Mission Statement: to assist the integration of foreign residents living in Spain and this is never more accurate than when you establish yourself as a foreign resident in a new country Being able to quickly familiarise yourself with the culture and customs can help ease the transition during a challenging time This is why Euro Weekly News makes it our mission to provide you with a free news resource in English that covers both regional and national Spanish news – anything that we feel you will benefit from knowing as you integrate into your new community and live your best life in Spain you can forget about translating articles from Spanish into awkward English that probably don’t make much sense Let us be your convenient and essential guide to all things that will likely affect you as a foreign resident living in Spain A wave of unease hit the Dutch town of Baarn on Wednesday as all primary schools closed their doors following a disturbing anonymous threat the message reportedly warned of a ‘horrific’ attack — strong enough for heads to act fast Police say they haven’t found any concrete evidence the threat is serious schools across the town decided not to take any risks School leaders contacted parents on Tuesday evening to explain the decision and Koningin Wilhelminaschool — were locked One parent told local media they were ‘shocked and anxious’ but ‘grateful schools took quick action’ Baarn’s two secondary schools chose a different path Het Baarnsch Lyceum also received a similar message but stayed open after speaking with police Police have ramped up patrols around all schools as a precaution but right now there’s nothing to suggest a real or immediate threat,” a spokesperson said and no further details about where the message came from have been released Stay tuned with Euro weekly news for more news from the Netherlands Read all European news Subscribe to our Euro Weekly News alerts to get the latest stories into your inbox! 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Our publication has won numerous awards over the last 25 years including Best Free Newspaper of the Year (Premios AEEPP), Company of the Year (Costa del Sol Business Awards) and Collaboration with Foreigners honours (Mijas Town Hall). All of this comes at ZERO cost to our readers. All our print and online content always has been and always will be FREE OF CHARGE. Download our media pack in either English or Spanish. All primary schools in Baarn will remain closed on Wednesday after a report of a threatening message. Schools reportedly received an email threatening to commit “the most horrific attack in Dutch history,” but a police spokesperson declined to confirm this. According to the police, “there is currently no indication that this is a serious threat.” A police spokesperson would not disclose information about the nature of the threat, or where it originated. The case is under investigation. The parents of the enrolled students have been informed. A spokesperson for primary school NBS also would not say what the threat entailed, or whether all parents were reached in time. The gates at primary school Guido de Brès were locked, and there were no police officers present. The Amalia Astroschool and the Koningin Wilhelminaschool were also closed. A spokesperson for primary school Aloysius only confirmed that a threat was received and that the school is closed today. The two secondary schools in the Utrecht town, Het Baarnsch Lyceum and the Waldheim-mavo, were open for classes on Wednesday morning. A threat was received at the Lyceum school as well, a spokesperson confirmed, but after consultation with the police it was decided to allow classes to take place anyway. The parents have been informed. The police said they were conducting extra surveillance at all schools. © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. 2025 Photo: Depositphotos.comNearly all primary schools in a town near Utrecht have been closed on Wednesday after receiving an e-mail threatening them with an armed attack Children in Baarn were sent home as a precaution while police investigated the e-mail in which the sender claimed to have stockpiled weapons ready to unleash “the most dreadful attack in the history of the Netherlands” Primary schools took the decision to close on their own initiative while police investigate the message have stayed open but are being kept under surveillance by police vans Utrecht police said in a social media post there was “no indication that there is a serious threat [but] nevertheless an investigation has begun and we are monitoring the situation” In #Baarn is op alle scholen een #dreiging binnengekomen Er is op dit moment geen aanwijzing dat het om een serieuze dreiging gaat Desalniettemin is een onderzoek gestart en houden we toezicht — Politie Utrecht (@POL_Utrecht) April 9, 2025 An email to parents of children at the Nieuwe Baarnsche School reported by AD.nl explained: “Unfortunately we have to inform you that your child is unable to come to school today because of a serious message threatening danger to life that has been sent to all schools The police are currently carrying out an investigation.” We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey Architect and Interiors India Home » Products » Embrace vintage-inspired elegance through Pepperfry’s BAARN collection India’s leading online furniture and home decor company introduces the BAARN collection by Woodsworth a captivating fusion of vintage aesthetics and modern design sensibilities This exquisite collection redefines home decor offering a unique blend of timeless elegance and contemporary functionality The BAARN collection celebrates the inherent beauty of wood and cane creating an inviting and serene ambience in any living space Each piece is meticulously handcrafted from premium mango wood showcasing intricate cane patterns that add a touch of artisanal charm The BAARN collection boasts a versatile range of furniture These pieces effortlessly complement a variety of interior styles adding a touch of warmth and sophistication Key Features of the BAARN Collection:· Timeless Design: Vintage-inspired aesthetics with a modern twist.· Natural Materials: Crafted from high-quality mango wood and cane.· Intricate Details: Handwoven cane patterns add a touch of elegance.· Durability: Sturdy construction ensures long-lasting use.