pivari exhibitions Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

#FocusBeijing at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

This summer (14 June – 21 September 2014) is showing a selection from the collection of Chinese contemporary art amassed by Henk de Heus and his wife Victoria de Heus-Zomer. The couple have been travelling to China regularly since the late nineteen-nineties, buying work by leading artists. This important private collection of contemporary Chinese art has never been exhibited in context before.

Zhang Huan, Memory door Series (“Writing”), 2006

Hai Bo, The Northern A Man is Riding His Bicycle no. 4, 2005

Ai WeiWei, Porcelain in huang huali wood frame, edition of 20 in gold, 2011

Henk de Heus and Victoria de Heus-Zomer’s collection of Chinese art is unique in the Netherlands. Since their first visit to China in 1998 they have been collecting contemporary Chinese art. Underpinning this extraordinary collection is the relationship of trust that the couple has built up with various artists over the years. In dialogue with the collectors, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has selected some twenty artists who represent two generations, and live and work in Beijing. The museum is showing a selection of paintings, photographs and sculptures. The exhibition is the grand finale crowning a series of three exhibitions of works from the De Heus-Zomer Collection.