nytimes September 6, 2021 5:00pm Colonial-Era Royal Carriage Stirs Up Modern Backlash in Netherlands #netherlands #amsterdamnetherlands #willemalexanderkingofthenetherlands #simonssylvana #wildersgeert #museums #monumentsandmemorialsstructures #royalfamilies #news Colonial-Era Royal Carriage Stirs Up Modern Backlash in Netherlands The “Golden Coach,” built for Queen Wilhelmina of Holland in 1896, is emerging as a new focus of debate over slavery, colonialist oppression and history.
nytimes August 26, 2021 8:01pm Amsterdam’s Mayor Announces Talks With Jewish Heirs on Kandinsky Claim #artsandantiquitieslooting #art #holocaustandthenaziera #willsandestates #museums #localgovernment #dutchrestitutionscommission #stedelijkmuseumamsterdam #kandinskywassily #amsterdamnetherlands #halsemafemke #artanddesign #news Amsterdam’s Mayor Announces Talks With Jewish Heirs on Kandinsky Claim The city council will be asked to approve any agreement between the mayor and the heirs to turn over a painting, owned by a Jewish couple before the 1940 Nazi invasion.
nytimes July 7, 2021 1:00am Prominent Dutch Crime Reporter Is Shot in Center of Amsterdam #devriespeterr #amsterdamnetherlands #netherlands #murdersattemptedmurdersandhomicides #newsandnewsmedia #news Prominent Dutch Crime Reporter Is Shot in Center of Amsterdam Peter R. de Vries, famous for solving cold cases and hosting his own televised crime show, was shot in the head and fighting for his life Tuesday night. His reporting regularly drew death threats.
nytimes June 23, 2021 7:01am Rembrandt’s Damaged Masterpiece Is Whole Again, With A.I.’s Help #restorationandrenovation #art #artificialintelligence #vanrijnrembrandtharmenszoon #amsterdamnetherlands #artanddesign #news Rembrandt’s Damaged Masterpiece Is Whole Again, With A.I.’s Help Sections of “The Night Watch” were cut off in the 18th century and lost. Now, new technology lets viewers imagine how the original work might have looked.
nytimes June 6, 2021 3:00am Amsterdam Works to Shore Up Its Crumbling Canals and Bridges #infrastructurepublicworks #amsterdamnetherlands #canals #news Sinkholes, Collapsing Canal Walls, Rickety Bridges: Amsterdam Is Crumbling For the next two decades, the scenic city and tourist magnet is going to look more like one gigantic construction site.