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Museums
Museum Van Loon
Museum van Loon
The museum is named after the Van Loon family, the last residents of the house and founders of the museum. It was designed in 1672 by architect Adriaen Dortsman. The first owner was painter Ferdinand Bol, a student of Rembrandt. The canal house came into possession of the noble Van Loon family in 1884, when the Honourable Hendrik van Loon purchased it for his son Willem as a wedding present. The family’s rich history can be gleaned from the large collection of portraits in the museum, the oldest dating back to the 16th century. Museum Van Loon is the only museum in the Netherlands where the original unity of canal house with an 18th-century interior, original furniture, garden and coach house can be viewed in its entirety.
Museum Van Loon
Keizersgracht 672
1017 ET Amsterdam
Tel: +31 20 6245255
MICK LA ROCK: MONO NO AWARE
| 10-11-2021 - 09-01-2022
Graffiti artist Mick La Rock (Aileen Middel) will be displaying new work titled Mono no aware on the construction scaffolding in front of the front of the Coach House. The site specific and digitally designed work is inspired by the garden, the location and the Coach House. While the Coach House receives much needed maintenance, the facade transforms itself entirely in Mick La Rock's signature style. Mono no aware is a Japanese term related to the awareness of impermanence.
Mick La Rock is one of the world's first and most famous female graffiti artists. She conquered the Netherlands in the 80s and expanded her playing field internationally in the 90s and 00s. Established graffiti artists, including Quik, Blade, Lady Pink, Iz The Wiz, Sar, Dondi, Futura, Lee Quiñones, invited her to come to New York. In the 90's - 00's she worked and lived both in Amsterdam and New York, where she collaborated on large murals and became part of the New York graffiti scene. Her minimalist two- and three-dimensional work shows influences of mid-20th century architecture and early 20th century abstract art.
