In this exhibition, a few illustrations from six Bible stories - two from the Old Testament and four from the New Testament - are shown each time. Children and their (grand)parents are challenged to interact with each other and complete the stories. The exhibition also pays attention to Kees de Kort as an artist and the huge distribution of What the Bible Tells Us in nearly 100 languages.
Exhibition address Old or Alexander Church:
Dorpsstraat 45, 6721 JJ Bennekom
(Province Gelderland)
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December 22, 2022 - May 29, 2023
Exhibition featuring traditional icons and gouaches by artist Kees de Kort depicting the birth of Jesus, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. De Kort's works are from the series of Bible stories he made from 1964 onwards. The exhibition returns to Zierikzee as a tribute to Kees de Kort, who died in August 2022.
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Town Hall Museum Zierikzee
Meelstraat 6
4301 EC Zierikzee
www.stadhuismuseum.nl
KEES DE KORT | IKONEN is a co-production of the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam and Ikonenmuseum Kampen. The exhibition was previously shown at the Ikon Museum Kampen and was also the last exhibition at the Cromhout House in Amsterdam.
The exhibition was co-sponsored by: Dutch-Flemish Bible Society, Vermeulen Brauckman Foundation, Prince Bernhard Culture Fund, the Wessel Zwartsenberg Fund, sdworx and the Stadhuis Museum Zierikzee.
KEES DE KORT | IKONEN - the exhibition in the Bible Museum in Amsterdam is travelling to Stadhuis Museum Zierikzee.; from December 17th the exhibition will be on display (till June 14, 2021).
In the exhibition, traditional and contemporary icons bring some important stories from Christianity to life. By placing the two forms side by side, similarities and differences become visible.
KEES DE KORT | IKONEN is a co-production of the Bibles Museum in Amsterdam and Ikonenmuseum Kampen. The exhibition was previously shown in the Ikonen Museum Kampen (2019) and was also the last exhibition in the Bibles Museum in Amsterdam.
Due to the Covid-19 measures, the museum is closed.
You are very welcome for a program with
Rieuwerd Buitenwerf, director of the Dutch Bible Society (NBG)
Liesbeth van Es, curator of Icon Museum Kampen
in the presence of Kees de Kort
> RSVP: opening@bijbelsmuseum.nl
(reception at 2 pm, starting at 2:30 pm - end at 5:30 pm)
The work of artist Kees de Kort (1934) is known and loved. Generations of children grew up with Bibles he illustrated. The power and simplicity of his colorful illustrations ensure that the essence of the story comes directly to the viewer. De Kort does not paint pictures with the Bible story, he paints the story. Also icons are not intended as illustrations, but made according to guidelines that have been used for centuries in the icon tradition. Kees de Kort was able to determine his own form and method and made "icons of this time" with his work.
In the exhibition KEES DE KORT | IKONEN bring these contemporary illustrations, together with traditional icons from the collection of Icon Museum Kampen, to bring important stories from Christianity to life. By placing the two forms next to each other, similarities and differences become visible.
KEES DE KORT | IKONEN is a co-production with Ikonenmuseum Kampen. The exhibition is open to the public in the Bijbels Museum in Amsterdam from 17 November 2019 to 1 June 2020. We organize special activities around various Christian holidays. For more information, see: www.bijbelsmuseum.nl/ activities
Carolien Croon, director Bijbels Museum Amsterdam
Evelien Jalving, director of the Icon Museum in Kampen
From April 9, 2019, exhibition - "Kees de Kort | Ikonen", Traditional icons and bible illustrations by artist Kees de Kort portray Christian holidays.
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Kees de Kort was portrayed in 1994 by the NCRV program Miniature. Watch this broadcast below.
Link KRO/NCRV item
Restoration triptych Jacob in facade with the Angel in GGZ Amersfoort
Link to commissions
Assignment 10 drawings for the Youth Synod, meeting 11 August 2018 in Rome.
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Photo: Pope Francis at Circo Massimo, Rome, 11 august 2018.
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THE PIG
The exhibition is constructed as a diptych. The first part, on the bell-floor of the museum villa is dedicated to the pig, the symbol of the meat industry in North Brabant. The pig is illuminated from different points of view, as an animal with a great cuddliness factor, but at the same time as a rich source of food and thus also a way to make money. The well-known bronze piggy bank in the center of Oss, a gift from the banking sector, speaks volumes in this respect and plays a special role in the exhibition: every inhabitant of Oss photographed sitting on the pig, can send his or her photo to the 'Geheugen Lokaal' (Local Memory Archive) of the museum. There is also a larger than life sized golden pig and a cathedral of ham and bacon. The vision of the pig on people is also depicted. And what about a philosophy for the swine, which addresses the key question of life?
LINK Museum Jan Cunen,
>> Molenstraat 65 5341 GC OSS
Het Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap staat dit najaar uitgebreid stil bij de 50-jarige samenwerking met schilder, ontwerper en illustrator Kees de Kort (80). In de Kruiskerk Amstelveen is de tentoonstelling ‘David & Goliat, en andere bijbeltekeningen van Kees de Kort’ te zien.
Kruiskerk, Van der Veerelaan 30a, 1181 RB Amstelveen
open woensdag, donderdag- en zaterdagmiddag, 14-17 uur
Link naar NBG