Lieke Wijnia
@liekew.bsky.social
Currently taking a break from social media.
I curate, write, research and teach. About art, religion, heritage - and everything in between. Currently at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; and the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society at Groningen University.
I curate, write, research and teach. About art, religion, heritage - and everything in between. Currently at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam; and the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society at Groningen University.
my favorite 2025 reads 💫
December 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
my favorite 2025 reads 💫
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December 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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#jaarlijksritueel
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ART ADVENT #25/ Dec. 24
I long doubted what to select for the final Advent post. A post to mark the culmination of many days of anticipation, of light, and promise. The celebration of new life, of eternity. It’s beautiful and warm. Yet, I didn’t manage to select a glowing, celebratory artwork. 1/
I long doubted what to select for the final Advent post. A post to mark the culmination of many days of anticipation, of light, and promise. The celebration of new life, of eternity. It’s beautiful and warm. Yet, I didn’t manage to select a glowing, celebratory artwork. 1/
December 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
ART ADVENT #25/ Dec. 24
I long doubted what to select for the final Advent post. A post to mark the culmination of many days of anticipation, of light, and promise. The celebration of new life, of eternity. It’s beautiful and warm. Yet, I didn’t manage to select a glowing, celebratory artwork. 1/
I long doubted what to select for the final Advent post. A post to mark the culmination of many days of anticipation, of light, and promise. The celebration of new life, of eternity. It’s beautiful and warm. Yet, I didn’t manage to select a glowing, celebratory artwork. 1/
ART ADVENT #24 / Dec. 23
I’m looking forward to a new year in which music will play a bigger role in my professional life again. It’s one of the reasons why I think fondly of having seen this installation during my summer holiday in Denmark. 1/
I’m looking forward to a new year in which music will play a bigger role in my professional life again. It’s one of the reasons why I think fondly of having seen this installation during my summer holiday in Denmark. 1/
December 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
ART ADVENT #24 / Dec. 23
I’m looking forward to a new year in which music will play a bigger role in my professional life again. It’s one of the reasons why I think fondly of having seen this installation during my summer holiday in Denmark. 1/
I’m looking forward to a new year in which music will play a bigger role in my professional life again. It’s one of the reasons why I think fondly of having seen this installation during my summer holiday in Denmark. 1/
ART ADVENT #23 / Dec. 22
Another icon I got to see for the first time in my life this year: Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. I fully understand why this is an icon. What a magnificent painting! The sense of loneliness it embodies is strongly palpable. 1/
Another icon I got to see for the first time in my life this year: Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. I fully understand why this is an icon. What a magnificent painting! The sense of loneliness it embodies is strongly palpable. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
ART ADVENT #23 / Dec. 22
Another icon I got to see for the first time in my life this year: Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. I fully understand why this is an icon. What a magnificent painting! The sense of loneliness it embodies is strongly palpable. 1/
Another icon I got to see for the first time in my life this year: Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. I fully understand why this is an icon. What a magnificent painting! The sense of loneliness it embodies is strongly palpable. 1/
ART ADVENT #22/ Dec. 21
For the shortest day, I chose a work by one of my favorite light artists: James Turrell. Seeing a work by Turrel when I was in high school, was my first encounter with contemporary art. Until then, I had had no real experience with it. 1/
For the shortest day, I chose a work by one of my favorite light artists: James Turrell. Seeing a work by Turrel when I was in high school, was my first encounter with contemporary art. Until then, I had had no real experience with it. 1/
December 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ART ADVENT #22/ Dec. 21
For the shortest day, I chose a work by one of my favorite light artists: James Turrell. Seeing a work by Turrel when I was in high school, was my first encounter with contemporary art. Until then, I had had no real experience with it. 1/
