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Geert van Beijeren (
Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...
20 November 1933 – Slootdorp 6 March 2005) was a Dutch
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at
Art & Project Art & Project was a leading contemporary art gallery by Geert van Beijeren & Adriaan van Ravesteijn from 1968 to 2001 in Amsterdam and Slootdorp, the Netherlands, as well as an influential art magazine published by the gallery between 1968 and ...
, curator and
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s in the
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, known with
Adriaan van Ravesteijn Willem Adriaan van Ravesteijn (Amsterdam, 2 April 1938 – Laren, North Holland, 6 January 2015) was a Dutch gallerist and art collectors in the Netherlands. He and Geert van Beijeren founded the leading Dutch art gallery Art & Project (1968–2 ...
for their pioneering role in the field of conceptual art in the Netherlands.Rutger Pontzen. "Conceptuele kunst verliest zijn pionier," ''de Volkskrant,'' 16 januari 2015. Van Beijeren and Van Ravesteijn founded the leading Dutch art gallery
Art & Project Art & Project was a leading contemporary art gallery by Geert van Beijeren & Adriaan van Ravesteijn from 1968 to 2001 in Amsterdam and Slootdorp, the Netherlands, as well as an influential art magazine published by the gallery between 1968 and ...
(1968–2001) and publishers of the
art magazine An art magazine is a publication that focuses on the topic of art. They can be in printed form, found online or both and can be aimed at different audiences which includes galleries, art buyers, amateur or professional artists and the general publi ...
of the same name (1968–1989). During its thirty-year existence, the gallery as well as the magazine made substantial contributions to the Dutch art climate.


Biography

Van Beijer was born and raised in
Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; ; ; ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provin ...
. After his education he moved to Amsterdam where he began his career in the art world as a librarian at the Amsterdam
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. From 1967 tot 1973 he was also associated with the periodical ''Kunst & Museumjournaal.'' In 1968 Van Beijer and his friend and partner
Adriaan van Ravesteijn Willem Adriaan van Ravesteijn (Amsterdam, 2 April 1938 – Laren, North Holland, 6 January 2015) was a Dutch gallerist and art collectors in the Netherlands. He and Geert van Beijeren founded the leading Dutch art gallery Art & Project (1968–2 ...
started the
Art & Project Art & Project was a leading contemporary art gallery by Geert van Beijeren & Adriaan van Ravesteijn from 1968 to 2001 in Amsterdam and Slootdorp, the Netherlands, as well as an influential art magazine published by the gallery between 1968 and ...
gallery. From 1971 until 1979 he was curator of painting and sculpture at the Stedelijk Museum. For that reason he temporarily withdrew from his job as co-administrator of the gallery. At the Stedelijk Museum he organised solo exhibitions of
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and Richard Long, both in 1973. From 1986 until 1988 he returned to the museum scene as head curator at the
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in
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.


Further reading

* Rini Dippel, 'Art & Project: The Early Years'. In: Christophe Cherix (ed.), ''In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976'', 2009, page 23-34
online text partly available at Google Books


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Van Ravesteijn in Slootdorp, 24 augustus 1997
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