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”.
LATIFA ECHAKHCH
Latifa Echakhch was born in 1974 in El Khnansa, Morocco, and currently lives between Paris, France, and Martigny, Switzerland.
Her work has been shown at several group and solo exhibitions in France and abroad, including the MACBA in Barcelona, FRI ART in Fribourg, GAMec in Bergamo, Kunsthalle in Basel, Bielefelder Kunstverein in Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne in Reims, CAC in Vilnius, the Swiss Institute in New York, ArtFocus Biennial in Jerusalem, Kunsthaus in Zurich, within the framework of Manifesta 7 in Bolzano, Museum Anna Norlander in Skellefteå (Sweden), Studio Museum Harlem in New York, and Magasin in Grenoble.