1-6-2021 – present Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Curator Mondrian & De Stijl. Coordinator of the interdisciplinary project “Clapping to the Beat of Piet” and curator of the (future) exhibition and symposium “Symphony of the Senses” (planned for 2024)
1-1-2021 – present KNAWHuC/ Odeuropa
Researcher olfactory heritage and manager olfactory events, advisor
1-2-2021 – present Amsterdam University College
Development and co-teaching of the transdisciplinary course “Big Questions in the Senses”
1-1-2019 – present Vrije Universiteit/ Amsterdam University College
Assistant Professor
Development and teaching of the flagship course ‘Knowing by Sensing’) – sensory research and embodied learning. Co-development of ‘Sense-log’ (a tool that helps students develop sensory language and keep track of their own progress). And development of the tool “Knowing by Sensing”.
1-4-2010 – present Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague
Lecturer and developer of the course ‘The Other Senses’.
Course about the cultural historical role of the ‘lower’ senses in (the history of) art, focusing on reenactments and reconstructions.
1-1-2018 – 31-12-2020 Mondriaan Fonds
Advisor
Advisory role on heritage, museum and artistic projects
1-4-2015 – 27-10-2020 Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Embedded researcher, PhD-candidate
NWO – Creative Industries grant: In Search of Lost Scents – Reconstructing the Aromatic Heritage of the Avant-garde [approved in May 2020]
1-10-2015 – 1-10-2020 Mediamatic Amsterdam
Head curator and founder of ‘Odorama’ program
1-9-2010 – 1-4-2016 Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Cataloguer, Assistant Curator; Interim curator
4-1-2010 – 4-1-2011 Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
Registrar, documentalist, researcher
4-2-2008 – 29-10-2010 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Curator in training –> Researcher & Documentalist
Preparing exhibitions, publications, conducting workshops, lectures
1-4-2006 – 31-4-2006 Scheringa Museum voor Realisme
Documentary maker
Content, interview and co-editing
Education
2007 – 2009 University of Amsterdam + Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
Faculty History of Art
Master Master Museumcurator
Minor Medieval Art
Thesis “Please Touch – Tactile Art in the 20th and 21st Century”
1999-2003 University of Amsterdam + Universitá degli Studi di Firenze
Faculty History of Art
Master Master Contemporary and Classic Modern Art
Minors Psychology of Religion and Italian Language and Culture
Thesis “Inhaling Art – Case Studies of Olfactory Art”
Awards and grants
Clue+, valorisatie-beurs voor ‘Clapping to the Beat of Piet’, 2022.
Clue+, valorisatie “Flaireurs”, workshops over geurtaal, 2021.
Honorary Mention &Award Diversity and Inclusion, 2020.
VCAS-VU Talent Award for research with a societal impact, 2020.
Creative Industries Grant NWO/ KIEM (2014 – 2020) (main applicant Prof.dr. I. Leemans).
Art & Olfaction Award, 2015 (1st , advisor).
Residency KNIR, Rome, 2012.
Public Appreciation Award Musemnacht, 2012 (2nd , concept and co-porduction with Rijksmuseum and IFF).
Erasmus Exchange (2001), Università degli Studi di Firenze.
(Academic) Publications
Verbeek, C. (2024), “Surreale Aromen – Das Volatile Erbe Marel Duchamps”, in Kunstforum International (Das olfaktorische in der Kunst – Smell it!, 294), pp. 66-73
Verbeek, C. (2024), Sul naso – una storia culturale, Il Saggiatore
Leemans, I., Verbeek, C. (2023), Neuswijzer – Geuratlas van de Lage Landen, Boom
Verbeek, C., (2023), “Helen Keller and Julia Brace – Aesthetics for the hand and nose”, NEZ magazine, online on https://mag.bynez.com/en/olfactory-culture/helen-keller-and-julia-brace-aesthetics-for-the-hand-and-nose/
Verbeek, C. (2023), “Gogol en de neus die prima zonder zijn eigenaar kon”, in het libretto van ‘NOS (De neus van Sjostakovitsj), La Monnaie/ De Munt, pp. 115-125.
Verbeek, C. (2023), “Kijken met het lichaam – Marjolein Rothmans verlangen naar het onstoffelijke”, in tentoonstellingscatalogus Marjolein Rothman, pp. 10-13.
Verbeek, C (2023), “Kleuren in dialoog”, Weven – Optische illusie,m (24:2), pp. 12-15
Verbeek, C. (2023), “Michelangelo – il destino del naso”/ Michelangelo and his Nasal Destiny”, in Nasi per l’Arte, pp. 28-35.
