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Whims and Whispers, Pouts and Shouts

Published 28/08/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Biography
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High Desert Drifter

Published 10/05/200615/02/2022by Ton Haak in Artists Books, catalogues, Miscellaneous

Wie van de drie

Published 02/04/202230/04/2022by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Aanwezig door afwezigheid

Published 04/03/202209/03/2022by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

In de Glória

Published 09/02/202215/02/2022by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Alles gaat voorbij behalve het verleden

Published 17/01/202209/03/2022by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Hoorngeschal

Published 09/12/202109/03/2022by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Bessencultuur

Published 15/10/202101/12/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portretten van creatief bezige landverhuizers #3 Heen en weer, noord – zuid v.v.

Published 29/06/202101/12/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Cargaleiro, Barrocal en meer

Published 21/06/202111/12/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Met Portugal als decor

Published 15/06/202111/12/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De weg zoekend

Published 12/05/202130/04/2022by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portretten van creatief bezige landverhuizers #2 Van interpretatie naar beleving

Published 23/02/202111/12/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De Portugese Robinson Crusoe – de echte

Published 08/01/202125/02/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Over ouder worden …. in Portugal

Published 25/12/202024/01/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Os Lusíadas

Published 25/11/202017/01/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De stad van de 3 P’s

Published 18/11/202017/01/2021by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Een andere kijk

Published 28/10/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Gevoel voor het doolhof

Published 28/08/202028/10/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Op naar de 100

Published 28/07/202028/10/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Reiziger

Published 03/07/202028/10/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Een gordel van kalkzandsteen

Published 23/06/202026/06/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Vlieg er eens uit

Published 09/06/202026/06/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Woelwater

Published 26/05/202026/06/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Ap Gewald neemt afscheid van zijn museum

Published 14/05/2020by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Tributes

Geef mij maar Belém

Published 22/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Torres Novas, zomaar een Portugees stadje

Published 14/04/202018/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Het verleden heeft de toekomst

Published 03/04/202009/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Klein boekje over grote ramp

Published 24/03/202018/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Méér dan zaagsel

Published 13/03/202018/04/2020by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Een beetje onze aartsmoeder

Published 20/09/201901/10/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Twee vrouwen

Published 08/08/201901/10/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portugees zacht

Published 07/06/201924/06/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Het Lissabon

Published 17/05/201924/06/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Os biblias en ander erfgoed

Published 16/03/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Ons Portugees “opstapje”

Published 05/02/201916/03/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Trek maar aan de bel

Published 11/01/201916/03/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Over duivelse machines

Published 03/01/2019by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portugees ‘noir’

Published 11/12/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Barre tijden

Published 08/11/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Dire straits

Published 27/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Niks geen nette man

Published 23/10/201826/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Achilles & Co

Published 12/10/201826/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Portugal Day Weekend

Published 29/09/201808/10/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Ooit een spookstad

Published 20/09/201829/09/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Hoge bomen drinken veel water

Published 06/08/201829/09/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Kunst te kust en te keur

Published 23/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Borderline

Published 21/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

About walls

Published 21/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Juweeltjes van harmonie

Published 18/07/201821/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Back in time

Published 02/07/201802/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Grensverkering

Published 26/06/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Terug in de tijd

Published 27/05/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

After Hell and Purgatory, Paradise

Published 18/05/201821/07/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Brug der zuchten

Published 22/04/201824/04/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De bomen en het bos

Published 13/04/201824/04/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Het is weer weer

Published 05/04/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

A street called ‘Emancipation’

Published 26/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Dorp aan de rivier

Published 20/03/201824/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Statistiek, statistiek …

Published 10/03/201824/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Tribute to a most singular man – Godfried Konings, graphic designer (1962-2016)

Published 23/02/201807/04/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Tributes

Proof is what we need

Published 15/02/201830/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Een straat genoemd Emancipatie

Published 05/02/201824/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Hail to the chef !

