In the second half of the twentieth century, a small group of German artists turned their backs on the standard abstractionism of the contemporary international mainstream and deliberately chose to

For more than two years, the Belin-based Dutch composer-artist William Engelen (1964) has immersed himself in the Kunstmuseum’s rich collection of musical instruments, its art collection and the

Unique exhibition showing seventeenth-century 'anatomy lesson' paintings side by side with works on similar themes by top international classic modern and contemporary artists.

In the spring of 1892, Isaac Israels (1865-1934) stood face to face with a beautiful snow-covered cityscape in the window of an art gallery in Amsterdam. It was a painting by George Hendrik Breitner

In spring 2006, the period rooms at the Gemeentemuseum will be alive with birds: one of the most popular artistic subjects from the natural world. Birds of prey, decoys, songbirds, aviary birds and

From yellow to pastel shades of purple and green, Le Remorqueur (The Tugboat) by the French artist Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) is an ode to colour. The work from 1907 is a gift to the Kunstmuseum from

Last year, the Gemeentemuseum and publishers Leopold launched a special series of children’s art books. As they appear, each book is the subject of an exhibition. The present show features not just

Damien Hirst (b.1965) is not only fascinated by death, but likes to draw on traditional art historical themes and examples to inspire his work. There was an opportunity to see this last year in the