AMSTERDAM.- A selection of paintings, watercolours and photography from the (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM company art collection will be exhibited at Museum Jan van der Togt in Amstelveen from 15 through 26 February 2017, in co-operation with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co, Haarlem, Netherlands.

The exhibition includes more than 50 works by leading Dutch artists such as Emo Verkerk, Rob Birza, Nico Molenkamp, Koen Vermeule and Erik Andriesse, as well as works by international greats such Laura Hernandez, Bhupen Khakhar, Barry McGee en Bjarne Melgaard. The sale includes photographs by Horst P. Horst, Nicolas Nixon,
Henri Cartier-Bresson, Tom Hunter and Shirin Neshat. The centrepiece of the exhibition is the museum-quality large scale photo of “Nanjing Xi Lu, Shanghai” by Thomas Struth.

For decades, KLM purchased artworks only occasionally, but in 1989 it appointed an Art Committee to implement an arts policy. From 1992 onwards, the Art Committee pursued a specific strategy to acquire contemporary art, as well as works by young international artists, from 1995 onwards.

KLM released the following statement with regard to the current sales exhibition:

“KLM has altered the criteria for curation of its art collection to reflect the new course of the company. This has paved the way for the sale of a selection of interesting works, which will be exhibited for sale to potential buyers at Museum Jan van der Togt in Amstelveen.”