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Amsterdam - Stedelijk Museum
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
November 17, 2016
Today we visited The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam for our blog. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is
located at the Museum Square next to the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum. The museum was
founded in 1874 and moved into this building in 1895. The building was designed by A.W. Weissman. After
the construction of the new façade, the museum was nicknamed de Badkuip (The Bathtub).
After we have visited the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, we were curious what there is to explore in our
own museum for modern and contemporary art.
The museum’s mission is to enrich people’s live with modern and contemporary art and design!
Jean Tinguely – Machine Spectacle
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Jean Tinguely Swiss by birth (1925-1991) was painter and sculptor. The exhibition is a chronological
retrospective exhibitions of all his work. Tinguely is famous for his kinetic machines and sculptures. In the
beginning of his career his remodeled paintings from f.i. Malevich with moving parts in it. This was his
response to static and conventional art.
He also developed a self painting machine, which could produce unique paintings. During his stay in the
desert of the US, he developed self-destructive machines, which he explode. The fun part of the exhibition is
that quite a number of the sculptures and machines are still be functioning.
After a coffee break in the restaurant, we continued our tour through the museum. The art which appealed
to us the most, were the chairs by Rietveld, the Pop Art and the Blue painting called Cathedra by Barnett
Newman but there is so much more to see.
chairs designed by Gerrit Rietveld
So we invite you to visit the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, to discover all the art treasures, which the museum has to
offer you!
Cathedra by Barnett Newman
We enter the building open minded. There are a number of temporary exhibitions. The one of Jean Tinguely
– Machine Spectacle catches immediately our interest. With the audio guide in one hand and the camera in
the other, we start exploring the exhibition on the top floor of the building.
General information Stedelijk Museum
Address:
Museumplein 10
1071 DJ Amsterdam
More information:
http://www.stedelijk.nl
Prices (2016):
adult € 15,-
Children and Youth (18 years or younger):
free
Opening hours:
daily 10am - 6pm
friday 10am - 10pm
General information Stedelijk Museum
Address:
Museumplein 10
1071 DJ Amsterdam
More information:
http://www.stedelijk.nl
Prices (2016):
adult € 15,-
Children and Youth (18 years or younger):
free
Opening hours:
Daily 10am - 6pm
friday 10am - 10pm
The Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam
November 17, 2016
Today we visited The Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam for our blog. The Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam is located at the Museum Square next
to the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum.
The museum was founded in 1874 and moved into
this building in 1895. The building was designed by
A.W. Weissman. After the construction of the new
façade, the museum was nicknamed de Badkuip
(The Bathtub).
After we have visited the Moderna Museet in
Stockholm, we were curious what there is to
explore in our own museum for modern and
contemporary art.
The museum’s mission is to enrich people’s live
with modern and contemporary art and design!
We enter the building open minded. There are a
number of temporary exhibitions. The one of Jean
Tinguely – Machine Spectacle catches immediately
our interest. With the audio guide in one hand and
the camera in the other, we start exploring the
exhibition on the top floor of the building.
Jean Tinguely Swiss by birth (1925-1991) was
painter and sculptor. The exhibition is a
chronological retrospective exhibitions of all his
work. Tinguely is famous for his kinetic machines
and sculptures. In the beginning of his career his
remodeled paintings from f.i. Malevich with
moving parts in it. This was his response to static
and conventional art.
He also developed a self painting machine, which
could produce unique paintings. During his stay in
the desert of the US, he developed self-destructive
machines, which he explode. The fun part of the
exhibition is that quite a number of the sculptures
and machines are still be functioning.
After a coffee break in the restaurant, we
continued our tour through the museum. The art
which appealed to us the most, were the chairs by
Rietveld, the Pop Art and the Blue painting called
Cathedra by Barnett Newman but there is so much
more to see.
So we invite you to visit the Stedelijk Museum
Amsterdam, to discover all the art treasures, which
the museum has to offer you!
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