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.
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.
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”.
PSG Gallery, Silpakorn University
PSG Art Gallery was founded 1987 mainly as a space to support the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Art at Silpakorn University. Sutee Kunavichayanont is its director. Recently PSG has broadened its agenda by hosting numerous international exhibitions, all supported by a comprehensive education programme. In 2006 it was one of three venues in Bangkok to show part of the travelling exhibition of works from the H+F Collection entitled The Suspended Moment. The PSG Gallery is one of the venues for the 2008 More to Love project.