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

If there is one thing that the 1960s is known for, it is the breaking of boundaries. As unprecedented economic growth in the west brought prosperity to the masses, the dreams of the 1950s could

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

Flaming June, the glorious canvas painted by Frederic Leighton (1830-1896) in around 1895, and five fabulous pictures by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) are the highlights of an extraordinary

If anyone deserves to be called the ‘artist of the twentieth century’, that man is Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973). The exhibition Picasso in The Hague covers his entire career and reveals his untiring

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag has had a highly successful year, a large part of which was devoted to celebrating the centenary of the De Stijl movement. As a result, the museum attracted particularly large...

The Minimal = More exhibition held at the Gemeentemuseum earlier this year included a 2002 work entitled Coded Language, Hardliner by German artist Frank Gerritz (b. Hamburg, 1964). Gerritz is a

Directors Ms Margriet Schavemaker (director) Mr Paul Broekhoff (managing director) Management team Mr Doede Hardeman (head of collections) Mr Daniel Koep (head of exhibitions) Ms Jet van Overeem (head...