24 May- 14 Sept: Be(com)ing Dutch: art about identity in Eindhoven
Agenda tips, posted June 5th, 2008
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Art about Dutch identity. The Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven has commissioned 37 artists to think about multicultural society in the Netherlands. The result is an exhibition aimed at stimulating the imagination, entitled Be(com)ing Dutch.
The title can be read in two ways - it is both about being Dutch and becoming Dutch. Dutch identity - if such a thing exists - is a topic of much debate in the Netherlands. The director of the Van Abbe Museum, the British-born Charles Esche, says this is the impetus behind the exhibition.
Read the article: Radio Netherlands, 3 June 2008
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