In summary
Art collection locations
Utrecht, Eindhoven, local Rabobank offices
Number of art works
The core collection contains over 900 unique pieces
Disciplines
The Rabo Art Collection is not restricted to specific disciplines. Instead, it keeps track of artists throughout their artistic careers. The collection contains both two-dimensional and three-dimensional unique pieces, such as drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, mural objects and multi-media installations.
Focus of collection
Unique pieces by artists living or working in the Netherlands. Period: from the 1950s, focusing on the last two decades.
Sponsoring and awards
The Rabobank is promoting partner of the Van Gogh Museum. This collaboration enables the Van Gogh Museum to broaden the reputation of its collection and to organise additional high–quality exhibitions. The Rabobank also collaborated with the Mauritshuis on a Vermeer-exhibition running from March 25 to June 26, 2005. Local bank offices sponsor various independent initiatives.
Guided tours
None
Website
www.rabobank.nl
Art collection website
www.rabokunstcollectie.nl
Expositions and publications
Expositions:
‘HXBXD’, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, 2005
A selection of 180 works by some eighty artists from the collection of Rabobank Netherlands and the local bank offices was exhibited in the Gemeentemuseum, GEM and Photo museum The Hague. Additionally, the Photo museum showed the first solo-exhibition of Desiree Dolron. The GEM showed work by Hadassah Emmerich, Marc Bijl and Iris van Dongen. Separate monographs of their work were published.
Publications:
• Angelique Spaninks, Esther Jansma, Unlocked No [1], Eindhoven 2001 (first publication about the Rabo Art Collection: a visual introduction. Graphic design: Swip Stolk)
• Janneke Wesseling, Jaap Bremer e.a., unlocked # 2, Eindhoven 2005 (second publication about the Rabo Art Collection, presenting an explicit choice from the core collection, in both word and image. Graphic design: Mart. Warmerdam)
• Wim van der Beek, Robbert Roos, e.a. Kunstbeeld Cahier: De Rabo Kunstcollectie, Rijswijk 2005 (special edition in cooperation with the magazine Kunstbeeld on the three exhibitions in The Hague)
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