Hanne Hagenaars
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Hanne Hagenaars (1960) is a pioneer in the world of art. She writes essays, creates exhibitions, works as a curator of the Studium Generale for the KABK, and taught at various academies for many years. She is the author of Geen wolk, hoe kunst mijn leven redde (2006, No Cloud, How Art Saved my Life) and Missen als een ronde vorm (2023, The Roundness of Loss).
For the forthcoming publication Playing Constant: The Only Constant Is Change, Hagenaars wrote the essay “Wie speelt? De dromen van Constant en Virgil Abloh” (“Who plays? The Dreams of Constant and Virgil Abloh”). Playing Constant is a publication by Jap Sam Books in collaboration with Zippora Elders and Fondation Constant, reflecting on the Constant 101 project, due spring 2025.
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Hagenaars was the initiator of the magazine The Dummy Speaks, an associative and visual magazine for, and in collaboration with young people about visual arts. In 2004, Hagenaars created the magazine Mister Motley—with the motto: “Mister Motley ties together life and art”—of which she was editor-in-chief for nine years. The magazine focused on a broad and diverse audience by working with themes such as Empathy, Language or Idealism. Mister Motley’s motto also expresses her personal mission in art: she is always looking for inventive ways to bring contemporary art to a diverse audience, based on her unwavering faith in the power of art.
