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The Turing Foundation aims to let people in The Netherlands enjoy visual arts and music.

The Turing Foundation therefor supports visual arts exhibitions and music education .

Below, you will find an impression of the most important initiatives that we have previously supported.

Also see the Art Agenda.

Most recent projects:

October 2024	'Nieuw Parijs: van Monet tot Morisot', Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2025 The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is organising the exhibition New Paris: From Monet to Morisot. It focuses on the... more	October 2024	'Meester I.S. - Mysterieuze tijdgenoot van Rembrandt', Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, 2025-2026 For the first time in history, the haunting and melancholic works of seventeenth-century... more
vanaf 12 dec	Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2024-2029 The Wereldmuseum is organising a new long-term exhibition as part of Wereldmuseum... more	vanaf 13 dec Twenthe	Posters for the Planet in ARTIS, Design Museum Den Bosch, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam en Bonnefanten Maastricht, 2024-2025 Our apologies, the text for this project has not yet been translated into English ... more
t/m 20 jan	'The Call of the O'o: Nature Under Pressure,' Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, 2024-2025 The Allard Pierson Museum is organising the heritage event 'The Call of the O'o: Nature... more	vanaf 19 jan	'Eventful Middle Ages: Sensory Experience in Late Medieval Devotion,' Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, 2025 In late medieval Europe, Christians deepened their religious experiences.... more
vanaf 30 nov	'How Van Gogh Came to Groningen,' Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2024-2025 The Groninger Museum is presenting the exhibition 'How Van Gogh Came to Groningen,' which tells the story of... more	Museum De Fundatie	'Marianne von Werefkin, Pioneer of Expressionism,' Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, 2024-2025 Marianne von Werefkin is one of the most important representatives of expressionism. Yet she... more
Beelden aan Zee	Joan Miró - Sculptures, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, 2024-2025 Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the founders of surrealism, whose colourful, playful and experimental artworks... more	t/m 5 jan	Wallerant Vaillant Exhibition, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, 2024-2025 Museum Van Loon is organising an exhibition on the seventeenth-century artist Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677).... more
Dordrechts Museum	'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795 - 1858) and French Romanticism' exhibition, Dordrechts Museum, 2024-2025 The Dordrechts Museum is organising 'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) and... more	t/m 12 jan	The Deadly Sins, The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2024-2025 The battle between good and evil, morality and immorality is a universal theme. Whether it concerns an inner struggle... more
t/m 5 jan	Radical - Female Artists & Modernism 1910-1950, Museum Arnhem, 2024-2025 Radical - Female Artists & Modernism 1910-1950 celebrates the work of female artists who pushed boundaries... more	t/m 19 jan	Maarten van Heemskerck, Frans Hals Museum, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Teylers Museum, 2024-2025 Maarten van Heemskerck, famous in his own time and a pioneer in the art of the... more

Exhibitions

'Nieuw Parijs: van Monet tot Morisot', Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2025
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is organising the exhibition New Paris: From Monet to Morisot. It focuses on the Impressionists' depictions of Paris during a transformative era for both modern art and the city itself. Central to the exhibition are three unique cityscapes by Claude Monet, painted in 1867 from the balcony of the Louvre museum. Instead of copying the old masters, Monet literally turned his back on the museum's collection to capture modern life outside. His cityscapes mark a symbolic starting point for Impressionism and a pivotal moment in art history. The three related cityscapes transport visitors into a unique depiction of an eventful chapter of Paris's history, the dramatic urban changes by architect Haussmann. The aspect of urban development connects to contemporary themes about city life and urbanites. These aspects are explored in the exhibition, various public programmes and an audio tour.

The exhibition will feature the other two cityscapes from collaborating museums' collections. Moreover, major international loans are being organised from institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), The National Gallery of Art (Washington) and Musée d'Orsay (Paris). Many of these works have never been shown in the Netherlands.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €45,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 15 February to 9 June 2025.

Claude Monet, "Quai du Louvre", 1867, Kunstmuseum Den Haag

'Meester I.S. - Mysterieuze tijdgenoot van Rembrandt', Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, 2025-2026
For the first time in history, the haunting and melancholic works of seventeenth-century artist Master I.S. are being brought together in an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal. Surrounded by mystery, the Master has not been well researched before. Visitors are invited actively to take part in research and decipher enigmas around the seventeenth-century artist. Exhibited alongside works by Leiden masters, visitors discover how strong the stylistic affinities of the hyper-realistic portraits are to Gerrit Dou, Jan Lievens and Rembrandt. But clothing and objects in the paintings suggest connections beyond Leiden, strongly hinting at ties to Northern and Eastern Europe. The exhibition also delves into the tronie genre, in which Master I.S. is absolutely unparalelled, and possible self-portraits. The exhibition includes loans from other institutions, such as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Tiroler Landesmuseum Innsbruck and the Bader Collection Kingston, Ontario.

