Although Hans Bellmer (1902-1975) and Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) were both in touch with the Surrealists in the 1930s, the two artists never met. Despite this, their work displays striking

A still life, evocative, perhaps even erotic – that is a first impression when one sees a painting by Ina van Zyl (b. 1971). Look closer and her work creates mixed feelings of desire, loneliness and

The Kunstmuseum Den Haag logo is part of the museum’s new visual identity, which is based on its building designed by Berlage and on its collection. The logo is a tribute to the distinctive yellow...

Welcome to our Collection Online. This portal gives you digital access to one of the finest and most extensive international art collections in the Netherlands. It comprises a total of over 150,000...

Since April 2017 the Kunstmuseum Den Haag has been participating in a research project concerning plastic artefacts in museum collections in the Netherlands. Every collection of contemporary art and...

In 1935 the Kunstmuseum received a unique donation comprising 93 sketchbooks that had belonged to Isaac Israels (1865-1934). Son of Jozef Israels, leading light of the Hague School, in the late...

Painter Piet Mondrian was no stern, eccentric hermit who sought refuge in the utopia of his art, as we discover in a new biography of Piet Mondrian. Written by Hans Janssen, Mondrian expert and...

The Dutch fashion world’s highest honour is being awarded to the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag after the jury for this year’s “Grand Seigneur” voted unanimously for the museum. The news was announced by the...