Ritsaert ten Cate
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Ritsaert ten Cate

Ritsaert ten Cate (The Netherlands, 1938-2008) lived and worked in Amsterdam. In 1965 he set up Mickery, where he worked as artistic director, designer and script writer. Mickery was initially based at an old farm in Loenersloot, where Ten Cate introduced the Dutch public to the international avant-garde in art. Mickery continued to operate from a theater in Amsterdam until 1991. Ten Cate then founded DasArts, a post-graduate program for theater-makers in Amsterdam, serving as its artistic director from 1993 through 2000. As a visual artist he has given solo exhibitions at venues including the Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (1996); Festival des Arts, Brussels (1998); Reuten Galerie, Amsterdam (2001); La Mama La Galleria, New York (2002); and the Rijksakademie Amsterdam (2003).