They were everywhere in the nineteenth century: ornate illustrations of elegant women surrounded by stylised flowers and flamboyant swirling lines. Seven years after Czech artist Alphonse Mucha

Artist and teacher Václav Cigler (b. 1929) constantly explores the laws of nature in his creative work, particularly those governing optical effects. What fascinates him above all are things like

Visit the exhibition material worlds by Michael Raedecker until August 28, 2024 in Kunstmuseum Den Haag. Michael Raedecker: material worlds has been curated in close collaboration with the artist, and shows his artistic development over the past three decades.

In 1961 Gaston Chaissac (1910-1964) exhibited work at Iris Clert’s renowned Paris gallery. It was enthusiastically received by all. The CoBrA artists (no longer a group by then) were the most excited

Just how exclusive is design, and why should design classics not be copied, adapted or extended? These are the kinds of questions that fascinate Bas van Beek (b. 1974), winner of the Stokroos Ceramics

 

Two Copenhagen porcelain manufacturers – Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl – caused quite a stir between 1890 and 1930 with their revolutionary underglaze painting techniques. In Great Danes Kun

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A.R. Penck (1939-2017) was one of the German artists who, after the Second World War, paved the way for a new artistic mindset. Today he is known above all for his Streichholzmännchen (‘matchstick men