BIES-plus, an art relay in the Peel

In ‘People from the Peel’, Kunstpodium ‘t Oude Raadhuis in Beek en Donk highlights the friendly relationship between Marinus Bies, photographer Martien Coppens and painter Marinus Dillen. Last in the relay is Museum Peel & Maas in Helden with ‘Licht op de Peel’. As in Asten, a contemporary artist will show his work alongside that of Marinus Bies in Peel & Maas. From 4 September to 26 October, Pieter Verstappen from Baexem will show his nature-inspired paintings alongside those of Marinus Bies.

During the ‘Bies Year’, lectures on Marinus Bies and his works will be held at various locations. A book with many images of Marinus Bies' paintings will be published as a lasting reminder. Art historians Ger Jacobs and Peter Thoben and Peel historian Hans van de Laarschot will contribute to this. Marc Bies will provide several guided tours in his Gallery-Museum during the duration of the basic ‘Bies-plus’ exhibition.

In 2025, the 50th anniversary of Marinus Bies' death will be commemorated with a relay of exhibitions in the Peel. Marinus Bies' oeuvre has rightfully given him the honorary title of “painter of the Peel”. In Gallery-Museum Bies in Aarle-Rixtel, works by the Peel painter are continuously on display, but grandson Marc Bies is seizing the 50th anniversary of his grandfather's death for a major retrospective. It will open to the public on Thursday 3 April and run until 26 October.