· Versatility: Suitable for various interior design styles These pieces are not just furniture; 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Click here to register Please check your spam or junk folder just in case This was stated by the Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans during his speech at a security conference, Ukrinform reports, citing Defense News “Russia is seen ready to execute a ‘large scale’ troop move about one year after the conclusion of a ceasefire or peace in Ukraine,” Brekelmans said During the conference in the Dutch town of Baarn he asked his audience to imagine President Vladimir Putin deploying hundreds of thousands of troops on the border with the Baltic states for large-scale military exercises Ukraine's experience shows that it takes only a week to transition from drills to an actual attack raising the question of whether such movements would indeed be exercises or preparations for an invasion The Dutch threat assessment is even harsher than previous warnings from the European Commission Brekelmans noted that Russia is boosting its defense industry He warned that once the war in Ukraine ends the Kremlin will have more available resources for new acts of aggression The Netherlands already has troops stationed in Lithuania and F-35 fighter jets deployed in Estonia The country is also preparing for potential participation in a European mission in Ukraine the Netherlands aims to accelerate the delivery of its promised financial support to Ukraine While citing and using any materials on the Internet links to the website ukrinform.net not lower than the first paragraph are mandatory citing the translated materials of foreign media outlets is possible only if there is a link to the website ukrinform.net and the website of a foreign media outlet Materials marked as "Advertisement" or with a disclaimer reading "The material has been posted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine "On Advertising" No 1996 and the Law of Ukraine "On the Media" No 2023 and on the basis of an agreement/invoice Online media entity; Media identifier - R40-01421 Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Escher — he of never-ending stairwells and math-minded imagineer of infinite nesting universes — is an iconic image-maker who is almost universally recognized outside the art world criminally unrepresented in the art world canon not at all the sort of person one might suppose him to be has inspired films from Labyrinth to Inception and graced every college dorm room wall — but it was decades after his death in 1972 before the world finally started getting proper museum shows dedicated to his career In the new documentary film from Robin Lutz we find out just how he felt about that — and about a great deal more besides Journey to Infinity’s imagery is an inventive combination of works and animations of them spliced with vintage photographs and modern-day artistic interpretations of his most iconic compositions The narration is almost entirely down to Escher himself — or rather voiced by beloved British actor Stephen Fry The script is composed from his extensive diaries and lightly punctuated with interviews with his adult children It deals with subjects ranging from his eternal desire to “visualize infinity,” to his consternation at the popularity of his images among drug-addled hippies to his suspicion that his estrangement from the art community was because whereas gorgeous choreography of the schisms and interlocutions between art and mathematics is the most recurrent theme throughout the film (other than his hatred of hippies) To hear in Escher’s own words the step-by-step evolution of his vision and the range of his own studies is a marvelous treat Escher was at heart a printmaker whose impossibly elaborate and finely detailed works are somehow both futurist and baroque the results of a mastery of analog craft and abstract thought It may come as a surprise to those who grew up loving Escher’s work that the originals are neither paintings nor drawings It may also be a bit shocking to confront his curmudgeonly disposition Fry performs his words with an infusion of wry humanism and grown children who appreciate the impact of his legacy Escher Company B.V.- Baarn – the Netherlands the film does not function as a useful introduction to Escher from a conventional documentary point of view Its premise works only for those who already know the art and the absence of the expected art historians and publishers who show up to outline the artist’s legacy is a noticeable one the absence of those voices leaves all the more room for Escher’s own to ring through And while there may be a lack of canonical presentations on a suitable scale in our institutions and internet browser in the world is well stocked inventive hybrid of documentary and monologue is dedicated to the exploration of what we don’t know about one of the best-known artists in the world For more information, visit M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity. The film opens February 5 at Laemmle’s Virtual Cinema; laemmle.com laweeklyLAWeekly Instagram: Featuring the culture of LA since 1978 ✌️ The NetherlandsRelativity 
(Credit: 2015 The M.C The Netherlands)It’s an artwork that has been reproduced countless times in popular culture But behind the familiar picture is a mysterious figure Alastair Sooke goes in search of MC Escher It must be one of the most familiar images in modern art: a space-distorting interior that could never exist in reality dominated by staircases sprouting surreally in all directions mannequin-like figures walking up and down like members of a religious order calmly going about their daily business Since the original lithograph was produced in the summer of 1953 Relativity – which belongs to a series of five prints by the same artist also featuring impossible constructions and multiple vanishing points – has been reproduced countless times on posters how much do most of us really know about its creator the Dutch printmaker MC Escher (1898-1972) The truth is that outside his homeland Escher remains something of an enigma despite the popularity of his fastidious optical illusions Escher continues to suffer from snobbery within the realm of fine art where his output is often denigrated as little more than technically accomplished graphic design it appears that only a single work by Escher belongs to a public collection: the woodcut Day and Night flying above a flat Dutch landscape in between a pair of rivers Day and Night was Escher’s most popular print: during the course of his lifetime painstakingly rendering each impression with the