In recent weeks we have been working hard to apply a life-size work by one of our artists, Antoine Monod de Froideville, to a wall in the M4H area in Rotterdam. Antoine’s work (see photo) was taken as the basis for the wall art. Marijn Gronert, son of Frits, took on the design and implementation. […]

In the summer of 2017, the Nieuwe Binnenweg was dominated by a chewing gum art project. Various artists from Herenplaats have enjoyed participating in this for 2 weeks. It was an initiative of Erica Sonneveld and shopkeepers from the Nieuwe Binnenweg. Sticky chewing gums on the street have been transformed into mini works of art […]

Jeroen’s shoes Invitation 7 July After a successful collaboration with Laan Irodjojo and Mascolori (of the Rotterdam shoe) there will soon be a collaboration with Jeroen Pomp. His color explosions and titillating works do not only belong on paper, but also on leather. Jeroen Pomp has drawn 2 different designs. These designs are both made […]

It’s finally here. After months of interviews, writing, sifting through archives and selecting photos, we can proudly say: The book is here! 25 years of Herenplaats is summarized in the book ‘pictures speak louder than words’. This special edition has almost 300 pages, is published in both Dutch and English and gives a detailed picture […]

First exhibition at the Police Raymond Goossens, one of our youngest artists, has the honor of exhibiting at the police complex at the Veilingweg in Rotterdam. No less than 20 of Raymond’s works will be exhibited. This was Raymond’s first outdoor exhibition. The opening is on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Always with colored pencil and […]

Solo exhibition Tim ter Wal From June 16 to August 18, 2017 Drawing Tim ter Wal (1984) started at the age of 3. He could not speak yet, but he knew how to express himself with signs. The impressions he had gained on the way to school stimulated his imagination and he processed them with […]

We are at the Kunstrai! The last time was more than 15 years ago, but when we heard that a special Outsider Art square was being organized at the Kunstrai this year, we registered for a stand at the Kunstrai 2017. We are in good company, from the Outsider Art Museum Amsterdam and Galerie Hamer […]

EMO hands over a check to Herenplaats On November 8, 2016, Coen, Marco and Ben visited the EMO coal transshipment in the Rotterdam Port Area. The reason was a gift from EMO coal transhipment for the benefit of the book ’25 years Herenplaats’. After a tour of the site with the huge piles of coal, […]

Paintings by Paulus de Groot included in The Museum of Everything The Museum of Everything in the Kunsthal presents a major and leading overview of more than a hundred independent and non-academic artists from all over the world from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The Museum of Everything is renowned for its powerful and […]

Welcome to our new website! Since 1991, Herenplaats has been the Rotterdam center for artists with a special story. Every day, about 35 artists visit the studio on Schietbaanstraat in the center of Rotterdam. People with visual talent and an intellectual disability or psychiatric background are not or hardly admitted to the regular art academy. […]