Verbeek, C. (2023), “An Eye for Pink – A Brief Look into Colour in the Work of Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian”, in Forms of Life -Hilma af Klint and Mondrian, pp. 96-99.
Verbeek, C., Leemans, I., Fleming, B. (2022), “How can scents enhance the impact of guided museum tours? towards an impact approach for olfactory museology”, Senses & Society, published online 24.11.2022. (article based on Verbeek’s PhD research). Permalink: https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2022.2142012
Verbeek, C. (2022), “Kun je abstractie ruiken? – Hoe de geurtransities van Mondriaans ateliers zijn artistieke ontwikkelingen markeren (én bewerkstelligen)”, KM Magazine
Verbeek, C. (2022), “Fiori d’Italia – Hoe Marinetti een Joods gezin redde door een ode aan vaderlandse geuren”, in Marinetti en het Futurisme – Manifest voor een nieuwe wereld, Waanders, p. 88.
Verbeek, C. (2022), “Mondriaan. Albers, Bach – Muziek als basis voor abstracte kunst”, in Josef en Anni Albers (ed. Frouke van Dijke), Waanders, pp. 174-184.
Verbeek, C. (2022), “The Foundation of ‘olfactory art’ and scent as an artistic medium”, in Athanor – the Haptic Eye and Non Visual Perception [ed. Evgenyia Kiseleva], Pushkin Museum.
Verbeek, C. (2022), “Looking to Piet’s Beat: Mondrian’s Inaudible Rhythms”, in Mondrian Evolution, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, pp. 178-183.
Verbeek, C. (2022), “Ruiken aan de tijd – Hoe de futuristen de kunstgeschiedenis van een luchtje voorzagen”, Wat nu?, Enschede: Rijksmuseum Twenthe, pp. 22-25.
Verbeek, C. (2022), “On the “Odoresque” and “Aero-Perfumes”: Smell Related Neologisms in Avant-garde and Contemporary Art and Scholarship”, Amfiteater, Journal of Performing Arts Theory (9:2), open acces: https://www.slogi.si/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Amfiteater_9_2_Raz_08_Verbeek_EN.pdf
Xiao, J., Aletta, F., Radicchi, A., McLean, K., Shiner, L., Verbeek, C. (2021), “Recent Advancements in Smellscape Research for the Built Environment, Frontiers in Psychology,
Verbeek, C. (2021), “A Whiff of Time – What our Noses Can Tell Us About the Past’, in Fleeting – Scents in Colourn (ed. Ariane van Suchtelen) Mauritshuis, Den Haag (forthcoming)
Verbeek, C. (2021), “The Museum of Smells – Preserving and Presenting Olfactory Heritage”, in New territories of the olfactory experience (ed. Victor Fraigneau) GERPHAU (forthcoming)
Verbeek, Caro (2021), Ruiken aan de tijd – de olfactorische dimensie van het futurisme (1909-1942), PhD thesis Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Verbeek, C. (2021), “The Museum of Smells – Preserving and Presenting Olfactory Heritage”, in Nouveaux Territoires de l”experience Olfactive – New territories of the olfactory experience (ed. Xavier Bonnaud, Victor Fraigneau), Infolio, pp. 345-352.
Verbeek, C. (2021), “A Whiff of Time – What Our Noses Can Tell Us About the Past”, in Fleeting – Scents in Colour, (ed. Ariane van Suchtelen), The Hague: Mauritshuis, pp. 25-31.
Verbeek, C. (2021), “In Search of Lost Scents – The Olfactory Dimension of Futurism”, in Yearbook of Futurism Studies (ed. Günter Berghaus), Berlin: De Gruyter, pp. 247-275.
Verbeek, C. (2020), “The Miasma and the Museum – Historical Perspectives on the Olfactory Oeuvre of Julie C. Fortier”, (ed. Jeanne Doré), in Voici des Feuilles, des Fleurs, des Fauves et des Oiseaux, NEZ éditions.
Verbeek, C. (2019), “Knowing by Smelling”, in (ed. Claire Richards) Interplay Under Construction (11:1), London College of Communication, pp. 11-16.
Verbeek, C. (2018), “2000 kunstwerken op pocketformaat”, in ADSN, pp. 40-41.
