The title of Hot Skillet Mama is a reference to a piece of music by legendary American jazz composer Sun Ra (1914-1993). Hot Skillet Mama’s lyrics express the singer’s desire for a woman, sweating...

Holger Niehaus (b. Nordhorn, Germany, 1975) takes us to a strange world, where plants, fruit and animals congregate in serene still-lifes. Niehaus masterfully interweaves the traditional still-life

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

Norbert Schwontkowski (1949-2013) is perhaps one of Germany’s best kept secrets. Yet these days his poetic work is gradually attracting more and more admirers outside his homeland. Inspired by Zen

Flemish artist Théo van Rysselberghe (1862-1926) is one of the most important figures in the field of Neo-impressionism. He introduced the Pointillist technique of Seurat and Signac in Belgium and

This summer, the Gemeentemuseum is giving Dutch artist Toon Verhoef (b. Voorburg, 1946) free run of the Projects Gallery. He will use the space for an installation involving nine recent paintings of

Everyone knows Claude Monet’s world-famous paintings of water lilies. But how many have seen these explosions of colour in person and lost themselves in the reflections of Monet’s water lily pond, no

Little Red Riding Hood – it’s a story we all know by heart. Generations have grown up with it and, even today, anyone over the age of four can tell you the tale of the sweet little girl in the red