January 2025

ITA Botanical Fresco, de Volkskrant

What is the connection between a city theatre and Drenthe Heath sheep? Between performing arts and native plants? Where do Rembrandt and 19th-century floral wallpaper fit effortlessly into a single story? The answer can be found in the stately Pleinfoyer of the International Theater Amsterdam (ITA).

The gazes of the theatre audience drinking a glass in the foyer have recently been directed upwards. To the ceiling, to a new work of art in which visual artist Claudy Jongstra ties together the present and the past, the city and the countryside...

Media: de Volkskrant

Title: Pleinfoyer van Internationaal Theater Amsterdam heeft een nieuw plafond van Claudy Jongstra

Text: Nell Westerlaken

Photography: Fabian Calis

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