Who is Koos? 

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I'm from a no-nonsense supermerket family from Vlaardingen. I later graduated as a private law lawyer at Erasmus University Rotterdam. I started as a lawyer, switched to the world of media and communications, and did some training in the field of marketing and communications. With this I set up a number of magazines, TV programs and websites, especially in the world of real estate media.

 

In 2001, in addition to my independent work, I started studying art history at the University of Amsterdam and made all kind of media, often with a business and/or cultural approach. Four years later I graduated as an art historian (my bachelor's thesis was on art taste and my master's thesis on why we all love Vermeer). I became director of a cultural institution and also started working on new projects in which I always tried to make connections between personal, cultural and business. Since then I have been creating and writing books, journalistic productions, magazines, digital media, documentaries and television series, lectures and podcasts.

 

Because I am trained both as a lawyer and as an art historian and have worked in both the business and cultural sectors, I'm able to see the world from different perspectives. With admiration for people who set things in motion in all kinds of ways. I write about art, about art trade, about leadership, about peace and security and about climate and nature. And very often about what moves people, in what they dream and what they do. I sometimes give a voice to people, I sometimes explore journalism and sometimes produce films, books and magazines.

I live in the front garden of Amsterdam, in Broek in Waterland with lecturer and writer Winnie Moltmaker and our daughter Saar and dog Tobi. Knowing more? Call (06 - 543 747 92) or send an email koos@koosdewilt.com

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