help of a small egg spoon made of bone as Patrick Elliott of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art points out even the print of Day and Night in the collection of the University of Glasgow’s Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery “was actually acquired by the Geography Department and was transferred to the Museum at a later date” So who was Escher – and does he deserve the indifferent reputation as a fine artist that fate has dealt him? These are some of the questions posed by The Amazing World of MC Escher a forthcoming exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh which also happens to be the artist’s first major UK retrospective Born in the small city of Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands who was always known in his family as “Mauk” grew up in a prosperous household as the fifth son of a civil engineer who was a senior official at the Department of Public Works he had an unhappy time – and his miserable memories of this period of his life had a decisive influence upon many of his later prints he made a number of works featuring versions of the institution’s dramatic staircase which he had ascended so frequently as a boy The resemblance between the school’s staircase in reality and the structures in Escher’s prints is remarkable Escher enrolled at the School of Architecture and Decorative Arts in Haarlem His father hoped that he would become an architect who had spotted his talent as a printmaker when he sketched and came up with ideas for future works (his two visits to the Moorish palace of the Alhambra in Granada were especially important since they taught him how to work with tessellating patterns) “He had a severe daily routine mixing working and walking and meeting visitors,” says Micky Piller the museum devoted to the artist’s works in The Hague where selections are shown from the collection of the Gemeentemuseum which has also loaned works to the exhibition in Edinburgh Escher only became able to support himself solely from art during his late fifties By then he had discovered his principal theme of perspective-mangling worlds familiar from works such as Belvedere (1958) He was also known for executing his prints to a very high level one gets the impression that this meticulous as hippies delighted in its supposedly “psychedelic” qualities that the plant at the centre of Balcony was cannabis.) Yet when Mick Jagger wrote to “Maurits” asking for permission to reproduce one of his pictures on the cover of the Rolling Stones’ album Through the Past Darkly informing the rock star’s assistant: “Please tell Mr Jagger I am not Maurits to him.” In 1965 Escher also turned down Stanley Kubrick’s request for help on a “fourth-dimensional film” (perhaps 2001: A Space Odyssey) this doesn’t mean that Escher was humourless “I like to think he was a rather quiet person He was open-minded and interested in the world and very dedicated to his art.” Moreover turning down requests from famous people in other fields didn’t stop his prints having a tremendous impact upon popular culture Some of his pictures did appear on album covers including The Scaffold’s L the P and Mott the Hoople’s eponymous debut They also became a reference point for cartoonists Escher’s mind-bending visions have provided inspiration for the creators of The Simpsons as well as film-makers including Jim Henson whose 1986 film Labyrinth starring David Bowie includes a homage to Relativity Escher-like dream sequence for his 2010 blockbuster Inception in which the streets of Paris are seen to fold So how should we think of Escher – as a purveyor of visual conundrums and curiosities or a “proper” printmaker working within a venerable tradition He is sometimes called “a one-man art movement” and this seems like as good a description as any because he didn’t associate himself with other tendencies in modern art including the one – Surrealism – to which he was arguably closest in spirit He also had few artistic successors: “Although he created something absolutely new,” says Piller “Escher has not directly influenced any artists.” Escher was capable of concocting potent images with near-universal appeal – something “At a time when abstract art was ruling the galleries,” Piller says “Escher fooled all of us by exploring such abstract ideas as eternity and the impossible in apparently realistic prints that were amazingly well made As the general public lost contact with the art world Escher’s prints seemed simple and easy to understand.” Alastair Sooke is art critic of The Daily Telegraph If you would like to comment on this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message us on Twitter.  Rome's most stunning optical illusions revealedFrom the Malta Knights keyhole to a set of vanishing columns, discover the Eternal City's visual secrets. 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Dulwich Picture Gallery will bring to London ‘The Amazing World of M Escher’ (14 October 2015 – 17 January 2016) the first major UK retrospective of original work by the great Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972) offering a rare opportunity to rediscover a giant of twentieth-century art and master of illusion and paradox Escher created some of the most popular images in modern art despite operating quietly at the fringes of the art world His name instantly conjures up images of hands drawing hands impossible staircases and distorted self-portraits in mirrored spheres He succeeded in transforming his observations of reality into fascinating worlds seducing and enchanting the viewer with drawings and lithographs that have become part of our visual language - adorning teenagers’ bedrooms and appearing on famous LP covers Often classed as a graphic illustrator this mesmerising exhibition of original drawings woodcuts and archive material will highlight his supreme skill as a master draughtsman and unparalleled technical ability The exhibition comes to Dulwich following its run at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art It will showcase over 100 works as well as previously unseen archive material from the collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag the show stretches across Escher’s whole career tracing the periods that inspired his unique creativity Travel was hugely influential in the development of Escher’s work taking annual trips through various parts of Italy where inspired by the mountainous scenery and picturesque towns and buildings In Still Life with