{"id":2761,"date":"2026-05-12T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T10:37:09","slug":"the-frame-and-the-stain-colorful-friendship-at-opium-avrotros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/gestel-en-de-smet-kleurrijke-vriendschap-bij-opium-avrotros\/","title":{"rendered":"Gestel and De Smet \u2013 Colorful Friendship on Opium (AVROTROS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 30, presenter Beitske de Jong spoke with Kees van der Geer, guest curator of the exhibition Gestel and De Smet \u2013 colorful friendship at Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar.<br><br>This special exhibition brings together the work of two influential artists: Gustave De Smet, a grand master of Flemish Expressionism, and Leo Gestel, a pioneer of Dutch modern art. Their encounter in the Netherlands during World War I led to a close friendship and an inspiring artistic exchange.<br><br>The story being told goes beyond art alone: it's a glimpse into how two artists influence, support, and challenge each other in both bright and dark times.<br><br>A must-read for anyone interested in art, history, and the power of human connection.<\/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\">Listen to the fragment here <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Op 30 april ging presentatrice Beitske de Jong in gesprek met Kees van der Geer, gastconservator van de tentoonstelling Gestel en De Smet \u2013 kleurrijke vriendschap in Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar. Deze bijzondere tentoonstelling brengt het werk samen van twee invloedrijke kunstenaars: Gustave De Smet, grootmeester van het Vlaams expressionisme, en Leo Gestel, een pionier binnen<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/gestel-en-de-smet-kleurrijke-vriendschap-bij-opium-avrotros\/\" title=\"Lees meerGestel en De Smet &#8211; Kleurrijke vriendschap bij Opium (AVROTROS)\">... Read more \"<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-niet-gecategoriseerd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2763,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions\/2763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}