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Façades of The Hague #172
New apartment block, Jacob Catsstraat. Most of these pictures were taken in 2020 when only the skeleton of the building was visible.
Probably the building activity has been delayed quite a bit both by the corona crisis and by the nitrogen crisis.
In the context of the current streetscape it is, though nondescript, not a bad building, as you can see in the last picture.
Bertus Pieters
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Wieske Wester, The artist is not here, she is picking feathers; Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague
In Villa La Repubblica i wrote an article about the work Hanen uit de tuin by Wieske Wester (1985) which is currently on display in an exhibition of Wester’s works at Dürst Britt & Mayhew in The Hague. Click here to read the article in VLR (in Dutch).
As I’ve written extensively about Wester’s work in VLR, I just leave you here with some impressions of the exhibition without any comment.
Click here to read the article in in Villa La Repubblica (in Dutch).
Bertus Pieters
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Florence Diary #4. Day 3. Uffizi
View from the Ponte Vecchio over the River Arno toward the Ponte alle Grazie From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Roman 100-130 AD, The Hanging Marsyas, detail, Uffizi These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Roman 2nd century AD, The Knife Grinder, detail, Uffizi 
Roman 1st century AD, The Dancing Faun, Uffizi 
Roman 1st century AD, The Dancing Faun, Uffizi 
Roman 1st century BC, Posidippus, Uffizi 
Roman 1st century AD with extensive later restorations, Wrestlers, Uffizi 
Partly Roman, head 2nd century AD, torso 1st-2nd century AD, additions 16th century, Heavenly Venus, detail, Uffizi 
Roman around 100 BC, Medici Venus, detail, Uffizi 
Roman 2nd century AD, Venus, detail, Uffizi 
Frescoed vault of the corridor, detail, Uffizi 
Fra Angelico, Glorification of Mary, detail, Uffizi Click here to follow the diary in Villa La Repubblica (in Dutch)
Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, photographed from the side to better show the gilding, Uffizi Bertus Pieters
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Pim Piët, Consider white; Boekhorststraat 12, The Hague
A very long time ago a teacher told me that everywhere where you paint white, you don’t paint colour.
As those were the days that teachers were always right, he was probably right.
He also taught me that you don’t paint light with white, as white paint is white, not light.
If you need a light in your room, you switch on the light instead of painting your room white.
White is not a colour, it’s just a pigment, that’s right.
However, if you think you are completely blank on that, you’re totally wrong.
You’d be well advised to consider white.
Which you can still do over the next three days (23-24-25 February) at Consider white by Pim Piët (1954), currently exhibiting as a guest in Gallery Nono’s space in the Boekhorststraat, The Hague.
Bertus Pieters
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Façades of The Hague #171
Façade of Diligentia, Lange Voorhout.
The original house was built in the mid-seventeenth century, but was rebuilt and renovated during the Napoleonic era, on behalf of the then Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde Diligentiâ (Society for Natural Sciences and Literature Diligentiâ).
This Society still exists under its present name Koninklijke maatschappij voor natuurkunde Diligentia (Royal Society for Natural Sciences Diligentia). The Society converted the building to a theatre for scientific lectures and concerts. In the 1820s the theatre was extended to accommodate orchestral concerts. The society still holds lectures in Diligentia.
There are also classical chamber music concerts, but the theatre is best known for its stand-up comedy shows.
At the time i was making pictures of the building, the corona pandemic had just started. At that unfortunate time, Rotterdam comedian Patrick Laureij was performing there.
The last picture is a recent update without Laureij’s face on the façade.
Bertus Pieters
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Storytelling; Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague
Lotte van Lieshout Storytelling is a cultural hype these days.
Lotte van Lieshout While storytelling is nothing but telling stories, in Dutch indicated with the English term, professional story-listeners are adamant to tell you that storytelling is a completely different discipline locked up in its own conditions.
Cedric ter Bals In the end it is all about telling stories, whether improvised or memorised, whether based on cultural traditions or on anything else.
Cedric ter Bals Visual artists are able to tell stories with their mouths shut.
Lisa Blaauwbroek That saves a lot of noise and hassle.
Lisa Blaauwbroek Maurits van de Laar currently presents four artists who can be described as visual storytellers pur sang: Lotte van Lieshout (1978), Julia Kiryanova (1997), Lisa Blaauwbroek (1990) and Cedric ter Bals (1990).
Lisa Blaauwbroek & Cedric ter Bals All their works are based on or related to some kind of story, biographical facts and thoughts, history, art history, social circumstances etc.
Julia Kiryanova Take, for example, Kiryanova’s monumental tapestries.
Julia Kiryanova They are not only based on the artist’s experiences.
Julia Kiryanova They also invite the viewer to use his/her own imagination.
Lotte van Lieshout Van Lieshout’s works usually relate to her own life as an artist and many of her works currently relate to Van Gogh as she had a residency at the Van Goghhuis last summer.
Lisa Blaauwbroek Even in Blaauwbroek’s and Ter Bals’ works there is a reference to Van Gogh and his age, an age in which Japonisme was the great trend of the day.
