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Judith Kadee

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Judith Kadee is curator Escher at Escher in The Palace and Kunstmuseum Den Haag. She is doing research on M.C. Escher and she makes exhibitions about the work and life of the world-famous artist. Judith obtained her Masters in Museum Studies at UCL in London. She previously worked as the director of museum Villa Mondriaan, where she was the youngest museum director of the Netherlands.

Published by Judith Kadee

27 May 2025

More Than Neighbours: Albert E. Bosman & M.C. Escher

How to depict infinity on paper was something that fascinated both M.C. Escher and Albert E. Bosman. Albert Bosman (1891-1961) was an engineer and maths teacher who also became an artist. Mathematics lay at the core of his work. Bosman and Escher were neighbours in Baarn (NL), where they bonded over a mutual interest in mathematical shapes, ideas and principles. The two artists made abstract principles visually accessible to a wider audience. For the first time, their work is being shown side by side in M.C. Escher & Albert E. Bosman: A Mathematical Connection. Bosman’s best-known creation, the Pythagoras Tree, and the other drawings based on it are on show in this small but fascinating presentation from 21 February until 15 June 2025 at Escher in The Palace.

1 April 2025

Notable napkins

Escher in The Palace received a special donation: three napkins from the hand of artist and designer Chris Lebeau (1878-1945). These napkins, Refraction, Shoal of Fish and Apple, once belonged to M.C. Escher, and are on display until June 2025.

30 October 2024

A Facade with Fish and Birds

A special donation was recently made around a tile tableau by Escher with fish and birds for the Dirk Schäferstraat 59 in Amsterdam. The donation includes two never-before-seen drawings by M.C. Escher, an extensive correspondence between the people involved and family photos of the unveiling of the tile tableau.

19 October 2024

A tessellated floor

Since the Just like Escher exhibition, the striking modular carpet from Studio Wae has been on display on the second floor. This floor covering lends a contemporary touch to Escher's legacy, above all doing so in a sustainable, circular way through the use of waste materials.

23 September 2024

M.C. Escher and Tony de Ridder

It was not just collectors and fans of M.C. Escher who acquired his work during his lifetime. Friends and family also owned prints by Escher, like this lithograph, Drawing Hands, from the estate of Antoinette Schottelius-De Ridder, better known as Tony de Ridder. Escher in The Palace recently received this work on long-term loan, and correspondence between Escher and De Ridder has, to our great delight, been donated to the museum.

18 July 2024

A Special Pet: The White Cat

Curator Judith Kadee and paper conservator Paul van der Zande did not know what they were in for, when they unframed the newly acquired White Cat by M.C. Escher. Are you curious about the story behind this extraordinary discovery? Read the Escher Today here.

26 March 2024

Donation of Verkade's Koh-I-Noor tin

Last summer, Escher in The Palace received a special donation from Escher expert and mathematician Doris Schattschneider. She donated a Koh-I-Noor tin by Verkade, inspired by the Koh-I-Noor, one of the world's most famous diamonds.

23 April 2022

State of confusion

To create confusion. That was what God had in mind when he made the people who were building a tower to heaven all speak different languages. In no time at all, it was chaos, and the construction was stopped immediately. For if you can no longer talk to each other, how can you continue to build together at such a height?

8 May 2021

An ode to Emma

The final print in Graphic Grandeur: Escher and his Contemporaries is an ode not to Escher, but to the first royal resident of this palace: Queen Emma, the Queen Mother. In this 1897 lithograph by Jan Toorop (1858-1928) we see Emma and her daughter Wilhelmina on a visit to Gouda. The print features all kinds of objects associated with industry in Gouda at the time, such as pipes and candles. The litho is made in Toorop’s distinctive Art Nouveau style, recognisable by its strong contours with graceful lines and exuberant decorative elements. This style was also popularly called the Salad Oil Style, in response to the iconic decorative poster that Toorop made for the Nederlandsche Oliefabriek (Dutch Oil Factory) in Delft.

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Judith Kadee

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