Kings of Egypt II

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• Nick asked

  My name is Nick Makoha. I am a poet from London studying a Creative Writing PhD at King’s College London. I am in my final year. I am working on my second poetry collection. In this collection I bring both Basquiat and Icarus back to life. I draw on elements of Basquiat’s iconography and Icarus’s mythology. The working title is The Welcome Table. It is part of sequence that explores the Entebbe hijacking and rescue (Operation Thunderbolt) in 1976 and its complex geopolitics. I want to use this sequence predominantly to talk about my contemporary Metic self (a foreigner or resident alien whose allegiances are split between their homeland and their new country). The key poetic sequence will be the Basquiat sequence, informed by twenty four of my favourite Basquiat’s paintings. Would it be possible to see your Basquiat collection in The Depot?

• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

  Dear Nick, that sounds like a wonderful research into the work of Basquiat. Four of his paintings are being stored in the depot, and two are on view. 'Dog Bite/ Ax to Grind' is visibe from a windows on the 5th floor [A5.02], and Kings of Egypt II is included in a temporary exhibition of some of our collection hightlights on the third floor starting next week. The other two paintings are stored in A2.13, but might not be visible.
  Best,
  Lisa

• Xiaoding Zhu asked

  Dear Sir or Madam, Currently, I am searching for the location of some paintings like Kings of Egypt II by Jean-Michael Basquait and Not reproduced by Rene Magritte. I know about that most of the art works and paintings are exhibited at eight neighbouring institutions under the title ‘Boijmans Next Door’. However, I am not able to find the specific information about the location for two paintings metioned above. Hope you can provide me the information. Regards, XIAODING

• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

  Dear Xiaoding, the painting of Jean-Michel Basquiat 'Kings of Egypt II' is on view right now at Kunsthal Rotterdam as part of the exhibition 'Meesterlijk!', until 29th of March. As for the artwork by René Magritte, 'La reproduction interdite': it is currently not on view, but in storage. It will however be part of an exhibition at the Cobra Museum from 1 May until 30 August 2020. Hopefully this helps! Kind regards, Sarie