DAS FORUM | 15.02.2023 – 20.08.2023
CAUTION, GLASS! A dual exhibition
The Leaded Glass Windows by Joep Nicolas from C&A Utrecht

In the year 1939, the well-known Roermond glazier and artist Joep Nicolas designed a total of ten leaded glass windows for the new building of C&A Utrecht. After the store closed, the richly painted windows were removed, restored, and found their way into the Draiflessen Collection in 2019. Just like the exhibited unipartite panels in the Liberna study room, the large-format leaded glass windows by Joep Nicolas are components of a secular architecture with religious and allegorical motifs. Also, in terms of painting technique, the unipartite panels and the leaded glass windows resemble each other at first glance, although several centuries lie between them. The presentation addresses, for the first time, the iconographic and technical features of the windows as well as their history of creation.
Together with the showcase exhibition in the study room, the presentation in DAS Forum is also dedicated to the different facets of glass as a material. As an interface between the two, the “Blue Room” will shed light on the fascinating glassmaking techniques.
Accompanying programe
July
Wednesday
05.07.2023
11.00
– 13.00
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Holiday Activities
Lanterns from used preserving jars
in the double exhibition CAUTION, GLASS!
Bring old preserving jars or other glass packaging, we will provide the material for decorating.
Thursday
13.07.2023
15.30
– 17.00
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Talk
Glass
A talk by Tanja Revermann
Glass through the centuries: are all its qualities positive?
Wednesday
19.07.2023
11.00
– 13.00
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Holiday Activities
Beach glass pictures
in the double exhibition CAUTION, GLASS!
Die organischen und unregelmäßigen Formen von Strandglas regen die Phantasie an.
Wednesday
26.07.2023
11.00
– 13.00
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Holiday Activities
Glass Painting - Window Pictures
in the double exhibition CAUTION, GLASS!
New techniques of glass painting are juxtaposed with the beautiful works in the Study Hall and the DAS Forum.