The Czech artist Ladislav Novák (1925-1999) is known as a pioneer in the field of visual and sound poetry, but achieved most of his fame with his so-called froissages. He developed this technique...
Guglielmo Achille Cavellini was once a respected art collector. He owned works by artists like Alberto Burri, Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn and Roberto Matta. Various works from his collection were included in the...
The photograph reproduced here shows a wooden stretcher frame. It is not just any object: once it was mounted with a painting by the French artist Fernand Léger. In 1977, Henk Peeters bought...
EAT YOUR ART OUT is the name of a group show I organised with Jeannette Dekeukeleire in May 2010. The subject of our contribution to the ‘Art Amsterdam’ fair was food in the...
On the 24th of September, 1976 I received a visit from the Dutch poet Simon Vinkenoog.
The Italian publisher Francesco Conz was a man with two faces. On ‘normal days’ he was warm, generous and an outstanding host, but when he had been drinking too much he became nasty,...