Cedar Lewisohn on the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, the Netherlands — theguardian.com

I first discovered the Jan Van Eyck when I was visiting Maastricht to do an exhibition. I just walked past this slightly mysterious looking building and wondered what was going on inside. It’s quite subtle, but beautiful: a modernist building designed by Fritz Putz – a cool, glass and concrete structure, very minimal. Once you’re inside it’s like a temple of light. Inside art production goes on; people make art and people think about making art. And they also think about design, which is taken very seriously in the Netherlands.

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