We have been asked how we view the controversy surrounding the fashion house Balenciaga, given the subject of our current fashion exhibition. Our exhibition is about the work in black of couturier...

43.1 White symbolises innocence and chastity and is the colour of supreme purity. Angels wear white robes, Christening gowns are white and, since the Renaissance, brides from noble families have...

42.1 For many centuries, yellow evoked negative – xenophobic and moralistic – associations. From the Middle Ages, it was used to identify Jews, Muslims and prostitutes. In combination with green...

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...

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag’s new Animals Galore exhibition presents an amazing multiplicity of animals. A sweep of the museum’s rich and varied decorative arts, fashion and sculpture collections has

Rare toilet services, silver and porcelain tea sets and Mendini’s unique 100% Make Up series of vases will all be on show at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag from 15 March to 12 October 2008. New to the

Couturier Paul Poiret was among the greatest innovators in early 20th-century fashion. But his influence was not limited to fashion; he aspired to create ‘total works of art’ and surrounded himself