With this exhibition, Myriam Simons bids farewell as coordinator of cultural center Phoenix. With ALLES BLIJFT GAAN, she selected work by her favorite artists. Myriam Simons, a visual artist herself, has been the driving force behind all the courses Phoenix offers for years. I have great appreciation for her enthusiasm, her original ideas, and her careful and professional approach.

Deep Sleep, the large horse sculpture I created for my solo exhibition Backbone at Museum Rijswijk, will be on display on the glass ceiling of the Provincial House in The Hague until October 13, 2026. Especially for ALLES BLIJFT GAAN, it is moving to Veghel, where it will be placed in the main hall. I am also showing smaller horse sculptures. The exhibition is on view from October 18 to January 3, 2027.

The exhibition Folded Memory, textiles as a source of solace, can be visited at KADOK, the Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society in Leuven, (Belgium) from December 5, 2026, to February 14, 2027.

'...Together, these works demonstrate how Van Herwaarden, using minimal actions and simple materials, evokes intimate worlds in which care, memory, and physicality constantly merge into one another. In this process, textile becomes not only a material but a form of proximity: something that carries, supports, and continues to resonate, even when the original relationship or context has changed...'