Honorary Doctorate in Antwerp for Marlene Dumas – Telegraaf.nl

ANTWERP –

The artist Marlene Dumas can call himself an honorary doctorate from the University of Antwerp from April 1 next year. She is distinguished for its penetrating work and her heartfelt emotions, says Alain Verschuren rector of the university. “They choose the meaning of art, and not for perfection. That adorns her and her work, “said Verschuren

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Marlene Dumas Photo: TLG – Anko Stoffels

Dumas was born in 1953 in South Africa and has lived and worked since 1976 in the Netherlands. She is best known for her paintings which she often responds to current events. Until Sunday, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to see a retrospective of her work. Partly because of the great interest that the museum exhibition is heading off on an attendance of 800,000. That’s the highest since the opening of the museum in 1895.

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