Maarten Ploeg
Painting was rediscovered in the exhilarating 1980s. Maarten Ploeg (1958 – 2004) caused a sensation as an artist and musician at the time. He was awarded the Royal Prize for Painting in 1982, and in
Kunstmuseum Den Haag has a treasure chamber of over 160.000 pieces of art. Here we work on making the highlights from this collection available online.
Painting was rediscovered in the exhilarating 1980s. Maarten Ploeg (1958 – 2004) caused a sensation as an artist and musician at the time. He was awarded the Royal Prize for Painting in 1982, and in
With an unprecedented drive for clarity, and with great precision and discipline, Bridget Riley (b. 1931) has crafted a sensational body of work over more than fifty years. The British artist is known
The prestigious Centre Pompidou in Paris has loaned forty of its top works for a special exhibition in Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. The exhibition includes famous masterpieces by such artists as Kandinsky
In 2005 the Gemeentemuseum received a large bequest in the form of a collection of Dutch art pottery from the estate of lawyer Jaap Douma (1917-2002). As well as items by leading names, the collection
As part of the current year of celebrations surrounding the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is devoting its six Period Rooms to a celebration of
It's night
In the Period Rooms at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the sun slowly sets. The light dies and darkness moves in. Stars twinkle in the night sky, a candle burns at a window and people prepare