19 June 2022 – 8 January 2023 – The lust to travel, the lust to wander and the lust to discover: Wanderlust. In the 19th century, Dutch artists traveled the world for this purpose. In this exhibition you can travel, discover and recognize Dutch artists. Are you wandering?
18 February 2022 – 11 September 2022 – In the 17th and 18th centuries, rich and powerful people living in and around Groningen were heavily involved in slavery overseas. Some members of prominent families commissioned portraits in which they were portrayed with Black servants. This exhibition will feature historical paintings and sculptures made in Groningen that depict people of colour. The works bear […]
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12 February 2021 – 4 September 2022 – Two unique collections of art come together. Learn about an undiscovered, maritime world behind famous masterpieces. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen sets sail to the Maritime Museum.
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23 April 2022 – 30 October 2022 –
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24 June 2022 – 30 June 2027 – Colonialism is not a thing of the past. It has shaped the world: our physical, mental and personal world. Colonialism lives on to this day. In the exhibition ‘Our Colonial Inheritance’, we look at the Dutch colonial history and presence, in Indonesia, Suriname, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and many other countries. You will not get to […]
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Nature has always been an inspiration for artists. Plants, flowers, flora, fauna, animals and colors. They were and are captured in art then and now.
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28 January 2022 – 6 June 2022 – For almost forty years, Vincent Mentzel (b. 1945) was the staff photographer of the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad: he literally captured the news. Mentzel matured into one of the Netherlands’ best-known photographers, especially due to his innovative reporting of The Hague’s politics. With his striking portraits of politicians and informal photo reports of the Binnenhof, […]
11 May 2022 – 30 October 2022 – Although Mount Ararat does not lie in Armenia, this famous sacred mountain and the smallest republic of the South Caucasus are inextricably linked. Armenia & Mount Ararat will be the protagonists of the exhibition Under the spell of Mount Ararat – Treasures from ancient Armenia. Beautiful objects from the History Museum of Armenia in Yerevan […]
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After Vermeer’s The Milkmaid, work by Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt van Rijn and Pieter Bruegel the Elder can be seen successively in the former Hermitage. These are The Yellow House (The Street) from 1888 by Van Gogh, the last Self-portrait (1669) by Rembrandt and The Tower of Babel (circa 1560) by Bruegel.
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Looking for a gift for a real foodie? We selected the nicest and most original must-haves for on the table or in the kitchen.
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