De Stijl in the Netherlands: a round-up

A little-known Dutch painter who split from De Stijl only two years after its founding is the focus of the exhibition Chris Beekman: De Stijl Defector at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam (until 17 September). Like fellow artists in Soviet Russiawhom he admired and felt connected to politicallyBeekman eventually withdrew from abstraction in favour of art primarily concerned with people and their place in society, says the shows assistant curator, Frank van Lamoen. The show includes around 80 wo