Versace at the Groninger Museum a Retrospective

Posted on 18/02/2023 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Versace at the Groninger Museum

Versace at the Groninger Museum, or in the full, official tiitle of the exhibition: Gianni Versace Retrospective. We, Mimi Berlin Blogger Team, visited the Groninger Museum and that’s what we want to share with you today. Just because we can!

As you may well know, Versace was a very HOT brand in the 1980s and 1990s, Gianni Versace truly celebrated it’s heydays at that time. Supermodels, vivid colors, bold prints, gold, sex and Greek mythology are things we associate with Versace. And you probably do too!

The Versace retrospective shows us clothes, scarves, jewelry, magazines, fashion shows, sketches, books etc. all dating specifically from 1989 to1997.
Paris based Agence NC designed the exhibition and divided everything in themes such as pop, bondage and so on. We won’t elaborate too much on the show itself any further, because it is always best to go see it for yourself! But, we do want to share our images!
You’re Welcome

versace exhibition groninger museum jan 2023

Family Affair

Gianni Versace (1946–1997) started out as a freelance designer for several Italian fashion companies like Complice, Genny and Callaghan, he later became the head designer at Byblos. Around 1978 Gianni and his siblings Santos and Donatella founded Gianni Versace SpA. Santos was the CEO (untill 2002) and Donatella was responsibale for marketing and later on for designing the accessories and the Versus line. Gianni V. met his partner Antonio D’amico (1959-2002) in 1982, Antonio then joined the compapy as fashion designer for Versace Sport …..(It’s a family affair guys, a very sad one, but that’s an other story)
Versace’s boss-chief today is Donatella. Santos is probably retired. Gianni and Antonio are dead.

The exhibition is open untill the 7th of May 2023

The exhibition is not official nor authorised or linked to Gianni Versace S.r.l. and/or to the Versace family.

The exhibition is realised in collaboration with the leading private collectors of the work of Gianni Versace: Antonio Caravano (with Sabina Albano as collection curator), as well as Salvatore Alderuccio and Franco Jacassi.
Groningermuseum.nl

Exhibition Salon 2022|2023 30+ artists Opening at What Art Can Do

Posted on 07/01/2023 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Exhibition Salon 2022|2023 30+ artists Opening at What art Can Do Gallery in Amsterdam

Together with 30+ artists we, at Mimi Berlin, have work (2 statuettes from the Powderbox Girls series) on show at The Salon 22/23 in gallery/project space What Art Can Do in Amsterdam. We went to the opening and took some pictures for yous who couldn’t be there. Your Welcome! As you can see in the photo’s; the place was so packed and humid that we ended up with not one good picture of the actual work. But, and as we, at Mimi Belin, always state.
If you want to see the art on show it’s best to visit and see it for yourself. We suggest that you do so because, in our opinion this exhibition is special; it shows the most diversity we’ve ever seen in a small space and that is super-fun! Thanks to Simone Swildens who invited us to join. xoxo Mimi Berlin

de salon 2022/23 what art can do exhibition amsterdam

The Salon 22/23 runs to January 28, the gallery is open on thursday, friday and saturday from 13:00-18:00. The address is: Tweede Tuindwarsstraat 4 1015 RZ Amsterdam

Continue reading →

Big Art Hembrug 2021

Posted on 30/09/2021 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Big Art Fair

Mimi Blogger Team visited the Dutch annual art fair; Big Art. This year, just as the last time, it was held at The Hemburg grounds (in an old munitions factory) in 4 large exhibition halls. Hembrug is situated on the border between Zaandam and Amsterdam. Though it was raining cats and dogs Mimi Blogger Team still managed to take a few pictures for you,

See more at the Big Art website

200 Plus Artworks at Bradwolf Projects Amsterdam

Posted on 29/11/2020 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Reflection in Time 200 plus Artworks

Reflection in Time is an art project initiated by Nannet van der Kleijn. Ms van der Kleijn sent about 500 pieces of blank linen canvasses in A4 size to friends, family and acquaintances. She asked if they wanted to do ‘something’ with that piece of cloth. (The previous sentence is us, at Mimi Berlin, putting the more elaborate vision of Nannet van der Kleijn in a tiny nutshell ofcourse!)

Detail of one of the walls at Bradwolf Projects. The flashy face of the left is made by Diederik Verbakel and the portrait on the right is painted by Machteld Schouten.

Continue reading →

Wonderful Things from Tim Walker

Posted on 29/02/2020 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Wonderful Things

We, Mimi Blogger Team, visited the Tim Walker exhibition ‘Wonderful Things’ at the V&A museum in London the other day (the exhibition ran from 21 September 2019 to 22 March 2020). We are fans of the photographer Tim Walker, so we simply had to come to London all the way from Amsterdam.
As always, we took pictures for you, who couldn’t be there.

Glossy

The first room, at the start of the exhibition, is filled with work made for fashion magazines. Hence the dripping ‘gloss’ from the ceiling we guess.

Continue reading →

Frieda Hunziker

Posted on 18/06/2019 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Hunziker and other Dutch female artists

“One of the Masterly Women” (Een van de Meesterlijke vrouwen) is an exhibition showcasing “10 avant-garde artists you have to see” at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam (open from June 15 until September 8, 2019.) The museum focuses on the period between 1915 and 1960. On show are works by artists such as Charley Toorop (1891-1955), Eva Besnyö (1910-2003) and Frieda Hunziker (1908-1966), all women who represent important trends in art. Next to art from the past you will find work by 10 Dutch female artists from the present, like Robin de Puy and Liselore Frowijn for example.

Our Personal Story

We have a personal story to tell about this artist.
As you maybe already know we, at Mimi Berlin, frequently visit thriftstores. Well, the other day we bought a litho that caught our fancy, signed by Frieda Hunziker. We didn’t know her name or work so we looked it up on the interweb. Although we liked the work, we imediately put it up for auction!

Franeker

A very friendly couple bought the litho from us. They live in Franeker, in the house that Frieda built in the sixties for herself and her son! Since these people found out about the artsy history of their home, they started collecting Hunziker’s work. Isn’t that a nice coincedence with the exhibition opening at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam?!
We think it is.
And we are very glad that we learned some of the Dutch art-heritage by visiting our local thriftstore.

Cobra

Hunziker was considered in the 50’s and 60’s as a remarkable and progressive artist. She exhibited regularly at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and was well-known within the art society. At the end of the 50’s, the work of Frieda developed towards abstract expressionism in which the figurative element never completely disappears. Her latest works are vibrant and powerfully colorful and they exude the self-confidence and vitality of Frieda. She continued to paint when she became sick and even until her death in september 1966. Her color symphonies never got a gloomy character.
Cobra Museum