Ancient Persian artefacts on display (exhibition)
Edition 30 August 2018, by Pejman Akbarzadeh For the first time after the 1979 Revolution, a huge collection of Iran’s National Museum is on…
Arts and Culture
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The Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht
Edition 30 August 2018 The Netherlands Film Film Festival is both the home of Dutch cinema and the leading platform for the Netherlands’ national…
Koos Breukel / Son in Huis Marseille
Edition 30 August 2018 The Dutch portrait photographer Koos Breukel, whose oeuvre is held in high regard both in the Netherlands and abroad, has…
On Chesil Beach (movie)
Edition 29 May 2018, by James Luxford For those who follow the awards scene, a prestige drama being released in the spring or summer…
Royal Delft: 365 years of inspiration and innovation
Paintbrushes carefully touch the white earthenware, whilst elsewhere clay is poured into handmade moulds. It is here, at Royal Delft, that craftsmen have been…
Foam presents the work of photographer Daniëlle van Ark in the exhibition Artist’s Proof
For Dutch artist Daniëlle van Ark (1974) photography is the most ephemeral of all media. With the development of steadily more advanced reproduction technologies,…
Saudade: the expatriate archive centre’s 10th anniversary
Moving abroad can challenge the meaning of home, open new horizons, and change us as people. At the very least, it inevitably results in…
Film about the life and work of ESCHER
Edition 26 April 2018, by Nanda Jagusiak Journey to infinity – 2018 Leeuwarden Cultural Capital of Europe Maurits Cornelis ESCHER (1898 – 1972) is one…
Rijksmuseum receives core collection Erwin Olaf
Edition 28 June 2018 The Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf this week donated to the Rijksmuseum his core collection, the fully representative range of work…
Light paintings by Maryolga Nieto at Hop & Stork
One of the first expressions of dissemination of this contribution to contemporary art currently presented by artist Maryolga Nieto in the gastronomic-cultural space “Hop…
A swifter shock of beauty…
Edition 28 June 2018, by Caroline de Westenholz, director Louis Couperus Museum Louis Couperus and the art of sculpture: New exhibition in Louis Couperus…
Kröller Müller Museum
An unforgettable experience The Kröller-Müller Museum is a place where things of beauty come together. The unique combination of art, nature and architecture guarantees…
Meet the world at the Movies that Matter Festival
Edition 22 March 2018 You’ll get to meet people from all over the world, talk to inspiring activists, see interesting documentaries and revealing fiction…
Mesdag & Japan: Collecting the Far East
Edition 22 March 2018 Mesdag’s extraordinary collection of Japanese decorative art: from samurai swords and Satsuma vases to colourful earthenware and bronze cranes. Exhibition…
Paradiso, Amsterdam’s temple of pop culture turns 50
By Benjamin B. Roberts If the 1960s Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n’ Roll generation, Flower Power, and counter culture movement could all be rolled…
The Passion 2018: “I see you”
Edition 22 March 2018, by Femke van Iperen Diversity and resilience in the Bijlmer The eighth edition of The Passion will take place on…
Tell Freedom. 15 South African artists
Edition 28 December 2017 The exhibition Tell Freedom comprises new and existing work by fifteen young artists from South Africa. In it, they reflect…
The art of laughter: humour in the Golden Age
Click here and win free tickets for this exhibition Rarely have more humorous paintings been produced than in the Dutch Golden Age. Naughty children,…
Opening ‘Heaven or Hell?’
An exhibition on extraordinary 95% of Dutch women feel more confident when wearing a pair of beautiful shoes. However, an average of 23 pairs…
The fascinating underwater photos of Harry Fayt
Edition 26 January 2018 With success, the Belgian photographer Harry Fayt made the switch to underwater photography a few years ago. His work consists…
Food trends 2018
Edition 26 January, by Seringe S.T. Touray When tea first seeped into Europe from China in the 17th Century, nobody knew it would become…
50 years of Austrian tradition in the Netherlands: The Vienna Ball on 9 February 2018 in Grand Hotel Huis ter Duin, Noordwijk
Each year more than 450 balls take place in Vienna. The best time of the year begins for ball-goers and dance fans on 11…
I am not a tourist expat fair Amsterdam on October 8, 2017
Expat Fair Expatica’s “i am not a tourist” Expat Fair is the biggest event for internationals living, working, studying or setting up a business…
100 years of De stijl in the Kröller-Müller Museum
The patron and the ‘house painter’. Helene Kröller-Müller and Bart van der Leck In the international year ‘Mondriaan to Dutch Design’, and on occasion…
India Dance Festival 2017
One of the most important European events for Indian dance takes center stage in The Hague this October The Hague – The India Dance…
A tasteful journey, the ron Klein Breteler collection
Ron Klein Breteler began collecting contemporary Modern art several decades ago. One of his first purchases, a light object by the Dutch artist Jan…
Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan opens to success, offers path to the future
Visiting more than a hundred countries in one day is now possible thanks to world expositions such as the one happening this year in…
Amsterdam Art in RAI
Edition 18 May 2017 From Wednesday May 31 until Monday June 5 (2nd day of Pentecost) the Amstel Hall of Amsterdam RAI will host…
Holland Festival 2017
Edition 18 May 2017 The Holland Festival, since 1947 the leading international performing arts festival in the Netherlands, offers music, theatre, dance, opera, film…
Terschelling Oerol festival: a phenomenon!
Edition 18 May 2017 Terschellings Oerol festival has a reputation as one of the most fun, most exceptional theatre festivals in Europe. From its…
3 Indonesian High-End Guitars offered by the Ambassador of Indonesia
Edition 20 June 2017, by Nanda Jagusiak-Monteiro 3 Indonesian High-End Guitars offered to George Kooymans, Henny Vrienten and Boudewijn de Groot by the Ambassador…