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Anselm Kiefer, La Berceuse (for Van Gogh), 2010 (detail). Photo Myra May
Commissioned to create a work in response to Rembrandt van Rijn’s most famous painting, The Night Watch, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, German contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer invited controversy by instead making an installation of three glass-and-steel vitrines, filled with objects that reference the Netherlands’ other influential artist, Vincent van Gogh. Kiefer’s monumental triptych, La Berceuse (for Van Gogh), addresses the work of Van Gogh through his portrait of Augustine Roulin, the wife of the postmaster of Arles, and paintings of sunflowers from the same period, while reflecting Rembrandt’s heroic portrayal of 17th-century Dutch militiamen, which hangs opposite, in its glass.
John Baldessari, “Your Name in Lights,” June 2011. Museumplein, Amsterdam. Holland Festival/Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Your name in lights for 15 seconds of fame at Amsterdam’s noted Museumplein—that’s what John Baldessari is offering from June 1st to the 26th. The celebrated conceptual artist has concocted a brilliant spin on Andy Warhol’s prediction that we would all be famous for 15 minutes on a giant illuminated sign outside the dynamic Stedelijk Museum, which is currently under expansion construction, and adjacent to the popular Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum.