Interior model by Theo van Doesburg acquired for the collection
For the National Collection, Het Nieuwe Instituut has acquired an interior model by architect and artist Theo van Doesburg. It is a design for Café Aubette, one of the most important architectural projects of De Stijl, the art movement of which Theo van Doesburg was the figurehead. With this radical design, Van Doesburg no longer made a distinction between architecture and painting.
16 March 2021
The interior of Café Aubette, designed in 1928, is considered one of the great works of art of the 20th-century avant-garde. Read more about Theo van Doesburg’s design and why this interior model is an asset to the National Collection.
The model on public display
As soon as Het Nieuwe Instituut can reopen, this unique asset to the National Collection goes on public display. In addition to the model itself, visitors will be able to see a video about it by Tanja Busking, with explanations by curator Hetty Berens and conservator Elizabet Nijhoff Asser. lees meer
De aankoop van de interieurmaquette van Theo van Doesburg is mede mogelijk gemaakt met de genereuze bijdragen van Vereniging Rembrandt (mede dankzij haar Dura Kunstfonds en haar A. Quist-Rütter Fonds), Mondriaan Fonds, het publieke stimuleringsfonds voor beeldende kunst en cultureel erfgoed en Galerie Gmurzynska.