Mirror (1934) for example we see Escher using surreal illusion perhaps for the first time When he moved to Switzerland in 1935 and then Belgium in 1938 he worked from images in his mind Escher focused on the concept of eternity in art - the subject of the well-known lithograph Drawing Hands (1948) A shift in interest was also prompted when he re-visited the fourteenth-century palace of the Alhambra in Granada where he became enraptured by the Moorish fortress’ tiled walls of tessellated mosaics He coined the phrase ‘regular division of the plane’ describing his technique of tessellation which enabled him to express eternity and infinity in a single print This is no more evident than in the woodcut Metamorphosis II (1939-40) it has tessellations both simple and complex effortlessly merging into each other; from fish to birds; hives to bees; simple blocks to stretching panoramas which then morph into chess pieces The technique is also adopted in the extraordinary lithograph Reptiles (1943) This play between the two dimensional and the three dimensional Escher’s world is one of playful imagination and the unexpected executed with mathematic precision to create impossible timeless realities that would inspire amazement in the viewer He often communicated with – and absorbed much from – academics most notably the British-born mathematicians H.S.M Coxeter (1907-2003) and Sir Roger Penrose (b Both were quick to grasp the complexities and originality of Escher’s work; Penrose was hugely influential in the creation of two of Escher’s most celebrated works Ascending and Descending (1960) and Waterfall (1961) where the mathematician’s “impossible triangle” was thrice-slotted into the picture to create a flowing yet physics-defying water structure Throughout the decades Escher’s work has become truly ubiquitous pervading popular culture in a way few other artists have achieved His images have appeared on album covers (Mott The Hoople) his concepts in films both classic (Labyrinth) and contemporary (Inception) and countless homages to the artist have surfaced on television (The Simpsons Family Guy) and most recently in the gaming app Monument Valley the artist was not always happy about his images being used He famously turned down a plea from Mick Jagger to design a Rolling Stones album cover The exhibition has been organised by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh “There are two qualities one needs to become a great artist: imagination and technique There aren’t many artists whose work makes your jaw drop The odd thing isn’t that we are showing Escher’s work it’s that few people thought of showing him before” Sackler Director of Dulwich Picture Gallery "It is difficult to think of an artist with a broader appeal than M C Escher that he creates impossible images that feel utterly real it’s easy to overlook the astonishing skill that has gone into the drawing This exhibition is a revelation; the artist defies categorisation but Escher is a worthy addition to Dulwich’s wonderful series of exhibitions devoted to graphic artists." The Ferrari Enzo is one of the most iconic flagships coming from Maranello a red example was crashed this morning in the Netherlands the Enzo sustained severe damage on both ends and looks like it will be spending a lot of time in the workshop for repairs before getting back on the road The incident happened at 11.30 am on Tuesday morning also known by the name Amsterdamsestraatweg A witness saw the Ferrari traveling at high speed when the driver lost control with the mid-engined supercar spinning before ending up on a tree The aftermath is two missing wheels from the passenger’s side but the carbon-fiber monocoque and the mid-mounted V12 appear to be unaffected See Also: Duct Tape Surely Won’t Fix This Crashed Ferrari F12tdf From Japan A post shared by @european_carshots According to local news agency ad.nl a photographer who happened to be at the spot saw an employee of the Kroymans Ferrari dealership inside the Enzo indicating that the crash may have happened during a test drive Other sources claim that a mechanic was driving the car but nothing has been confirmed yet since a Kroymans Ferrari spokesperson refused to comment on the incident The name of the dealer was also visible on the license plates that were removed before the supercar was loaded on the tow truck. Unsurprisingly, no Enzo is listed on the dealer’s inventory. This makes the Enzo worth saving despite the ultra-expensive repair bill that will come with it – which will make the insurance company anything but happy Oltre il possibile” opened in Pisa a few days ago, while the big art show "Escher’s journey" including 80 original prints and several installations of artists from all over the world The art of Maurits Cornelis Escher (Leeuwarden 1972) has never ceased to amaze millions of people all over the world showing us that there are infinite possible worlds especially in Italy: the art and architecture of the Mediterranean and in particular of Granada in Spain played a key role in the evolution of his creativity His work gradually became less observational and more formally inventive it also helped that the architecture and landscape of his successive homes in Switzerland Belgium and Netherlands were so boring: he “felt compelled to withdraw from the more or less direct and true-to-life illustrating of my surroundings” embracing what he called his “inner visions” A previously unknown Escher sketch obtained by the Escher Museum in The Hague Escher Company B.V.-Baarn- the Netherlands Are you really sure a floor can’t also be a ceiling After settling in Holland with his wife and three sons in 1941 he became more and more interested in space He studied these subjects and created the work he is best known for repeating patterns and reality-bending shapes Escher became obsessed by the “regular division of the plane” lizards or birds) are tiled across a flat plane in such a way that the spaces between them make other In many of these images the distinction between foreground and background is obliterated: the viewer can choose to see one or other set of shapes as foreground at will Collezione Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, All M.C Escher’s artwork can be seen in museums on television and in movies.His prints adorn albums by Mott the Hoople and the Scaffold and he was courted unsuccessfully by Mick Jagger for an album cover and by Stanley Kubrick for help transforming what became 2001: A Space Odyssey into a “fourth-dimensional film”.More recently Escher’s mind-bending visions have provided inspiration for Jim Henson A woman photographs St Paul's Cathedral from the top of an installation entitled Endless Stair designed by de Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects near the Tate Modern gallery in London Inspired by MC Escher's famous surreal drawings of never-ending staircases it was created to mark the launch of the London design festival “If you want to express something impossible The element of mystery to which you want to draw attention should be surrounded and veiled by a quite obvious readily recognisable commonness.” M.C.Escher Police in the Netherlands arrested a 58-year-old man suspected of breaking into two museums last year in which paintings from Vincent van Gogh and Frans Hals valued at a combined total of 21-million euros The man was taken into custody at his home in Baarn He was then caught on camera walking out with the six-million euro painting in one hand The painting was loaned to the Singer Laren by the Groninger Museum "the painting 'Twee lachende jongens' by painter Frans Hals was stolen from the Hofje van mevrouw Aerden in Leerdam," police said it was the third time that the painting was stolen Police believe the suspect they arrested on Tuesday carried out both burglaries His home in Baarn is just ten minutes by car from the Singer Laren and less than 45 minutes away from the Leerdam museum near the border of Utrecht and Noord-Brabant the Telegraaf reported that 38-year-old cocaine trafficking suspect Peter K may have been in possession of the stolen Van Gogh an investigator who specializes in art theft and fraud said he had been trying to negotiate the return of the painting with someone in K.'s inner circle Brand said he believed the Van Gogh was purchased on the black market for 400 thousand euros This arrest is an important step in the investigation," police said "If you have information and have not yet shared this with the police The police supported two new searches for missing Anne Faber from Utrecht in Baarn on Monday afternoon. The searches focused on the areas around Soestdijk Palace and around Hilversumsestraatweg, NU.nl reports. Friends and family members of Faber gathered to search for the 25-year-old woman, who disappeared while cycling in stormy weather around 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The police traced a selfie she sent to her boyfriend shortly before she disappeared to Baarn. On Twitter the Utrecht police announced that several items were found during the search. The police are investigating where these items came from. According to newspaper AD, one of the items found was a bicycle wheel. A police team also searched Baarn on Sunday, using a police helicopter with thermal imaging equipment, but no trace of the young woman was found. SUPPORT OUR JOURNALISM: Please consider donating to keep our website running and free for all - thank you! Margriet Francisca was born on 19 January 1943 in the Ottawa Civic Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, during the Second World War to then Princess Juliana (future Queen Juliana) and Prince Bernhard. Her family had fled the Netherlands after the Nazi invasion and had resided in Canada since June 1940. The maternity ward where she was born was temporarily declared, by the Canadian government, extraterritorial. This technically made the ward international and ensured that the young Princess would have Dutch citizenship only. Her first name was based on the Marguerite flower (oxeye daisy), which was a symbol of the Nazi resistance. Margriet has two older sisters, Beatrix and Irene and one younger sister, Christina (1947-2019). Of course, Beatrix would go on to be Queen Beatrix until her 2013 abdication in favour of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander. She was christened in Ottawa at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on 29 June 1943. Her godparents were United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Crown Princess Märtha of Norway; Governor-General of Canada, Alexander, 1st Earl of Athlone; Queen Mary of the United Kingdom; Princess Juliana’s lady-in-waiting, Martine Roell; and the Dutch Merchant Fleet. Princess Margriet was two-years-old when they returned to the Netherlands after it had been liberated in August 1945. She lived with her family in Soestdijk Palace in the town of Baarn. For her education, she attended De Werkplaats school and Nieuwe Baarnse School in Bilthoven and Baarn, respectively. She completed her secondary education at Baarns Lyceum; she graduated in 1961 after passing her exams. She spent a year at the University of Montpellier in France, focusing on French literature, history and art history. Afterwards, she attended Leiden University, studying “elementary jurisprudence, constitutional law, Roman law and some social science subjects,” according to the Royal House of the Netherlands. It was there that she met her future husband, Pieter van Vollenhoven. The couple announced their engagement on 10 March 1965 and married on 10 January 1967 in a civil ceremony followed by a religious ceremony at St James Church. The couple moved into the east wing of Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn. In 1975, their home Het Loo House was completed, and they moved in. Margriet and Pieter have four sons: Prince Maurits (b. 17 April 1968), Prince Bernhard (b. 25 December 1969), Prince Pieter-Christiaan (b. 22 March 1972) and Prince Floris (b. 10 April 1975). Their children, as was decided when they wed, were only Princes of Orange-Nassau with the style of Highness. Margriet and Pieter have 11 grandchildren. In the Netherlands, she holds the honours of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Grand Cross of the Order of the House of Orange, 1966 Royal Wedding Medal, Queen Beatrix Investiture Medal, 2002 Royal Wedding Medal, and King Willem-Alexander Investiture Medal. Princess Margriet also holds honours from the following foreign countries: Belgium, Cameroon, Chile, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jordan, Luxembourg, Norway, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, and Venezuela. I work at St Andrew’s Church Ottawa Canada: we are very proud and honoured to have our Dutch connection! We have a lectern given to us by the Dutch Royal family when they left Canada; visit us and we will tell you the whole story of the family’s time in Canada…. agreement is reached on Soestdijk palace plan