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Art historian Antoon Melissen has curated exhibitions and published internationally on Dutch art of the late 1950s, the 1960s and 1970s in an international context. 

​Melissen participates in European research initiatives on the international ZERO movement and is the Netherlands’ representative on the International Research Group of the ZERO foundation in Düsseldorf.
 He was among the advisors for the exhibition ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow, 1950s – 60s at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2014), and the exhibition ZERO: Let Us Explore the Stars at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2015). His current research focuses on the artist-driven initiatives and curating activities of artists in an international setting.

Notable recent collaborations includes those with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Jan Schoonhoven Foundation, the Jan Henderikse Foundation, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, the ZERO foundation, Düsseldorf, and the Lothar Wolleh Estate, Berlin.