{"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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"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. This special exhibition brings together the work of two influential artists: Gustave De Smet, a master of Flemish Expressionism, and Leo Gestel, a pioneer within<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/gestel-en-de-smet-kleurrijke-vriendschap-bij-opium-avrotros\/\" title=\"Read moreGestel and De Smet \u2013 Colorful friendship at 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,"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}]}}