News about Liesbeth & Angelique Raeven
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16 January 2026 | 19:00
Why does it make us so uncomfortable to see a conjoined twin? In this performance, L. A. Raeven explore this tension in embodying a creature that refers both to the divine and to the horror. This performance expresses ‘the concept of the self’ that the artist duo is exploring in their eponymous exhibition at the gallery.
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Naakt dat raakt is a contemporary art exhibition at Museum Arnhem that explores how artists use the nude body to address themes like freedom, identity, norms, and inequality. Rather than showing idealized figures, the exhibition presents real bodies in varied forms, ages, genders, and experiences — encouraging visitors to rethink how we see and understand the human body in art. The exhibition runs from 14 March to 20 September 2026 and includes works from the museum’s collection alongside significant international loans.
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In their ongoing exploration of selfhood, artist duo L.A. Raeven (the identical twins Liesbeth and Angelique Raeven) probe the fraught terrain between identity and mirror image, autonomy and dependence. Their latest exhibition, The Concept of Self at Ellen de Bruijne Projects in Amsterdam, delves deeper into this territory — making visible the tension between being oneself and being reflected.
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We are pleased to announce our upcoming solo exhibition The Concept of Self at Ellen de Bruijne Projects, located at Singel 372 in Amsterdam.
In The Concept of Self, we explore the boundaries between autonomy and control, identity and performance, vulnerability and resistance. The exhibition brings together new and recent works that reflect our ongoing interest in the fragmented and constructed nature of the self within contemporary society.
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In 2005 L.A. RAEVEN almost got arrested at an opening reception of Art Basel Miami Beach show for stealing wine at several vip openings and collecting wine in their own bottles for their own opening reception. Several white wines were mixed and resulted in a special L.A. RAEVEN wine.
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On March 29, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., BUY OR BURN: Relics of the Future will take place at Brutus Garden during Rotterdam Art Week. L.A. Raeven will be participating in this unique event, where art, performance, and critical discourse collide in a radical rethinking of the traditional auction format. Loes Luca will serve as the auctioneer. The event challenges conventional value judgments in the art world.
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From the 25th of October 2024 until the 10th of January 2025, the artist duo L.A. Raeven will be part of an exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam, marking the hundredth anniversary of Franz Kafka's death.
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The Ludwig Museum, presents for the first time a selection of works from its collection made exclusively by women. The first section of the two-part exhibition focuses primarily on women’s roles and women’s (self-)representation in art, while the second section presents the genres and themes chosen by women, as well as their artistic achievements and accomplishments over the past fifty years.
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Elsewhere, another duo by the name of L.A. Raeven, who are twins and have been closely collaborating their entire life, created a distressed robot doll named Annelies (Liesbeth + Angelique).
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What remains when we die? A question that people deal with very differently. For example, what remains of an artist's work often depends on the market value and whether someone takes care of the estate.
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From Sunday May 25th until September 8th L.A. Raevens Annelies, looking for completion will be shown at the 'My last Will' exhibition in Casino Luxembourg. The exhibition was produced in cooperation with Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, where it was shown from 2 July to 1 October 2023.
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The artist duo L.A. Raeven continues to push the boundaries in recent installations and video works.
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The highly anticipated "Mein letzter Wille" (My last will) exhibition at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz is set to showcase the thought-provoking work of international contemporary artists. Among the featured artists, L.A. Raeven will captivate audiences with their performances. The exhibition, opening on July 1st, will also include artist talks by L.A. Raeven on July 2nd.
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From Sunday April 30th 16:00 until June 4th L.A. Raevens Mindless Living will be shown at an exhibition which is part of the program titled 'A Cry from the Deepest Depths of Lost Time'. The Dutch Sealamprey Society in Amsterdam is celebrating its ten-year anniversary with a special program of events.
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On Tuesday 7 March Pink Flamingos will be shown at Eye Filmmuseum preceded by a conversation with Liesbeth Raeven (of artist duo L.A. Raeven), who was an intern with Nan Goldin.: On overcoming shame and showing raw reality in film and photography.
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On Saturday 28 January All the Beauty and the Bloodshed will be shown at Cinebergen with an introduction by artist Liesbeth Raeven, who did an internship at Goldin in 1997.
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Joep van Lieshout opens the doors of his private studio during Art Week. Brutus shows WO-MAN Cave here, with work by L.A. Raeven, Hester Scheurwater and Lara Verheijden, among others.