Published 11/12/201715/12/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Het rode gevaar

Published 05/12/201725/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Liquid stone, smooth as velvet

Published 30/11/201705/12/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Dan hoort iedereen het weer eens van een ander

Published 24/11/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

The Vast Relief, a novel about the long-time effects of old wars

Published 06/11/201712/02/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Novels

De Douro, een geologisch gedicht

Published 20/10/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De lucifers van Tomar

Published 26/09/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Matchboxes galore

Published 22/09/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Zwartboek met lichtgrijze bladzijden

Published 09/09/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De Geschiedenislerares (The History Teacher)

Published 05/09/201712/02/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Novels

Para Ingles Ver

Published 02/09/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

De naaste buur

Published 28/08/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Aaibare bruutheid

Published 29/06/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Ziende blind

Published 26/06/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Lekker in de file in Porto

Published 10/06/201724/03/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Point of departure — Three augmented reality tours

Published 27/05/201705/01/2018by Ton Haak in Artists Books, catalogues, Miscellaneous

Blindness and Seeing

Published 14/05/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Het genoegen van een knagende droefheid

Published 05/05/201711/02/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Catching Up

Published 04/05/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Over lang en kort geleden – over Nederland vs Portugal – en over rijk : arm

Published 10/04/201711/02/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

No fake glitter, neither old nor new

Published 01/04/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Amerika – Portugal: de verschillen zijn enorm

Published 24/03/201711/02/2018by Ton Haak in Portugal Portal (in Dutch)

Driving without “ze scum-drill”

Published 01/03/201704/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

The joy of a yawning sense of sadness

Published 31/12/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

Because the train stopped here

Published 01/11/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

The shadiest place

Published 01/10/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

One Percent

Published 01/09/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

No Ice

Published 01/08/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Portraits of Portugal

To the Land of the Laziest Pigeons in the World

Published 07/02/201604/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Illusions of an Urban Utopia

Published 01/12/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Laura Berman – prints

Published 06/07/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Impecunious Creativity is Money in the Bank

Published 14/06/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Eric and Erin Dodson – ‘Proximal Topologies’

Published 06/06/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Bengt Erikson – ‘The Tiniest Moves’

Published 01/06/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Mariana Escribano – ‘Home’

Published 04/04/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Ann Resnick – ‘The Richness of Life’

Published 04/04/201511/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

The new N-word and Bubba-ville

Published 14/03/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

An embarrassing, unsustainable farce

Published 14/03/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Where 1 is less than zero

Published 14/02/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

Time and travel and a little sex

Published 14/01/201504/10/2017by Ton Haak in Older essays, Prairie Crabs (mostly about life in contemporary America)

April Flanders – monotype prints on paper

Published 04/10/201411/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Hilary Lorenz – art works on paper

Published 04/10/201411/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Shin-Hee Chin – ‘Emergence’

Published 01/05/201407/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Curtis Jones – ‘Boxes of Soap’

Published 20/03/201431/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Dale Hartley – ‘Life Spirit’s Echoes’

Published 01/03/201407/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Lisa Grossman – The Land of Sky

Published 05/10/201311/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Don Wolfe – The Key Element

Published 01/10/201315/02/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Matt Regier

Published 06/07/201311/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Lee Shiney – paintings

Published 30/03/201311/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Gerco de Ruijter – Visions of Earth

Published 29/03/201331/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Richard Kooyman – “Where Poetry Resides”

Published 07/11/201207/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Stephen Perry – Etchings, linocuts, relief prints

Published 06/10/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Les Brandt – Wood turner

Published 01/09/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Judy Van Heyst meets Jim Bass – “Connections”

Published 01/05/201207/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

With a song in my heart

Published 29/04/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

This bloody creek

Published 20/04/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Dave Leiker – photography

Published 31/03/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Anna Patricia Keller – paintings

Published 31/03/201211/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

A sense of purpose

Published 30/01/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The new shades of green

Published 10/01/201205/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

A city of the plain

Published 28/11/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Prairie hermitage

