SPROKEN / FAIRY TALES
On 27 November 2015, artist Christie van der Haak will be awarded the Ouborg Prize 2015 in recognition of her extensive and varied oeuvre. The award ceremony also marks the opening of her exhibition
Kunstmuseum Den Haag has a treasure chamber of over 160.000 pieces of art. Here we work on making the highlights from this collection available online.
On 27 November 2015, artist Christie van der Haak will be awarded the Ouborg Prize 2015 in recognition of her extensive and varied oeuvre. The award ceremony also marks the opening of her exhibition
The gently rounded, playful shapes in shades of white and pale pink look almost cuddly. For his Sculptissimo series, Hans Hovy (b. Amsterdam, 1953) has chosen to use two soft, translucent types of
From bright blue and jubilant yellow to rosy pink and sombre black: the works of famous American artist Mark Rothko (1903-1970) have inspired multiple award-winning illustrator and writer Wim Hofman
Günter Tuzina (Hamburg 1951) has had close ties with the Gemeentemuseum for several decades. Over the years, successive directors have collected his works. As a result, the museum houses the largest
This summer, the Gemeentemuseum is giving Dutch artist Toon Verhoef (b. Voorburg, 1946) free run of the Projects Gallery. He will use the space for an installation involving nine recent paintings of
The monumental figures of British sculptor Thomas Houseago (b. Leeds, 1972) show clear traces of their making: a pencil line from an underlying drawing, a bit of iron protruding from the structure or
The Dutch artist Ossip (The Hague, 1952) constructs a replica of his own studio in the Projects Gallery of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Visitors will be confronted with his ‘favourite objects’ and the