Kunsthal
Location in Rotterdam in the Netherlands | |
Established | 1992 |
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Location | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 51°54′40″N 4°28′23″E / 51.911°N 4.473°E |
Type | Art museum |
Visitors | 187,482 (2013)[1] |
Director | Natha ja van Dijk[2] |
Curator | Jannet de Goede Charlotte van Lingen[2] |
Public transit access | Kievitslaan (tram line 8) Vasteland (tram line 20) |
Website | www |
The Kunsthal (Dutch pronunciation:
Overview
The museum is situated in the
The Kunsthal has no permanent collection, but organises a wide range of temporary exhibits. The large space available 3,300 m2 (36,000 sq ft) allows various exhibits in parallel. It houses seven exhibition spaces, a characteristic auditorium, and a café. The range of exhibitions presented at the Kunsthal ranges from 20th century masters to current contemporary art movements. The entrance on top of the Westzeedijk and gateway to the Museumpark is also a traffic intersection and meeting place for various public flows.
Lately the museum had exhibitions featuring artists such as Chuck Close, Andy Warhol and Arne Quinze. And recently the exhibition Drawn: Rotterdam! One-And-A-Half-Metre-Society[4] about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Art theft
On October 16, 2012, seven paintings were stolen from the museum. The paintings were
The alleged thieves were arrested in Romania in July 2013. They reportedly met on Tinder. It is unclear what happened to the paintings: Olga Dogaru, whose son, Radu, has confessed to his involvement in the theft, initially claimed that she had burned them all in an effort to protect him; however, she subsequently denied this in a court hearing.[7] However, investigators found pigments and nails of the correct age for the stolen paintings in her fireplace. Authorities believed that Olga burned the stolen paintings to protect her son and the other thieves.[8][9][10][11]
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Charing Cross Bridge, London by Claude Monet (1901). Triton
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Waterloo Bridge, London by Claude Monet (1901). Triton
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Femme devant une fenêtre ouverte, dite la Fiancée by Paul Gauguin (1888). Triton
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Autoportrait byJacob Meijer de Haan(circa 1889 – ’91). Triton
References
- ^ "Kunsthal - Kunsthal bezoekers". Jaarverslag.kunsthal.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ^ a b "Kunsthal". Kunsthal.nl. 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ^ "The Building - Kunsthal".
- ^ "Drawn: Rotterdam! - Kunsthal".
- ^ Kreijger, Gilbert (October 16, 2012). "Dutch art heist nets works by Monet, Picasso, Matisse". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ^ "Monet and Picasso among works stolen from Dutch museum". BBC News. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Higgins, Andrew (22 July 2013). "Romanian Says Her Tale of Burning Art Treasures Was a Lie". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ "Picasso, Monet, Gauguin, Freud and Matisse faced Dante's Inferno. Paintings from Rotterdam Kunsthal Museum burned to ashes after being transported in pillows". Foxcrawl.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ^ Mutler, Alison (17 July 2013). "Romanian museum analyzing whether stolen paintings, including Picasso and Matisse, were burned". www.calgaryherald.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Romania: Museum checks if paintings burned | Ente…". www.heraldonline.com. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-17. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Rasturnare neasteptata de situatie: Tablourile furate nu au fost arse, hotul are o intelegere cu olandezii". Ziare.com. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
Further reading
- Boon, Lex (19 October 2013). "The art of stealing: The tragic fate of the masterpieces stolen from Rotterdam". NRC Handelsblad. Amsterdam. Retrieved 1 July 2015.