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December 2021

- 24 December 2021
- Corporate
2021: A year in which Boijmans gave Rotterdam worldwide allure

The new depot of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was opened in 2021 amidst Royal words and praise. Despite all the restrictions, the museum has been able to keep the faith, set up dozens of successfu...
- 17 December 2021
- Corporate
Museum Boijmans in Rotterdam appoints new curator

After ten years at the Royal Collection with the famous drawings kept in Windsor Castle, curator Rosie Razzall will join the Boijmans in January. The London art historian is making an international...

- 21 May 2021
- Corporate
Opening Up! Hidden treasures, anonymous warehouses

The deputy director of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum and Boijmans director Sjarel Ex will be joined by fellow international museum professionals to discuss international developments in the fie...
- 19 May 2021
- Corporate
Absurdist McCarthy artwork added to Boijmans collection

‘Bunkhouse’, Paul McCarthy’s cutting caricature of the American Dream, has been added to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s collection. Rotterdam now boasts a second McCarthy showpiece, alongside his ...

- 4 March 2021
- Corporate
Boijmans acquires Beckmann

The oil painting Apollo by Max Beckmann has found a home in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen collection, thanks in part to Vereniging Rembrandt. The work was partially donated by the Marie-Louise ...

- 23 February 2021
- Corporate
Federico Carasso’s descendants bequeath collection to Boijmans

More than 500 prints, drawings and collages by the sculptor Federico Carasso have been bequeathed to Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Boijmans thus holds the largest collection of this artist’s works...
- 3 February 2021
- Corporate
New Junior Curator for Boijmans thanks to Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Award

This month Marthe Kes will start work at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam as a junior curator of applied art and design. Her post was made possible by a Curators Grant from the Prins Bern...

- 20 January 2021
- Corporate
New Curator of Old Masters for Boijmans

Ruben Suykerbuyk becomes the new Curator of Old Masters at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Suykerbuyk succeeds Friso Lammertse who moved to the Rijksmuseum in March 2020.
- 14 January 2021
- Corporate
Gift: Surrealism Library for Boijmans

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is to receive a unique and impressive library of Surrealist works. It represents an important addition to the museum’s world-famous Surrealism collection.