Rinus Van de Velde's "The Dinner" Opens at Hetzler | Marfa Through December 6, 2026

Key facts

• Rinus Van de Velde's solo exhibition "The Dinner" is on view at Hetzler | Marfa through December 6, 2026.
• The exhibition features oil pastels, charcoal, sculpture, and film, centered on an imagined dinner and imagined conversations between the artist and art historical figures.
• Handwritten poetic text fragments appear beneath each image, and most wall works hang salon-style.
• Van de Velde layers visual nods to Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, David Hockney, and Claude Monet.
• A large work titled "Bill, Bob, Alice, …" on the westward wall depicts a courtroom-like space with the artist as a central figure.
• Cardboard sculptures serve as companions to wall pieces and as props for the films.
• Two films screen in sequence in a separate gallery: "A Life in a Day" (2021-2023) and "La Ruta Natural" (2019-2021).
• Installation views were photographed by Alex Marks.