Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
— The Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen is one of the better reasons to visit Rotterdam.”
Bruegel’s Tower of Babel (source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen is one of the better reasons to visit Rotterdam.
The city was endowed with Boijmans’ considerable collection in 1841 – the year of the benefactor’s death – after what appear to have been protracted negotiations. Business magnate van Beuningen’s donation just over a century later added impressively to his predecessor’s foundation.
Today’s consolidated collection is therefore broadly eclectic, with notable works by Flemish old masters including Bosch and Bruegel and surrealists such as Dalì and Magritte.
In addition to the main museum spaces, there were also other exhibitions, including an fascinating stash of medieval homeware. A large temporary exhibit showing the altermodern ramblings of Charles Avery told us little except that Avery needs to get out more.
Maybe I’m missing the point, but I’ve just about had enough of this art-as-masturbation stuff.
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