For the shortest day, I chose a work by one of my favorite light artists: James Turrell. Seeing a work by Turrel when I was in high school, was my first encounter with contemporary art. Until then, I had had no real experience with it. 1/
ART ADVENT #21/ Dec. 20
One of my favorite exhibitions this year was Fiona Lutjenhuis’ solo at 1646 in The Hague. It was a total installation, with wall paintings, her (by now) iconic room dividers, sculptures, bread installations and a soundscape. 1/
One of my favorite exhibitions this year was Fiona Lutjenhuis’ solo at 1646 in The Hague. It was a total installation, with wall paintings, her (by now) iconic room dividers, sculptures, bread installations and a soundscape. 1/
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
ART ADVENT #21/ Dec. 20
One of my favorite exhibitions this year was Fiona Lutjenhuis’ solo at 1646 in The Hague. It was a total installation, with wall paintings, her (by now) iconic room dividers, sculptures, bread installations and a soundscape. 1/
One of my favorite exhibitions this year was Fiona Lutjenhuis’ solo at 1646 in The Hague. It was a total installation, with wall paintings, her (by now) iconic room dividers, sculptures, bread installations and a soundscape. 1/
ART ADVENT #20 / Dec. 19
It was such an unexpected pleasure to see this small work in the modern European arts section of the MFA in Boston. I knew it from the books, and we had requested it for the Mary Magdalene exhibit back in 2021. 1/
It was such an unexpected pleasure to see this small work in the modern European arts section of the MFA in Boston. I knew it from the books, and we had requested it for the Mary Magdalene exhibit back in 2021. 1/
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
ART ADVENT #20 / Dec. 19
It was such an unexpected pleasure to see this small work in the modern European arts section of the MFA in Boston. I knew it from the books, and we had requested it for the Mary Magdalene exhibit back in 2021. 1/
It was such an unexpected pleasure to see this small work in the modern European arts section of the MFA in Boston. I knew it from the books, and we had requested it for the Mary Magdalene exhibit back in 2021. 1/
ART ADVENT #19 / Dec. 18
Dutch painter Charley Toorop is probably best known for her stark (self) portraits with their mesmerizing eyes. But I also have a soft spot for her landscapes and still lives. 1/
Dutch painter Charley Toorop is probably best known for her stark (self) portraits with their mesmerizing eyes. But I also have a soft spot for her landscapes and still lives. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
ART ADVENT #19 / Dec. 18
Dutch painter Charley Toorop is probably best known for her stark (self) portraits with their mesmerizing eyes. But I also have a soft spot for her landscapes and still lives. 1/
Dutch painter Charley Toorop is probably best known for her stark (self) portraits with their mesmerizing eyes. But I also have a soft spot for her landscapes and still lives. 1/
ART ADVENT #18 / Dec. 17
Recently I read a beautiful, haunting book by Caro van Thuyne. For a year she looked at, and collected images from, the world’s news as if it was happening to her personally. Instead of turning away from the horrible things happing, she let it confront her face first. 1/
Recently I read a beautiful, haunting book by Caro van Thuyne. For a year she looked at, and collected images from, the world’s news as if it was happening to her personally. Instead of turning away from the horrible things happing, she let it confront her face first. 1/
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ART ADVENT #18 / Dec. 17
Recently I read a beautiful, haunting book by Caro van Thuyne. For a year she looked at, and collected images from, the world’s news as if it was happening to her personally. Instead of turning away from the horrible things happing, she let it confront her face first. 1/
Recently I read a beautiful, haunting book by Caro van Thuyne. For a year she looked at, and collected images from, the world’s news as if it was happening to her personally. Instead of turning away from the horrible things happing, she let it confront her face first. 1/
Mona is af.
Toch geen bufferzone voor demonstranten rond abortusklinieken, Keijzer (BBB) wil het niet #nieuws
Toch geen bufferzone voor demonstranten rond abortusklinieken, Keijzer (BBB) wil het niet
BBBminister Mona Keijzer heeft op het laatste moment met succes een stokje gestoken voor het aanpassen van het demonstratierecht. Dat melden bronnen aan de politieke redactie van RTL Nieuws.
www.rtl.nl
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Mona is af.
Lijstjestijd: ik mocht ook een lijstje maken ❤️
Welke boeken bleven de redacteuren van de Nederlandse Boekengids in 2025 het meest bij? In ons eindejaarslijstje om te beginnen de boeken die we het liefst lazen in 2025, gevolgd door onze favoriete boeken uit 2025.
👉 www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20251218-de-...
👉 www.nederlandseboekengids.com/20251218-de-...
