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David Goldblatt works purchased for H+F Collection
To mark the occasion of the Intersections exhibition of South-African photographer David Goldblatt in Huis Marseille, Han Nefkens has acquired ten photographs for the H+F Collection, which will be added to the long-term loan and 'promised gift' to Huis Marseille.
Inspired by the room in Huis Marseille displaying Goldblatt’s most recent ‘AIDS Landscapes’, Han Nefkens decided to acquire ten of these photographs, with the aim of showing them in a separate travelling exhibition dedicated to the theme of AIDS. This aim is in line with the programme to combat HIV-AIDS that Nefkens’ project ArtAids addresses and stimulates.
Illustrated: Entrance to Lwandle Township, Strand, Western Cape, in the Time of AIDS, 9 october 2005
ArtAids
The ArtAids foundation was set up in 2006 at Han Nefkens’ initiative. ArtAids fights AIDS with the power of art as its most important weapon. ArtAids invites leading artists to produce work that is inspired by AIDS and related problems. These works of art are used to raise the public’s consciousness and to encourage their involvement.
Fundació Han Nefkens
The Han Nefkens Foundation is a private non-profit organisation that was set up in Barcelona in 2009 with the aim of promoting the production of contemporary artworks. The mission is to stimulate artistic creation in Barcelona by offering international artists an opportunity to create artworks and interventions in the city, and to promote other fields of contemporary creation.
H+F
Han Nefkens started to collect art in 2000. The H+F Collection, named after himself and his partner Felipe, is in long-term loan to various museums in The Netherlands and abroad. Nowadays Han Nefkens is not only active as a collector but also as an initiator of international art projects, often in collaboration with museums and other art institutions.
