DELFT (AP).- You don’t have to be in Delft long to see what inspired Johannes Vermeer. Meandering up and down countless bridges that stretch over canals, and past storefronts and slender houses, the quaint Dutch life sets in. It’s this life — wit…
Artist Libby Hague’s Art Gallery of Ontario Installation Extends to Gallery Facade
TORONTO.- Toronto-based artist Libby Hague’s new installation at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) extends beyond gallery walls and onto the AGO’s Dundas Street façade. Libby Hague: Sympathetic Connections, on view June 11 through September 1…
Broad Range of High Quality Dutch Paintings at Sotheby’s Amsterdam in June
AMSTERDAM.- Sotheby’s Amsterdam auction of 19th Century European Painting on 7 June 2011 is featuring a broad range of high quality Dutch Romantic Paintings as well as works by artists from The Hague and Amsterdam School . The paintings will be on…
Europa Nostra Urges the Romanian Government to Save Rosia Montana Area
THE HAGUE.- In a letter addressed to Prime Minister of Romania Emil Boc, Europa Nostra urged the Romanian Government to ensure the highest level of protection of the unique cultural and natural heritage of the Rosia Montana area. “Experts agree th…
Johan Thorn Prikker: from Art Nouveau to Abstraction at Museum Kunst Palast
DUSSELDORF.- Working together with the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, over 130 works are presented by Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, from the multi-faceted oeuvre of Johan Thorn Prikker (The Hague 1868 to 1932 Cologne). The exhibition of…
Sotheby’s to Sell Collection of Old Master Paintings Assembled by Saam and Lily Nijstad
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announces the sale of the collection of Old Master Paintings, on Thursday 7th July 2011, formed by Saam & Lily Nijstad over the last four decades. Saam Nijstad was for many years a leading dealer in Dutch Old Masters based in…
Marcel van Eeden, Winner of the 2011 Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation Prize
PARIS.- The Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation’s Drawing Prize has been awarded in Paris on the 31st of March, 2011 to Marcel van Eeden, a Dutch artist born in 1965 in The Hague. He lives and works in The Hague, Zurich and Berlin. T…
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Releases App Featuring László Moholy-Nagy Exhibition
THE HAGUE.- On January 29th the exhibit ‘László Moholy-Nagy – The Art of Light’ opened at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. For the first time in the museum’s history an iPhone app has been launched alongside the exhibition. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-194…
The Mauritshuis Acquires Unique Painting by Jan Steen from a Private Collection
THE HAGUE.- The Mauritshuis has acquired the exceptional history painting, Moses and Pharaoh’s Crown by Jan Steen (1626-1679), from a private collection. The museum already owns a superb collection of fourteen paintings by Steen, including undisp…
The Art of Light: Works by László Moholy-Nagy at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
THE HAGUE.- Light as art and art as light. Throughout his life, László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) played with light in all his work: his paintings, sculptures, collages, photographs, films, graphic designs, book covers and theatre sets. Light is to Moho…