Verbeek, C. (2017), “Presenting volatile heritage – two case studies on olfactory reconstructions in the museum”, in Future Anterior (ed. Jorge Otero-Pailos et al), pp. 34-42. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C. (2017), “Inhaling Futurism: On the Use of Olfaction in Futurism and Olfactory (Re)constructions”, in Designing with Smell: Practices, Techniques and Challenges (eds.. Victoria Henshaw et al), London: Routledge, pp. 201-210. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C. (2017), “Scented Colours: The Role of Olfaction in Futurism and Olfactory (Re-)constructions”, in Sensory Arts and Design (ed. Ian Heywood), London/ Oxford: Bloomsbury, pp. 107-119. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C. (2016), “Carel Willink in the spotlight: a painter’s political pen”, in (ed. Marijn Schapelhouman et al), Rijksmuseum Bulletin pp. 105-119. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C. (2016), “Refine the Nostrils!” – A Manifestation of a New Olfactory Sensitivity”, in Peter de Cupere, Scent in Context, Olfactory Art, Duffel: Stockmans Art Books, pp. 69-73, 138-140.
Verbeek, C. (2016), “Surreal Aromas – (Re)constructing the Volatile Heritage of Marcel Duchamp’, in (eds. Barbara Lange et al) Belle Haleine – The Scent of Art, Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag, pp. 115-124.
Verbeek, C., Dathe S., (2015), Es liegt was in der Luft – Duft in der Kunst/ Something in the Air – Scent in Art, 2015, Burgrieden-Rot: Villa Rot.
Halem, L. van, Rooseboom, H. Verbeek, C. (2013), “Acquisitions: A Modern View of the Rijksmuseum”, in Rijksmuseum Bulletin (1), Amsterdam/ Zwolle: Rijksmuseum Publ./ Waanders, pp. 105-119.
Verbeek, C. (2013), “Matisse’s Installation of La perruche et la sirène as an Environment”, (ed. Jane Turner) Master Drawings (50:2), New York: Master Drawings Association, pp. 187-197. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C., Van Campen, C. (2013), “’Inhaling Memories – Smell and Taste Memories in Art, Science and Practice”, (eds. David Howes, Michael Bull) Senses & Society (8:2), Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis pp. 133-148. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C. (2012), “Prière de toucher! Tactilism in Early Modern and Contemporary Art”’, (ed. Jim Drobnick) Senses & Society (7:2), Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis, pp. 225-235. Peer reviewed.
Verbeek, C. (2012), “Esthetiek met een Luchtje”, (ed. Els van de Perre) Karakter (41), Universiteit Leuven, pp. 1-4.
Exhibitions, olfactory tours and sensory interventions +(re)constructions
Symphony of the Senses, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Forthcoming (2025), curator and project leader
100 jaar Maison d’Artiste, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, project leader, wall texts.
Strike a Pose – Mondrian and Photography, Fotomuseum Den Haag, 07-01/ 21-05-2023, project leader
Smells like Roses – Rozengeur, Mapuna Kabinet Art Gallery Awahou-Nieuwe Stroom. Een tentoonstelling over de relatie tussen Nieuw-Zeeland en Nederland. Co-curator, auteur (4-2023). Co-curation and texts
100 jaar Van Doesburgs Maison d’Artiste – “Maar om erin te wonen?”, Kunstmuseum Den Haag (18-04/ 26-06-2023), co-curator and projectleader
Clapping to the Beat of Piet – A Multisensory tour about Mondrian & De Stijl (2021-2023), Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Kunstsammlung Nordrein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
Mondrian Moves, Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Co-curated with Benno Tempel, 1.6.-25.9.22.
Italian Futurism (2022), Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede. 4 scents that were part of Futurist manifestos and performances (audiotour, texts, lecture, podcast, articles)
Artistic synaesthetic translation of Victory Boogie Woogie. Collaboration with IFF. Perfumers: Anh Ngo and Birgit Sijbrands. Project lead Bernardo Fleming.
Can you smell abstraction? Three scents for the studios of Piet Mondrian (Amsterdam, Paris, New York) that illustrate his evolution towards abstraction, 2022. Collaboration with IFF. Perfumers: Anh Ngo and Birgit Sijbrands. Project lead Bernardo Fleming.
Six smells for the new permanent collection display at the Van Abbemuseum, 2021. With Jorg Hempenius and Sofia Ehrich.
Smell and the Imagination in the 17th century (2021), Mauritshuis, Den Haag. Advisor/ participating artist. Expected.
Sensing the Past for Blind and Low Sighted People (2020), olfactory tour with Cathelijne Denekamp, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Curator/ tour guide.
The Multi Sensory Museum (2019), Van Abbemuseum. Participating artist.
“In Search of Lost Scents”, Collection of 10 historically informed scents (Battle of Waterloo, Canal house, air plane etc.) for the collection of the Rijksmuseum (2015 – 2017), with IFF perfumers and Bernardo Fleming.
The Museum of Smells (2018), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Curator.
Ik, Maria van Gelre! (2018), Museum ’t Valkhof, Nijmegen. Participating artist.
Olfactory reconstruction of Valentine de Saint-Point’s 1912 dance ‘Métachorie’ (2018), withBernardo Fleming (IFF).
