EST. 2023

THE GREATNESS TIMELINE

From a question that wouldn't go away to a movement of 191. Here is the road so far.

2023 — 2026

BEFORE GREATNESS

The question

Twenty-five years of magazines, fairs and conversations. One question that wouldn't go away: what makes someone great?

Not famous. Not rich. Great.

2023

The book

GREAT BOOK OF GREATNESS launched at MASTERS EXPO Amsterdam. 191 portraits. 200 works of art. 400 pages. Three years of writing, painting, doubting, starting over.

2024

Out into the world

The book travels. MASTERS EXPO returns. MASTERS SUMMER EXPO opens its doors.

Copies arrive at the doorstep of Marcel Boekhoorn, Thomas Kaplan, Cristiano Ronaldo, John de Mol, Richard Branson, Phil Knight and Taylor Swift — all featured in the book, all sending word back.

2025

HOUSE OF GREATNESS

The book becomes a place. An art collection. An environment. The 191 originals find their walls.

2025 — The reception 2025 — THE RECEPTION

ON THE WALLS

The Greatness Collection by YVESKE

From page to gallery. The originals, shown as they were meant to be seen — full scale, under light, among people.

The Greatness Collection — YVESKE stand
YVESKE works on the gallery walls
The YVESKE stand

The Greatness Collection

191 originals. One room. The whole idea, standing in front of you.

2026

The shelves

Three editions of MASTERS EXPO. Two editions of MASTERS SUMMER EXPO. Limited Edition sold out. Collector's Edition sold out.

Third printing now at retailers in Amsterdam, The Hague, Den Bosch, Eersel, Grave, Culemborg and Ibiza.

GREATNESS is not a product.
It is a process.

— YVES GIJRATH

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