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...

Mischa Andriessen is the Gemeentemuseum’s latest writer in residence. ‘I want to link the visual arts with other forms of art, like poetry’, he says. ‘My hope is that my residency at the...

Conservator Ruth Hoppe got the surprise of her life when she looked at the x-ray of Wisteria. This masterpiece, one of three paintings by Claude Monet (1840-1926) in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag’s...

Our official change of name is imminent. Next month we will launch our new visual identity, the most important element of which is the new typographic logo designed by Peter Biľak. As a prelude to the...

Cézanne is the ‘father of modern art’. Ironically, the painter who frequently found himself turned down for the Paris salons is now regarded as one of the most important artists of his day. Picasso

He was born in Cavtat, Croatia, lived in America, Paris, Zagreb and Prague, and spent extended periods in England and Vienna. Wherever talented painter Vlaho Bukovac (1855-1922) settled, he soon