De Vrouwen van Willem van Oranje (2018), Historisch Museum Den Briel. Participating artist.
Zoet! (2017), Stedelijk Museum Schiedam. Participating artist.
Aromatic Art (Re-)constructed (2017), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Curator.
Inhaling Art (2014 – 2017), Van Abbemuseum. Curator.
Olfactory reconstruction of the ‘odour of sanctity’ of Teresa d’Avila (2017), with Jorg Hempenius, Museum Schiedam.
Olfactory documentation of the oeuvre by Wim T. Schippers (2017), Vrije Universiteit.
A Scentscape of Amsterdam in the 18th Century (2016), annual meeting Werkgroep 18de eeuw, Brussels.
Scent of the embalming by Mary of Magdalen and The Final Judgment (2016), with Jorg Hempenius, Museumnacht Leiden, Museum de Lakenhal.
Scentscape for ‘The Garden of Delights’ by Hieronymus Bosch (2016), with Jorg Hempenius, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven.
Scent for the DWDD museum commissioned by Marc-Marie Huijbregts (2016), Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam.
Scentscape of the Philips Pavilion by Le Corbusier (2015), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Olfactory Reconstruction of The Beanery by Kienholz (2015), with Esther Brakenhoff, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden.
Es liegt was in der Luft – Duft in der Kunst/ Something in the Air – Scent in Art (2015), Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot. Co-curator.
Dick Bruna – Artist (2015), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Curator.
Aat Veldhoen, Rotaprenten (2014), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Co-curator.
Una manera de mirar’, in Escher y sus contemporaneas (2013), Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico. Curator.
An Olfactory Perspective on Marc Mulders (2015), De Grote Kunstshow, Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam.
Olfactory tour for “Gift from Heaven” (2013), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
A Filthy Rich Family Living along an Amsterdam Canal, olfactory tour for families at the Cromhouthuizen (part of the Biblical Museum), 2013.
Smelling the World (2013), olfactory tour for children, Amsterdam Museum.
Zaanse Luchten (2012), a scent composition on the history of Zaandam, with Jorg Hempenius, for the municipality of Zaandam.
Reconstruction of the scent of a prayer nut after 16th century recipe (2011), for Frits Scholten.
Tactile reconstruction of the 1921 Futurist poem “Sudan-Parigi” (2011), with Edward Janssen.
H.N. Werkman ‘druksels’ prints (2008), Van Gogh Museum. Co-curator.
Art Calling (2006), Motivaction, Amsterdam. Curator, participating artist.
Smelling Futurism at Rijkmuseum Twenthe, Enschede for the ‘Marinetti and Futurism’-exhibition, 2022-2023.
Can the scents of Mondrian’s studios illustrate his development towards abstraction?, with IFF and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
(Invited) lectures and master classes (selection of 100+)
Eating Perfume and Smelling Colour – a Brief History of Scented Banquets, British Society for Perfumers + British Society for Flavourists
Smell and creativity – How the Ambient Scents of Mondrian’s Studios Might Have Affected his Work, ECRO (European Chemoreception Research Organisation), Nijmegen
Dancing to the Beat of Piet – sensory tours, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, aug-sept 2023
Traces – Smell as a Diagnostic Tool (in museums), MoMA R&D Salons, 2023
Geur en het Futurisme, Kröller-Müller Museum, 11-05-23
Meet the Masters – De Stijl en de zintuiglijke verbeelding, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2023
Geurherinneringen van Groningen, Noorderzon, Groningen, 2023
Synaesthesia – A Symphony of the Senses, Tedx Den Haag Hotelschool, 2023.
Geur en architectuur, TU Delft, 2022-2023, gastcollege
Geur en futurisme, Kröller-Müller Museum, 11-05-2023.
Clapping to the beat of Piet – embodied ways of approaching abstract art, Uncommon Senses IV, Montréal, 05-05-2023.
Dancing to the beat of Piet, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 29-01-2023.
Big Questions in the Senses (cursus voor Amsterdan University College), febr-juni 2023
Knowing by Sensing (cursus voor de VU), febr-april 2023
Clapping to the beat of Piet, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 02-11-2022.
Mondriaan en de zintuigen, educatiedag voor de leraaropleiding aan de Willem de Kooning Academie Rotterdam, 10-2022.
Het zintuiglijke futurisme, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, 10-2022.
Dichter bij Mondriaan via de zintuigen, Rijksmuseum Inclusie Symposium, 3-10-2022.
Clapping to the beat of Piet, Fondation Beyeler Basel, 09-2022.
Conservatoren over grote kunstenaars van Mondriaan tot Dalì, School of Life, 5-7-2022.