The Turing Foundation is supporting this project with €30,000. The exhibition will run from 10 October 2025 to 6 March 2026.

'Meester I.S. - Mysterieuze tijdgenoot van Rembrandt', Museum de Lakenhal, Leiden, 2025-2026

Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2024-2029
The Wereldmuseum is organising a new long-term exhibition as part of Wereldmuseum Junior. The Council of the Raven is a "hands-on exhibition for climate heroes," aiming to engage 180,000 children and families in the coming five-and-a-half years. Addressing the climate crisis, the exhibition immerses children in how daily life and culture in Greenland are affected by global warming. With three narratives from other parts of the world, the museum shows that people around the world are connected and that the impacts of the climate crisis are different in various parts of the world. They show how people interact with the earth and their environment, as well as the underlying attitudes and principles that shape these interactions. With a focus on (indigenous) knowledge, ideas, vision and values, the Council of the Raven gives the youngest generation of cosmopolitans new perspectives and tools for their future on a warming planet. Children (and accompanying adults) are encouraged to share what they have learnt at the museum at home, school or for example at their football club. The Wereldmuseum aims to inspire action based on the core message of the exhibition: we are part of nature, and we are all interconnected with one another and with the earth.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €80,000 towards this initiative, which will run from 12 December 2024 to 30 June 2029.

See also: Other projects in Netherlands

Raad van de Raaf. Een doe-tentoonstelling voor klimaathelden. Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, 2024-2029

Posters for the Planet in ARTIS, Design Museum Den Bosch, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam en Bonnefanten Maastricht, 2024-2025

The following text will be translated into English as soon as possible:
De allerbeste, meest aansprekende, meest overtuigende posters die zijn ingezonden voor de wedstrijd Posters for the Planet - a competition for a better world worden in vijf Nederlandse musea tentoongesteld. Deze tournee gegint in ARTIS - Groote Museum, van 17 oktober t/m 3 november. In dit museum staat het ecologisch evenwicht tussen mens, dier, micro-organisme en plantenwereld centraal. Laat je inspireren door de mooiste posterontwerpen, maar ook door de route door het museum waar je onverwachte overeenkomsten ontdekt tussen mens, dier en plant.

Daarna in Design Museum, Den Bosch, van 14 november t/m 8 december. Dit enige echte design museum organiseert dan bovendien de expositie Design voor de planeet. Je vindt daar een breed overzicht van hoe ontwerpers, ingenieurs en architecten proberen in te grijpen om het design van de aarde zelf.

Daarna in Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede van 13 december t/m 2 februari 2025. Dit museum host dan ook de tentoonstelling GOGBOT x RMT, een verkenning van ons geloof in technologische ontwikkelingen. Daarnaast is een project te zien van social designer Fides Lapidaire, die ons huidig systeem van watervoorziening en waterschaarste onderzoekt.

En tegelijkertijd in het Wereldmuseum, Amsterdam van 17 december t/m 5 januari. Daar kun je in de kerstvakantie bovendien meedoen aan een workshop, waar je zelf een klimaatposter kunt maken. Bezoek ook de doe-tentoonstelling Raad van de Raaf Daarin ontmoet je mensen uit Groenland, Peru, Marokko en Bangladesh, die laten zien hoe zij leven met klimaatverandering.

En tenslotte in Bonnefanten Maastricht, van 8 februari t/m 4 maart 2025. Tijdens de loop van de expositie is er een speciale duurzaamheids workshop gekoppeld aan het klimaatthema van de posterwedstrijd.

Deze tentoonstelling is onderdeel van een mediacampagne op basis van de winnende posters van de Posters for the Planet wedstrijd, waarvoor de Turing Foundation €500,000 beschikbaar heeft gesteld.

Posters for the Planet in ARTIS, Design Museum Den Bosch, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Wereldmuseum Amsterdam en Bonnefanten Maastricht

'The Call of the O'o: Nature Under Pressure,' Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, 2024-2025
The Allard Pierson Museum is organising the heritage event 'The Call of the O'o: Nature Under Pressure.' This exhibition will shed light on the consequences of climate change on nature, the loss of biodiversity, the role of humans in an ecosystem and its future, from a cultural-historical and philosophical perspective. With wonderful books, prints and drawings from the Allard Pierson Artis Library collection, as well as works and reflections by contemporary artists, we explore why nature is under pressure and the role humans are playing. What assumptions and values led to changes in our perception of nature and consequently influenced our actions?

