Publications

AT5, Straten van Amsterdam, Amsteldijk, March 9, 2021 (time starts at 17")

MLK statue Martin Luther King De Volkskrant by Anna van Leeuwen — Newspaper De Volkskrant, March 8, 2023. Do-it-yourslef commemoration - click to read online (Dutch)

MLK Het Parool statue Martin Luther King — Newspaper Het Parool, January 16, 2023. Commemorate MLK, also in the Netherlands - click to read online (Dutch)

MLK kM — kM Magazine, #124 Cross-over, 5-page interview, December 2022 (Dutch).

ZUID, local newspaper for Amsterdam South, full page article, January 2021 issue.

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Trouw, 4 juli 2020. Op 5 juli 2020 is het beeld officieel onthuld. Foto's: Martijn Gijsbertsen

ZUID, Wijkkrant voor Amsterdam Zuid, March 2022, Selma Remembrance Walk (Dutch)

Amsterdamkalender 2022, March 21, start Martin Luther King Vijfdaagse

ZUID, Wijkkrant voor Amsterdam Zuid, Day of Empathy, June 2021 (Duch, page 15)

ZUID, Wijkkrant voor Amsterdam Zuid, January 2021 (Dutch, page 24)

Amsterdamkalender 2021, January 15, bronze statue Martin Luther King

BK informatie, article on two different kinds of monuments, by Esther Didden, September 9, 2020

AT5 broadcasting company: Unveiling of the Martin Luther King statue, July 5, 2020 (see also Unveiling)

AT5: The bronze statue in the Martin Luther King Park can stay permanently, June 9, 2020

De Telegraaf: the Netherlands' largest newspaper, writes "Martin Luther King can stay" June 11, 2020

Het Parool Newspaper: places the statue close to 'brilliant' in the Taste Matrix, June 13, 2020

Pandemonium-2.3 radio interview: Airco Caravan about statue Martin Luther King, July 4, 2020

VredesMagazine: informs about war and peace, politics, and alternatives to build a peaceful society. Year 13, nr 2-2020

Atlas Obscura: the definitive guidebook and friendly tour-guide to the world's most wondrous places, February, 2020

Het Parool Newspaper: "Statue Martin Luther King pops up in South without permission" by Jan Pieter Ekker, Jan 16, 2020

AT5 Broadcast: "Artist places statue of martin Luther King in park without permission", January 16, 2020

AD.nl Newspaper: "Statue Martin Luther King pops up in South without permission", January 16, 2020

De Kanttekening: "Statue Martin Luther King pops up in Amsterdam without permission", January 16, 2020

Nu.nl: News website; "Artist places statue of martin Luther King in park without permission", January 16, 2020

De Standaard: Belgian Newspaper: "An illegal statue for Martin Luther King", 16 January, 2020

BK informatie: Sleutelwerken.nl Monument for Martin Luther King is one of the key works in the Netherlands, 2020

Het Parool, by Katarina Schul, April 4, 2019 (see below, 'Vernielde beelden Martin Luther King')

De Groene Amsterdammer, by Stephan Sanders, July 19, 2018

De Echo, newspaper, June 27, 2018

Public Art. Amsterdam East, Pay Attention Please! by Iskra Vucsik, June 21 - September 30, 2018

Public Art. Amsterdam Sout-East, Pay Attention Please! by Jorien Posthouwer, Jun 21 - September 30, 2018

De Echo, newspaper, May 9, 2018

De Echo, newspaper, by Annette Bleeker, April 25, 2018

Republiek Allochtonië, by Claire Schut, April 15, 2018

Metro News, by Nathan de Vries, April 14, 2018

Omroep Brabant, April 4, 2018

Het Parool, national newspaper by Jan Pieter Ekker, April 3, 2018

Radio 1, national radio, EenVandaag, April 3, 2018

RTL, 5 uur Live, with Nasrdin Dchar, national TV, April 2, 2018

Boeddistisch Dagblad, March 21, 2018
Oisterwijks Nieuws, newspaper, March 19, 2018

Brabants Dagblad, March 19, 2018

Het Parool, by Jan Pieter Ekker, April 3, 2018

Left: front page newspaper de Telegraaf, June 11 2020; right: newspaper Het Parool, June 13, 2020

Monument for Martin Luther King is one of the key works in public space in the Netherlands

Article in BK-informatie (visual arts magazine, subscribers only) about 2 different kinds of monuments, 20/09/25

Wijkkrant ZUID, page 15, Day of Empathy, May 21, 2021

Included in the Atlas Obscura, February 2020

What Kansas City Can Learn From Dakar, Amsterdam And Memphis About Naming Streets For MLK by Michelle Tyrene Johnson

Public Art. Amsterdam, Pay Attention Please! A tour of public art in Amsterdam South-East.

Public Art. Amsterdam, Pay Attention Please! A tour of public art in Amsterdam East.

De Echo newspaper, 2 'Kings' on the cover, June 27, 2018

Exhibtions & Collections

Exhibitions 'I have a Dream'

CBK Zuidoost, small bronze statue donated for sponsor walk to support black Ukranians ($1130 raised), March 2022

Pop-up show by Popinnart, Flocked 3D model of the bronze MLK statue, Museum Quarter Amsterdam, September 2021

ROC Amsterdam, college South, as a part of the Day of Empathy, ongoing (May 2021)

Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst, January - June 2021 (partly in lockdown due to Covid-19)

CBK Zuidoost, March - June 2020

The world problem & other inconveniences (vandalized statues), Arti Amsterdam, Jan 10-26, 2020

Great Artists Steal (5 vandalized statues), April 12-14, 2019

Mertens Frames, Amsterdam, from January 2019

Josilda da Conceiçaõ Gallery, Amsterdam, July - August, 2018

CBK Amsterdam, Center of Visual Arts, Amsterdam, April - August 2018

KunstRAI, Josilda da Conceiçaõ Gallery, April 4-8, 2018

Front Gallery, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, April 6, 2018

Popinnart, Middenweg 20, Amsterdam, April - December2018

Included in collections of

Museum van Loon, Amsterdam

Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam

Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam

National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, USA

Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

The Riverside Church, New York

VU University, Amsterdam

OBA, Public Library Amsterdam

Mayor's Residence, Amsterdam

Where do we go from here: Chaos or Community?

On April 4, 1968, it was 50 years ago that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. To keep his dream alive, 50 identical statues were placed from Amsterdam to Washington on locations that refer to slavery and places that let us remember how important it is to end racism and fight for equality, regardless of gender, religion and race. History may not be forgotten. The statues are an ode to Martin Luther King and everybody who continues his nonviolent mission. Keeping the dream alive.

More info, email mail@aircocaravan.com

Actual pictures on @MLKjr50 #MLKjr50

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"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today."

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,

August 28, 1963