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

Only the best was ever good enough for the court of imperial China. It had its own special factories using the highest quality porcelain, the most virtuoso craftsmen and the finest pigments to produce

In the early 20th century, a group of artists caused a huge furore in the Munich art world. Calling themselves Der Blaue Reiter, the artists produced expressive, brightly coloured, lyrical paintings

Flaming June, the glorious canvas painted by Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) in around 1895, and five fabulous pictures by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) are the highlights of an extraordinary

One is a Minimalist artist who has reduced painting to repeated, regularly spaced imprints of a n° 50 paintbrush, the other a conceptual artist who began his career as a scientist. Niele Toroni (b

German artist Hanns Schimansky (b. 1949) produces highly aesthetic, abstract drawings which are widely appreciated both in his native land and abroad. Using pencil, Indian ink or chalk, he works on

The Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory (1883-1917) produced internationally renowned pottery. The glory days of the Hague factory are very much associated with the designer Theodoor Colenbrander and

“Imagine the life of Frida Kahlo yoked to the eye of Edvard Munch, and you’ll begin to get the measure of this oeuvre…” (The Independent, London, 2003)

This spring the Gemeentemuseum presents the