H+F
Han Nefkens started to collect art in 2000. The H+F Collection, named after himself and his partner Felipe, is in long-term loan to various museums in The Netherlands and abroad. Nowadays Han Nefkens is not only active as a collector but also as an initiator of international art projects, often in collaboration with museums and other art institutions.
Fundació Han Nefkens
The Han Nefkens Foundation is a private non-profit organisation that was set up in Barcelona in 2009 with the aim of promoting the production of contemporary artworks. The mission is to stimulate artistic creation in Barcelona by offering international artists an opportunity to create artworks and interventions in the city, and to promote other fields of contemporary creation.
Han Nefkens
According to Han Nefkens, sharing is the antidote to loneliness, and he does so through his artistic and anti-AIDS projects and his writing. In 1995, he made his debut with the autobiographical novel Bloedverwanten (“Parents”), which was followed by Twee lege stoelen (“Two empty chairs”, 2006) and De gevlogen vogel (“The bird flew”, 2008). Nefkens also writes short pieces, “vignettes”.
Joep Lange
Joep M.A. Lange, MD, PhD is a member of the Board of ArtAids. He is currently Professor of Medicine at the Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, where he heads the Center for Poverty-related Communicable Diseases (CPCD). He also serves as Chairman of the PharmAccess Foundation and as Scientific Advisor to the Board of the Health Insurance Fund. Professor Lange has been involved in HIV research and treatment since 1983. From 2002 to 2004 he was President of the International Aids Society. Like Praphan Phanuphak, he is one of the co-directors of HIV-NAT.