Venice may be famous around the world for its Grand Canal, its Bridge of Sighs and the Piazza San Marco, but for centuries the glorious objects produced by the glassblowers of Murano have brought it

“What a pity.” The final words of Paula Modersohn-Becker. She was just 31 when, on 20 November 1907, soon after the birth of her daughter Mathilde, she breathed her last. Paula had been restless her...

Kunstmuseum Den Haag will be open to the public again from Monday 1 June. We are of course extremely happy about this, as a museum without visitors simply does not feel right. Ahead of the reopening...

In 1914 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1882-1976) spent the summer in Hohwacht, a somewhat remote municipality in northern Germany surrounded by pristine nature. Here, he painted Frauen im Grünen: two women...

The late 19th and early 20th century was a veritable Golden Age for French ceramics. In the 1890s, the position of France was unique: the country produced the finest and most forward-looking ceramics

Fine dining is a form of sensory seduction. It operates not only via the taste buds, but also via the visual appeal of the food and table setting. Beautiful porcelain and silverware, glittering

Young Man Red is an installation that recalls not only Alexander Calder’s mobiles, but also the work of Karel Appel and of De Stijl. Jesse Wine (b. 1983) often looks to other artists for inspiration

This year’s theme of Light inspired 1745 artists to submit 3000 works for the closely fought qualifying rounds of SummerExpo 2014. The independent jury has chosen 248 of the anonymised artworks to be