Evi Vingerling with Erik Andriesse, Marlene Dumas, Carla Klein, Marc Mulders, Esther Tielemans, and Helen Verhoeven

Painting Now – Highlights from the ABN AMRO Art Collection
Singer Laren Museum, Laren, NL
9 January, 2023 – 7 May, 2023

To celebrate the close relationship that ABN AMRO and the Singer Laren Museum have enjoyed for over thirty years, Singer Laren is presenting two selections of paintings from the bank’s contemporary art collection. “Painting Now” is the first of two exhibitions organized by the ABN AMRO Art Collection in collaboration with the museum.

Vibrant Painting:
The exhibition spans 35 years of contemporary painting, from emerging talent to established artists. The focus is on works created in the Netherlands. Some artists draw inspiration from nature. Others offer a new interpretation of the classic portrait. The common denominator is the experimentation and freedom they enjoy in their work. This demonstrates that painting is vibrantly alive.

Danila Cahen, curator of the ABN AMRO Art Collection and the curator of the exhibition: “Artists are the conscience of society. They have antennae in the here and now and are often ahead of social developments. They think about things like sustainability and climate. This aligns nicely with issues that are also important to the bank.”

Modernism and Beyond:
Contemporary art is increasingly featured in the Laren museum. This continues the lineage of modernism, which can be seen in the new Nardinc galleries. Museum director Jan Rudolph de Lorm: “All art is timeless and speaks the same language. It is often created by highly sensitive people who are ahead of the curve and sense and visualize developments. Modernists form a significant core within the Singer Laren collection. They liberated art from academic rules over a hundred years ago. We now want to show how things have evolved.”