My dose of art

by Marlies Dekkers
As much as I have a love for fashion designers, beautiful fabrics and craftsmanship, I also have a love for spending my time visiting exhibitions and wandering through museums.

Art, architecture and the feeling of walking around in the mind of an artist – it fascinates me. In that respect I’m one spoilt, lucky lady. As I’m travelling a lot, I grab every chance to see many different works of art, making sure I get my regular dose of artistry.
Here are some of my favorite art exhibitions which are definitely worth a visit.


Design Museum Canada

POLITICS OF FASHION | FASHION OF POLITICS
September 18 – January 25, 2015

Politics of Fashion|Fasion of Politics, guest curated by international fashion icon Jeanne Beker with DX curator Sara Nickelson, explores how fashion is a mirror of society by highlighting how clothing has been used as a tool for communicating identity and political expression

Address:
234 Bay Street
PO Box 18, TD Centre
Toronto, Canada
M5K 1B2

Boijmans en Van Beuningen:
THE FUTURE OF FASHION IS NOW
October 11 – January 18, 2015

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is showing the fashion of the future.
With work by: Viktor & Rolf , Christophe Coppens ( Belgium ) , Hussein Chalayan (Cyprus) and Rejina Pyo (Korea) .

Address:
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Museumpark 18-20
3015 CX Rotterdam

Design Museum London
WOMEN FASHION POWER EXHIBITON
29 October 2014 – 26 April 2015

Women Fashion Power offers an unprecedented look at how princesses, models, CEOs, Dames and designers have used fashion to define and enhance their position in the world.

Address:
Design Museum
Shad Thames
London
SE1 2YD

The Victoria and Albert Museum
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN SAUVAGE BEAUTY
14 March – 19 July 2015.

Celebrating the extraordinary creative talent of one of the most innovative designers of recent times, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty will be the first and largest retrospective of McQueen’s work to be presented in Europe.

Address
V&A South Kensington
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL

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Building bridges

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Building bridges

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From the Erasmus Bridge and the Mercedes-Benz Museum to Qatar’s metro network; Ben van Berkel’s iconic landmarks bring people together in rapturous beauty, again and again. I talked with the Dutch architect and educator about sensuality, ‘healthy’ buildings and the remarkable parallels between our designs.

More than a feeling

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More than a feeling

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Don’t ignore your emotions; they are much more powerful than you can imagine. By linking the magical world of emotions with hard science, Dutch scientist Pierre Capel, professor emeritus in experimental immunology, shows us the consequences of our feelings and the power of our minds. The message: we can do much more than we think. “Meditate. It’s the single best thing you can do for your health.”

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Keto curious?

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The fact that I feel bikini-confident all year round is, of course, a nice bonus. But for me, the biggest payoff of following the keto diet is the way it optimizes my health and gives me tons of energy.

Super (skin) food

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Super (skin) food

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‘If you can’t eat it, why put it on your skin?’. I pretty much live by this beauty adage. After all, with your skin being one of your body’s largest organs, anything – and I mean anything! – you put onto your skin will end up in your bloodstream.