Mondriaan ruiken, proeven en voelen, Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Onderdeel van de reeks ‘Kunst op Zondag’, 2022.
The Promess of the Promenoire – a Total Work of Art by Mondrian, Leuven, symposium over het Gesamtkunstwerk, 2022.
Masterclass on smell in the museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, 2022. (organized by Marie Clapot).
“Why we need our bodies to better understand art”, community day Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam + Pushkin Museum, 04-10-2021
“Knowing by Smelling”, Uncommon Senses III (Centre for Sensory Studies), 05-2021
“The multi-sensory gaze – looking at images with all your senses”, Uncommon Senses III (Centre for Sensory Studies), 05-2021
Scent + Future (2020), Digital Scent Festival, organized by Yosh Hahn, Los Angeles.
In Search of Lost Scents – Smell as a Tool in Museums (2020), Reinwardt Academie, Amsterdam.
Master Class on urban scentscapes (2019), Summer School “Urban Studies: Sense, Space and Strategy”, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Smell as an Inclusive Tool in Museums (2019), Danceable #3 (Holland Dance Festival), Korzo Theater, Den Haag.
The History of Perfumed Banquets (2019), opening Openlucht Museum, Arnhem.
Documenting the Lower Senses (2019), for “Art and Medicine: Skilling the Senses”, chaired by Sven Dupré. Utrecht University.
A Soft Manifesto on Scent Culture (2019), opening speech for the Art & Olfaction Awards, Grote Kerk, Amsterdam.
Mastering the Human Mind, Avertiser’s Summit (2019), for De Persgroep, Cambridge.
A Filthy Rich Family Living along an Amsterdam Canal (2019), Scent Summit, curated by Klara Ravat and Saskia Wilson-Brown, Amsterdam.
Masterclass on scent, art and synaesthesia (2017 – 2018), Royal College of Art, London.
The Sensory gaze (2017), lecture for all first-year students at the opening of the academic year 2017, VU, Amsterdam.
Inhaling History of Art – The role of scent during the fin-de-siècle (2017), in Villa Stuck, Munich.
KunstKennis: onze zintuigen in kunst en wetenschappelijk experiment (2017), KNAW, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam.
Smelly Modernism (2017), MSA Modernism Conference, Boston.
Using the Nose as an Academic Tool in Art History (2017), Cambridge University.
Scentscapes from Ancient Rome to the Futurists (2017), Leeds University.
Aromatic Art and the Knowing Nose (2017), for ‘Brainmatters’, Eindhoven.
Inhaling History of Art (2017 – 2020), annual guest lecture, Universiteit van Utrecht.
Scented Colours – The Role of Olfaction in Futurism and of Olfactory Reconstructions (2016), Center for Sensory Studies, Concordia University, Montreal.
In Search of Lost Scents – Reconstructing the Aromatic Heritage of the Avant-garde, for the national PhD-day (2016), Groningen, keynote.
Waar komen onze associaties bij geuren vandaan? (2016), Universiteit van Nederland.
Inhaling the Past – Smelling the Future (2016), Tedx, Groningen.
Geur in de zeventiende eeuw (2016), Nacht van de kunst en wetenschap, Leiden.
Introductory Course of Cubism and Futurism (2015), Radboud University, Nijmegen.
Sensory Modernism(s) – Cultures of Perception (2015), Leeds University, chaired by Cris Neil, keynote.
The Multi Sensory Gaze –Looking at Prints from the Collection of the Rijksmuseum (2015), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and later at the Hands On! International Education Conference, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Kijken met je andere zintuigen, for Cultuureducatie in Amsterdam – De Kunst van het Kijken, MOCCA, De Meervaart, Amsterdam.
Dick Bruna, Kunstenaar (2015), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Seeing Smells, Inhaling Colours (2015), RGB, Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.
Prière de Toucher! From Tactile Poetry to Tactile Sound (2014), for ‘Touch the Deepest Sense’, chaired by David Howes, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Organization, curation, lecture.
The Proust Effect (2014), a lecture and performance for De Grote Geheugenshow, ArtEZ, Arnhem.
Inhaling memories. On Olfactory and Gustatory Memory in Education and Art Projects (2014), Siegen Universität, Siegen.
Jeugdherinneringen in geuren en kleuren (2014), for the conference‘ Anders Kijken naar Kinderen’, with Cretien van Campen and Jorg Hempenius, Leiden.
Inhaling History of Art (2014) Annual Synaesthesia Conference, Goldsmith’s University, London.
Communicating with Scent (2014), Jeugduniversiteit, Museum voor Communicatie, Den Haag.
Ceci n’est pas une pomme d’ambre (2014), ACCESS/ VU, chaired by Inger Leemans, Amsterdam.
