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| Much interest in Rembrandt expo in China |
| 2007-11-03 |
| The exhibit "Rembrandt and the Golden Age" opened to a great deal of public interest in the Shanghai Museum on Friday afternoon. Education and Culture Minister Ronald Plasterk opened the exhibit by cutting a traditional Chinese ribbon. More than 70 pieces of art from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are on display in China for the coming three months, including 20 etchings and two paintings from Rembrandt. His famous painting 'De Oosterling' (The Oriental) from 1635 was specially restored for the occasion. Amsterdam Rijksmuseum director Ronald de Leeuw, who was in Shanghai for the opening, says that the Chinese now have an excellent opportunity to see a considerably large selection of Rembrandt's work. "Because the Rijksmuseum is undergoing major renovation, it is easier for us to show a part of our permanent collection abroad," he says. De Leeuw hopes to be able to work with the Chinese more often in future, for example on an exhibition of Chinese art in the Netherlands perhaps. |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #6 Besoeker, there is a kind of haunting familarity in your work of art. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-11-03 10:13 |
| #5 My personal Chinese |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-11-03 10:11 |
| #4 Expect a flood of meticulously forged Rembrant knockoffs on the stolen art market in the next few weeks. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-11-03 06:39 |
| #3 Em,.... Ringling |
| Posted by: Thomas Woof 2007-11-03 02:49 |
| #2 Those renovations are taking an awf'ly long time. The museum was getting ready to close the last time I was in A'dam...the summer of 2001. The gallery that held The Night Watch and dozens of Dutch Old Masters was spectacular. Or rather, the paintings were spectacular, the gallery merely serviceable. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-11-03 00:50 |
| #1 The Rembrants were here in Ningbo for a few weeks. Yippee. You know, it's actually nice going to art museums in China - they're not infected with the "defecate on a canvas" style of art. Also, you won't see any exhibitions that consist of the artist's leftwing opinions displayed as art. |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-11-03 00:45 |
