From 2021 GEM museum of contemporary art in The Hague will be known as KM21. KM refers to Kunstmuseum Den Haag, and 21 to the art of the twenty-first century. The new name will make the museum more...

Painting was rediscovered in the exhilarating 1980s. Maarten Ploeg (1958 – 2004) caused a sensation as an artist and musician at the time. He was awarded the Royal Prize for Painting in 1982, and in

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Kunstmuseum Den Haag will open to the public again on Thursday 19 November. We are delighted to be able to welcome you to the museum again.

As of today, the museum will officially be known as Kunstmuseum Den Haag. The new name makes it clear to the public what the museum is, and what it stands for: a diverse museum of art (Kunstmuseum)...

A hundred years ago, before the building that currently houses Kunstmuseum Den Haag existed, director Hendrik van Gelder was collecting ‘world ceramics’. He was keen to show the non-western sources

In 2015 Gemeentemuseum Den Haag launched a unique residency. Its ‘writer in residence’ project would give a nationally or internationally known writer free rein to explore the museum’s galleries and...

The motive that drove Anni and Josef Albers to be active as art teachers for their whole lives was summarised by Josef in three words: 'to open eyes'. Together, they encouraged young artists to open...