The Sensory Middle Ages (2013), for the NRC Lecture Series, chaired by Pauline Kintz,
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Inhaling History of Art – On the Role of Olfaction during the Avant-Garde, Annual Synaesthesia Conference – Synaesthetic Sensations in Cultural History, Film and the Visual Arts, Art Laboratory, Berlin.
Biblical Scents (2012 – 2013), a tour through theatres and churches with Jorg Hempenius, for De Kunstkaravaan, chaired by Marga Haas.
Inhaling History of Art – Three Case Studies (2012), CAA, chaired by Chandler Burr and Adrian Kohn, New York.
Symposiums (organizer/ curator/ moderator)
“Neuswijzer – heel Nederland Ruikt!” (12-10-23), Mediamatic Amsterdam. Curator, organisation.
Expert meeting on the senses (with neurologists, artists and scholars), Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Moderator and lecturer, 2023. Organizer, moderator and lecturer.
Mondrian and Photography, 13-01-2023, Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Moderator and lecturer.
“Odorama – a Platform for Scent Culture” (40+ symposiums with artists, scholars and scientists, topics ranging from linguistics, psychology, anthropology and biology to design, anosmia, story-telling, Alzheimer, gender and perfumery). The innovative element in this series is the additional use of an AromaJockey for sensory illustrations in order to unite signifier and signified. Mediamatic, Amsterdam. Founder, organization, moderation and curation of art works.
The Museum of Smells (2018), part of the Stedelijk Statements Series, including a specifically developed performance “Beneath her Eyes” by Amy Toner, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
Aromatic Art Reconstructed (2017), including performance “The Smell of the Moon” by Hagen Betzwieser, Vrije Universiteit, organization, moderation and curation of art works.
Touch the Deepest Sense (2014), including performance “Touch” by Ludmila Rodrigues. Rijksmuseum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Meertens Instituut, ACCESS. Co-organization, co-moderation, curation of art works.
The Other Senses (2014), including performance “Braid” by Luis Rodil Fernandez. Royal College of Arts, The Hague. Organization, moderation, curation of art works.
Do it –Smell it! (2010), for the Do it-series, chaired by Margriet Schavemaker and Hendrik Folkerts, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Organization, moderation, curation of art works.
Media (selection)
“A Spring in your step”, Siofra Mulqueen 03-2024), RTE Irish Radio, (podcast)
“Niet kijken maar voelen” (interview over abstracte kunst), Muze, 03-2024, pp. 14-15
“Guardare con il naso”, Alessandra Violi (15-02-24), Doppiozero
“Sul naso, un racconto culturale e sociale della storica dell’arte Caro Verbeek”, Eugenio Giannetta (12-02-24), Harper’s Bazaar
“”Nell’arte e nella Storia è tutta questione di naso”, Eleonora Barbieri (19-01-24), Il Giornale
“Se avere un gran fiuto nella vita aiuta”, (28-01-24), Il Sole
“Una questione (anche privata) di naso”, Stefania Prandi (19-02-24), Azione
“Anche il naso ha la sua storia (culturale)”, Lisa Ginzburg (23-02-24), Avvenire
“Cleopatra, Gogol e Barbie: chi si fa prendere per il naso”, Maurizio di Fazio (13-02-24), Il Fatto Quotidiano
“Storia del naso, da Cleopatra a Lady Gaga”, Piero Trellini (24-01-24), La Repubblica
Radical et révolutionnaire : l’art de Piet Mondrian, Mathias Frick, (2-2023), ARTE (documentary)
“Ruiken we de Verkadefabriek straks in een geurmuseum?”, Jasmijn Huisman (27-10-23), Trouw
“Primeur in Nederland: Neuswijzer – Heel Nederland Ruikt” (25-09-23), persbericht Vrije Universiteit
“Podcast: Caro Verbeek over geur en taal” (09-23), Onze Taal (podcast)
“Luisteren naar de inspiratie van Mondriaan”, Nicolien Lamme, Kunstzone, 06-2023.
