This summer the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presents a major retrospective of the oeuvre of Haarlem painter Kees Verwey (1900 –1995) superintended by guest curator Rudi Fuchs. Ten years after the artist’s

Intriguing dialogue between the poetry of Zwagerman and the work of artist friends Pieter Bijwaard and Harald Vlugt

‘Artists have helped God create the world’

– Markus Lüpertz

To German painter and sculptor Markus Lüpertz (b. 1941), it is blindingly obvious that art far transcends everyday life. Wherever possible

Pablo Picasso was perhaps the greatest artist of the twentieth century. His constant stylistic innovations at crucial points of his career – the emotional Blue and Pink Period paintings, the

When Brian Clarke (b. Oldham, Lancashire, 1953) looks around, he sees a world of lines. He has drawn constantly ever since he was a child and he regards everything he sees as a potential subject. His

Although Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) and Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) were both in touch with the Surrealists in the 1930s, the two artists never met. Despite this, their work displays striking

Dirk van Gelder

Dirk van Gelder (1907-1990) was one of the most important Dutch graphic artists of the twentieth century. His unprecedented technical virtuosity places him in the tradition of famous

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is the only museum in the Netherlands that has always displayed a lively interest in Islamic glass and now possesses a rich collection reflecting the history of glassmaking