Wim van Sinderen

Wim van Sinderen (born 1958) is a Dutch art curator, photographer and journalist at the Fotomuseum Den Haag.[1]

Wim van Sinderen
Wim van Sinderen – Livetour Fotomuseum, Helena van der Kraan, 2020
Born1958
NationalityDutch
OccupationArt curator
Known forCurator Fotomuseum Den Haag

Live and work

Van Sinderen was raised in Friesland, and where he finished school in Dokkum. From 1976 to 1982 he attended the Teacher Training College 'Ubbo Emmius' in Leeuwarden, where he received his BA in English language and literature and Fine Arts.

In 1981 Van Sinderen came into prominence as spokesman of an young artist group, called Jonge Friezen.[2] A year earlier they had started a new cultural magazine, called Het Bestaat (The Existence).[3] He took part is several exhibitions in those days,[4] and published his first book.[5]

In 1982 Van Sinderen started his career as Photo Editor for the Vinyl music magazine. He was curator at the Kunsthal from the start in April 1992, where he worked with the director Wim van Krimpen. In 2002 he started as Senior Curator at The Hague Museum of Photography.[6][7]

Publications
  • Wim van Sinderen et al. Fotografen in Nederland : een anthologie 1852–2002, 2002,
  • Wim van Sinderen (ed.), Donald Mader (transl.) Helena van der Kraan. The Hague Museum of Photography, Den Haag : Terra, 2005. ISBN 90-5897-373-5.
  • Leonard Freed, William Ewing, Wim van Sinderen, Nathalie Herschdorfer. Leonard Freed: Worldview with . Lausanne: Musée de l'Élysée, 2007. ISBN 978-3-86521-463-8
  • Maartje van den Heuvel & Wim van Sinderen. Photography! A Special Collection at Leiden University. Leiden: Leiden University & the Hague Museum of Photography, 2010. ISBN 978-90-89101-91-4

References
  1. Wim van Sinderen ; male / Dutch ; curator, photographer, journalist, at rkd.nl, accessed 24 June 2020.
  2. "De roekeloze Jonge Friezen gaan zich presenteren," Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland, Leeuwarden, 1981/11/21, p. 23.
  3. "Het Bestaan is z'n bestaan begonnen," Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1980/07/05, p. 15.
  4. Sikke Doele & Rudy Hodel, "De „Jonge Friezen" te gast by Van Hulsen In grutte tentoonstelling de friese galerij," Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1981/12/18, p. 25.
  5. "Art Nouveau is hier dun gezaaid". "Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland". 1982/02/13, p. 17.
  6. Portret Wim van Sinderen, conservator fotomuseum Den Haag, vpro.nl, 21 Juni 2009.
  7. Bert Dirks, "Ik kan zó veel laten zien nu," de Volkskrant, 19 December 2016.
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