Summer Newsletter 2026

Published on 08 August 2026

Summer 2026

Many of you will have followed our travels to the Far East in June, when we visited Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taiwan. We immersed ourselves in the fabulous museums of these vibrant cities and enjoyed the culinary delights as well! We met countless interesting, kind, generous and knowledgeable people along the way. We are profoundly grateful for having been received so graciously in the museums and galleries we visited, meeting old friends and making many new acquaintances as well. We feel so privileged at having the opportunity to travel to these amazing places and see many beautiful objects, further deepening our knowledge of Chinese art and culture. You can find images of our museum visits on our Instagram.

Despite it being August, we are already busy preparing for the Autumn Season, kicking off with a collaboration in the gallery of Beck & Eggeling in Düsseldorf, followed by our wonderful national fair PAN Amsterdam.

Floris & Nynke van der Ven

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Taipei: National Palace Museum Taipei with Pei-Chin Yu – Deputy Director

Shanghai: Ass. Curator in the ceramics Department of the Shanghai Museum Zezhou Feng & Ruowei Dai.

Hong Kong: Guwei Museum with owner Pauline Wei

Silence | 4-6 September 2026

Vanderven x Beck & Eggeling in Düsseldorf

We have again joined forces with Michael Beck & Ute Eggeling, to combine their Classic Modern and Contemporary paintings with our Chinese objects. Displayed spaciously in their gallery, the combined art will create a Silence that can be seen loudly! This temporary collaboration, will be on view during the 18th edition of DC open.

Friday, 4 Sept. 6-9 pm (Vernissage)
Saturday, 5 September, 1-7 pm
Sunday, 6 September, 1-5 pm
Bilkerstrasse 4-6, 40215 Düsseldorf

To Listen: PAN Amsterdam Podcast

Leading up to the Pan Amsterdam fair, the organisers have released new editions of their podcast. You can follow the PANcast (in Dutch) hosted by Splinter Chabot on the usual channels and YouTube. #6 features Floris van der Ven and our Pan highlight!

Watch the PANcast here!

To See: Unbroken - Bouke de Vries

Keramiekmuseum Princessehof, Leeuwarden

Only until August 16

This hugely popular Bouke de Vries solo exhibition, is closing this month. His impressive works and installations are made of broken ceramics and celebrate fragility, transformation, and the beauty of the imperfect.