Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita grew up in the closed world of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jewish community. He trained at the city’s school of applied arts and state teachers’ training college.

Having

This autumn, with over a hundred masterpieces of Finnish Symbolist and Expressionist art from the period around 1900, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presents an area of European art as yet undiscovered

We are familiar with the clichés surrounding the emergence of Impressionism. The Impressionists are believed to have broken radically with tradition, bearing no resemblance whatsoever to their

As 1 July rapidly approaches, Dutch smokers view the prospect with trepidation. From that date, they will no longer be allowed to smoke in bars and restaurants, because staff working there also have a

Every picture tells a story. Why would a person spend his whole life photographing nothing but women’s legs? Who was the mysterious woman known as Taï Aagen-Moro? What’s in Daguerre’s soup? And were

Het Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is famous for its great Mondrian collection (the biggest anywhere in the world), attractive collection of classic modern works and extensive fashion collection. However

Thanks to a prestigious Turing Art Grant, which made this important exhibition possible, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag will present Alexander Calder–The Great Discovery, the first major Calder