The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting around fifty of Frans Hals' best works. This selection puts a virtuoso craftsman in the spotlight. The seventeenth-century master could transform smears of paint into striking portraits like no other.
Mauritshuis in The Hague is paying tribute to Roelant Savery with 43 paintings and drawings. As a court painter in the service of Emperor Rudolf II of Habsburg, the seventeenth-century master feasted his eyes on lions, flowers from every corner of the world and the legendary dodo as well, capturing
A gorgeous series of paintings, prints and drawings is featured in Turning Heads, the exhibition at the KMSKA in Antwerp that focuses on the genre of tronie art. This was in vogue in the seventeenth century, with influential 'head painters' such as Rembrandt, Rubens and Vermeer.
The Mauritshuis in The Hague is displaying art objects that were once stolen by French troops, colonists or Nazis, confronting you with their past and future. Here, the question is not so much about what is present but more about who isn’t.
In Wonderful Memories, Kunstmuseum Den Haag highlights the joyful fanaticism of the Flemish Expressionists. Art historian Gerdien Verschoor visits the exhibition featuring work by Gustave De Smet, Frits Van den Berghe, Anna de Weert and Edgard Tytgat. 'On the banks of the Leie River, the world was s
The largest Vermeer exhibition ever can be seen until 4 June 2023 at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum: twenty-eight paintings have been brought together from all over the world, seven of them for the first time for a Dutch audience. Author and art historian Gerdien Verschoor wrote a personal reflection on
