A presentation of recent acquisitions made by the Gemeentemuseum under the current director, Wim van Krimpen.

We have been asked how we view the controversy surrounding the fashion house Balenciaga, given the subject of our current fashion exhibition. Our exhibition is about the work in black of couturier...

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...

Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents the first survey of all schenkers (‘pouring vessels’) created by Dutch designer Aldo Bakker (b. 1971). It was Bakker himself who coined the term ‘schenker’, from the

In 1935 the Kunstmuseum received a unique donation comprising 93 sketchbooks that had belonged to Isaac Israels (1865-1934). Son of Jozef Israels, leading light of the Hague School, in the late...

For Tomas Rajlich (b. 1940), the grid is the measure of all things. Rajlich’s starting point is usually a network of horizontal and vertical lines, which he lays down and then covers with loose

Couturier Paul Poiret was among the greatest innovators in early 20th-century fashion. But his influence was not limited to fashion; he aspired to create ‘total works of art’ and surrounded himself

This fall with the exhibition Royals & Rebels – British Fashion, the Kunstmuseum Den Haag delves into the rich history of British fashion, whilst paying a special tribute to Vivienne Westwood. The...