Using a thematically structured presentation with recurring storylines across various themes - science, religion, colonial biology and current issues - the museum takes visitors on a journey through an important period in Western history concerning human interaction with nature. The exhibition focuses on the period between 1500 and 1900, as these centuries marked significant turning points in thinking about nature.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 35,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 29 August 2024 to 20 January 2025.

'The Call of the O'o: Nature Under Pressure,' Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam

'Kiefer 80', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam & Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, 2025
Anselm Kiefer (b. 1945, Germany) will celebrate his eightieth birthday in 2025. To mark this special occasion, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum are jointly organising an exhibition. Visitors can delve into Kiefer's work, discover the inspiration he found in Van Gogh and learn about the artist's early relationship with the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 70,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 9 March 2025 to 7 June 2025.

Anselm Kiefer, Untitled, 2021, 380 x 570 cm, artist's collection

'Eventful Middle Ages: Sensory Experience in Late Medieval Devotion,' Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, 2025
In late medieval Europe, Christians deepened their religious experiences. Seeking ways to come closer to Mary, Christ and the saints, as well as to evoke empathy, they stimulated and engaged their senses with images, sounds, tastes, scents and tangible objects. The exhibition 'Eventful Middle Ages: Sensory Experience in Late Medieval Devotion' at the Rijksmuseum Twenthe highlights the role of various senses and rituals in medieval Christianity and brings to life a time when art was intimately experienced.

The exhibition is dedicated to examples of medieval art that, unlike the precious items kept in church and cathedral treasuries, were admired and revered by the general populace. The focus is on the intersection of art history, devotional practice and folk traditions, the remnants of which are still felt today. International loans have been requested from Madrid, Barcelona and Cologne.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 30,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 19 January 2025 to 27 April 2025.

Adam Dircksz, Prayer Nut, ca. 1500-1531. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

'How Van Gogh Came to Groningen,' Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2024-2025
The Groninger Museum is presenting the exhibition 'How Van Gogh Came to Groningen,' which tells the story of the independent-minded citizens and enterprising students of Groningen who brought modern art to the north of the Netherlands between 1895 and 1897 through a series of exhibitions in the newly opened Cabinet of Antiquities, the forerunner of the current Groninger Museum. Few people know that one of the largest exhibitions of Vincent van Gogh's work at the end of the nineteenth century was organised at the Groninger Museum. Showcasing this experimental, modern period in Groningen's cultural history enhances the celebration of the Groninger Museum's 150th anniversary.

International loans have been requested from institutions including Fondation Beyeler, Clemens Sels Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Kunsthalle Bremen.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 12,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 30 November 2024 to 5 May 2025. The contribution is earmarked for the exhibition catalogue.

Vincent van Gogh, Garden at Arles, 1888

'Marianne von Werefkin, Pioneer of Expressionism,' Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, 2024-2025
Marianne von Werefkin is one of the most important representatives of expressionism. Yet she is much less known than several of her close collaborators, such as her partner Alexej von Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. She was the driving force behind the expressionism of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München ('New Artists' Association Munich'), which eventually led to the formation of Der Blaue Reiter ('The Blue Rider'). Werefkin was the first member of this group to move towards a new visual idiom, influenced by what she saw in France. Museum de Fundatie is the only museum in the Netherlands with an example of her work in its collection: Landscape with Red Clouds (1911). This, along with the desire to give more attention to this remarkable artist in the Netherlands, is the reason for this first retrospective exhibition of her work in the country.

International loans have been requested from institutions such as Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna di Ascona, Fondazione Matasci per l'Arte, Kunsthaus Zürich, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Museum Wiesbaden, Schlossmuseum Murnau, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus München, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern and various private lenders in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 35,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 5 October 2024 to 16 March 2025.

Gabriele Münter, Jawlensky and Werefkin (1908/09), Lenbachhaus, Munich

Joan Miró - Sculptures, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague, 2024-2025
Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the founders of surrealism, whose colourful, playful and experimental artworks are well known to a wide audience. Yet a comprehensive exhibition dedicated solely to his sculptures has never been organised in the Netherlands. Museum Beelden aan Zee, the only museum in the Netherlands exclusively focused on sculpture, is changing that this autumn.

In 'Joan Miró - Sculptures,' the playful and experimental nature of the Spanish master takes centre stage. The museum is presenting the world premiere showcasing several of Miró's plaster studies to the public for the first time in history. With these plaster studies the exhibition provides a unique insight into the working process of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, who continues to be a significant source of inspiration for contemporary artists across the world. International loans have been requested from institutions including the 'la Caixa' Foundation, Fondation Maeght and Fondació Joan Miró.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 30,000 towards this exhibition, which will be on display from 10 September 2024 to 2 March 2025.

