See All This Art Magazine

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See All This Art Magazine
Categories Art magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
PublisherSee All This
Founder Nicole Ex
Founded2015
First issueWinter 2015/2016
Country The Netherlands
Based in Amsterdam
LanguageEnglish, Dutch
Website seeallthis.com/en/
ISSN 2468-8886

See All This Art Magazine is a quarterly print magazine and online platform founded in 2015 in The Netherlands by the writer and art historian Nicole Ex. [1]

Contents

Twice a year, See All This invites a collaborator to curate a thematic issue, among them David Whyte, Lidewij Edelkoort, Bijoy Jain, Piet Oudolf, Iwan Baan, and Claudy Jongstra. [2]

History

See All This originated to create an independent platform directly connecting Dutch art institutions, museums and their collections with national and later international audiences. [3]

Upon its launch in the Winter of 2015/2016, See All This partnered with 17 Dutch museums and published its first publication including an interview with Roni Horn and a studio visit of Edmund de Waal. The issue was printed in a run of twenty thousand copies, of which five thousand were in English. This made See All This the largest art magazine in the Netherlands. [3]

Pretty Brilliant Women in The Arts

Launched in 2019 by the founding editor and editor-in-chief of See All This Nicole Ex, Pretty Brilliant is an initiative aiming to highlight the work of women artists. [4] Developed in response to History of Art by H. W. Janson, the first print of which contained no women, over the years See All This published an anthology of works by female artists consisting in as many pages as Janson's text. [5]

379 Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts published in 2020 and curated by Catherine de Zegher was the first issue of the Pretty Brilliant series. [6] The first print of the issue featuring artists like France-Lise McGurn, Nil Yalter, and Etel Adnan sold out quickly and the edition was commissioned for a reprint. [7]

In 2022 See All This launched Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts, vol. II. The second issue was dedicated to female artists who "explored alternative ways of living and sought forms of expression outside centers of power." [8] Once more curated by Catherine de Zegher, the edition themed around the elements earth, water, fire, and air [9] with artists like Charley Toorop, Lou Loeber, and Rina Banerjee. [8]

The final volume of Pretty Brilliant themed Godessess and published in 2025 with more and less known female artists from each of the continents. Focusing on women artists in relation to its theme, Goddesses, the issue features written contributions by artists and writers like Cecilia Vicuña and Sutapa Biswas and showcases the works of, among others, Arpita Singh, Lucy Tasseor Tutsweetok and Maria Pinińska-Bereś. [9]

Awards and recognition

Magazine issues

Issue NumberDate of releaseTheme of IssueLanguage
1Winter 2015/2016The First Winter IssueDutch
2Spring 2016The First Spring IssueDutch
3Autumn 2016The First Autumn IssueDutch
4Winter 2016/20172016 ReviewDutch
5Spring 2017SpringDutch
6Summer 2017 David Hockney Dutch
7Autumn 2017ParisDutch
8Winter 2017/20182017 Review & 2018 HighlightsDutch
9Spring 2018 Günther Förg Dutch
10Summer 2018Genius Women in the ArtsDutch
11Autumn 2018The Paper Book IssueDutch
12Winter 2018/2019The Universe IssueDutch
13Spring 2019The Interview IssueDutch
14Summer 2019Travelling and coming homeDutch
15Autumn 2019 Joost Swarte Dutch
16Winter 2019/2020 Paolo Sorrentino Dutch
17Spring 2020The Portrait IssueDutch
18Summer 2020LoveDutch
19Autumn 202066 Surprising ExhibitionsDutch
20Winter 2020/2021Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts vol. I curated by Catherine de Zegher English & Dutch
21Spring 2021Wilderness and wanderlustDutch
22Summer 2021The most hopeful places on Earth curated by Iwan Baan English & Dutch
23Autumn 2021 Lucian Freud Dutch
24Winter 2021/2022Colour fields curated by Claudy Jongstra English & Dutch
25Spring 2022The mind-altering sensationsDutch
26Summer 2022We are all meat: FleshEnglish & Dutch
27Autumn 2022I see you looking: 50 years of Ways of Seeing by John Berger Dutch
28Winter 2022/2023Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts vol. II curated by Catherine de Zegher English & Dutch
29Spring 2023The end of timeDutch
30Summer 2023Paradise found curated by Piet Oudolf English & Dutch
31Autumn 2023Micro-dose of artDutch
32Winter 2023/2024Make yourself a home curated by Bijoy Jain English & Dutch
33Spring 2024Rebirth of the worldDutch
34Summer 2024The Wardrobe as Art collection curated by Lidewij Edelkoort English & Dutch
35Autumn 2024Restoration and conservationDutch
36Winter 2024/2025To be a pilgrim curated by Piet Oudolf English & Dutch
37Spring 2025Amsterdam 750 birthday issueDutch
38Summer 2025Pretty Brilliant Women in the Arts vol. III curated by Catherine de Zegher English & Dutch
39Autumn 2025LightDutch
40Winter 2025/2026Cooking is caring curated by Mory Sacko English & Dutch

References

  1. "See All This: méér dan alleen een tijdschrift". Volkskrant. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. "Fotograaf Iwan Baan maakt voor 'See All This' een wereldreis op papier". NRC. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Nieuw kunsttijdschrift See All This in een keer grootste van Nederland". Het Parool. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. "Tijdschrift vol vrouwenkunst is heerlijke ontdekkingsreis". NRC. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. "World Hope Forum: Pretty Brilliant". World Hope Forum. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  6. "379 tamelijk briljante vrouwen in de kunst verzameld". Het Parool. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. "Vrouwen zijn in de kunst nog altijd zwaar ondervertegenwoordigd. Dit zijn er een paar die u moet kennen". Volkskrant. 4 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Pretty Brilliant: vrouwelijke kunstenaars in de archieven van het RKD". RKD. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Van Moeder Aarde tot de IJskoningin: hoe godinnen de kunst voeden". NRC. 24 July 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  10. "Winnaars Mercurs 2025". Mercurs. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2026.