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”.
LIVERPOOLScreening of Ebb & Flow
Following screenings in Spain, Brazil and the Netherlands, the video Ebb & Flow was shown in the United Kingdom. More specifically, at the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, the country’s leading digital art and new media centre, based in Liverpool. The video by Gabriel Mascaro was screened on December 5th, 2012 at a fundraising gala organised by Sahir House, a non-profit organisation that supports people living with HIV in their fight against AIDS. The video was produced through the 2011 ArtAids Foundation Grant for Audiovisual Production, aimed at independent creative videos that explore the subject of AIDS from an innovative perspective.