Each year since 1997 a group of secondary school pupils has put together an exhibition at the Volksbuurtmuseum. They display their own paintings and written work, together with items from the

Bing & Grøndahl artists Fanny Garde (1855-1928) and Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone (1860-1945) considered it important to retain as much control as possible, from the beginning to the end of the...

Figures of the Laughing Buddha: we’ve been crazy about them in the Netherlands for centuries. They originated in China and have been in great demand in Europe since the seventeenth century. Potters

A person’s 60th birthday is a special occasion in Korea because it is believed that this is the point when one life cycle has been completed and a new one is about to begin. In this sense, 2021 is a

From optical illusions and impossible architecture to realistic natural landscapes: the work of Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) has it all. In 2023 it will be 125 years since his birth. With the...

With 160,000 works of art, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is one of Europe’s biggest art museums. It has a leading collection of modern and contemporary art, fashion and decorative arts. Support from our...

Gustav Klimt’s gloriously erotic painting Judith I goes on show this spring at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. The picture is a top work from Vienna’s Belvedere museum and among the best-known examples

The picture books about Frog (‘Kikker’ in the original Dutch) are among the best-loved pieces of Dutch children’s literature. Frog, created by – and alter ego of – Hague artist Max Velthuijs (1923