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Lijstjestijd: ik mocht ook een lijstje maken ❤️
ART ADVENT #17 / Dec. 16
Joan Mitchell was one of the few women painters of her time that gained critical acclaim during her lifetime. Her work can be described as abstract expressionist, it is not meant to represent anything but is all about evoking emotion and subjective experience instead. 1/
Joan Mitchell was one of the few women painters of her time that gained critical acclaim during her lifetime. Her work can be described as abstract expressionist, it is not meant to represent anything but is all about evoking emotion and subjective experience instead. 1/
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
ART ADVENT #17 / Dec. 16
Joan Mitchell was one of the few women painters of her time that gained critical acclaim during her lifetime. Her work can be described as abstract expressionist, it is not meant to represent anything but is all about evoking emotion and subjective experience instead. 1/
Joan Mitchell was one of the few women painters of her time that gained critical acclaim during her lifetime. Her work can be described as abstract expressionist, it is not meant to represent anything but is all about evoking emotion and subjective experience instead. 1/
ART ADVENT #16 / Dec. 15
I absolutely love the raw and confrontational series Jeanne Bieruma Oosting made of sex workers in Paris. The graphic works don’t idealize or romanticize, but show these women’s realities in all their harshness. 1/
I absolutely love the raw and confrontational series Jeanne Bieruma Oosting made of sex workers in Paris. The graphic works don’t idealize or romanticize, but show these women’s realities in all their harshness. 1/
December 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
ART ADVENT #16 / Dec. 15
I absolutely love the raw and confrontational series Jeanne Bieruma Oosting made of sex workers in Paris. The graphic works don’t idealize or romanticize, but show these women’s realities in all their harshness. 1/
I absolutely love the raw and confrontational series Jeanne Bieruma Oosting made of sex workers in Paris. The graphic works don’t idealize or romanticize, but show these women’s realities in all their harshness. 1/
ART ADVENT #15 / Dec. 14
For third Advent Sunday I picked a remarkable work by a trailblazing artist, who was instrumental for the wider acceptance of women artists in her time - and long after. American painter Ellen Day Hale was thirty years old when she painted this self-portrait. 1/
For third Advent Sunday I picked a remarkable work by a trailblazing artist, who was instrumental for the wider acceptance of women artists in her time - and long after. American painter Ellen Day Hale was thirty years old when she painted this self-portrait. 1/
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
ART ADVENT #15 / Dec. 14
For third Advent Sunday I picked a remarkable work by a trailblazing artist, who was instrumental for the wider acceptance of women artists in her time - and long after. American painter Ellen Day Hale was thirty years old when she painted this self-portrait. 1/
For third Advent Sunday I picked a remarkable work by a trailblazing artist, who was instrumental for the wider acceptance of women artists in her time - and long after. American painter Ellen Day Hale was thirty years old when she painted this self-portrait. 1/
ART ADVENT #14 / Dec. 13
One thing I like about art is that I learn so many new things from it. This tapestry for instance, taught me about a very particular tomato - and how its existence, like so many foods and peoples, is currently under threat. 1/
One thing I like about art is that I learn so many new things from it. This tapestry for instance, taught me about a very particular tomato - and how its existence, like so many foods and peoples, is currently under threat. 1/
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
ART ADVENT #14 / Dec. 13
One thing I like about art is that I learn so many new things from it. This tapestry for instance, taught me about a very particular tomato - and how its existence, like so many foods and peoples, is currently under threat. 1/
One thing I like about art is that I learn so many new things from it. This tapestry for instance, taught me about a very particular tomato - and how its existence, like so many foods and peoples, is currently under threat. 1/
ART ADVENT #13 / Dec. 12
While the Michelangelo exhibition at Teyler’s mostly focused on his drawings and sketches, this small sculpture attributed to the master caught my eye. 1/
While the Michelangelo exhibition at Teyler’s mostly focused on his drawings and sketches, this small sculpture attributed to the master caught my eye. 1/
December 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ART ADVENT #13 / Dec. 12
While the Michelangelo exhibition at Teyler’s mostly focused on his drawings and sketches, this small sculpture attributed to the master caught my eye. 1/
While the Michelangelo exhibition at Teyler’s mostly focused on his drawings and sketches, this small sculpture attributed to the master caught my eye. 1/
Reposted by Lieke Wijnia
In het Ikonenmuseum is het prima luisteren naar @liekew.bsky.social over Maria Magdalena.
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
In het Ikonenmuseum is het prima luisteren naar @liekew.bsky.social over Maria Magdalena.
This afternoon I gave a lecture at the jubilee afternoon of the Ikonenmuseum in Kampen. Got to talk about Mary Magdalene - and it was truly wonderful. So many enthusiastic and interested people afterward. Happy 20th, Ikonenmuseum!
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This afternoon I gave a lecture at the jubilee afternoon of the Ikonenmuseum in Kampen. Got to talk about Mary Magdalene - and it was truly wonderful. So many enthusiastic and interested people afterward. Happy 20th, Ikonenmuseum!
