In spring 2006, the period rooms at the Gemeentemuseum will be alive with birds: one of the most popular artistic subjects from the natural world. Birds of prey, decoys, songbirds, aviary birds and

This winter the Gemeentemuseum is proud to present the first ever Dutch retrospective of work by Christian Schad (1894-1982), a key figures in the German Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) movement

Juul Kraijer (b. Assen, 1970) makes elegant, calligraphic drawings reminiscent of Indian miniatures. All of them show more or less the same female model, her body depicted approximately life-size

In the 19th century, representations of the naked human body became a fully accepted part of Western European art. Modelled on the classical ideal of beauty and clothed in the decorum of mythology

Karel Petrus Cornelis de Bazel (1869 – 1923) is known in the Netherlands principally as an architect. He built many country villas in the Gooi (North Holland) and designed the headquarters of the

In recent years, Dutch fashion designers have been extremely successful both at home and abroad. Now the fashion world is hailing a new generation of creative young designers who have recently

The Dutch artist Ossip (The Hague, 1952) constructs a replica of his own studio in the Projects Gallery of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. Visitors will be confronted with his ‘favourite objects’ and the

The Gemeentemuseum has a unique collection of Dutch ceramics, including some fine examples of earthenware from Potterie Kennemerland, one of the few manufacturers in the interwar period to focus