For more than two years, the Belin-based Dutch composer-artist William Engelen (1964) has immersed himself in the Kunstmuseum’s rich collection of musical instruments, its art collection and the

Kunstmuseum Den Haag has owned a sizeable collection of work by Anton Heyboer (1924 – 2005) since the 1960s. The collection has grown over the years, and recent additions have included a bequest and

The title of Hot Skillet Mama is a reference to a piece of music by legendary American jazz composer Sun Ra (1914-1993). Hot Skillet Mama’s lyrics express the singer’s desire for a woman, sweating...

The Maris Brothers
To coincide with the exhibition about the Oyens brothers, the Gemeentemuseum is organising a display of work by the Maris brothers. The presentation will show that each of the three

Kunstmuseum Den Haag has purchased The Pillowman (2004), one of the highlights of the oeuvre of Paula Rego (b. 1935, Lisbon). Rego painted The Pillowman after seeing Martin McDonagh’s play of the same...

The museum is grateful and proud to present its latest acquisition, the 1911 painting Boys on Shrove Tuesday by Gabriele Münter (1877-1962). The work is presented as part of an intimate exhibition

Impressive skeletal structures that move independently, powered by the wind: artist Theo Jansen’s (b. 1948) strandbeesten, or beach animals, can regularly be seen wandering along the Dutch coast

This year the Ouborg Prize is awarded to Dutch artist Marcel van Eeden