Joan Miró, Personnage (1967)

'Exceptional Opportunity' Initiative, The Netherlands, 2024
A new round of the Turing Foundation's 'Exceptional Opportunity' initiative, in collaboration with the Vereniging Rembrandt, commenced in 2024. The Exceptional Opportunity initiative focuses on collaboration around collection mobility. Museums can submit proposals for an exhibition centred on one iconic loan or a thematic presentation featuring several works from Dutch museum collections. A professional committee will evaluate the top submissions, which may subsequently be developed into exhibitions. The Exceptional Opportunity initiative resulted in two wonderful exhibitions in 2023: 'Titus is back Home' at the Rembrandt House Museum, and 'Giorgio Morandi in the Netherlands' at Museum Belvédère.

Dutch museums collectively house an incredibly rich collection. Lending works to each other increases the visibility and accessibility of this richness. The Vereniging Rembrandt and the Turing Foundation's aim with the Exceptional Opportunity initiative is to support collaborations in collection mobility, providing museums with opportunities to reach (new) visitors.

The Turing Foundation and the Rembrandt Association are jointly contributing towards this project.

'Exceptional Opportunity' Initiative

'The Art of Illusion. Samuel van Hoogstraten, Rembrandt's Pupil', Rembrandt House, Amsterdam, 2025
At the 'The Art of Illusion' exhibition visitors to the Rembrandt House Museum get to know Rembrandt the teacher through the eyes of his pupil Samuel van Hoogstraten. They discover how Van Hoogstraten learnt and further developed the art of illusionism. They also see how Van Hoogstraten played a crucial role in spreading Rembrandt's vision of art. International loans are expected from the Rembrandt House's partner, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, as well as from the Louvre Museum, The Leiden Collection, Museumlandschaft Hessen Kassel - Schloss Wilhelmshöhe.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 25,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen from 1 February 2025 to 4 May 2025.

"Old Man at the Window" (1653), Samuel van Hoogstraten, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

Wallerant Vaillant Exhibition, Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam, 2024-2025
Museum Van Loon is organising an exhibition on the seventeenth-century artist Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677). His painting is of a high standard, and he was a true pioneer in developing techniques such as mezzotint and pastel. The general public is no longer familiar with his varied oeuvre. Museum Van Loon is changing this by organising an exhibition for the first time with painted portraits and domestic scenes and examples of his mastery of mezzotint and pastel techniques. Exceptional international loans have been requested from the Gemäldegalerie Berlin and museums in Weimar, Bremen and Hamburg.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 10,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen from 5 October 2024 to 5 January 2025 .

Self-Portrait with a Turban (1667), Wallerant Vaillant (1623-1677), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795 - 1858) and French Romanticism' exhibition, Dordrechts Museum, 2024-2025
The Dordrechts Museum is organising 'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) and French Romanticism'. The exhibition showcases the greatest French Romantic painters. The Dordrechts Museum's aim with LIBERTÉ! is to introduce visitors to the overpowering artistry and fiery ideals of Dordrecht's Ary Scheffer and his (famous) French contemporaries. International loans have been requested from the French Musée de La Via Romantique and Paris Musées, Château de Versailles, the Louvre, Belvédère Vienna, and museums in the United Kingdom.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 25,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen from 19 October 2024 to 23 March 2025 .

'LIBERTÉ! Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) and French Romanticism' exhibition, Dordrechts Museum

Leonetto Cappiello Exhibition, Dutch Lithography Museum, Valkenswaard, 2024
The Dutch Lithography Museum is organising an exhibition about Leonetto Cappiello (1875 - 1942). He was one of the most important international poster artists and a master of lithography. For his works he used lithography. The exhibition not only shows his finished products (posters and caricatures) but also his designs, sketches, drawings, gouaches and watercolours. This gives a unique and comprehensive view of the artist's oeuvre and working methods. The emphasis is on his development from caricaturist to poster artist in fin de siècle Paris. The museum displays his most iconic works, such as Laterna Magica (1896), his first poster Le Frou-Frou (1899), Chocolat Klaus (1903), and Kub/Bouillon (1931).

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 10,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen from 1 June 2024 to 10 November 2024.

