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Warships in Amsterdam: 

Museum buys 17th century masterpiece

The Scheepvaartmuseum in Amsterdam managed to acquire a masterpiece by 17th century marine painter Reinier Nooms. The painting, titled View of the IJ, shows warships in the water in front of the ‘s Lands Zeemagazijn – where the Scheepvaartmuseum is now located.
The masterpiece was painted in 1664, the same year as Nooms’ death. At the time the bulding was used by the Admiralty of Amsterdam as a warehouse for the navy’s equipment. According to the museum, this painting shows Amsterdam’s history as the center of 17th century shipping, the function of ‘s Lands Zeemagazijn and the activity of the sites around it.
This work is of great importance in understanding 17th century Dutch shipping, according to the museum.
The work was acquired from a Dutch art dealer with the help of the Rembrandt Assocation and the Mondriaan Fund, among others. The painting is expected to be displayed this fall, as part of a major exhibition on the 100 year hstory of the museum’s collection. A hundred years ago the museum started what is now considered one of the richest maritime history collections in the world.

 http://www.nltimes.nl/2016/05/11/warships-amsterdam-museum-buys-17th-century-masterpiece/

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Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch designer Aziz Bekkaoui pops up in Nieuw-West http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/05/dutch-designer-aziz-bekkaoui-pops-up-in-nieuw-west/

You might think renowned Dutch-Moroccan designer Aziz Bekkaoui would be more at home in Amsterdam’s luxury shopping district around the PC Hooftstraat than an old school in Amsterdam’s much maligned 1970s overspill. Natasha Cloutier paid him a visit to find out why he’s opted for Nieuw-West. This January, Aziz quietly opened a pop-up store and a gallery in Lola Luid, a former school transformed into a pop-up mall, which features a café, shops and galleries of local artists, as well as a 350-seat theatre from the 1950s. While the prize-winning designer’s gallery is on the ground floor, he can be found a few days a week hanging out in the basement where the school used to have its canteen: Aziz sells designer clothes and fabric at bargain basement prices in an actual basement. Imported vintage His pop-up store features many collections made for opera, dance, television, film, videos and fashion shows. There is men’s and women’s clothing with nods to different decades, imported vintage from New York City, and lots of his own creations. You can also buy leftover fabric from many of his flamboyant opera costumes and exhibitions, as well as hats, belts and shoes.

Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch designer Aziz Bekkaoui pops up in Nieuw-West http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/05/dutch-designer-aziz-bekkaoui-pops-up-in-nieuw-west/

You might think renowned Dutch-Moroccan designer Aziz Bekkaoui would be more at home in Amsterdam’s luxury shopping district around the PC Hooftstraat than an old school in Amsterdam’s much maligned 1970s overspill. Natasha Cloutier paid him a visit to find out why he’s opted for Nieuw-West. This January, Aziz quietly opened a pop-up store and a gallery in Lola Luid, a former school transformed into a pop-up mall, which features a café, shops and galleries of local artists, as well as a 350-seat theatre from the 1950s. While the prize-winning designer’s gallery is on the ground floor, he can be found a few days a week hanging out in the basement where the school used to have its canteen: Aziz sells designer clothes and fabric at bargain basement prices in an actual basement. Imported vintage His pop-up store features many collections made for opera, dance, television, film, videos and fashion shows. There is men’s and women’s clothing with nods to different decades, imported vintage from New York City, and lots of his own creations. You can also buy leftover fabric from many of his flamboyant opera costumes and exhibitions, as well as hats, belts and shoes.

Read more at DutchNews.nl: Dutch designer Aziz Bekkaoui pops up in Nieuw-West http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2016/05/dutch-designer-aziz-bekkaoui-pops-up-in-nieuw-west/