Exhibition | Art exhibition
Exhibition: Law of images
- Date
- Saturday 16 August 2025
- Time
- Location
- Lange Voorhout 15
2514 EA The Hague
A special exhibition is kicking off on Saturday 16 August about the relationship between art and research. It was put together by legal researcher Helen Stout and visual artist Ilja Walraven. The exhibition will be opened by Dean of Leiden Law School Suzan Stoter at 15.00.
The exhibition demonstrates the role that imagery and art have in bringing legal science closer to social reality, according to Pulchri Studio's website:
'Stout and Walraven investigated how images and art can contribute to making legal concepts understandable. Their starting point: medieval legal manuscripts, in which text and images still went hand in hand. At the centre is the Saxon Mirror, a 13th-century manuscript with a unique combination of legal rules and illustrations. In the exhibition, this historical document acts as both a source of inspiration and a possible blueprint for laws of the future: legal texts supported by images to reinforce their meaning.
The research resulted in a series of about sixty panels (122 x 100 cm), made with collage and mixed techniques. Each panel depicts an aspect of legal thinking, creating a layered visual narrative. The exhibition is a first exploration of the possibilities of "law and image", a theoretical sniffing trip into the future of legislative practice.'
The exhibition is free and runs from 16 August to 7 September 2025.