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

42.1 For many centuries, yellow evoked negative – xenophobic and moralistic – associations. From the Middle Ages, it was used to identify Jews, Muslims and prostitutes. In combination with green...

Emotional vulnerability, a search for personal identity and physical change are all key characteristics of adolescence. Contemporary photographers like Paul Graham, Rineke Dijkstra, Thomas Struth and

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...

The circle has always been an important starting point for Barbara Nanning (b. 1957). Her forms and structures derive from a circular motion that she allows to solidify in glass or ceramics. She has

This winter, thanks to a generous gift, the Gemeentemuseum is very delighted to display a selection of works by Maria van Kesteren (b. 1933). Van Kesteren (b. 1933) creates objects in which material

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...

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