DRIFT. Dune to Dogger Bank

As early as 1881, artist couple Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten invited the public to view the North Sea and the dunes with fresh eyes. With Mesdag's impressive Panorama of Scheveningen, they drew attention to the preservation of the Seinpostduin and the vulnerability of the coastal landscape. 

Now, 145 years later, that urgency is greater than ever. In co-curatorship with the Embassy of the North Sea, Museum Panorama Mesdag invites 22 contemporary artists, researchers and creators to follow in the footsteps of the Mesdags. Their artworks depict and question our relationship with the North Sea and the coastal landscape. DRIFT. 

Dune to Dogger Bank allows visitors not only to look, but also to listen, feel, smell and experience. DRIFT also lives outside the museum halls. An extensive public programme offers depth and encounters, with inspiring lectures, conversations with experts, exclusive cultural walks, creative workshops and a Beach Clean Up in collaboration with Stichting de Noordzee.

Participating artists

• NL Workshop
• Frank Flower
• Suzette Bousema
• Linhuei Chen
• Jonat Deelstra
• Xandra van der Eijk
• Annemieke Fierinck & Esther Hessing
• Sami Hammana & Harpo 't Hart
• Folkert de Jong
• Tim Knol
• Daan Koens
• Valerie van Leersum
• Hendrik Willem Mesdag
• Sientje Mesdag-van Houten
• MUST
• Anke Roder
• Thijs de Zeeuw
• Anne Jesuina

DRIFT. Dune to Dogger Bank is an initiative of Museum Panorama Mesdag, co-curated with the Embassy of the North Sea and in collaboration with Stroom The Hague, the Doggerland Foundation, the Dune Conservation Foundation and Dunea.