Seventeen museums open for pilot with quicktests in the week of 19 April
Museums can open safely and responsibly, as shown in the summer of 2020, as long as 6 feet distance is maintained between visitors. As…
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Tickets for large trial festivals and events sold out within the hour
While life is still uncertain due to the world pandemic, some trial events and concerts are being held in the Netherlands. The aim is…
A rare Dutch sight and a tourist attraction in Drenthe: Outdoor pigs
In the province of Drenthe a number of pig farmers are making their animals useful before they go to slaughter. The pigs live outside,…
Feel at Home – International Fair online
Sunday 14 March 2021, 11am-5pm Keeping Internationals Connected In previous years, the Feel at Home International Community Fair has been a successful one-day event…
Jazz in Rotterdam
Rotterdam has always been a versatile jazz city. The city offers an extensive network of venues, programs, festivals and support organizations for famous and…
Drents Museum postpones Armenia and extends Helmantel
Due to the ongoing corona crisis and the associated limitations, the Drents Museum in Assen has radically changed the exhibition program for the first…
Paula Modersohn-Becker – A new image of woman in Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Out of the shadow falling across her face, Paula Modersohn Becker regards us with a steady gaze. She painted Self-portrait with Hat and Veil in the…
Ulay Was Here in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is the setting for the very first exhibition of the world-renowned artist Ulay. Ulay was a pioneer in many…
Realists – Masterpieces from Museum Arnhem in Stedelijk Museum Breda
Breda is the youngest city museum in the Netherlands and a starting point for anyone who wants to discover the art and history of…
Making Christmas special in corona times
It’s that time of the year again! But this year “that time of the year” will not be the usual affair. We won’t be…
The legacy from one woman with endless passion for art: the Kröller-Müller Museum
I am standing in front of Vincent’s van Gogh’s Evening Landscape with Rising Moon. I can see clearly the thick brush strokes of the…
FRANS HALS – All his militia pieces
As of 19 September 2020, all of Frans Hals’ militia pieces will be on display in a temporary exhibition at the Frans Hals Museum…
Henk Helmantel – Master Painter in Drents Museum
This autumn, fans of Henk Helmantel’s work will be able to revel in an exhibition that the Drents Museum is devoting to this leading…
William Wegman BEING HUMAN
Many artists have a muse. Movie directors perfect their craft working repeatedly with their favourite actors, while choreographers create some of their best works…
Cologne Fine Art & Design offers artistic sparkles in November
With a fine selection of dealers and galleries, the 51st COLOGNE FINE ART & DESIGN will open its doors in Cologne from 20 to…
Drawn: Rotterdam! The city in lockdown
How are the Rotterdam residents coping with the new reality of the ‘intelligent lockdown’? From Saturday 12 September, three Rotterdam city artists will each…
Welcome Home
Moco is a proudly independent museum located on Museumplein in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. As the name suggests, modern and contemporary art make up the…
‘T Huys welcomes creative talent and entrepreneurs as residents New creative hub housed in Hotel De L’Europe Amsterdam
New creative hub housed in Hotel De L’Europe Amsterdam The renovated wing of the hotel – ‘t Huys – opened its doors in March…
Rendez-Vous in museum Voorlinden | On display until 25 October 2020
Rendez-Vous centres on encounters: those between Voorlinden and its visitors, between the art and viewers and between the artists and the works themselves. In this…
The importance of bees for the world
Bees are an essential animal for both the ecosystem and biodiversity conservation. Sadly, as a result of human activities, the quantity of bees and…
15th edition CAMERA JAPAN FESTIVAL is on!
RECTIFICATION In the last printed edition of the Holland Times we accidentally used the press information from 2019. Here is the correct information for…
Holidays in the Netherlands?
