In the gnarled branches of an ancient forest, or glossy, digital abstractions of timber’s processed surfaces, Against the Grain groups six contemporary artists whose varied wooden worlds shift the dial in new directions, exposing a changing relationship between the organic and the artificial. For centuries, the forest has served as a twilight zone for artists – a realm of possibility and a site of transformation, a source of raw materials or subject matter…

The Ravestijn Gallery is thrilled to announce "One of a Kind", a specially conceived exhibition to mark and celebrate the gallery’s 10 year anniversary. To reflect this unique occasion, the exhibition will bring together a selection of new and, unique and previously unseen works, each made a by a different artist the gallery represents or has worked with in the past. When, in 2012, Narda van ‘t Veer and Jasper Bode founded "The Ravestijn Gallery", they…

The Ravestijn Gallery is pleased to announce "The Salon Show", created in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer. The exhibition will show over 80 works from (all) represented and affiliated artists, hung in the style of a 17th Century salon. Today, art is often presented and seen in isolation. Galleries and museums alike still favour exhibitions that give space to individual series, and whilst it has its merits, it also has its pitfalls. Seein…

‘Rise & Fall’ is photographer Mark Nettenbreijers’ debut exhibition at the Ravestijn Gallery. In this haunting series of large-scale black and white photographs, the forest becomes a rich canvas for an abstract light that captures the cycles of life and death. The forest has long been a symbol of darkness and dread, but also of contemplation. Nettenbreijers captures both of these opposing elements in a process that is at once spiritual and scientific. …