Published 12/11/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

On the bright side of the dreamscape

Published 28/10/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

A preface, halfway

Published 20/10/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Tough on dirt

Published 12/09/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Gary and Gretchen Gackstatter – Sublime Stone and Sky, Inspirations from the Prairie Earth

Published 01/09/201107/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Mike Edge & Toshi Miki – “Separate Ways Together”

Published 01/09/201107/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Thinking big

Published 06/08/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Dixie it ain’t

Published 07/07/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Lisa Grossman – Lines of Sight

Published 11/06/201111/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

The pursuit of happiness

Published 02/06/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Zak Barnes – “The Rhythm of my Days”

Published 01/06/201112/03/2018by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

On the road again

Published 01/04/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

William McBride – multi media sculptures, drawings

Published 11/03/201111/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Shifting shadows

Published 09/03/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Elaine Shea Jones – photography

Published 01/03/201111/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Feeding the fires of revolution

Published 12/02/201105/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Two great services to mankind

Published 02/01/201110/02/2018by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Nomads of conscience

Published 20/12/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

They say that heaven is a free range

Published 01/12/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

“She’s comin’ around the mountain”

Published 14/11/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Julie Wagner – paintings, sculptures, work on paper

Published 11/10/201011/12/2017by Ton Haak in Artists’ profiles

Carry a nation

Published 23/09/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

A brooding immensity

Published 09/09/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Boundless skies, strong roots

Published 10/07/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The urge and the lurch

Published 28/06/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The verve of nerve

Published 20/06/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Splendor in the grass

Published 28/04/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

Ridin’ on the knob of the North Pole

Published 01/04/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

The deadliest woman in the west

Published 01/02/201005/12/2017by Ton Haak in Ozgoodies (tales of life in Kansas)

‘El Patron’ is niet meer

Published 19/12/200822/04/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

DAYLIGHT

Published 12/10/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

UNDER THE VOLCANO

Published 12/08/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

De geest van 1968

Published 14/06/200814/01/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

MOONBEAM

Published 12/06/200807/04/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

BADLANDS (I), (II), (III) & (IV)

Published 12/03/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

Home at last (ABIQUIU, NEW MEXICO)

Published 12/01/200812/03/2018by Ton Haak in Miscellaneous, Poetry Books

Coyote, dorp zonder mededogen

Published 07/04/200607/05/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

“Los Frivoles” Eindelijk echt thuis

Published 09/11/200422/12/2019by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

Het gele gevaar

Published 28/08/200330/03/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

Als de stenen konden spreken

Published 12/09/200222/12/2019by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

Waren alle wegen maar rivieren

Published 30/06/200030/04/2020by Ton Haak in Letters from New Mexico (in Dutch)

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (8) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – De kleine democratie

Published 05/08/199910/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (7) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – The good Lord

Published 05/07/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (6) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – De volmaakte eenheid

Published 05/06/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (5) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – Opkomst en verval

Published 05/05/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (4) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – ‘The Heartland’

Published 05/04/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (3) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – Wil de echte Geronimo opstaan?

Published 05/03/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (2) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – Tucumcari Tonite

Published 05/02/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

STARS & STRIPES FOREVER (1) Reisbelevenissen in Amerika – De aarde is rond

Published 05/01/199912/02/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

‘Ni modo’ langs het Tortilla Gordijn

Published 07/10/199807/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Ideale musea, Campari soda en James Dean

Published 07/09/199807/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Va Va Voom !

Published 01/07/199807/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

De hoofdstad van de 21ste eeuw

Published 01/07/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Op bedevaart door de Hengstenpoort

Published 01/06/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

E.T. en Marta Becket in het land van illusies

Published 01/04/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Eden-by-the-Sea

Published 01/03/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

Een van die plekken

Published 07/02/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

De moord in Matfield Green

Published 01/02/199707/03/2018by Ton Haak in Letters (in Dutch), Miscellaneous

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