February 24 2022 Photo: RijksvastgoedbedrijfPhoto: RijksvastgoedbedrijfBaarn town council has finally agreed a zoning plan for the Paleis Soestdijk country estate which was sold by the state to a private developer five years ago The approval means work can now go ahead on building houses and a hotel on the property the former home of queen Juliana and prince Bernhard In total, 120 companies drew up proposals to develop the estate and the current owner won the beauty contest and auction with a bid of €1.7m in 2017 it will be partly turned into a ‘meeting place’ with exhibitions princess Irene and her sister princess Margriet wrote to the council objecting to plans to clear some of the estate woodland for housing ‘Our grandmother [queen Wilhemina] and our mother attached great importance to preserving as much of the woodlands as possible,’ Irene wrote Concerns have also been raised about the impact of car parking and staging large-scale events in the grounds of the palace This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page On Tuesday night television program Opsporing Verzocht paid attention to the disappearance of 25-year-old Anne Faber from Utrecht the police received dozens of tips about the young woman a witness noticed a jacket in Huis ter Heide and called the police The police believe the jacket belongs to Faber A search was launched in Huis ter Heide around 5:00 p.m A spokesperson for the police told the newspaper that a crime scene was established where the clothing was found That means that forensic investigators examined trace evidence that could be related to a crime The police also investigated Faber's phone traffic in an effort to get more clarity about what happened to her "It gives an ever better picture of where to look for Anne" "From the data it seems that Anne cycled on the bike route 115802 from Soest to De Bilt This was on Friday September 29th between 19:00 and 20:30 The last signal we received from her phone was just before 19:30 The police are very concerned about the missing woman There are no indications that she wanted to disappear for a while Discussions with friends and family members sketch the image that Anne is someone with a strong sense of responsibility according to a file the police partially put online After struggling in relative obscurity and poverty for decades Escher gained a huge following starting in the 1950s for his eerie unsettling images of staircases that seem to rise and descend at the same time or of interlocking patterns of goggle-eyed birds fish or reptiles that seem to recede to infinity on surfaces that are manifestly flat The problem with Escher is that he’s been loved to death His work has been reproduced so often in books and on posters coffee mugs and trinkets that it’s easy to think that if you know Escher in reproduction That's not the case at all, as it never is with any artist. An illuminating new exhibition on Escher's work at the Akron Art Museum illustrates the truism that seeing an artwork in a book or on a poster is never the same as seeing the original in the flesh Akron Art Museum: The exhibition "M.C The show, on loan from the Herakleidon Museum in Athens which holds one of the world's largest collections of Escher's work They include the strangely beautiful double portrait of Escher and his wife in which their faces are described by intertwined Mobius bands Also on view is a woozy lithograph depicting a print gallery in which the image contemplated by a visitor on the left side of the image leaps out of its frame to become the foreground on the right side of the very same image The show illuminates the perfectionism of Escher’s work by exploring his development from gawky art student to polished professional Early prints and drawings from the 1920s display the young Escher’s fascination with linear perspective a technique he didn’t completely master until a decade later the show also includes pencil sketches in which the mature Escher explores with mathematical precision interlocking patterns of crawling lizards or a strange infinitely receding three-dimensional grid of grinning flying fish who seem to fly through space in the finished print like an airborne armada of torpedoes with fins On the printed page of an art book or magazine mechanical coldness that exaggerates certain tendencies in his work principally his overpowering search for visual order and his desire for an almost ruthless sense of control more luminous and more engaging than in mechanical copies His prints have a suppleness and presence that fails utterly to come across in reproduction a quality that vanishes in photomechanical copies By restoring humanity and a sense of touch to Escher’s work the Akron exhibit makes the artist’s struggle for mathematical precision more understandable And while the show makes it easier to perceive Escher as an artistic throwback to the Old Masterly traditions of graphic art before the rise of modernism it also connects him to the 20th-century avant-garde because most art historians and critics don’t consider Escher a member of the vanguard Important texts on modernism, such as H.H. Arnason's "History of Modern Art" or H.W. Janson's "History of Art," don't even mention Escher the Oxford Dictionary of 20th Century Art points out that Escher’s work is often associated with the psychedelia of the 1960s and the tastes of “young people” who felt that his work “complemented the ‘mind-expanding’ experiences gained through hallucinogenic drugs.” the show makes a visual case for considering Escher’s rigorous pursuit of visual and conceptual logic as part of the modernist impulse to turn art into a form of research in a forward-moving version of aesthetic progress connected to Paul Cezanne’s apples or Georges Seurat’s pointillist dots Escher wanted to push linear perspective to the breaking point and beyond while the French artists explored the optical properties of color Escher’s work also derives much of its force from his media He coaxed enormous precision and subtlety from lithographs drawn in greasy black crayon on heavy blocks of stone made by gouging lines and forms on flat pieces of wood the medium in Escher’s work becomes part of the message laced-up probity that makes it seem oddly uptight conservative and set apart from the artistic revolutions of the 20th century a 1935 lithographic portrait of the artist’s father which dwells minutely on the elder Escher’s moustache has a stillness and an acuteness of observation that links it to precedents in