“Exploring the Ephemeral Appeal of Scent as Art” (12-4-2023), The Observer, Christa Terry. Op https://observer.com/2023/04/ephemeral-appeal-of-olfactory-art/
“Luchtjes in het museum – geurexperts leren ons kijken met de neus” (01-03-2023), Jeroen Junte, Museumtijdschrift, pp. 60-65
“Multisensorische kunstbeleving in musea en educatie” (02-2023), Pien School, Kunstzone
“Gymnastique – Ca sent quoi un Mondrian? – (01-10-2023), ARTE
“Is this Mondrian Upside Down, or is it an Abstract Enigma?” (31-10-2022), New York Times
“This painting was upside down for 75 years”, BBC World, News Hour, 28-10-2022, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172yfc74mjb1mc?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile&fbclid=IwAR1u7uLB61nOAFUW8h6CdxR0oYBI3WLWzX01T3yAF74BQGG3iDyNhUbAXrQ (min 44:55)
“Want to Understand Mondrian’s Paintings? Try Dancing to Them” (2022), New York Times
“Kunstmuseum Den Haag: de grootste Mondriaan collectie ter wereld! – CULTUURTALK 3 | shot of culture”, met Jip Heijmerink, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe6pty4HsLI
“The hidden colours in Mondrian’s paintings – learn more about pink in 20th century art”, TikTok, https://www.tiktok.com/discover/caro-verbeek?lang=nl-NL
“Pays-Bas, pays abstrait de Mondrian┃Invitation Au Voyage┃ARTE” (2022), for Voyages, op ARTE.
“Mondrian in Motion – On his 150th anniversary, a new exhibition shows that the Dutch artist was never content to settle for a single place or style” (April 2022), Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
“Piet Mondrian and the six lines that made a masterpiece” (12-07-2022), BBC
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220711-piet-mondrian-and-the-six-lines-that-made-a-masterpiece
“Le parfum, une machine à remonter le temps” (ook over ateliergeuren Mondriaan), door Lionel Paillès (29-03-2022) Le Monde
“Een techno-stuk voor Mondriaan” (2022), 5 Uur Show
(“Grote) neuzen en het schoonheidsideaal” (may 2022), Damn Honey, podcast
“De geur van het futurisme” (2022), Rijksmuseum Twenthe, podcast
“De betekenis van geur” (2022), verrukkelijke wetenschap, podcast, NPO1
Pers omtrent ‘Een kleine cultuurgeschiedenis van de (grote) neus’, M (TV), De Telegraaf, NRC, VPRO magazine, De Volkskrant, Trouw, Klara, OVT, Elsevier magazine, Linda magazine, Damn Honey (podcast), De Limburger, Het Parool.
“De geur van geschiedenis” (2022), VPRO, artikel in het magazine en podcast, Marten Minkema
“Caro Verbeek: What Can The Scents Of The Past Tell Us About Our History?” (2021), Part 3 of Breathe, on Ted Radio Hour
“When Scent Is A Work Of Art | Caro Verbeek | Wondros Podcast Ep 81” (16-07-2021), on Wondros, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foVz4d1ydFg
“Hoe de toekomst ruikt, is belangrijker dan je denkt” (21-6-2021), NRC Future Affairs (podcast)
“Olfactory Gates”, (june 2021), The world of interiors.
“What does history smell like? (dec. 2020), New York Times
“Waarom de Hema naar Hema ruikt” (17-06-2020), VICE.
“Geuren stimuleren het leervermogen” (03-06-2020), Knack.
“Moet je ruiken” (05-2020), Uitkrant.
“Kun je ruiken of iemand vlees eet?”, for ‘Wie denk je wel dat je bent?’ (2020), NPO-NTR, (TV-show).
“Waarom kun je je eigen huis niet ruiken?” (08-11-2019), De Volkskrant.
“The History of Smells” (01-04-2019), BYU Radio, United States.
“De geur van gevaar” (26-02-2019), De Groene Amsterdammer.
“Als je stinkt en niets meer ruikt” (17-09-2018), NPO Focus (TV-show).
“De geur ruiken van een dode Willem van Oranje” (11-05-2018), Algemeen Dagblad.
“De neus weet vaak dingen voor je ze ziet” (06-01-2018), De Volkskrant.
“Hoe zou het vroeger geroken hebben?” (12-11-2017), Het Parool.
“Kun je een schilderij ruiken?” (05-11-2017), SchoolTV.
“Hoe rook de kleedkamer van het Nederlands Elftal tijdens het WK 1988?” (30-10-2017), for Rare Jongens, BNN (TV-show).
“Een zintuiglijke film” (02-10-2017), De Buitendienst, NTR (TV-show).
“Aromatic Art Reconstructed” (30-03-2017), BBC Radio Sheffield.
“De Slag bij Waterloo Ruiken” (30-03-2017), The Culture Club (TV-show).
“Een tentoonstelling voor het reukorgaan” (23-03-2017), De Groene Amsterdammer.
“Als je ruikt dan kijk je anders” (22-02-2017), Leidsch Dagblad.
“Kunst beleven met je neus” (22-03-2017), Trouw.
“De geur van kunst – Hoe ruikt de slag bij Waterloo?” (13-03-2017), De Volkskrant.
“Op jacht naar historische geuren” (07-03-2017), De Standaard.