Leonetto Cappiello Exhibition, Dutch Lithography Museum, Valkenswaard

The Deadly Sins, The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2024-2025
The battle between good and evil, morality and immorality is a universal theme. Whether it concerns an inner struggle or a tangible temptation, every person faces moral dilemmas. Because the forbidden fruit always turns out to be more desirable, it leaves no wonder that these cardinal sins are ubiquitous in art history. This exhibition in The Bonnefanten Museum celebrates the topic of sin during the 16th century. A series of prints of the seven deadly sins made by Pieter Bruegel de Oude plays a central role in this exhibition. His sources of inspiration, works by his contemporaries and followers who were influenced by him and depicted the same theme, are all on display at this exhibition. In addition to important works from Bonnefanten's own collection, there are collaborations with many museums and various national and international private collections.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €45,000 to this exhibition, which will be on view from October 4, 2024 to January 12, 2025.

The Deadly Sins, The Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, 2024-2025

Radical - Female Artists & Modernism 1910-1950, Museum Arnhem, 2024-2025
Radical - Female Artists & Modernism 1910-1950 celebrates the work of female artists who pushed boundaries in the first half of the twentieth century. Museum Arnhem, the Saarland Museum in Saarbrücken and the Belvedere in Vienna have joined forces to curate an extraordinary exhibition that explores the relationship between gender inequality, art and modernism. Women in Modernism offers an unique overview of beautiful and inspiring works of once very successful, often now forgotten artists or works from female artists that have never been shown in the Netherlands. All works are dating from the period 1910-1950. A wealth of worldwide loans is on display, supplemented with works from the collections of Museum Arnhem, Saarland Museum and Belvédère. This ambitious exhibition sheds new light on the art world of the early twentieth century, highlighting the artistic expressions of women artists amid social change, political unrest and technological revolutions.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €30,000 to this exhibition, which can be seen between 5 September 2024 till 5 January 2025.

See also: Other projects in Netherlands

Cover: Amrita Sher-Gil, Self-Portrait as a Tahitian, 1934 (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art)

Maarten van Heemskerck, Frans Hals Museum, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Teylers Museum, 2024-2025
Maarten van Heemskerck, famous in his own time and a pioneer in the art of the Northern Netherlands, is back in the spotlight. Through a special collaboration project between the Frans Hals Museum, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar and Teylers Museum, the public will have the unique opportunity to become acquainted with the size, meaning and impact of his oeuvre. This will be a unique monographic exhibition about this artist. The three museums will highlight why Heemskerck was so innovative. In the context of this extensive exhibition - with many previously unseen works - the restored paintings and surprising new insights into Van Heemskerck's work and techniques will be presented to the public.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €60,000 to these exhibitions, which will be on display in the three collaborating museums from 27 September 2024 till 19 January 2025.

Maarten van Heemskerk, Frans Hals Museum, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Teylers Museum

Vereniging Rembrandt, Amsterdam, 2024
Dutch museums wanting to acquire a special work of art can seek assistance from the Vereniging Rembrandt. This association is committed to the protection and enrichment of Dutch public art collections. It was founded in 1883 and currently has more than 15,000 members. As an independent, private organisation, the association not only assesses the importance of acquisitions to individual museum collections, but also to the entire Dutch public art collection. Its guiding principle is that valuable art ought to be shared with everyone.

The Turing Foundation supports Vereniging Rembrandt with an annual donation of € 5,000.

Samuel van Hoogstraten, aangekocht in 2023 met hulp van de Vereniging Rembrandt

'On Edge', Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2024
'On Edge' is a large-scale exhibition at the Centraal Museum Utrecht about hyperrealism, an art movement that emerged in the United States in the 1970s. Hyperrealism includes lifelike works that show an extremely precise, almost clinical representation of reality. Nonetheless, the depicted realities are shown in a subtle slightly different way. Starting point of the exhibition is the collection of American photorealism in possession of the Centraal Museum. The museum's own collection is supplemented with borrowed works from Dutch collections and international masterpieces, which have never been presented in the Netherlands. The immediate visual appeal and recognizable representations of everyday subjects make hyperrealism a popular genre. What stories do these 'lifelike' works tell and by whom are they told? What lies behind their beautiful appearance? In this exhibition the genre of hyperrealism is critically examined, fifty years after its emergence. The beauty and craftmanship are celebrated, whilst the relationship with the depicted worldviews is being questioned. A common thread is the critical attention for the 'male gaze', which is strongly represented in the hyper realistic canon.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €30.000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 10 February and 9 June 2024.

