Full, rounded hips, small breasts, creamy white skin and luxuriant hair. In the sixteenth century that was the archetype of the ideal woman. The female nude is a recurring but ever-changing theme in

A bus makes its way to Kunstmuseum Den Haag carrying local residents from a neighbourhood in The Hague. On arrival, they receive a warm welcome and a cup of coffee. The museum is normally as silent as...

Patriotism and heroism were prominent in Dutch military paintings until late in the 19th century. The exhibition Atten-SHUN! shows how the genre changed radically around 1880 under the influence of

Only a handful of fashion houses belong to the select world of haute couture. Membership of the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture, which was established  in 1868, is an exclusive honour subject to

Karel Appel, one of the most renowned and colourful artists the Netherlands has ever produced, is the star of the latest children’s art book by Imme Dros and Harrie Geelen. The story tells how young

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

He was born in Cavtat, Croatia, lived in America, Paris, Zagreb and Prague, and spent extended periods in England and Vienna. Wherever talented painter Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922) settled, he soon

The Floating Sky is a site-specific response to the exhibition Monet – The Garden paintings. Mounted on inflated bicycle tubes, 526 acrylic glass mirrors drift on Berlage’s pond, reflecting the sky on...