The winner of this year’s Ouborg Prize is André Kruysen (b. 1967). For his exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Kruysen has decided to create a site-specific installation taking as its point of

In the brief period between 1885 and the outbreak of war in 1914 painting in the Low countries experienced a modern Renaissance. Colour was liberated from the chains of visual reality. Suddenly, grass

Ever since the late sixties, when the first Minimal Art exhibition and the first Sol LeWitt retrospective were held in The Hague, the Gemeentemuseum has had a special relationship with this leading

The Gemeentemuseum’s collection of twentieth-century Dutch drawings has recently been enriched by a donation of 50 drawings by Ben Akkerman (1920). In addition, the artist has donated 12 of his early

The Ouborg Prize is awarded in alternate years to a Hague artist producing work of both national and local importance. Named after Hague artist Pieter Ouborg (1893-1956), the City of The Hague’s prize

Our image of Cubism is very different from that entertained by the Parisian public in the period around 1910. Then, Henri le Fauconnier was regarded as the leader of the movement.Today, Picasso

Light is created by means of colour against a black, white or coloured ground. Steven Aalders (b. 1959) produces paintings that are simple in form but complex in their handling of colour. They are

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag possesses a multitude of design drawings dating from between 1880 and 1940 and made by artists whose work is also well-represented in the decorative arts collection.This