Birds

Sobre el libro Birds de Martine Gosselink i Simon Schama publicado por Hannibal Books al 2026:

From Icarus to Peter Pan, who hasn’t dreamt of fl ying? Birds are the embodiment of our desires, fears and fantasies. In this publication internationally renowned (art) historian Simon Schama and Mauritshuis director Martine Gosselink explore the fascinating relationship between humans and birds through art, literature and cultural history. Carel Fabritius’s world-famous Goldfi nch, Picasso’s Dove, Brancusi’s Bird in Space, an Egyptian falcon mummy, a feather dress by Iris van Herpen: this book is a visual and literary journey through centuries of bird imagery. The icing on the cake is a wonderful anthology of bird stories from, among other works, The Epic of Gilgamesh and One Thousand and One Nights, as well as bird poems by such writers as Rabindranath Tagore, Ted Hughes, Bob Marley and Rumi. With contributions by Simon Schama, Martine Gosselink, Laura Cumming, Stefan Hertmans, Philip Hoare, Eva Meijer and Adrienne Quarles van Ufford. This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition BIRDS – Curated by The Goldfi nch & Simon Schama in Mauritshuis, The Hague from 12 February to 7 June 2026.