On Failure: Error and Defeat in the Arts of the Dutch Republic
- Date
- 21 April 2026
- Time
- 17:00
- Location
- SPUI25
Jointly with Tom van der Molen, curator of the Amsterdam Museum and the Dutch Art Historical Yearbook, the Amsterdam Center for Study in Early Modernity proposes a workshop and a general discussion to reflect on the consequences of studying art through the concept of failure. Topics includeartistic failure, artist’s disability, doomed plans for land drainage, shrinking cities, a fateful Māori-European encounter, and the killing of the De Witt brothers.
The event marks the launch of volume 76 of NKJ (Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek) edited by Stijn Bussels, Hanneke Grootenboer, Natasha Seaman and Joost Keizer.
Organisation: Hanneke Grootenboer, Professor of Early Modern Art and Visual Culture, UvA; Stijn Bussels, Professor of Art History before 1800, Universiteit van Leiden; Joost Keizer, Professor of Early Modern and Modern Art History, Radboud Universiteit.
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