northern European art such as Albrecht Durer’s famous drawings of a hare or a beetle The show indicates that Escher bears comparison to Surrealists such as Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte had roots in traditional and conservative academic techniques But the strangeness that permeates Escher’s work seems to spring from different sources than the erotic and psychological anxieties that permeate Dali and Magritte is pervaded by an almost unsettling coolness Moved by a decadelong sojourn in Italy early in his career Escher often drew on memories of the terraced hillsides and crowded fortified villages of the Amalfi coast or the Baroque churches of Rome But while other artists throughout the centuries have reveled in the warm light of Italy Escher turned down the thermostat and replaced the warm haze of the Mediterranean with a cool light reminiscent of northern Renaissance masters such as Jan van Eyck The effect contributes to the fundamental strangeness at the core of Escher’s work but it may have been a byproduct of his search for precision not any desire to impart a surreal quality to his scenery or to impart a mood of anxiety Such distinctions are subtle but important and they can only be understood by seeing the prints in person The same could be said of Escher’s strangely homogeneous approach to the surface texture of the forms he assayed In his depictions of Italian Renaissance and medieval architecture the solid objects in his scenes seem to be molded out of plastic and it’s clearly part of Escher’s desire to control one artistic variable so as to give his full attention to another -- his quest for a precise way to depict illusions that would be impossible in the real world Escher comes across in the show as a heroic individual struggling for transcendence while remaining painfully aware of his limits cited in wall labels and a 1986 book entitled “Escher on Escher,” available on a study table in the exhibition are haunted by a sense of struggle and failure Yet Escher was determined to gaze into the infinite In an astoundingly precise and rich mezzotint depicting his right eye the artist’s retina reflects a human skull The image is both a memento mori and portrayal of the artist as a kind of hero By presenting Escher’s work in its complexity the Akron show has done the artist a posthumous service It has helped to rescue him from his own success Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, (updated 8/1/2024) and acknowledgement of our Privacy Policy, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/1/2025) © 2025 Advance Local Media LLC. 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The Van Gogh painting was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum near Amsterdam just over one year ago on March 30 while it was closed due to coronavirus measures It is around 10 kilometres from Baarn where the suspect was arrested.  The Two Laughing Boys by Hals was meanwhile taken in August from the Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden museum in Leerdam dubbed the "Indiana Jones of the Art World" for finding a number of lost paintings "Another huge success for Dutch Police," Brand tweeted It was Brand who two months after the theft of the Van Gogh received two "proof of life" photos of the painting The Singer Laren Museum said it hoped the arrest would lead to the recovery of the "beautiful work" which it had on loan from the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands Detail of Van Gogh’s ‘Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring’ "Compliments to the police for their investigative work Nobody is allowed to break in with impunity," general manager Evert van Os said in a statement "I sincerely hope that this arrest will lead the police to the painting in the short term.. It has now been a year since the break-in took place and every day we hope for this good news." The Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden said on its Facebook that there was now a "little bit of hope" about getting the Hals painting back The police statement said that "both paintings have not yet resurfaced with this arrest "This arrest is an important step in the investigation If you have information and have not yet shared it with the police please do this," it added Parsonage Garden comes from early in Van Gogh's career before the prolific artist embarked on his trademark post-impressionist paintings such as Sunflowers and his vivid self-portraits The theft happened on what would have been his 167th birthday featuring two laughing boys with a mug of beer had for its part previously been stolen twice before from the Hofje van Mevrouw van Aerden museum in 2011 and 1988 It was recovered after six months and three years respectively a contemporary of fellow masters Rembrandt and Vermeer is best known for works including The Laughing Cavalier which hangs in the Wallace Collection in London Van Gogh's works have been a frequent target of crime Van Gogh’s 'View of the Sea at Scheveningen' (1882),recovered from a mafia drug baron’s home near Naples in 2016 Two Van Gogh masterpieces went back on display at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum two years ago after they were stolen from there in 2002.  The paintings – the 1882 View of the Sea at Scheveningen and the 1884/5 Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen – were recovered from a home belonging to a mafia drug baron near Naples in 2016.  three Van Goghs that were stolen from the Noordbrabants Museum in 1990 later resurfaced when a notorious Dutch criminal made a deal with prosecutors.  please register for free or log in to your account Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications InstagramXThreadsSnapchatTikTokYouTubeLAD Entertainment Home> News If you are a fan of cars Pictured below is a rare £2.5 million Ferrari Enzo which tragically crashed into a tree on Tuesday (18 January) The accident occurred in the town of Baarn Local reports suggest the unlucky guy behind the crash was a dealership mechanic who we suspect will probably never live this one done but was taken to the hospital for a check-up An eyewitness to the aftermath said: “The local Ferrari dealer is about two kilometres away from the scene “The Weather conditions were damp and chilly “It hit a tree stump at the side of the road It hit it on the passenger side and the stump was damaged but I think he wanted to turn right back to the dealership.”  