Vacation! A wonderful word for most people. But this year the meaning is slightly different due to the corona rules. Many Dutch people will…
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar offers a stress-free museum
The city museum (Stedelijk Museum) Alkmaar opened its doors to the public again in early June. The museum has taken special measures, according to…
Vivian Maier – Works in Color
This summer Foam presents the colorful works of Vivian Maier in the new exhibition Works in Color. Mostly known for her black and white photography,…
Holland Festival online programme 2020
From 11 through 21 June, the Holland Festival will present an online programme that adheres as much as possible to the core and essence…
World premiere ’Gently Quiet’
Eleven short dancefilms recorded in a deserted Amsterdam during lockdown. * Directed by Peter Leung & Altin Kaftira. Today is the launch of Gently Quiet, the…
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht presents ‘Streetlife’ 1 June – 27 September 2020
Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht presents the exhibition ‘Streetlife‘ from 1 June until 27 September 2020. The museum shows colorful work by the…
Amsterdam Art launches first Gallery Weekend in 2020 & moves Art Weekend to spring 2021
Amsterdam Art is pleased to announce the launch of the very first Amsterdam Art Gallery Weekend from 18-21 November 2020, a weekend of contemporary…
New design route in Amsterdam: GLUE
With ‘GLUE amsterdam connected by design’, the city once again has a three-day design route for Amsterdam-based designers, architects, brands, showrooms, galleries, academies, and…
Uitmarkt goes digital!
The 43rd edition of the Uitmarkt goes digital. In June, the Uitmarkt launches an online platform where artists, makers and institutions can offer their…
Major Frida Kahlo exhibition rescheduled to autumn 2021
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the Drents Museum in Assen has decided to reschedule the major exhibition Viva la Frida! – Life and Art of…
Photographer Hans Withoos exhibits at Domain Oogenlust
Gallery Persoon in Eersel and the event decorators of Oogenlust present a retrospective exhibition of Dutch photographic artist Hans Withoos. The gallery shows sixty…
Tell Me Your Story in the Kunsthal KAdE
The exhibition Tell Me Your Story, about 100 years of storytelling in African-American art, has been extended until August 30. Thanks to the generous…
Mancini: Eccentric and Extravagant
With a lockdown of public life in the Netherlands and most of the world, an art review about an exhibition in a closed museum…
Culture in Quarantine
The Netherlands has adopted social distancing en masse since 12 March. The situation has had, and will likely continue to have, a massive economic…
Dutch National Opera & Ballet launches online platform
‘Keep on Singing and Dancing – Stay Safe’ The government’s temporary decision to ban events and gatherings until 1 June 2020, in order to…
Bright Day tech festival announces first headliners
Edition 31 October 2019 Bright Day, the main tech festival in the Netherlands, today announced the first names on its programme. Fortnite gamer Royalistiq…
The IamExpat Fair is coming to The Hague
Edition 31 October 2019 The 9th edition of the IamExpat Fair is taking place at the Grote Kerk in The Hague on November 9. …
Cai Guo-Qiang. Inopportune: Stage two
Edition 31 October 2019 The monumental installation Inopportune: Stage two consists of nine replica tigers pierced by dozens of arrows and a set decoration…
Thierry Mugler: Couture time in the Kunsthal
Edition 31 October 2019 This fall, the Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting the European premiere of the fashion exhibition “Thierry Mugler: Couturissime”. Initiated and produced…
IDFA Amsterdam
Edition 31 October 2019 The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam offers an independent and inspiring meeting place for audiences and professionals to see a…
Discover the world of Royal Delft
Blue Paintbrushes carefully touch the white earthenware, whilst elsewhere clay is poured into handmade moulds. It is here, at Royal Delft, that craftsmen have…
Fifth edition festival Wonderfeel: experience classical music in the outdoors
Wonderfeel is the biggest outdoor festival for classical music in the Netherlands. This year’s festival will take place from July 19th to July 21st,…
Jewels! Glittering at the Russian court
From 14 September 2019 until 15 March 2020, tens of thousands of precious gems will sparkle at the Hermitage Amsterdam. From agate to zirconium,…
Hightlights exhibition programme 2019 Kröller Müller Museum
Need an escape from the bustle of the city; looking to enjoy a perfect blend of art and nature? Visit the Kröller-Müller Museum in…
Holland Festival 2019
Since 1947, the Holland Festival is the leading international performing arts festival in the Netherlands. The festival offers a broad scope of international performing…
10 years of Cineville!
Cineville is 10 years old and celebrates film! On Sunday 24 March, you will see the most talked-about films from the past 10 years…
Erwin Olaf in the Hague
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and The Hague Museum of Photography are to honour one of the Netherlands’ most famous photographers, Erwin Olaf (b. 1959), with…
The Barraud brothers in Museum MORE
They are probably the best kept secret of Switzerland: the Barraud brothers. Four brothers in art. Four very talented painters within one family. A…
Movies that Matter Festival 2019
Feel free to open your mind at the at the Movies that Matter Festival! The annual international fi lm and debate festival on human…