Staff members of the Faculty of Humanities and affiliated cultural institutions collaborate in promoting art and artistic research, art+science collaborations and new approaches in the care for art in the widest possible sense. The 'Kunstcommissie' is part of the Research Group Artistic Knowing: Research in and on Art and Cultural Practices as part of the Amsterdam School of Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) at the Faculty of Humanities.
Sanneke Stigter
Assistant Professor Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, specialized in Contemporary Art
I was amazed to find a work by world-renowned conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth right in the heart of the University Quarter. Why is this work so little known? This work is there for all students, professors and passers by to enjoy. Why not make place for this work of art?