A presentation of recent acquisitions made by the Gemeentemuseum under the current director, Wim van Krimpen.

Damien Hirst (b.1965) is not only fascinated by death, but likes to draw on traditional art historical themes and examples to inspire his work. There was an opportunity to see this last year in the

Axel van der Kraan (b. 1949) makes woodcut prints showing a densely built-up world from which the human population seems to have vanished. All that remains is a variety of desolate urban landscapes

In the nineteenth century people still lived by the seasons. Whether it was summertime or wintertime did not matter, many people simply had to work outside whatever the weather. Between 1860 and 1900

Exhibition of work by Austrian artist Siegfried Anzinger (b. 1953, Weyer). Although he is generally regarded as a member of the German Neue Wilden (Neo-Expressionists), his work is less ironic and

Masterpieces from the National Museum in Belgrade including items by world-famous artists like Archipenko, Bonnard, Corot, Degas, Delaunay, Denis, Derain, Van Dongen, Dufy, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Jongkind

From 29 September, the Gemeentemuseum will present a major retrospective of the work of Rob van Koningsbruggen (The Hague, 1948), one of the most individual Dutch artists of recent decades.

Perversity

The Gemeentemuseum Den Haag uses the Vincent Award Room to exhibit items from its own collection in combination with works from the Monique Zajfen Collection. The new exhibition is entitled In the