Towards the end of the 19th century, artists turned their backs on history painting in favour of landscape, previously regarded as an inferior genre. In France, the Barbizon School emerged as artists

During the summer of 2017, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag plans to take visitors on an extensive tour of the life and work of Piet Mondrian. The journey will lead them to Amsterdam, Paris, London and New

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

From 22 February the Gemeentemuseum is exhibiting a selection of unusual works by Friesian artist Sjoerd de Vries.

Using a knife, De Vries (Oudehaske, 1941) slices, carves and tears old-fashioned

Couturier Frans Hoogendoorn has been a household name in the Netherlands for over 40 years. He is inextricably linked to The Hague, a city associated from time immemorial with court life, the

British artist Grayson Perry (b. 1960), winner of the Erasmus Prize, works with a great variety of techniques and materials, and refers to himself as the “transvestite potter”. His art is provocative

Erik Andriesse died ten years ago at the age of only 36. An ambitious young artist, he made a deep impression on many who knew him during his brief career. This spring, a survey of his oeuvre is to be

The technique Rückriem uses most often is cutting and splitting stone along straight lines. Normally speaking, a sculptor throws away the stone that is cut or split off, and what remains is the