From 12 February, the Mauritshuis will present BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama, an exhibition that focuses on our relationship with birds. No other species has captured our creative and spiritual attention quite like birds. They appear in art, poetry, religion and music, as deities or as messengers of the gods. Our fascination has everything to do with birds’ unique ability to fly.
BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama will be not so much a conventional exhibition as a birdhouse full of art, ranging from Ancient Egypt to the catwalks of today’s fashion world. Structured around a number of themes, the exhibition will offer a bird’s-eye view of the rich complexity of the relationship between birds and humans.
On this page, you'll find press releases about the exhibition and visual material. Please note: these images are exclusively intended for publications about the Mauritshuis and our collection. They may not be used for commercial purposes. We also ask that you always include the provided credit lines when using the images.
Persbeelden BIRDS curated by The Goldfinch & Simon Schama
Peter Paul Rubens, ‘Modello’ for the Ascension of the Virgin, c. 1622–1625. Mauritshuis, The Hague, purchased with the support of the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation, 1956
Hendrick Goltzius after a design by Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Icarus, 1588. Engraving from the series The Four Fliers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Folding fan with bright pink ostrich feathers on a plain plastic frame with tortoiseshell pattern, c.1900–1925. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Iris van Herpen, Idolomantis, Roots of Rebirth Collection, look 17, 2021. Duchess fabric, organza, mylar foil, cotton. Atelier Iris van Herpen, Amsterdam
