Leiden City Theatre on Monday. Text and video's projected on a huge balloon on stage and burlesque performances. All initiated and organized by Fields of Wonder.
#leiden #fieldsofwonder #theatre

two young women skating holding hands.

It is skating time!. The floatable ice rink was set up on a Leiden canal again. It is fun to watch the skaters enjoying themselves.
#leiden #skating #leidenstadvanontdekkingen

Dylan Nieuwland exposes himself to 16 hours of Instagram reels in his installation YOU ARE MY ALGORITHM in #LeidenArtHub during a two day performance ending today. Visitors are encouraged to feed the Instagram algorithm by selecting and liking the video content. #dylannieuwland #socialmedia #art

Miles Greenberg tied to a pole.

The tied hands of Miles Greenberg

Miless Greenberg looking at the photographer

Miles Greenberg tied to a pole with four cameras on robot arms surrounding him.

Went to see the 'Flaying of Marsyas' performance of Miles Greenberg in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam today. It was a fascinating display of suffering and strength.
#stedelijkmuseum #milesgreenberg #art #performance

an evening in Sanur Bali with the Gunung Agung vulcano as a backdrop. #BlueSkyArtShow #Evening

Judith van IJken standing, and listening to a man asking her a question.

Judith van IJken standing in ArtHub with members of the Ph.D. commission asking questions about her photographic portraits illustrating her approach.

Judith van IJken with a photograph of her daughter displayed on a TV screen.

Went to the Ph.D. presentation of Judith van IJken (www.judithvanijken.nl) in the #ArtHubLeiden today. Judith is exploring ways to give more context to photographic portraits. She calls her approach 'tinkering' with the result to show the social context. #photography

foto Ben Walenkamp copyright Hans Kleijn / Kleijnbeeld. Graag corrigeren op de Sleutelstad website of de foto verwijderen.

Pic shows the blue lighting in the exposition room. The artworks themselves are dimly lit with small spots emitting a rather warm light.

Pic shows three works of Meester I.S. the exposition room. The center of the artworks themselves are dimly lit with small spots emitting a rather warm light.

Maaike, eens. De lichtontwerper lijkt uit z'n dak te zijn gegaan. Het gaat m.i. ten koste van de Meester I.S. werken. Het doet ook voor mij afbreuk aan de expositie. In Finland was de expositie overigens traditioneler belicht: serlachius.fi/en/serlachiu...

You are welcome!

ARS: the message from the Chairman Expositie rond Julius Martin Gartler (1968-2008), een van de eerste grote graffitikunstenaars uit Leiden.

Photographed the graffiti exposition "The Message from the Chairman" in art center Ars Aemula in Leiden. Had a great time and learned a lot about this art form. See:
flic.kr/s/aHBqjCrMSu
Thanks to Ars Aemula, Remko Koopman and Jerry Kokje for organizing the event.
#graffiti #Leiden

The Lakenhal Museum in Leiden announces an exposition of the work of the mysterious painter with pseudonym Meester.S.I. He was a contemporary of Rembrandt, his real name appears to be reavealed by the woman walking by the announcement on the museum.
#lakenhal #leiden

Artist Judith van der Meer painting the poem on the wall of a house in Leiden, the Netherlands.

Founding father Ben Walenkamp with artist Judith van der Meer in front of the wall with the finished poem.

Founding father Ben Walenkamp (85) of the muurgedichten with his pipe.

The founding father of the Muurgedichten (Poetry on walls) Ben Walenkamp (85) came to check on the repaint of the Polish poem Bajdary by Adam Mickiewicz on a wall of a house in Leiden the Netherlands yesterday.
#polska #muurgedichten #poetry #poetryonwalls #adamickiewicz #leiden

young balinese boy jumping to grab a plastic bag caught in a tree at the Karang beach in Sanur Bali.

the jump

passengers on Doha airport checking their mobile phones. One is sitting, across him is a man lying on his back on the floor with his feet on the seat of the chair.

Doha airport

balinese boy gives a thumbs up holding a photograph of him dancing in his hand.

Yes! Received a like on one of my photographs.

Woman sleeping on a train with her face reflected in the curved window.

#BlueSkyArtShow #dream

Sakura in Leiden today.
#leiden #wereldmuseumleiden #hanami #sakura

young Thai boy looking out of a train window. His t-shirt shows drawings of a rainbow, ice cream and a photographer taking a picture.

the boy on the train.
(Bangkok Hua Lamphon station 2016).
#BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney

Painting by Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell as exhibited in the Arnhems Museum. The painting depicts a violent effort to suppress an uprising of the Moluccans in the island of Saparua Indonesia against their Dutch colonizers.
#art #history #colonialpast #arnhemsmuseum #huell

Went to the amazing Anselm Kiefer exposition both in the van Gogh Museum and the stedelijk museum yesterday.
#stedelijkmuseum #anselmkiefer #vangoghmuseum

two girls making duckfaces taking a selfie with Vincent van Gogh's selfportrait in the background.

Spotted a double selfie at the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam yesterday.

girl sitting with her back to the camera. She is wearing a hoodie with images of women printed on the backside.

Spotted a beta version of Bluesky Flashes in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently. Great idea to aim for bigger spaces than the tiny iPhone and Android screens.
#flashes

Ben Bot giving a talk against the background picture of writer and diplomat Carel Jan Schneider.

Took photographs during the second VDBZ Springer-talk given by former diplomat and foreign affairs minister Ben Bot in the Hague recently. In the background my picture of F. Springer.
#fspringer #springergenootschap #VDBZ #benbot #bernardbot

portrait of portrait photographer Koos Breukel

woman looking at a portrait of a woman photographed by Koos Breukel

Portrait photographer Koos Breukel at work in the Amsterdam Photography Museum FOAM.

Was at the Photography Museum in Amsterdam. Visited the exposition of award winning portrait photographer Koos Breukel. He made some portraits in an improvised studio in the museum. I was able to portrait him sitting on his model stool during an interview.
#koosbreukel #FOAM #photography

Two young visitors of the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague in The Netherlands look at a painting Rembrandt made in 1661 depicting two African men. One of the visitors is wearing a hoodie with a portrait of rapper Vince Staples.

Seen in the Mauritshuis museum in the Hague the Netherlands: "Two African men" painted by Rembrandt in 1661.