Austrian artist Egon Schiele’s intriguing Portrait of Edith (1915) is the point of departure for Edith as Muse, a project by Puck Verkade (b. The Hague, 1987).

Out of the shadow across her face, Paula Modersohn Becker regards us with a steady gaze. She painted Self-portrait with Hat and Veil in the early years of the twentieth century, after a period of

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 Gemeentemuseum has always collected glass and its targeted acquisitions policies have made its unique collection one of the most important in any museum in the Netherlands. This exhibition focuses

CATERING AND TECHNICAL FACILITIES During the museum's opening hours (Tuesday until Sunday 10:00 – 17:00 hrs), your programme's culinary needs will be taken care of by our partner, Catering Meesters...

Jürgen Partenheimer (b. Munich, 1947) is one of the most striking, philosophical and most literary artists of our day. His work is renowned for its minimalistic but highly poetic visual idiom. Early

The Gemeentemuseum’s new book Music for the Eye features a hand-picked selection of top items from the museum’s extensive music collection. It contains descriptions and illustrations of fifty-three

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“Horrible things frequently also have a funny side.” This is how Aaron van Erp (b. 1978) explains how his paintings, despite their often brutal subjects, can raise a laugh thanks to