This winter the Gemeentemuseum is proud to present the first ever Dutch retrospective of work by Christian Schad (1894-1982), a key figures in the German Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement

Eccentric vases, a female body slowly revolving in a display cabinet, a depiction of Mr Yokoi (the Japanese soldier who didn’t discover that World War II had ended until 1972) and a captivating film

Less than five centimetres in diameter, yet quite unique: a lidded jar made of imperial Chinese glass. This world heritage in miniature, which is frequently used in books and articles as an example of

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.

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

In 2005 the Gemeentemuseum received a large bequest in the form of a collection of Dutch art pottery from the estate of lawyer Jaap Douma (1917-2002). As well as items by leading names, the collection

Bernard Buffet (1928 - 1999) produced more than 8000 works in the course of his long career. They ranged from still lifes, nudes and melancholy self-portraits to Parisian townscapes and landscapes