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…
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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…
Weekend Tip: Virtual Tours of ten Great European Museums
Even though you may have had to cancel your travel plans, reorganize your daily routine and stay at home, this doesn’t mean you can…
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…
Tapis rouge French fi lmfestival
Edition 31 October 2019 The festive opening night of the French fi lm festival Tapis Rouge will take place on Wednesday 30 October in…
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…
The IamExpat Fair Amsterdam, 2019
Looking for a new job? Need mortgage advice? Looking for a good school or day-care for your kids? Want to enrol in a quality…
TEFAF Maastricht: one of the most powerful art networks in the world
Edition 1 February 2019 The most important art event annually in the Dutch calendar is TEFAF Maastricht. This Fair is organized by The European…
Beautiful Boy (movie)
Edition 1 February 2019, by Benjamin Roberts In 2017, more than 72,000 deaths in the US were caused by a drug overdoses. One of…
Rembrandt and Saskia. Love and Marriage in the Dutch Golden Age (expo)
Edition 1 February, by Benjamin Roberts When it comes to Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and locations in the Netherlands, we usually think of Leiden,…
GIVEAWAY FOR A VISIT AT THE FRANS HALS MUSEUM
Complete the form below and win two free tickets for the exhibition Hals meets Manet, Singer Sargent and van Gogh at the Frans Hals…
Minnie Mouse as Muse (exhibition)
Edition 28 December 2018, by Benjamin Roberts Robert J. Halls exposition in Amsterdam’s GO Gallery What do Walt Disney’s Minnie Mouse and Marie-Antoinette have…
Cool Japan in het Tropenmuseum
Edition 28 December 2018 Cool Japan showcases the world’s fascination with all things Japanese. From Hello Kitty to samurai and from well-known Japanese horror…
The international mix of BRAVA
The Brussels Art Fair (BRAFA), created in 1956, is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious art fairs, famous for the high-quality fine…
Co Westerik – Everyday Wonder in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
The artist Co Westerik was born on 2 March 1924 in The Hague, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KABK)….
A year of laughs
Edition 28 December, by James Luxford 2019’s set to be a year of comedy with the many English language comedians coming to The Netherlands….
Hals meets Manet, Singer Sargent and van Gogh
The sensational major exhibition Frans Hals and the Moderns in the Frans Hals Museum will be the first time that Frans Hals’ paintings have…
Experience Leeuwarden-Friesland, European Capital of Culture 2018
The North of the Netherlands is vibrant. Together with the province of Friesland, the city of Leeuwarden bears the honourable title of European Capital…
80 important aquisitions for 40 Dutch museums in a single exhibition
On the initiative of the Rembrandt Association, the Kröller-Müller Museum is organizing the exhibi tion For the love of art. Just once, more than…
Amsterdam contemporary art front-runner
Seventh edition of Amsterdam Art Weekend from 22 – 25 November Throughout the Amsterdam Art Weekend, from 22-25 November, Amsterdam is all about contemporary…
Path to the Present (exhibition)
Edition 30 October 2018, by Benjamin Roberts Today in the Netherlands, one of the most secular countries in Europe, there are more than 2…
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…
Het Scheepvaartmuseum opens new exhibition on passenger ship Oranje
‘This is set to be the most entrancing fivestar exhibition of the spring, possibly even the whole year.’ (De Huisarts, medical newspaper, Belgium) On…
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…