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...

Wiebke Siem’s practice regularly takes inspiration from fields beyond visual art history, and her works often include references to (classical) music, such as in Die Böse Farbe. The title of the work...

Junior, a textile doll with wild hair of straw, is seated on an Afro-Asian woven rattan peacock chair. As always, Wiebke Siem’s selection of furniture and other attributes is telling. This throne-like...

Have you ever been to Kunstmuseum Den Haag? Past the ponds, behind the yellow brick walls of the building on Stadhouderslaan lies an extraordinary world. Our building was designed to give visitors the...

One of the Kunstmuseum’s most prized exhibits is the magnificent Art Deco building itself. Designed by architect H.P. Berlage, it is striking not only for its distinctive yellow brickwork, but also...

The publication of Piet Mondrian: a Life gives us a radically different picture of world-famous painter and co-founder of De Stijl, Piet Mondrian. Gone is the impression of a lonely, isolated artist...