Originally a member of the Arte Povera movement, Italian artist Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994) soon went his own way. From the 1970s he became famous for his whimsical, colourful embroideries which he

American artist Alice Neel (1900-1984) was above all a portrait painter or, as she herself put it, a ‘collector of souls’. She painted the people around her, from her children and lovers to MoMA

German artist Jochen Niessen (b. 1959) dramatically reverses the traditional process of painting: he applies the paint first and only then proceeds to the drawing. And he himself has no idea what that

This presentation marks last year’s major donation to the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag of a fine collection of porcelain boxes, bowls and dishes by artist Leen Quist (b. 1942). The collection was put

Malachi Farrell’s room-size installations are reminiscent of the kinetic machines devised by Jean Tinguely. But whereas the purpose of Tinguely’s machines was primarily aesthetic, Farrell endows his

Ever since photography was invented almost 175 years ago, the human body has been a major source of inspiration for many of the artists who have used the medium.

The photography collection of the

Marc Mulders’ (b. 1958) studio is a barn in the middle of a field of flowers. As he stands painting in the doorway, bees buzz and butterflies flit around his easel. Mulders calls his garden ‘my own

In the nineteenth century people still lived by the seasons. Whether it was summertime or wintertime did not matter, many people simply had to work outside whatever the weather. Between 1860 and 1900