Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a man of boundless ambition. He made himself one of the greatest masters of modern art and resolutely pioneered the path towards abstraction. In January 1912 he moved to

As part of the current year of celebrations surrounding the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is devoting its six Period Rooms to a celebration of

“What a pity.” The final words of Paula Modersohn-Becker. She was just 31 when, on 20 November 1907, soon after the birth of her daughter Mathilde, she breathed her last. Paula had been restless her...

Thanks to a prestigious Turing Art Grant, which made this important exhibition possible, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag will present Alexander Calder–The Great Discovery, the first major Calder

Painter Piet Mondrian was no stern, eccentric hermit who sought refuge in the utopia of his art, as we discover in a new biography of Piet Mondrian. Written by Hans Janssen, Mondrian expert and...

In 1914 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1882-1976) spent the summer in Hohwacht, a somewhat remote municipality in northern Germany surrounded by pristine nature. Here, he painted Frauen im Grünen: two women...

During the first lockdown, we organized virtual tours through the deserted exhibition halls to still bring you close to our art. This page lists all the tours that have already taken place. Art &...

Licht als kunst en kunst als licht. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) speelde zijn leven lang met licht in zijn kunstwerken, of het nu ging om schilderijen, sculpturen, collages, foto’s, films, grafiek, boekomslagen of theaterdecors.