Rob van Doeselaar’s coming exhibitions

Kunstkijk – Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th May

I am participating in the multi-day art event Kunstkijk that takes place at Goeree-Overflakkee. This year the theme is ‘Earth’. The aim of the event is to bring high-level two- and three-dimensional art to the attention of the public in as accessible a manner as possible. In the week of Ascension, 96 artists exhibit at 36 different locations in 10 villages, both indoors and outdoors. The sometimes unexpected locations are spread across the island, but there is a certain clustering. At various times and at varying locations, we collaborate with representatives from the music world, theater, literary arts and educational and cultural institutions.
I exhibit a selection of paintings and sketches at the Hofstede Lust & Last location, Kokseweg 4-6, Sommelsdijk.
Admission to the exhibitions is free.
More information: Invitation and www.kunstkijk.com

L’art de faire fondre la neige, oil on canvas, 100 x 130 cm

De Trommel van de Vrijbuiter – Wednesday 1st to Sunday 26th May

In 2024, Gerard Fieret (honorary member of the Hague Art Circle) would have turned 100 years old. Gerard was a colorful figure in The Hague. He is known for his free photography and poems. The Hague Art Circle wants to pay tribute to his work and is organizing a Fieret month in May 2024 with exhibitions and theme evenings.
The exhibition in the boardroom will consist of work by the grandmaster himself. In the Albert Vogelzaal and the garden you can see other exhibitions by members who were inspired by Gerard’s oeuvre. I drew a portrait of him on the iPad with a selection of his photos in the background. The title ‘Gerard Fieret – P.O. Box 117’ refers to the address he stamped on many of his photographs.
More information: Fotomuseum

Gerard Fieret – P.O. Box 117, iPad art print

I participate with Art Eindhoven

Art Eindhoven will take place on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th February, in the industrial Klokgebouw on Strijp S in Eindhoven. Artists then show a selection of their most beautiful works of art. And of course I am also present with a selection of my works! You will find a lot of information here: www.arteindhoven.nl . Would you like to come and have a look? Let me know and I will arrange an entrance ticket for you (I will send you a link and a 100% discount code).

My mother

Today is my mother’s birthday (96th time). This iPad drawing can be seen at the exhibition ‘Nieuw’ at the Haagse Kunstkring from 4 to 28 January.

Ten years after

Ten years after I won the Hague portrait competition ‘Long live the King’ with this print, it has been given a beautiful place in the Dutch Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, with the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It was nice

I look back with satisfaction on the short exhibition Going Dutch in Elmina. It has given me new insights about our past and how we should relate to each other. For me it was also a reunion of my paintings after twenty years. And they are fine. They are pampered by their owners. That makes me feel good.

Master photographer Carel de Groot made a wonderful impression of the exhibition on the last day. It gives those who missed it a good impression of what it was like.

Between trader and enslaved

Going Dutch in #Elmina, exhibition of paintings, 28 June – 2 July at the Haagse Kunstkring, Denneweg 64, The Hague.
Free entrance.

In each of the two corners of the courtyard of the slave castle in Elmina, below the governor’s chamber, there is a staircase in the shape of a giant cake. The enslaved who were kept below never entered the stairs. The merchants at the top counted the goods.

Elmina stairs no.1, acrylic on paper, 56 x 76 cm

Exhibition: Going Dutch in Elmina

28 June – 2 July in the Haagse Kunstkring, I will have an exhibition of paintings related to Keti Koti, the abolition of slavery 150 years ago.
The opening will take place on 28 June at 5 p.m. with a special programme, put it in your diary.

Thanks to the enthusiastic cooperation of various collectors, it was possible for this occasion to bring together a selection of my paintings after twenty years, which were exhibited more than twenty years ago in the Governor’s Chamber of Castle Elmina in Ghana.

The paintings attempt to catch an image of the place that was the last memory of Africa for deported enslaved people. Castle Elmina is the oldest European building in Sub-Saharan Africa and has served as the African headquarters of the Dutch West India Company (WIC) for 250 years. The castle was a very important link in the transatlantic slave trade.

Read the story ‘Going Dutch in Elmina’

Elmina façade, oil on canvas, 125 x 155 cm

Most delighted

Yesterday, together with Jacqueline van der Grijn, I closed our exhibition ‘De la neige à l’eau’ during a pleasant Finissage. Some enthousiasts even bought a few small works at the last minute. We are looking back on a successful project.

Last weekend exhibition in Nyon

This weekend is the last chance to see our exhibition ‘De la neige à l’eau’ at Esquisse Galerie d’Art in #Nyon. One of my paintings is ‘Un petit lac’, acrylic on paper, 56 x 76 cm

Le mont chaud

acrylic on paper, 56 x 76 cm

This painting is currently on display at Esquisse Galerie d’Art in #Nyon Switzerland until May 14 Fri (4-7 PM), Sat & Sun (2-6 PM)