ART ADVENT 12/ Dec. 11
If you visit the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, do pop into the collection presentation. One of my favorite works here is this tv screen showing Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen. /1
If you visit the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, do pop into the collection presentation. One of my favorite works here is this tv screen showing Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen. /1
December 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
ART ADVENT 12/ Dec. 11
If you visit the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, do pop into the collection presentation. One of my favorite works here is this tv screen showing Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen. /1
If you visit the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, do pop into the collection presentation. One of my favorite works here is this tv screen showing Martha Rosler’s Semiotics of the Kitchen. /1
Reposted by Lieke Wijnia
Onlangs verschenen: Het nieuwe winternummer van de Nederlandse Boekengids!(2025#6 december/januari). “De shortlist van de Joost Zwagerman Essayprijs 2025’”
👉 Ga naar www.nederlandseboekengids.com/nummers/20256/ of volg de link in onze bio
👉 Ga naar www.nederlandseboekengids.com/nummers/20256/ of volg de link in onze bio
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Onlangs verschenen: Het nieuwe winternummer van de Nederlandse Boekengids!(2025#6 december/januari). “De shortlist van de Joost Zwagerman Essayprijs 2025’”
👉 Ga naar www.nederlandseboekengids.com/nummers/20256/ of volg de link in onze bio
👉 Ga naar www.nederlandseboekengids.com/nummers/20256/ of volg de link in onze bio
ART ADVENT #11 / Dec. 10
This video work is one of the opening works in the new museum on migration, Fenix in Rotterdam. Bill Viola’s Ancestors, a mother and son walking through a sand storm, over the stretch of about 20 minutes, towards as viewers. 1/
This video work is one of the opening works in the new museum on migration, Fenix in Rotterdam. Bill Viola’s Ancestors, a mother and son walking through a sand storm, over the stretch of about 20 minutes, towards as viewers. 1/
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
ART ADVENT #11 / Dec. 10
This video work is one of the opening works in the new museum on migration, Fenix in Rotterdam. Bill Viola’s Ancestors, a mother and son walking through a sand storm, over the stretch of about 20 minutes, towards as viewers. 1/
This video work is one of the opening works in the new museum on migration, Fenix in Rotterdam. Bill Viola’s Ancestors, a mother and son walking through a sand storm, over the stretch of about 20 minutes, towards as viewers. 1/
ART ADVENT #10 / Dec. 9
Edouard Manet is one of my all time favorite painters. He only painted a handful of religious scenes, and I had only ever seen one in the flesh. Until I unexpectedly, so without preparation, visited the Art Institute of Chicago (what an amazing museum!),.. 1/
Edouard Manet is one of my all time favorite painters. He only painted a handful of religious scenes, and I had only ever seen one in the flesh. Until I unexpectedly, so without preparation, visited the Art Institute of Chicago (what an amazing museum!),.. 1/
December 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
ART ADVENT #10 / Dec. 9
Edouard Manet is one of my all time favorite painters. He only painted a handful of religious scenes, and I had only ever seen one in the flesh. Until I unexpectedly, so without preparation, visited the Art Institute of Chicago (what an amazing museum!),.. 1/
Edouard Manet is one of my all time favorite painters. He only painted a handful of religious scenes, and I had only ever seen one in the flesh. Until I unexpectedly, so without preparation, visited the Art Institute of Chicago (what an amazing museum!),.. 1/
ART ADVENT #9 / Dec. 8
Louise Nevelson called this wall-covering assemblage of boxes filled with objects her “Sky Cathedral.” It’s a tribute to scraps and parts she found in her neighborhood in Manhattan, which she elevated to a higher sphere. 1/
Louise Nevelson called this wall-covering assemblage of boxes filled with objects her “Sky Cathedral.” It’s a tribute to scraps and parts she found in her neighborhood in Manhattan, which she elevated to a higher sphere. 1/
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
ART ADVENT #9 / Dec. 8
Louise Nevelson called this wall-covering assemblage of boxes filled with objects her “Sky Cathedral.” It’s a tribute to scraps and parts she found in her neighborhood in Manhattan, which she elevated to a higher sphere. 1/
Louise Nevelson called this wall-covering assemblage of boxes filled with objects her “Sky Cathedral.” It’s a tribute to scraps and parts she found in her neighborhood in Manhattan, which she elevated to a higher sphere. 1/
CFP alert! I am co-editing an upcoming NKJ volume on The Artist's Biography. A super exciting and timely topic!
Want to contribute? The CFP is now online, deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2026. Find the CFP here, under downloads: brill.com/display/seri...
Questions? Feel free to reach out!
Want to contribute? The CFP is now online, deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2026. Find the CFP here, under downloads: brill.com/display/seri...
Questions? Feel free to reach out!
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
CFP alert! I am co-editing an upcoming NKJ volume on The Artist's Biography. A super exciting and timely topic!
Want to contribute? The CFP is now online, deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2026. Find the CFP here, under downloads: brill.com/display/seri...
Questions? Feel free to reach out!
Want to contribute? The CFP is now online, deadline for abstracts is January 20, 2026. Find the CFP here, under downloads: brill.com/display/seri...
Questions? Feel free to reach out!