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”.
Manit Sriwanichpoom
Manit Sriwanichpoom is a highly acclaimed photographer. In his photographic commentaries on contemporary Thailand, he broaches social and political subjects that have been overshadowed by Thailand’s desire for economic growth and modernisation. Initially working in a documentary style, he now places a greater emphasis on imaginative interpretation. Sriwanichpoom is the co-founder of the Kathmandu photography gallery in Bangkok. The H+F Collection contains 22 of his photographs, including 13 prints from his Pink Man in Paradise series, which is featured in H+F Collection’s travelling exhibition So Close/So Far Away (2007-08). Manit Sriwanichpoom participated in ArtAids’ 2004 Access for All project and is a member of the Board of Advisors for the 2008 More to Love project.