Art in the Princess Máxima Center

Art in the Princess Máxima Center

• About the art committee

  About the art committee

  The art committee has been very active within the Princess Máxima Center since 2017, a year before the opening in 2018. The committee consists of professionals from healthcare, research, representatives of the Children's Advisory Council, an established artist and a representative of art from special target groups. The art committee acquires art for the Princess Máxima Center, for both public and semi-public spaces. Preferably through, donation or loan, for the entire center.

  The committee has compiled a checklist against which the artworks are tested

  • Originality of the work (authenticity)

  • Content clarity of the work

  • Professionalism and quality

  • Groundbreaking and passionate

  In the Art Committee Policy Plan you can read what ambitions and plans the committee has in the field of both active and passive art. We also hope to inspire donors and funds to make a contribution.

  Contact

  kunstcommissie@prinsesmaximacentrum.nl

• Where do you find art

  Where do you find art

  • Art in the public space

  • Special art by extraordinary artists in the parent child rooms

  • Art in the treatment rooms and sports hall

  • Changing Exhibitions

  • Poetry in the stairwells

  • Photography at the LATER clinic

• Featured

  Featured

  Safari

  Visitors to the Wildlife Park naturally hope to see lots of wild animals. But are these animals truly wild? Or are they the ones enjoying a fun day out?

  You can find this artwork at the reception desk on the second floor.
  

• Collaborations

  Collaborations

  The Art Committee actively seeks collaboration with leading art partners.

  The Rijksmuseum

  The starting point for the collaboration with the Rijksmuseum was the Night Watch on Tour project. In addition to the reproduction of Rembrandt's Night Watch, the children received a creative workshop package. So they could make their own painting. Gita Gallé (principal board of the Princess Máxima Center): 'It fits in perfectly with our principle Development-oriented care (OGZ): we do everything we can to allow normal life and the development of the child to continue as much as possible. Also during the treatment in the Máxima.'

  Annemies Broekgaarden (head of public and education Rijksmuseum): 'The Rijksmuseum is owned by and for everyone. We think it is important that everyone for whom it is not obvious to come to the museum, has access to cultural heritage.'

  Nachtwacht on tour is made possible by Philips and the Elisabeth Art Foundation/Rijksmuseum Fund.

  

  Anouk Foundation

  Anouk Foundation is a non-profit organization in Switzerland named after Anouk, a determined and loving girl with special needs, who brightens up the lives of everyone who meets her. The mission of the Anouk Foundation is to create a soothing and uplifting environment for children and adults in social and medical settings through murals. A simple and effective way to support the children, families and staff. The Anouk Foundation's therapeutic murals comfort children of all ages by reducing their fear of medical institutions. In collaboration with the location, the artists create custom paintings for various spaces, considering the needs of the users. Several walls in the Princess Máxima Center are decorated with uplifting and cheerful scenes, inspired by drawings by the children.

  The murals were made possible thanks to the Jaap Schouten Foundation and Sikkens.

  Royal Delft

  With a Royal Delft painting package at bed, children painted Delft Blue tiles. These tiles are bundled together to form a large work of art. To be admired at the entrance of the restaurant. In the middle of the artwork is a poem by Toon Hermans.

  Many thanks to Royal Delft and the Fentener van Vlissingen Foundation.

  Mauritshuis

  September 2022

  Children and their families can follow in Johannes Vermeer's footsteps. While watching and tinkering, you will learn everything about this world-famous artist. What paint did Vermeer use in his paintings? How did he play with light? Various fun activities and creative workshops ensure that children can really put themselves in the shoes of this famous 17th-century artist. And the great thing is: entrance is free for everyone up to the age of 18!

  Art@Hospital

  Art@Hospital from Argentina honors the last wish of Portuguese Pedro Oliviera, who suffered from the most aggressive form of leukemia. It took only five days from initial diagnosis to his death, he was 31 years old. Pedro had a desire to bring art to his room in the hospital: he was convinced that with patience and courage he could beat his illness and he wanted color and beauty to surround him. Pedro was the son-in-law of Gisella du Mée. She founded Art@Hospital to honor Pedro's wish. Art@Hospital has donated a diverse collection of paintings by well-known and starting artists to the Princess Máxima Center. Gisella du Mée: “Some artists are world famous, others made a painting for the first time. And that doesn't matter, because it all comes from the heart. All paintings are made with love, and that is what makes Art@Hospital so special.” The collection can be seen at the LATER-Poli and in meeting rooms A1, 1B1 and 1D.

  AkzoNobel Art Foundation

  On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the AkzoNobel Art Foundation, they commissioned artist and muralist Gijs Frieling to create a mural in the Princess Máxima Center. Frieling was given the entire corridor leading to the auditorium as his workspace. 'I found it a challenge to create a very long piece. I immediately had the image of a long landscape. With a mural, you have to engage spatially and conceptually with the location where it is situated.'