'On Edge', Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Sol Lewitt, Jewish Museum, 2023-2024
The Jewish Museum (part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter) organizes a large project about the American conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928-2007). This project is realized in close collaboration with the Sol LeWitt Estate. In an accessible manner visitors are invited to experience the visual power of Sol LeWitt's art. The visitors will discover how his work emerged, learn about his Jewish identity and its impact on his work and his strong connection with the Netherlands. He was closely connected with Dutch museums, galleries, collectors and artists. In the Netherlands Soll LeWitt's work has only been presented in group exhibitions. Worldwide the visibility of LeWitts work is also decreasing. Partly because of this reason the Jewish Museum wants the (Dutch) public to (re)acquaint with the visual power and conceptual principles of LeWitt's oeuvre.

The Turing Foundation is contributing 30.000 to this exhibition, which can be seen between 20 October 2023 and 24 March 2024.

Sol Lewitt, Jewish Museum

'Yayoi Kusama. The Dutch Years 1965-1970', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 2023-2024
The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam is dedicating an exhibition to the Dutch years of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929). Kusama (now 93) is famed for her pop art and her large installations but also as a feminist icon. In 1967 Kusama staged a performance in the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, in which she painted various locals and the well-known artist Jan Schoonhoven with dots in the museum chapel. The performance caused a big stir and to this day appeals to the imagination. As well as the research findings on this performance, the exhibition also looks at work Kusama made in the Netherlands, her relationship with the Dutch art world and the interplay between her artistic development and social developments in the Netherlands in the 1960s.

The museum is bringing together work by Kusama and her contemporaries; this work is not often displayed in public and most of it comes from private collections. The exhibition consists of a total of 59 works, including 24 from abroad. For this project the museum is collaborating with the 0-Institute, which has collected photographic material of various artists from Kusama's time in the Netherlands. This material has never been displayed publicly in an exhibition.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 25,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 23 September 2023 and 17 March 2024

'Yayoi Kusama. The Dutch Years 1965-1970', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam

Vereniging Rembrandt, Amsterdam, 2023
Dutch museums wanting to acquire a special work of art can seek assistance from the Vereniging Rembrandt. This association is committed to the protection and enrichment of Dutch public art collections. It was founded in 1883 and currently has more than 15,000 members. As an independent, private organisation, the association not only assesses the importance of acquisitions to individual museum collections, but also to the entire Dutch public art collection. Its guiding principle is that valuable art ought to be shared with everyone.

The Turing Foundation supports Vereniging Rembrandt with an annual donation of € 5,000.

Samuel van Hoogstraten, aangekocht in 2023 met hulp van de Vereniging Rembrandt

'Porcelain Fever', Keramiek Museum Princessehof, 2023-2024
The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics is housed in a grand eighteenth-century townhouse in the historical centre of Leeuwarden. The museum has one of the best collections of European and Asian ceramics, from refined porcelain to beautiful earthenware. From autumn 2023, the focus of the museum will be 'Porcelain Fever': an exhibition of extraordinary ceramic pieces from two important collections originating in the eighteenth century, the Meissen and the Sèvres collections. Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony, started the German Meissen collection, and Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) played an important role in the founding of the French court's Sèvres collection. Rivalry between the two dynasties resulted in veritable porcelain mania. Some 150 objects have been used to illustrate how this competition brought the level of European porcelein production to great heights.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 30,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 2 march 2024 and 1 September 2024.

'Porcelain Fever', Keramiek Museum Princessehof

Eye to Eye. The People behind the Mummy Portraits, Allard Pierson, 2023-2024
The Allard Pierson Museum's 'Eye to Eye' exhibition is the first in the Netherlands about mummy portraits: portraits of the deceased (mostly on wooden boards) attached to the faces of mummies in the Roman period in Egypt (1st-4th century CE). The panel portraits are a unique fusion of elements of Ancient Egyptian and Roman culture and give an impression of how these inhabitants of Egypt saw, presented and prepared themselves for a life after death. Their colours, piercing gaze and particularly their almost modern realism appeal to the imagination. The exhibition focuses on the people behind the portraits: the subject, makers, relatives, archaeologists, collectors and researchers. A total of 35 mummy portraits from international collections will be exhibited in Amsterdam.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €40,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 6 October 2023 and 20 May 2024.

Oog in Oog. De mensen achter de mummieportretten, Allard Pierson, 2023-2024

Van Gogh in Drenthe, Drents Museum, 2023-2024
In 1883, Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Drenthe for three months, painting the landscape and the workers in the peatlands of Drenthe. It was an important period in his development; he was isolated from the art world and had the time and space to reflect on his artistry. The Drents Museum is organising an exhibition focused on this specific period in the artist's life. Of the 24 surviving pieces from this period, the museum expects to loan some 20 of them. Works by Van Gogh's contemporaries will be exhibited alongside them: members of the Barbizon school and the Hague School of painters. The exhibition will start on 11 September 2023, exactly 140 years after Van Gogh arrived in Drenthe, and the layout is based on the route the artist took through the province.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €25,500 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 11 September 2023 and 7 January 2024 . The contribution is earmarked for the catalogue.

