{"id":2619,"date":"2026-04-07T12:01:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/?post_type=events&#038;p=2619"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:25:17","slug":"curators-tour-and-the-stain","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/activiteit\/conservatorrondleiding-gestel-en-de-smet\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservator's Lecture \u2013 Gestel and De Smet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/#\/tickets\/tickets\">Plan your visit &amp; lecture<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday evening, curator Kees van der Geer will take you on an in-depth lecture through the extraordinary lives of friends and artists.  <em>Leo Gestel and Gustave De Smet<\/em>. A story about the colorful friendship between the grand master of Flemish expressionism\u00a0<em>Gustave De Smet\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Leo Gestel<\/em>, one of the most important innovators of Dutch art. The exhibition Gestel and De Smet - colorful friendship shows how their lives became intimately intertwined and how they influenced each other both artistically and personally. A story about art and friendship in both light and dark periods of their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the lecture, you can visit the museum freely, and all of that after closing time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday, June 18, 7:00 PM \u2013 9:00 PM (lecture 45 min, followed by free visit to the exhibition Gestel and De Smet)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thursday, September 3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (45-minute lecture, followed by free access to the Gestel and De Smet exhibition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wanna join?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Via the button below, choose one of the above dates, select an entry ticket, choose the lecture under extras &amp; checkout!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Costs are 7.50 euros per person + a valid entrance ticket<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tickets.stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/#\/tickets\/tickets\">Plan your visit &amp; tour<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op donderdagavond neemt conservator Kees van der Geer je met een verdiepende lezing door bijzondere levens van vrienden en kunstenaars Leo Gestel en Gustave De Smet. Een verhaal over de kleurrijke vriendschap tussen\u00a0de\u00a0grootmeester van het Vlaams expressionisme\u00a0Gustave De Smet\u00a0en\u00a0Leo Gestel, een van de belangrijkste vernieuwers van de Nederlandse kunst. De tentoonstelling Gestel en De Smet<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/activiteit\/conservatorrondleiding-gestel-en-de-smet\/\" title=\"Lees meerConservatorlezing &#8211; Gestel en De Smet\">... Read more \"<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2558,"menu_order":2,"template":"","class_list":["post-2619","events","type-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/2619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/2619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2650,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/2619\/revisions\/2650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}