“Wat is de ergste stank op aarde?” (06-02-2017), Proefkonijnen, BNN (TV-Show).
“Dick Bruna – Spiritual Father of Miffy Dies at 89” (17-02-2017), Seattle Times.
“Hoe rook de Slag bij Waterloo?” (16-02-2017), De kennis van nu, (TV-show).
“Waarom willen we onszelf eigenlijk ruiken?” (27-06-2016), NOS.
“Dick Bruna” (18-10-2015), De TV-Show met Ivo Niehe, Avro-TROS (TV-show).
“Nijntje schatplichtig aan Matisse en Rietveld” (27-08-2015), Trouw.
“Dutch rabbit Miffy and Matisse side-by-side at the Rijksmuseum” (27-08-2015), New York Times.
“Ausstellung über Duftkuns”t (17-06-2015), Stuttgarter Zeitung.
“Immer der Nase nach” (21-03-2015), Augsburger Allgemeine.
“Schnupperkurs in Kunst” (20-03-2015), Schwäbische Zeitung.
“Slechtziend, voelen aan kunst” (19-03-2015), NRC.
“De verbluffende schilderkunst van Emile van Dalen” (15-05-2015), RTL Late Night (TV-show).
“Wie aanligt bij het eten, wil ook wat te ruiken hebben” (02-06-2014), NRC.
“Geuren van Betekenis” (07-02-2013), Trouw.
“Leren proeven met de neusharen en Chanel no. 5” (10-03-2012), Trouw.
“Scents & Sensibility” (01-03-2011), ArtNews.
“Alsof je naast ze zit op een kruk” (21-09-2010), NRC.
Academic coverage of Verbeek’s work as a sensory scholar and curator
Nicolien Lamme, “Luisteren naar de inspiratie van Mondriaan”, Kunstzone, 2023. Published online on: https://kunstzone.nl/luisteren-naar-de-inspiratie-van-mondriaan/
ARIAS and Caro Verbeek, “Smelling Time – the Olfactory Dimension of Futurism, listening with Caro Verbeek (made with Spreaker)”, in the Art of Listening to Matter, 2021.
Sabida Ramos, O. (2023), “Emotions and senses: experience, practice and sensory networks”, Emotions and Society, Bristol University Press.
Shiner, L. (2020), Art Scents: Exploring the Aesthetics of Smell and the Olfactory Arts, Oxford University Press.
Strauven, W. (2019), “Media Archeology as Laboratory for History Writing and Theory Making”, in New Media Archeologies (ed. Rosella Catanese), pp. 23-44.
Strauven, W (2019), “Marinetti’s Tattilismo Revisited”, in Futurist Cinema: Studies on Italian Avant-garde Film (ed. Rosella Catenese), pp. 76-77.
Goudsmit, L. (2016), “A Sense of History – Lisa Goudsmit Talks to Caro Verbeek”, Solar Inititative – Scents – Sense (1:1), pp. 10-13.
Beelaerts, L. (2016), Eerst historisch eten dan historisch weten. Voedselgeschiedenis en het participatory historical culture model. Master’s thesis Universiteit van Utrecht.
Trienekens, S. (2014), Join in! Praktijkonderzoek naar het museum van de toekomst, Museum van Bommel van Dam.
Guy, M-C (2017), Guiding in a Post-Modern Museum – Challenges and Opportunities. Master’s thesis Leiden University.
Nieuwhof, A. (2017), Olfactory Experiences in Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art – New Curatorial Strategies. Master’s thesis Leiden University.
Other relevant activities
2021 -present Represented by talent scout and agency Peter, Fraser & Dunlopp
2021 Author at Atlas Contact Amsterdam
2018 – present Mother
2022 Peer reviewer for ‘Stedelijk Studies’.
2021 Founder of the ‘Sensing Abstraction”-network with Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, Pushkin Museum Moscow.
2020 Jury member of the Global Undergraduate Awards, category “Art History and Theory”.
2020 Jury member of the external committee Vrije Kunsten PXL-MAD Hasselt.
2018 – present Blog on olfactory culture and ephemeral heritage ‘futuristscents.com’.
2017 Co-organization of the International Scent Language Hackaton, Mediamatic.
2015 – 2017 Jury member of the Art & Olfaction Awards.
2016 – 2017 Monthly radio column on smell, Radio Swammerdam, Amsterdam FM.
2016 Co-founder and key member of N.O.S.E. (Netherlands Olfactory Science Exchange)
2015 Organizer and moderator of the first “National Print Room Meeting” (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam) for the establishment of a “Collectie Prenten Nederland” and a better collaboration between Dutch institutions that collect prints and drawings.
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