Car lovers will be mourning the loss of this one for a long time as just 400 Enzos left the Ferrari production line between 2002 and 2004 A 2003 Ferrari Enzo was sold in August 2021 by RM Sotheby's for an eye-watering $3,360,000 (£2,463,132) Earlier this month, Richard Hammond was brave enough to get back behind the wheel of the car that nearly killed him 16 years ago Hammond was injured in a Vampire dragster while filming a segment for Top Gear back in September 2006 He had been travelling in the jet-powered car at Elvington Airfield near York when one of the front tyres failed The frightening incident resulted in Hammond suffering a significant brain injury and being in a coma for two weeks the beloved presenter made a full recovery Now he’s been reunited with the model for DriveTribe the digital community set up by Hammond and his former Top Gear colleagues Jeremy Clarkson and James May The site shared a YouTube video of the event saying in the description: “Richard Hammond has been entertaining us on our screens for over 20 years now but one car nearly changed things forever – the Vampire jet car Hammond sets out DriveTribe's plans for 2022 before attempting to get comfortable again with the 300mph+ land speed car.”    Topics: Cars, World News, News ProRail will work on the track around Amersfoort Centraal station all summer The seven-week work will start on Saturday travellers will have to take into account fewer or no trains and will have to travel around or take a bus ProRail is renewing the track and switches at Amersfoort "one of the busiest connections in the Netherlands," according to the rail infrastructure manager The consequences for passengers will vary per work phase people between Amersfoort and Schiphol or Amsterdam will have to travel via Utrecht Central Station and will take the bus to Baarn Amersfoort will be virtually inaccessible by train until the end of July travel by rail via Arnhem Central Station to Deventer with an almost completely inaccessible Amersfoort Centraal again until August 18 Replacement buses will be running during the last days of the work the P+R area Piet-Mondriaanplein at Amersfoort Centraal will not be available because the replacement buses will have to park there NS will place fifty extra public transport bicycles so people can cycle to and from the central station Road users who want to cross the Galecopper bridge of the A12 motorway near Utrecht must consider closures on the weekend from Saturday the bridge will be completely closed from 8 a.m Rijkswaterstaat warns that the bridge will also be closed on July 20 Road users heading towards Arnhem can take a detour via the A1 The extra travel time will be up to sixty minutes Traffic heading towards The Hague will not be affected by the roadwork and can simply drive over the bridge The roadwork is part of the large-scale renovation of the bridge which will last until the middle of next year a new construction will be placed on the eastern tower of the bridge in the direction of Arnhem pipes will be placed between the bridge deck and this new construction The new steel cables will run through these pipes in the future the bridge is increasingly being burdened by heavier freight and car traffic The steel cables that support the bridge deck also show signs of rust formation in the direction of Arnhem maintenance is necessary to ensure that the bridge can be used safely in the future The Galecopper bridge is the second busiest bridge in the Netherlands The bridge has been under construction for a long time narrower lanes and a reduction in the maximum speed to 70 kilometers per hour Escher Dutch 1898–1972 Day and night February 1938 woodcut printed in grey and black inks Escher Collection Escher Dutch 1898–1972 Hand with reflecting sphere (Self-portrait in spherical mirror) January 1935 lithograph Escher Collection Escher Dutch 1898–1972 Drawing hands January 1948 lithograph Escher Collection Escher Dutch 1898–1972 Cycle May 1938 lithograph Escher Collection What does a 20th-century Dutch graphic artist have in common with a contemporary Japanese design studio which will be explored in the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) summer exhibition Escher X nendo | Between Two Worlds You are probably familiar with Escher’s mindboggling ‘impossible constructions’ – staircases that don’t lead anywhere buildings that defy gravity and physics – and his metamorphosing shapes and patterns Escher (1898–1972) was known for his mathematically inspired prints Between Two Worlds will feature more than 150 prints and drawings by Escher loaned from the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague which houses the world’s largest collection of Escher’s work The works will be presented within an immersive exhibition environment especially created by acclaimed Japanese design studio Escher was interested in the paradox of presenting three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional plane The pairing of Escher and studio nendo was conceptualised as a way for the NGV to present Escher’s imaginary world within a three-dimensional reality Using the universally recognised motif of a house (which will appear in various forms) as the basis for their exhibition design nendo have drawn from Escher’s playful work process to create their installation says that the exhibition design is intended to allow visitors “to experience Escher’s world in a very physical way It’s as if they are walking inside Escher’s mind but seeing the exhibition through their own eyes.” The exhibition will open at 8am during the final week and there will be special late night programming on 4-7 April This article was originally published in the November/December 2018 edition of Art Guide Australia and how to intersect the past with the present Aboriginal-owned Mimili Maku Arts’ first exhibition with Ames Yavuz is an opportunity to celebrate the milestone of their 20 year anniversary as well as the ways of working that are integral to the centre and Aṉangu culture The finalist portraits in the biggest Australian art award of the year have been announced alongside the winner of The Packing Room Prize: Abdul Abdullah for his portrait of fellow artist Jason Phu Curated by cross-disciplinary art collective KINK the Institute of Modern Art’s You Are Here Too is an homage to–and expansion of–one of the most significant shows in the history of queer Australian art From matrescence-themed collages and intimate family portraits to a series of events 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