Museum Voorlinden () is an art museum in
Wassenaar
Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a municipality and town located in the province of South Holland, on the western coast of the Netherlands.
An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the Nort ...
in the Netherlands.
It was founded and is privately owned by Joop van Caldenborgh.
It was opened on 10 September 2016 by King
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013.
Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest ch ...
.
The collection brought together by Joop van Caldenborgh is known as the Caldic Collection, the largest private art collection in the Netherlands. Museum Voorlinden recent exhibitions include
Anselm Kieffer (October 2023 to February 2024),
Alex Katz
Alex Katz (born July 24, 1927) is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and printmaking, prints. Since 1951, Katz's work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions and nearly 500 group exhibitions through ...
(June to October 2023),
Anthony Gormley
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pl ...
(May to September 2022)
Museum
The construction of the museum started in 2013. The official opening happened on September 10, 2016 in presence of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.
Caldic Collection
The Caldic Collection of modern and contemporary art, brought together in the seventies, consists of paintings, sculptures, mixed media and photography, mostly from the 20th century. Works include
Ai Weiwei
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,
Atelier van Lieshout
Joep van Lieshout (born 1963), is a Dutch artist and sculptor born in Ravenstein, Netherlands, Ravenstein, Netherlands, and founder of Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL).
Life and work
Van Lieshout received his formal education and training from the ...
, Philip Akkerman,
Louise Bourgeois
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,
Marcel Broodthaers
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Early life
Broodthaers was born on 28 January 1924 in Brussels, Belgium.
Career
Broodthaers was briefly associated with the surrealist ...
,
Joseph Cornell
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,
Tracey Emin
Dame Tracey Karima Emin (; born 3 July 1963) is an English artist known for autobiographical and confessional artwork. She produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, Neon lighting, neon text ...
,
Damien Hirst
Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist and art collector. He was one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingdom's richest ...
,
Anselm Kiefer
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,
Yayoi Kusama
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, Ron Mueck, Mauricio Nannucci, Ernesto Neto,
Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley (born 24 April 1931) is an English painter known for her op art paintings. She lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France.
Early life and education
Riley was born on 24 April 1931 in West Norwood, No ...
,
Cindy Sherman
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Her breakthrough work is often co ...
,
Sam Taylor-Wood
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The Beatles were an English Rock ...
,
Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud ( ; born Morton Wayne Thiebaud; November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021) was an American painter known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, cakes, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot d ...
,
James Turrell
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, Gyz la Riviere and Robert Zandvliet.
Sculptures in the nearby Sculpture Garden Clingenbosch, property of the family Van Caldenborgh can be visited by appointment. Here works by Armando,
Antony Gormley
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pl ...
,
Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the United Ki ...
,
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt (September 9, 1928 – April 8, 2007) was an American artist linked to various movements, including conceptual art and minimalism.
LeWitt came to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he pref ...
,
Richard Long, Paul McCartney,
Mario Merz
Mario Merz (1 January 1925 – 9 November 2003) was an Italian artist, and husband of Marisa Merz.
Life
Born in Milan, Merz started drawing during World War II, when he was imprisoned for his activities with the ''Giustizia e Libertà'' ant ...
,
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract art, abstract monumental Bronze sculpture, bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore ...
, Petra Morenzi,
Panamarenko
Henri Van Herwegen (5 February 1940 – 14 December 2019), known by the pseudonym Panamarenko, was a prominent Assemblage (art), assemblagist Belgian sculptor. Famous for his work with aeroplanes as theme; none of which are able nor constructed t ...
,
Jean Tinguely
Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century.Chilvers, Ian; Gl ...
and
Carel Visser
Carel Nicolaas Visser (3 May 1928 – 1 March 2015) was a Dutch sculptor. He is considered an important representative of Dutch abstract-minimalist constructivism in sculpture.
Life and work
Visser was born on 3 May 1928 in Papendrecht. From 19 ...
are on display.
References
External links
Museum Voorlinden official website
Website Sculpture Garden Clingenbosch*
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2016 establishments in the Netherlands
Art museums and galleries in the Netherlands
Museums established in 2016
Museums in South Holland
Wassenaar
21st-century architecture in the Netherlands