Cedric ter Bals While Blaauwbroek only needs a few square inches to drown in a Japanese wave in front of Mount Fuji, Ter Bals japonises the painters of the late 19th century and – of course – sends it all to the front of World War I.
Lisa Blaauwbroek & Cedric ter Bals The visual correspondence between Blaauwbroek and Ter Bals is a story in itself. And, no, no cut off ears were sent, although the life of an artist is hard and fascinating enough!
Lisa Blaauwbroek & Cedric ter Bals Bertus Pieters
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Florence Diary #3. Day 2 (continued). Piazza della Signoria (continued) & Badia Fiorentina
Unknown sculptor, Bartolomeo Ammanati, part of the Fountain of Neptune, Piazza della Signoria From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Unknown sculptor, Bartolomeo Ammanati, part of the Fountain of Neptune, Piazza della Signoria These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Donatello, copy, Judith and Holofernes, Piazza della Signoria 
Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the head of Medusa, Loggia dei Lanzi 
Benvenuto Cellini, Hand of the dead Medusa, detail of Perseus with the head of Medusa, Loggia dei Lanzi 
Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus with the head of Medusa, Loggia dei Lanzi 
Benvenuto Cellini, original pedestal of Perseus with the head of Medusa, Bargello 
Benvenuto Cellini, Perseus rescuing Andromeda, original relief from the pedestal of Perseus with the head of Medusa, Bargello 
Giambologna, Hercules and Nessus, Loggia dei Lanzi 
Anonymous, suggested Holy Trinity, Loggia dei Lanzi 
Filippino Lippi, The vision of Saint Bernard, Badia Fiorentina 
Felice Gamberai, church ceiling, c. 1630, Badia Fiorentina Click here to follow the diary in Villa La Repubblica (in Dutch)
Apse of the church, architecture 17th-18th century, frescos 18th century, cross 21st century, Badia Fiorentina Bertus Pieters
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Florence Diary #2. Day 2 (continued). Bargello (continued) & Piazza della Signoria
Benvenuto Cellini, Ganymede, detail, Bargello From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Benvenuto Cellini, Narcissus, Bargello These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Francesco Mosca ‘Il Moschino’, Diana and Actaeon, Bargello 
Giambologna, Florence Truimphant over Pisa, detail, Bargello 
Giambologna, Flying Mercury, detail, Bargello 
Anonymous Northern France, Mary and child, detail, 1330-50, Bargello 
Anonymous Northern Italy, Hilt of a dagger, 1360-1400, Bargello 
Anonymous France, Diptych, 1360-80, Bargello 
Santi Buglioni, Noli mi tangere, 1520-26, Bargello 
Benedetto da Rovezzano, Borgherini fireplace, detail, 1515, Bargello 
Cieco di Gambassi, Medici cardinal, c. 1650, Bargello 
Andrea del Verrocchio, David, detail, Bargello 
Donatello, St George slaying the dragon, detail, Bargello 
Giambologna, Turkey, Bargello Click here to follow the diary in Villa La Repubblica (in Dutch)
Palazzo Vecchio, north façade Bertus Pieters
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Façades of The Hague #170
House at Stille Veerkade, built around 1900 in a neo-classicist style. Until April 1942 the Jewish Prins family lived here.
The father, a bookseller, was born in 1897 in The Hague; he stayed in the Beugelen labour camp for Jewish men near Staphorst in the autumn of 1942, was deported to Westerbork transit camp, and died in Central Europe in August 1943.
The mother was born in 1899 in Brzesko (Yiddish: Brigel) in Poland and died in Auschwitz concentration camp in October 1942.
Their son, a shop assistant, was born in The Hague in 1921 and died in Auschwitz concentration camp in September 1942.
Their eldest daughter, a warehouse attendant, was born in 1926 in The Hague and died in Auschwitz concentration camp in September 1942.
Their youngest daughter, still a toddler, was born in 1936 in The Hague and died in October 1942 in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Bertus Pieters
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Florence Diary #1. Day 1 & 2. Introduction & Bargello
Piazza della Repubblica From 14 to 24 January 2024 i was in Florence together with my nephew. In Villa La Repubblica i’m publishing a diary. Click here to follow it (in Dutch).
Ponte Vecchio These are some extra pictures additional to the pictures in VLR.
Vincenzo Danti, Pythian Apollo, Bargello 
Vincenzo Gemito, Fishing Boy, late 19th century, Bargello 
Francesco Camilliani, River Gods, c. 1560, Bargello 
Bartolomeo Ammanati after Michelangelo, Leda and the Swan, Bargello 
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Brutus, detail, Bargello 
Jacopo Sansovino, Bacchus, detail, 1511-12, Bargello 
Jacopo Sansovino and in the background Michelangelo: Bacchus, Bargello 
Vincenzo Danti, Honour Triumphant over Deceit, 1561, Bargello 
Anonymous, early 16th century, Crucifix, Bargello Click here to follow the diary in Villa La Repubblica (in Dutch)
Michelangelo Buonarroti, Bacchus, detail, Bargello Bertus Pieters
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