Museum Voorlinden
Museum Voorlinden is an art museum in Wassenaar 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.
Museum Voorlinden
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- Museum Voorlinden
- Founded
- 2016
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- Wassenaar
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Museum Voorlinden is an art museum in Wassenaar 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.
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Overview
Overview
The collection brought together by Joop van Caldenborgh is known as the Caldic Collection, the largest private art collection in the Netherlands.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Museum Voorlinden • Established — 2016 09 10 • Location — Buurtweg 90 Wassenaar, Netherlands • Type — Art museum • Founder — Joop van Caldenborgh • Director — Suzanne Swarts • Owner — Joop van Caldenborgh • Website — https: www.voorlinden.nl/?lang=en
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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.
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1186
Museum Voorlinden is recorded at coordinates 52.1186, 4.3460.
2010
Museum Voorlinden was established or created in 2010.
2016
Museum Voorlinden established.
2016
Museum Voorlinden was established or created on 11 September 2016.
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Caldic Collection
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, Atelier van Lieshout, Philip Akkerman, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Broodthaers, Joseph Cornell, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Yayoi Kusama, Ron Mueck, Mauricio Nannucci, Ernesto Neto, Bridget Riley, Cindy Sherman, Sam Taylor-Wood, Wayne Thiebaud, James Turrell, 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, Anish Kapoor, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Paul McCartney, Mario Merz, Henry Moore, Petra Morenzi, Panamarenko, Jean Tinguely and Carel Visser are on display.
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Context
The circumstances in which Museum Voorlinden stands. Established or created on 11 September 2016. Recorded at coordinates 52.1186, 4.3460. Established or created in 2010. Voorlinden has its headquarters at Wassenaar. Situated in Netherlands. Voorlinden lies within Wassenaar.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1122599099, Museum Voorlinden.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2298844: Museum Voorlinden
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- “Museum Voorlinden”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Museumplan Caldic Collectie in Wassenaar Kunstbeeld, 27 maart 2012
- 2.Omschrijving rijksmonument 524569. Gearchiveerd op 11 december 2024.
- 3.Pijbes 'wil meer ruimte' en stopt na drie maanden als directeur Voorlinden, de Volkskrant, 27 september 2016. Gearchiveerd op 18 september 2017.
- 4.Koos de Wilt: Interview Joop van Caldenborgh , Holland Herald, 2010.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1122599099, Museum Voorlinden.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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