Adriaan van Ravesteijn & Geert van Beijeren
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Adriaan van Ravesteijn and his partner Geert van Beijeren were former gallery owners and art collectors in The Netherlands. They were the founders of the leading Dutch art gallery Art & Project
(1968–2001) and publishers of the art magazine with the same name (1968–1989). During the more than thirty years of its existence, the gallery (as well as the magazine) made a substantial contribution to the Dutch art climate.
. The history of the collection, which was later dubbed "depot VRVB", largely coincides with that of the Art & Project
gallery and magazine. The emphasis lay on Conceptual Art
, Land Art
and Minimal Art. The following artists were represented in the collection: Alan Charlton, Francesco Clemente
, Adam Colton, Tony Cragg
, Ad Dekkers, Ger van Elk
, Barry Flanagan
, Gilbert & George, Richard Long
, Juan Muñoz
, Nicholas Pope
, Peter Struycken, David Tremlett
, Richard Venlet, Carel Visser and Leo Vroegindeweij.
The largest part of the collection, approximately a thousand works, has been gradually handed over to the Rijksmuseum Twenthe
in Enschedé
. Other Dutch museums that received loans from the Van Beijeren-Van Ravesteijn collection: the Gemeentemuseum
in The Hague
, the Rijksmuseum
in Amsterdam
, and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
in Rotterdam
. In 2008, after the death of Geert van Beijeren, the Museum of Modern Art
in New York
received a collection of some 230 prints, books, posters, photographs and other ephemera from Art & Project
co-founder Adriaan van Ravesteijn.
In 2009, the Museum of Modern Art
will be staging an exhibition "In & Out of Amsterdam", drawing largely on the Van Ravesteijn-Van Beijeren bequest.
Art & Project
Art & Project was Amsterdam's leading contemporary art gallery in the 1970s and eighties, as well as the name of an influential art magazine published by the same gallery between 1968 and 1989.-The gallery:...
(1968–2001) and publishers of the art magazine with the same name (1968–1989). During the more than thirty years of its existence, the gallery (as well as the magazine) made a substantial contribution to the Dutch art climate.
Art collection "depot VRVB"
In 1965, Van Ravesteijn en Van Beijeren began putting together a collection of contemporary artContemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
. The history of the collection, which was later dubbed "depot VRVB", largely coincides with that of the Art & Project
Art & Project
Art & Project was Amsterdam's leading contemporary art gallery in the 1970s and eighties, as well as the name of an influential art magazine published by the same gallery between 1968 and 1989.-The gallery:...
gallery and magazine. The emphasis lay on Conceptual Art
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
, Land Art
Land art
Land art, Earthworks , or Earth art is an art movement which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked...
and Minimal Art. The following artists were represented in the collection: Alan Charlton, Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente is an Italian and American contemporary artist. Influenced by thinkers as diverse as Gregory Bateson, William Blake, Allen Ginsberg, and J Krishnamurti, the art of Francesco Clemente is inclusive and nomadic, crossing many borders, intellectual and geographical.Dividing his time...
, Adam Colton, Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg
Tony Cragg is a British visual artist specialized in sculpture. He is currently the director of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.-Early life:Cragg was born in Liverpool in 1949...
, Ad Dekkers, Ger van Elk
Ger van Elk
Ger van Elk is a Dutch artist who works with sculptures, painted photographs, installations and film. His work is generally seen as conceptual art and arte povera. Together with Marinus Boezem, Wim T...
, Barry Flanagan
Barry Flanagan
Barry Flanagan RA OBE was a Welsh sculptor, best known for his bronze statues of hares.-Biography:Barry Flanagan was born in Prestatyn, North Wales. He studied at Birmingham College of Art and Crafts before going on to St. Martin's School of Art in London in 1964. Flanagan graduated in 1966 and...
, Gilbert & George, Richard Long
Richard Long (artist)
Richard Long is an English sculptor, photographer and painter, one of the best known British land artists. Long is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize four times, and he is reputed to have refused the prize in 1984...
, Juan Muñoz
Juan Muñoz
Juan Muñoz was a Spanish sculptor, working primarily in paper maché, resin and bronze. He was also interested in the auditory arts and created compositions for the radio. He was a self-described "storyteller"...
, Nicholas Pope
Nicholas Pope
Nicholas Pope , British/Australian artist. He studied art at the Bath Academy of Art. In 1974 he was granted a Romanian Government Exchange Scholarship and in 1976 the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Award....
, Peter Struycken, David Tremlett
David Tremlett
David Tremlett is a Cornish sculptor, installation artist and photographer. He currently lives and works in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, Great Britain.- Biography :...
, Richard Venlet, Carel Visser and Leo Vroegindeweij.
The largest part of the collection, approximately a thousand works, has been gradually handed over to the Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
The Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede, the Netherlands, was founded in 1927 by textile industry Baron Jan Bernard Van Heek. He donated his own private collection and the museum building to the government, thus making it a national museum....
in Enschedé
Enschede
Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...
. Other Dutch museums that received loans from the Van Beijeren-Van Ravesteijn collection: the Gemeentemuseum
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Municipal Museum is an art museum, located in The Hague, Netherlands.The museum was built by the Dutch architect H.P. Berlage. It is renowned for its large Mondrian collection, the largest in the world...
in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, the Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or simply Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art...
in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is the main art museum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The museum began in 1847 with the collection of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans . Much of the museum's original collection was destroyed in a disastrous 1864 fire...
in Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. In 2008, after the death of Geert van Beijeren, the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
received a collection of some 230 prints, books, posters, photographs and other ephemera from Art & Project
Art & Project
Art & Project was Amsterdam's leading contemporary art gallery in the 1970s and eighties, as well as the name of an influential art magazine published by the same gallery between 1968 and 1989.-The gallery:...
co-founder Adriaan van Ravesteijn.
In 2009, the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
will be staging an exhibition "In & Out of Amsterdam", drawing largely on the Van Ravesteijn-Van Beijeren bequest.