NN Art Festival raises awareness of importance of museum visits

On Oct. 9, Splinter Chabot will open the NN Art Festival, which lasts through Oct. 13. This edition once again consists of an inspiring program of various activities. More information can be found on the website of the festival. Great news, Kunsthal KAdE is also participating in the NN Art Festival!  

Art is good for you 
Several studies have shown that art is good for your (mental) health. Research showed that the stress level of museum visitors decreased after only 35 minutes because the concentration of cortisol, the hormone that causes stress, dropped¹. With the NN Arts Festival, NN brings attention to the power that art has. The NN Arts Festival aims to make a museum visit more accessible, which is why visitors get the second ticket free from all participating museums. 

The NN Art Festival at Kunsthal KAdE

Visit the family exhibition Sleep! at Kunsthal KAdE during the NN Art Festival and take advantage of the 1+1 promotion. Sleep! takes you on a small exploration into the vast domain of sleep and dream, through the eyes of fifty artists and designers. You will go through 4 sleep stages from slumber to light sleep, move on to deep sleep and (sleep) walk through the dream to the great hall where the bed is central. If you like, follow a second sleep cycle until you leave the exhibition completely refreshed! 

Tip: Join the entry-level tour on Oct. 13 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. This tour explores the story behind the exhibition, the theme and artist(s) themselves. The tour is free on presentation of a valid admission ticket KAdE. There is no need to make reservations, but report to the reception desk on time, as a maximum of 15 people can join the tour. 

Discover the KAdEStudio

The KAdEStudio is a regular feature of Kunsthal KAdE's exhibitions and provides a space for visitors of all ages to reflect, share and create in response to the exhibition.

You'll discover sleep stories, sleep positions and a lot of sleep-inducing facts in the KAdEStudio. Get inspired by film director and animator Lotte Reiniger's fairy tale stories and come up with your own bedtime story. Then let your story come to life in the shadow theater. Or adopt your favorite sleeping position and take a picture of it. Just like photographer Ted Spagna, who was curious about people's sleeping behavior, and managed to capture it on film.   

Splinter Chabot ambassador
NN is organizing the NN Arts Festival for the second time. This year, Splinter Chabot is an ambassador for the NN Arts Festival. Splinter previously created the award-winning podcast "The Secret of the Girl with a Pearl Earring" in collaboration with NN. On Wednesday, October 9, he will kick off the NN Art Festival during a festive opening night at Kunstmuseum Den Haag. 
¹ _{World Health Organization (WHO), 2019}

More info on ticket sales and participating museums can be found at nn.co.uk/art-festival