Attracted by the life of the fishing folk, the emerging bathing culture and, above all, the magnificent interplay of light, sky and water, artists like Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Anton Mauve and the

In the face of every movement that swept the art world during the first half of the twentieth century, Belgian artist Jean Brusselmans (1884 - 1953) constructed an obstinately idiosyncratic oeuvre

A world in which all religions are equal: this is the vision presented by French painter Paul-Élie Ranson in his painting Christ and Buddha (c. 1890). The Gemeentemuseum’s acquisition of this work

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the Chair of History of Architecture and Urban Planning at TU Delft’s Faculty of Architecture have joined hands to launch an award for the best TU Delft graduation...

As a person falls asleep, or is dying, artist Mire Lee sees a sculpture emerge. “People are like ‘meat’ in that state. I find that endearing, potentially sad, but also intriguing because only the

The international jury and organisers of The Vincent Award hereby announce that The Vincent Award 2016 is to be suspended. This decision has been taken after careful consideration of the facts...

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...

Since the 1980s female artists have transformed figurative painting. Their portraits address contemporary social problems and issues concerning gender, religion, racism and sexuality, and respond to