Jeff Koons' Broken Artwork and Tactile Desire After a visitor broke Jeff Koons' Gazing Ball (Perugino Madonna and Child with Four Saints), which was exhibited in the Nieuwe Kerk, the curator expressed his surprise about visitors touching art. In this post I argue that it is actually common practice. Lieke Smits • April 18, 2018
Radioactive Felines Did you ever wonder what cats have to do with radioactive waste? Well, probably not. But hang on. In this blog post I will show you some curious web artefacts that certainly will. Anna Volkmar • April 11, 2018
Donkeys, Vondel and Reve What do donkeys, Joost van den Vondel and Gerard van het Reve have in common? A lot it seems! In this blog, Tim Vergeer discusses why Vondel was a Reve avant la lettre, or better yet, why Reve was a second Vondel. Tim Vergeer • March 29, 2018
"To me, nature is also a designer" In the Design Museum MADE in Evora, locally designed goods are kept under the same roof as a collection of important international designers. Most of the collection on exhibition belongs to the Portuguese academic and designer Paulo Parra. Leonor Veiga • March 19, 2018
Research on “Arts in Society” - general remarks and a case study In her research, Professor Anthonya Visser contrasts political and literary discourses about the 'Wende'. In the context of our 'Arts in Society' theme, which is also the LUCAS theme, she confronts Wolfgang Schaüble's speeches with Volker Braun's Iphigenia Anthonya Visser • March 05, 2018
The many meanings of reading (5). Distance. The term 'to read' is used for a myriad of activities. In this series, I will explore the different uses of the word in the context of book history. In this fifth and last instalment: distance. Andrea Reyes Elizondo • February 22, 2018
Masonic Initiation at the Academy: Presenting and Publishing for the LUCAS Graduate Confence This month, the 6th issue of the Journal of the LUCAS Graduate Conference is published containing papers given at the LUCAS Graduate Conference 2017. It was my privilege to present a paper as well as to write an article for the journal. Amaranth Feuth • February 12, 2018
Napoleon’s stolen sea monster: repatriating cultural objects When it comes to repatriating cultural objects, even an ancient sea monster has trouble swimming upstream Nynke Feenstra and Renske Janssen • February 08, 2018
A 21st-century Dutch ‘Beeldenstorm’? The Frame of Iconoclasm in Historical Perspective Over the past week colonial heritage has been the subject of a public debate in the Netherlands, called the 'Beeldenstorm' discussion. Why is this term used and how does it frame a variety of views as iconoclastic? Lieke Smits • January 24, 2018
