Renilde Hammacher
Renilde Hammacher was curator of modern art at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen from 1962 until 1978. In this period she shaped one of the most important museum collections of modern art in the Netherlands. To celebrate her hundredth birthday in March 2013, the museum exhibited a selection of the works she acquired by post-war artists.
Alongside the work by Rothko, the exhibition included masterpieces by Lee Bontecou, Jim Dine, Gilbert & George, Jan Dibbets and Jannis Kounellis. In the entrance area a display of museum posters and photographs that give an impression of the activities of this extraordinary curator were on show till the beginning of June 2013.
Boijmans Study
The exhibition is accompanied by a Boijmans Study with an extensive interview with Renilde Hammacher by Marijke Peyser which is available in the museum shop and webshop (only in Dutch).
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In the media
On ARTtube you can watch a film in which Renilde Hammacher talks about the Dalí exhibition in 1970.