Vincent van Gogh, Hutten in Les Saintes Maries-de-la-Mer (1888)

Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, 2023-2024
The Swedish artist Hilma af Klint (1862 - 1944) is regarded as one of the pioneers of abstract painting. She created more than 1000 paintings, sketches and watercolours and was one of the first artists to make abstract pieces. In the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian's visual idioms and paths to abstraction are being placed side by side. Their shared interest in spirituality and theosophy is put in the broader context of scientific developments at the end of the nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries, a formative period for both artists. The exhibition, organised in close collaboration with the Tate Modern in London, will show some 100 works by Af Klint and 65 works by Mondrian. In addition, drawings, sketches, letters and notebooks will give insight into both artists' way of working and mental processes.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €30,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 7 October 2023 and 25 February 2024 . The contribution is earmarked for the catalogue.

Hilma af Klint, Groep 4 Nr 7 (1907)

Brueghel: the Family Reunion, Noordbrabants Museum, 2023-2024
The Noordbrabants Museum is organising a large-scale exhibition on the Brueghel dynasty, the most famous family of artists with roots in North Brabant. The Brueghel dynasty includes five generations of successful painters - of whom Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. 1525/1530 - 1569) is the most famous - who worked over a period of about 150 years, from 1550 to 1700. The members of the Brueghel family were active in almost all genres of painting: from local and foreign landscapes and tableaux of everyday rural life to allegories, mythical stories, history paintings and floral still-lifes. As well as Pieter Brueghel the Elder, work will be exhibited by his sons Pieter Brueghel the Younger en Jan Brueghel the Elder, his grandchildren Jan Brueghel the Younger and Abraham Brueghel, his master Pieter Coecke van Aelst, and extended family David Teniers the Younger and Jan van Kessel the Elder. The exhibition is based on the Noordbrabants Museum collection, which will be augmented by loans from as many as 40 museums in the Netherlands and abroad.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 50,000 towards this exhibition, which can be seen between 30 September 2023 and 7 January 2024.

De Brueghel-dynastie, Noordbrabants Museum, 2023-2024

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Classical music

Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Bus transport to school matinees, 2024-2025
The mission of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet (NOB) is for everyone to experience the magic of opera and ballet and it welcomes visitors of all ages. The NOB focuses particularly on young people: it wants every school-going child (in both primary and secondary education) to have the opportunity to experience what it is like to be moved by a beautifully sung story or a magnificent dance experience. School matinees are an important part of the programme for primary schools: extra performances of specially selected opera and ballet productions exclusively for schools from across the Netherlands. The school matinees have proved very popular, but transport to the theatre is an organisational and financial barrier to many schools outside Amsterdam. By providing bus transport the NOB wants to offer a structural solution to this problem and reach primary school children from all over the country.

The Turing Foundation is contributing € 115,800 towards bus transport to the special Dutch National Opera & Ballet school matinees, which will take place between September 2020 and June 2025.

Nationale Opera en Ballet, Busvervoer naar schoolmatinees

'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools, 2024-2026
Welcome to the Orchestra is the education program of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) for primary schools and special needs schools. During five weeks children are provided with a varied program that stimulates their musical, creative and social development. By means of this 3-year program NedPho offers 5,050 children from group 5 to 7 from the greater Amsterdam region a unique and inspiring encounter with orchestras and a valuable first-hand experience with classical music. Soccer is the theme for the 2024-2026 edition. Students will discover the resemblances between a symphony orchestra and a soccer team. The theme evokes positive associations for both boys, girls and teachers and thereby strengthens the musical education. During this edition students start composing themselves as well. The project provides students the freedom for creative and musical development, within the framework of the teaching materials. The students play a decisive role in this project as their compositions will play a part during the big final concert.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €60.000 towards this musical education project (of which €20.000 during the school year 2023-2024)

'Welcome to the Orchestra - the premier league!, education for primary school and special needs schools

Pieter Roelf Youth Concert, North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, 2024
The North Netherlands Orchestra (NNO) is inviting 8,000 primary school children from Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe for the 24th time in 2024 to the Pieter Roelf Concerts, where they will hear a symphony orchestra play in a concert hall and actively participate. The NNO is collaborating with 'Het Houten Huis' Youth Theatre, which gives the music even more imaginative power and increases the reach among schools. For each concert, five lessons are given in the classroom. The Turing Foundation has supported four previous years of the Pieter Roelf Youth Concerts.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €10,000 towards these youth concerts, which will be performed from 6 to 20 June 2024.

