Rogelio arguelles

09/22/2023

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes Awww!” ― Jack Kerouac, On the Road
📷: Wilbur T. Pippin

09/22/2023

🔎 The first Van Gogh painting to be authenticated since 1995! The painting 'Le Blute-Fin Mill' belonged to art curator Dirk Hannema, and was authenticated in 2010 as an original Van Gogh. Hannema bought the painting in 1975 from a dealer in Paris, paying 5,000 guilders for this and another work. Despite not being taken seriously at the time, 25 years after his death, we were proven wrong about this painting.

The work was typical of Van Gogh's style at that time, with its brightly coloured, rough brushstrokes on the canvas. Louis van Tilborgh, our Senior Researcher, stated that it was painted in 1886 when the artist resided in Paris. The canvas even bore the stamp of an art store that he frequently visited, and the pigments used were consistent with Van Gogh's other works. This painting ‘adds to his oeuvre’, said Van Tilborgh. ‘It can be linked to certain works of Van Gogh from that period, although not many’.

'Le Blute-Fin Mill', 1886. In the collection of Museum de Fundatie

02/21/2022

We need to stop the facist, Russia and his dictador Putin,

10/27/2021

Tom Waits has a multitude of ways to tell a story. These are some of our favorites from across the years.

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