Veldwerk: Archives and Documentation | February 19

About this activity.

Kunstpunt is organizing three Veldwerk meetings on legacy. This is the second in the series:

Ramses van Bragt is responsible for acquiring artists' archives at the RKD. What criteria are used in this process? And for artists and heirs: how do you best organize the bequeathed works and documentation? What can be discarded or should be retained? What are the implications of a potential donation?

Rémon van Gemeren has written several biographies, including those of the artists Carel Willink and Jan Mankes. As a biographer, where do you source your information? What do you hope to find, and in what condition? How do you build your narrative from the available material?

Judith Spijksma has been curator of contemporary art at the Groninger Museum since 2026. How do museums generally deal with potential donations? When making new acquisitions, do they ensure that they provide a complete and representative reflection of an artist's oeuvre? What sources do they draw on, apart from the artworks themselves?  

🟢 Veldwerk: Archive and Documentation
🗓️ Thursday, February 19, 2026
🕐 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
📍 Academie Minerva | Praediniussingel 59 | room A1.07

🛗 If you would prefer to avoid climbing stairs, you can use the entrance to the Frank Mohr Institute at the rear of the building (opposite Museumstraat 4/4A). Please ring the bell and inform the receptionist that you are attending the Veldwerk meeting. Once inside the lobby, you will find the lift immediately to your left.

🎟️ Order your ticket via the links below ⤵️

• Regular price €12.50
• Discount (Kunstpunt members, Stadjerspas, students) €9
• Passe-partout (3 Fieldwork sessions on legacy*) €32.50

*These are the other two sessions:

• Veldwerk: The Ins and Outs of Legacies | February 12
• Veldwerk: Art in Public Space | March 12

About Ramses van Bragt
Ramses van Bragt (Roermond, 1973) studied Art History (University of Amsterdam, 2001). Since 2007, he has been an archivist at the RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History), leading the conservation and digitization projects Jan Toorop (2008), Jan Mankes (2008), and Art Trade Archives (2017).

Since 2018, he has been the primary point of contact for acquisitions (archives, library, and visual documentation) as Acquisitions Process Coordinator. In this capacity, he coordinated the acquisitions of, among others, the archives of Herman de Vries (2019), Maryan Ainsworth (New York, 2020), Armando (2021), Erwin de Vries (Suriname, 2022), the archive of the Visual Arts Commissions Practice Bureau/Foundation for Art in Public Space (SKOR), and the archive of Jan Henderikse (New York).

He currently serves on the committee of the Inherited Heritage Platform of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE), the board of the Dutch Art History Libraries Consultation (OKBN), and the Archives Selection List working group of the Museum Archives Taskforce.

About Rémon van Gemeren
Rémon van Gemeren (born 1979) has written books on Louis Couperus, Jan Eijkelboom, Joost Zwagerman, Jan Mankes, Chr.J. van Geel, and Carel Willink. From 2006 to 2019, Rémon was editor of Arabesken, the literary magazine dedicated to Louis Couperus. He has published dozens of articles in it (see the database at www.louiscouperus.nl). Rémon was born and raised in Boskoop, and subsequently lived in Utrecht and The Hague. He currently lives in Landsmeer with his wife, daughter, and two sons.

About Judith Spijksma
Judith Spijksma (Leeuwarden, 1984) has been curator of contemporary art at the Groninger Museum since 2026. From 2021 to 2025, she worked as a curator at the Fries Museum. There, she guided new acquisitions, initiated a research project on the collection and organised exhibitions by artists including Kinke Kooi, Semâ Bekirović, Tina Farifteh and Petrit Halilaj.

Spijksma previously worked at the Dordrechts Museum, where she helped redesign the collection policy and contemporary art programme. In addition to her curatorial work, she was active as an advisor to the Mondriaan Fund and the Cultural Fund. 

About Veldwerk
Veldwerk is the expertise and research program of Kunstpunt. It brings together professionals from the field to discuss concrete questions surrounding artistry and art in public spaces, delve deeper into them, and translate them into practice. Veldwerk is therefore a place for exchange, reflection, and experimentation. Participants share their experiences, test ideas, and develop new insights together. Themes such as legacy, participation, management, and career development are central.

ℹ️ Want to know more about Veldwerk? Visit 👉 kunstpuntgroningen.nl/en/veldwerk.

Kunstpunt Groningen.

Kunstpunt Groningen (voorheen CBK) is hét knooppunt voor beeldende kunst. Wij lenen kunstwerken uit, begeleiden kunstopdrachten in de openbare ruimte en bij bedrijven, ontwikkelen educatieprojecten voor scholen en organiseren tentoonstellingen en activiteiten. 

Kunstpunt Groningen (formerly CBK) is the hub for visual arts. We lend works of art, supervise art assignments in public spaces and at companies, develop educational projects for schools and organize exhibitions and activities.

Location.

Academie Minerva (Praediniussingel)
Praediniussingel 59
9711 AG Groningen
tel (050) 317 17 07
www.kunstpuntgroningen.nl