Lost in Delft
Figures of the Laughing Buddha: we’ve been crazy about them in the Netherlands for centuries. They originated in China and have been in great demand in Europe since the seventeenth century. Potters
Kunstmuseum Den Haag has a treasure chamber of over 160.000 pieces of art. Here we work on making the highlights from this collection available online.
Figures of the Laughing Buddha: we’ve been crazy about them in the Netherlands for centuries. They originated in China and have been in great demand in Europe since the seventeenth century. Potters
At first sight, the Roaring Twenties seem a world away from the Flemish countryside in the aftermath of the First World War. But if you listen carefully, you can hear the strains of jazz crossing the
The Moser glass factory in Bohemia is best known in the Netherlands for the unique pieces made there for Chris Lebeau between 1926 and 1929. But Moser, founded in 1857, has been one of the leading
Hein Andrée (1882 – 1961) has now fallen into obscurity, but in his day the ceramic artist was famous for his astonishing technique. From 22 October Kunstmuseum Den Haag shows 120 objects spanning
The permanent ‘Mondrian & De Stijl’ exhibit currently includes 10 models based on Theo van Doesburg’s ‘Maison d’Artiste’ model.
A hundred years ago Theo van Doesburg (leading light of De Stijl) and
Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents the first survey of all schenkers (‘pouring vessels’) created by Dutch designer Aldo Bakker (b. 1971). It was Bakker himself who coined the term ‘schenker’, from the