The Maris Brothers
To coincide with the exhibition about the Oyens brothers, the Gemeentemuseum is organising a display of work by the Maris brothers. The presentation will show that each of the three

A hundred years ago, a group of avant-garde young artists working in the north-eastern Dutch province of Groningen founded a collective known as De Ploeg (‘The Plough’).

The group – including Jan

“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

In the early twentieth century, the resort of Domburg in Zeeland had a strong appeal for well-known Dutch artists like Jan Toorop, Jacoba van Heemskerck and Piet Mondrian. The exhibition at the

Long corridors, cluttered studios and rooms devoid of human presence. Empty interiors are the subject of this latest presentation in the Vincent Award Room, in which works from the Monique Zajfen

A successful round of deaccessioning, most controversially involving the sale of a painting by the Russian artist Ilya Mashkov, has enabled the Gemeentemuseum to purchase a number of important pieces

The Gemeentemuseum’s textile collection includes many costumes once worn by stars of the Dutch and international stage. They date from the period between 1923 and the present and include creations by

Juul Kraijer (b. Assen, 1970) makes elegant, calligraphic drawings reminiscent of Indian miniatures. All of them show more or less the same female model, her body depicted approximately life-size