John Vrieze
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John Vrieze (1950–2009) was a Dutch museum director and art historian. He grew up in Canada and studied at the Toronto Conservatory before moving to Amsterdam to study art history. Throughout his career, he held various curatorial and administrative roles, including organizing exhibitions for the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and serving as a board member for several art commissions. Notably, he served as the director of the Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst in Amstelveen for over six years, where he curated numerous contemporary art exhibitions. He was recognized for his contributions to Dutch visual arts with an appointment as an officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2009.[1,2]
Themes
- Cobra movement
- Contemporary Chinese art
Books
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China nowauthor
Works by John Vrieze
- China now 2007 · D'Jonge Hond / Cobra museum · book · Dutch/English ISBN 9089100016 Co-edited with Feng Boyi.
- Cobra museum voor moderne kunst Amstelveen book Edited by John Vrieze.
- Highlights from the collection of the Cobra museum for modern art 2007 · book Co-authored with Willemijn Stokvis and Elmyra van Dooren.
Awards
- 2009 Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau Netherlands