Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915) was a leading member of the Hague School and the only one of that group to specialise in painting seascapes. As part of the Mesdag Year, this exhibition at the

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

‘I had to experience how it would be if someone beside me suddenly fell over and died from a direct hit. I needed to experience it directly. I wanted to. So I’m not a pacifist at all – or am I?’

Longread, reading time approx. 10 minutes I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like...

Hague Court Fashions

Unbelievably long trains, glittering gold and silver embroidery, pastel-coloured ball gowns with costly lace from the Belle Epoque… The exhibition Hague Court Fashions sheds a

Flemish artist Théo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926) is one of the most important figures in the field of Neo-impressionism. He introduced the Pointillist technique of Seurat and Signac in Belgium and

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag has had a highly successful year, a large part of which was devoted to celebrating the centenary of the De Stijl movement. As a result, the museum attracted particularly large...