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Belgian Beats and Dutch Dance in the United States
13 July 2026
Sure: America gave the world house and techno. But Belgium and the Netherlands took electronic music to the next level. And eventually we sent it back west again, with a few extra bleeps thrown in.
Dutch Light in the Hamptons: Willem de Kooning Gave Direction to American Art
22 June 2026
After leaving his home in Rotterdam for New York, Willem de Kooning plunged into the American art world, never forgetting his debt to the European tradition. He became a driving force behind the first typically American art movement of abstract expressionism.
Miet Warlop and Dries Verhoeven at the Biennale: Two Artists Who Refuse to Reassure
1 June 2026
For the first time, Belgium and the Netherlands are sending artists who blur the boundaries between visual art and performance to the Venice Biennale. Miet Warlop and Dries Verhoeven on their place at the iconic festival: “We’re part of a national image-boosting campaign. At the same time, we ge
Dutch Art Movement De Ploeg Finds a New Home in Groningen
4 May 2026
“There’s nothing like Groningen”, is the well-known slogan with which marketeers have put the most important city in the Northeast Netherlands on the map. But for the countryside to the north of the provincial capital, it was taken a bit too literally: the surroundings were regarded as insigni
‘Unforgettable’ Invites Visitors to Gaze at the Breathtaking work of Female Artists
20 April 2026
In the early modern period, women were not merely active in the arts. They were well-respected and enjoyed widespread acclaim ... until, that is, they gently faded from the spotlight. The current exhibition Unforgettable: Female Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 at Ghent’s Museum of Fin
Museum Speelklok takes Visitors on an Amazing Journey Through Mechanical Melodies
2 April 2026
Anyone feeling down or overwhelmed by the constant digital overload would do well to visit Museum Speelklok in Utrecht. Spanning nearly five centuries, the museum’s collection features mechanical clocks and musical instruments, each more richly decorated and melodiously enchanting than the next. B
Fran Van Coppenolle’s Colourful Sculptures Lift You Up
2 October 2023
Bathrobes, fleece blankets, plastic bottle tops, and wooden or steel beams: there’s potential in almost everything Fran Van Coppenolle finds. She makes multicoloured, seemingly weightless sculptures with them, that often float in space. ‘I do everything I can to take away the gloom.’
Revulsion and Fascination: Hybrid Creatures in Visual Art
27 June 2023
From medieval sin to modern climate catastrophe: in art, hybrids of humans, animals and objects confront the reader with the inconceivable.
Nothing Stands Between the Viewer and Art in Food Art Museum LAM
3 February 2023
Hidden in the nineteenth-century park behind the world's most famous tulip garden Keukenhof is the only food art museum in the Netherlands. The LAM takes a critical look at consumption but avoids approaching it with moralism and art historical jargon.
Marie Reintjes Wants to Be Able to Paint Everything
5 May 2020
Marie Reintjes (b. 1990) is always looking. As soon as she sees something that intrigues her, she wonders how she can transpose it into paint. Her eye often falls on everyday, seemingly trivial subjects: a radiator, two boots, a pair of pants with dots. Her painting style is as dynamic as these imag
Wessel Verrijt’s Structures Are Always on the Road
15 April 2020
Like his (mobile) installations, Wessel Verrijt seems to be moving endlessly. The artist from Eindhoven is always in-between residencies, performances and exhibitions. Whenever he arrives somewhere, he immediately erects a new work on-site, often recycling discontinued pieces, manifesting in a refre