Pieter Roelf Youth Concert, North Netherlands Symphony Orchestra

Art on your Plate, dance and music in the classroom, 2024-2025
Since 2012 the Follow a Muse Foundation (FAM) has been producing and distributing online cultural education packages for primary education. FAM is a small foundation that originates from educational publishers. FAM specializes in publishing digital materials. Through the digital board apps that FAM develops, students are introduced in an interactive and playful way to music and dance. This is done with all the students together in the classroom during which the teacher participates as well. During the classes the students sing, dance, compose, conduct and perform body percussion. The content of the apps originates from meaningful collaborations with various cultural institutions. FAM's role is to develop the educational translation into online lesson packages.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €20,000 to FAM's activities, which will be carried out from 1 January 2024 to 1 February 2025.

See also: Other projects in Netherlands

Art on your Plate, dance and music in the classroom, 2024-2025

In-school learning choir, Amsterdam, 2024-2025
Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam (NVA) will start in May 2024 with in-school learning choirs in collaboration with the Leerorkest Amsterdam. With the donation from the Turing Foundation, NVA is able to provide two singing classes per school season at 10 Leerorkest schools in Amsterdam South-East, Amsterdam North and the Indische Buurt. Since 2020, Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam has been a partner of the Leerorkest. The Leerorkest is an organization that has proved for more than 15 years that high-quality music education brings joy to children, increases their cognitive and social skills and thereby makes an important contribution to their future opportunities in society.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €20,000 to these in-school activities, which will be carried out from 1 May 2024 till 1 November 2025.

In-school learning choir, Amsterdam

SchoolSchubertiade 2024-2025
The Schubert Foundation wants to actively convey the passion for Schubert's music to secondary school students by organizing a School Schubertiade. A School Schubertiade is a theatrical musical performance based on music by Franz Schubert in co-production with professional musicians and students. In a 45-minute concert, students perform songs from Schubert's repertoire and/or his contemporaries together or with the support of professional musicians. Professional musicians (a singer and pianist) accompany the students during the concert and perform songs and the accompanying music, mostly together with the students.

The Turing Foundation is contributing €2,000 to conduct the performance of a Schubertiade in 2025.

See also: Other projects in Netherlands

SchoolSchubertiade 2024-2025

'The Residents', music education for children aged eight to twelve, 2024-2025
The Residents is the Residentie Orkest's prime educational project for children aged between eight and twelve. Every year, hundreds of children from disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Hague are given the opportunity to develop themselves and broaden their horizons through music. The project involves eight primary schools in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in The Hague and covers a period of four years. Children are acquainted with music, learn to play an instrument, have weekly music lessons, practice at school and play together in an orchestra. In addition, they can take part in Stadsorkest The Residence orchestra in which children from all parts of The Hague make music together after school every week. Over the coming years The Residents will concentrate on further growth in the number of schools and in the Stadsorkest. The Residents Academy is also being intensified and expanded for secondary school pupils who would like to play their instrument in an orchestra but have (often financial) difficulty doing regular music lessons or joining a youth orchestra

The Turing Foundation is contributing a total of € 75,000 towards this musical education project (of which, €25,000 in 2024).

The Residents, educatie voor kinderen van groep 5 t/m 8

Het Leerorkest, 2024-2025
The Leerorkest (founded in 2005) wants to give as many children as possible the opportunity of discovering how much fun it is to play an instrument and make music together. They do so by giving primary school pupils weekly music lessons, given by professional music teachers. The children are acquainted with (classical) music, learn to play a musical instrument and can participate in after-school talent orchestras and follow-up programmes at secondary school. Some 5,000 children in Amsterdam are taking part in more than 30 Leerorkest orchestras. They are loaned their instrument for free from the National Leerorkest Instrument Depot, which was set up by the Leerorkest and manages some 8,000 musical instruments.

The successful Leerorkest concept is being expanded around the Netherlands in the coming years. The aim is to come to a well-structured organisation, operating across the country, that links, renews and supports a network of music organisations for children with knowledge and instruments. The focus is on children growing up in disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

The Turing Foundation is contributing a total of € 60,000 over three years towards upscaling the Leerorkest into the Leerorkest Nederland.

Het Leerorkest

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Poetry

In the past, the Turing Foundation also supported poetry projects.
As of 2022, the foundation concentrates on the visual arts and music education.

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