Nienke Hoogvliet: known worldwide, but not (yet) in The Hague

On the wall of her studio on Golden Rain Street, patches and patches of different textiles hang in rows below one another. Each with a slightly different reddish-brown hue each time. They are experiments on textiles with paint made from seaweed. Totally Nienke Hoogvliet (1989): she researches...

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project 2.0

Project 2.0 and the art of suspension

""In my career, I have hung perhaps twenty thousand artworks in private homes and companies," states Coen van den Oever of gallery Project 2.0. "The funny thing is that I still remember all those places vividly. Handy, that photographic memory of mine." And the counter continues...

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The distinguished Mauritshuis is looking for new audiences

They are still in party mood, Martine Gosselink and Kristel van der Linden. The Mauritshuis' two-century anniversary year is coming to an end, but the museum's director and head of business development can't get enough of it. Not surprisingly, because...

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amare The Hague culture BOIDR

Amare too high-threshold for the ordinary Hagenees? "Absolutely not"

It took some getting used to when the name of the new Hague cultural building was finally announced in October 2019: Amare. One of the ideas behind it - that it is a reference to the sea (mare) on which The Hague so gracefully lies - sounds a bit...

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The turbulent life of Hague writer Alexander Münninghoff now on TV

Taking a mild view with regard to decadence, you could say it is an ordinary New Year's Eve party. The gentlemen black tie, the ladies in evening gowns, on the steps the champagne glasses and jewels tinkle merrily, and after each bang, a...

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Bij Ons In De Residentie Launch Edition 2022 Blue Blood Hilton The Hague

Eleventh launch BOIDR: drinks and catching up

Some two hundred people attended the launch of Bij Ons In De Residentie (BOIDR) at BlueBlood The Hague restaurant of the Hilton on Thursday 24 November. A room full of people who love the good, Hague life. Because that's what the 11th edition is all about...

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Amare The Hague

Amare, a cultural house seven football pitches in size

Leontien Wiering, business director of Amare, poses for the photographer at the barre (the beam on which ballet dancers do their exercises) in a giant dance studio overlooking the Nieuwe Kerk on the Spui. The long half of the space is just window, there...

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willocq project 2.0

Strong women from Congo in The Hague gallery Project 2.0

Patrick Willocq needs to feel the jungle around him. His studio at an industrial site in Rijswijk is only a temporary workplace. He settles down somewhere for the sake of a project and moves on. Yesterday it was Shanghai, today it is La Haye as the in...

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'Swimming Pool' by Leandro Erlich

Suzanne Swarts on 'Picasso-Giacometti' in anniversary Voorlinden

On every visit, there is that surprise: the atmosphere and class the ensemble exudes. The old manor house and modern museum embedded in the green setting of the estate. A classic landscape of meadows and woodlands rejuvenates itself towards the museum

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'Artist of the year' Casper Faassen creates work with dancers NDT

Thursday 10am, Marktsteeg 10, Leiden. Visual artist Casper Faassen (1975) steps off his bike apologetically. "Sorry I'm late, scheduling was a bit off for a while," he says. "Hello neighbour," he greets the carpenter from Museum De Lakenhal who is opposite his premises on...

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