In summary
Art collection locations
Core collection in Amsterdam. Subsidiary collections at AkzoNobel offices worldwide (e.g. in Arnhem and London)
Number of locations
2
Number of art works
1.600
Launch year
1996
Disciplines
Multidisciplinary
Focus of collection
International contemporary art
Sponsoring and awards
At AkzoNobel sponsor requests are dealt with by a different department
Guided tours
Approximately 70 guided tours per year, both internally and externally, on request, not open to public
Website
www.akzonobel.com
Art collection website
artfoundation.akzonobel.com
External exhibitions
Two special exhibition areas in the head office house various exhibitions.
In 1996-1998 the loose-leaf comprehensive catalogue, Collection I, was published. In this folder a number of large works that form the basis of the collection are discussed.
On the occasion of the official farewell of Mr. Van Lede, chairman of AkzoNobel and of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, the catalogue Proof of Principle was published (340 pages, 220 colour prints) in 2003. Exploring such a book of photographs helps to provide insight into the different threads, themes and oeuvres of the AkzoNobel art collection (accompanied by texts by Dirk van Weelden, Martijn van Nieuwenhuizen, Pietje Tegenbosch and Hester Alberdingk Thijm).
Publications
- Hester Alberdingk Thijm, Anniek Vrij, Pietje Tegenbosch, Collection 1, Arnhem 1996
- Hester Alberdingk Thijm, Carolien Smit, Pietje Tegenbosch (red.), Proof of Principle, Arnhem 2003
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