Biënnale Noordwijk is a new, biennial art exposition in the public space of Noordwijk. The biennial aims to let visitors experience Noordwijk’s landscapes within the context of global societal developments. Together, the artworks form a grid connecting Noordwijk’s four municipal cores.
Biënnale Noordwijk’s first edition features twelve art installations by national and international, upcoming and experiences artists. All commissioned works were inspired by Noordwijk’s landscapes and by human and nature’s capacity for self-repair. In addition to the commissioned works, the exposition features several existing pieces.
Human and nature’s self-repairing capabilities are essential as we transition into a new phase of existence. As we exit a pandemic, we enter a world ravaged by war and global warming. These changes affect all of us. What will the effects of climate change on Noordwijk’s land- and seascape be? One thing all organisms have in common is their ability to adapt and perhaps even transform in order to survive.
The featured artists will reflect on these developments, will raise conscience and will alert us to the urgency of their subject. This coincides with their offering up new possibilities and perspectives for our future.
Biënnale Noordwijk features a total of twelve art installations, four of which have been loaned out from existing collections and eight of which have been exclusively commissioned for the biennial. The featured artists vary from newcomers to arrived bigger names. They were all given the same instruction: create a work inspired by Noordwijk’s landscapes and reflecting on nature and humankind’s self-repairing abilities within current global societal developments.
Get directionsMuseum Rijswijk is a museum for contemporary paper and textile art and Rijswijk heritage. The museum is internationally known for its Paper and Textile Biennials that alternate each year. Participating visual artists come from all corners of the world to show their work. Current themes such as ‘Home’, ‘Food for Thought’, ‘Transition’ and ‘Images of Power’ challenge both artists and visitors. Despite the thematic thread that connects all works, the visual quality remains leading. Many visitors vote for their favorite artist through a public award. The public can see this artist again a year later with a solo exhibition.
In addition to the Biennials, there are always fascinating paper and/or textile exhibitions. Group exhibitions and solo presentations by Ian Berry, Madelon Hooykaas, Marianne Lammersen, Jasper de Beijer and Kate Jenkins have been reviewed in recent years.
In the field of heritage, various topics are discussed about important events, people and objects in Rijswijk. This is often accompanied by a publication. In the 19th century, the famous writer/poet Hendrik Tollens lived in the house that now bears the name Tollenshuis. This house has been extended with a new wing and together forms the charming museum in the cozy Oud Rijswijk.
The museum has a shop where you can find a great range of paper and textile objects and a great collection for children. In addition, the book assortment always has a current link with the exhibited artists and the themes of the exhibitions. Museum Rijswijk is also the place to go in the field of Rijswijk history.
Museum Rijswijk houses the cozy Tollens Café, a beautiful terrace on the forecourt and a spacious terrace and courtyard where you can relax when the weather is nice. In /DOC you can pull out a book or an art magazine and recover from the exhibition. Schools and other groups can spend time at Atelier to process what they have experienced in the exhibition. In addition, workshops are often given that tie in with the exhibition, by a museum teacher or by an exhibiting artist.
In Museum Rijswijk you can also organize a small conference, meeting or dinner. The Salon is a period room in the Tollenshuis. This is known as the most beautiful wedding location in the city. In short, there are many reasons to visit this fascinating museum for paper, textile and heritage in Oud-Rijswijk, which is easy to reach by car (free parking until 6 p.m.), bus and tram. Visit the website for more information: museumrijswijk.nl. Be welcome!
Get directionsKunstenaarsgenootschap Pulchri Studio organiseert komende zomer weer een grote beeldententoonstelling op het Lange Voorhout. Vanaf 3 juni tot en met 20 augustus zullen er midden in het bruisende Museumkwartier van Den Haag monumentale kunstwerken van eigen kunstenaarsleden en andere beeldhouwers te zien zijn. Onder de titel ‘Voorhout Monumentaal 2023’ worden circa twintig beelden buiten op het schelpenpad getoond en zullen er diverse beelden te zien zijn in een expositie in de Kloosterkerk. Daarnaast zullen er in exposities schilderijen, sculpturen én videowerken van monumentaal karakter getoond worden in het gebouw van Pulchri Studio.
Als curatoren treden op beeldhouwer Piet Warffemius en kunstverzamelaar Jan van Huizen. “De beelden moeten zeggingskracht en een ontegenzeggelijke originaliteit bezitten. De diversiteit van de tentoonstelling moet te zien zijn in de variatie van materialen, kunstvormen, kleuren en ontwerpen,” zegt Warffemius over het uitgangspunt voor de tentoonstelling. “De trots moet van de beelden afspatten, want dat is wat de kunstenaars willen. Het wordt een tentoonstelling waar de stad Den Haag trots op kan zijn.” Warffemius (1956) is schilder, beeldhouwer en graficus. Hij studeerde aan de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten.
In 2021 was het thema van de beeldententoonstelling vrijheid. Te midden van allerlei beperkende maatregelen als gevolg van de pandemie kon de behoefte aan vrijheid niet groter zijn. Voor de 2023 editie staan we stil bij het Louis Couperus- en M.C. Escherjaar.
Op 16 juli 2023 is het namelijk 100 jaar geleden dat de Haagse schrijver Louis Couperus op 60 jarige leeftijd overleed. Zijn werk omvat allerlei uiteenlopende literaire genres. Hij debuteerde met poëzie, maar legde zich vervolgens al snel toe op psychologische romans, waarmee hij alom bekendheid verwierf. Hij schreef daarnaast cultuursprookjes, historische romans, reisverslagen en columns. In het algemeen wordt hij gezien als één van de belangrijkste schrijvers uit de canon van de Nederlandse literatuur.
Op 17 juni 2023 is het de 125ste geboortedag van M.C. Escher. De uit Leeuwarden afkomstige kunstenaar staat bekend om zijn houtsneden, houtgravures en lithografieën, waarin hij vaak speelde met wiskundige principes. Zijn gravures verbeelden vaak onmogelijke constructies, studies van oneindigheid en in elkaar passende meetkundige patronen (vlak-verdelingen) die geleidelijk in volstrekt verschillende vormen veranderen.
Curatorial Statement:
Voorhout Monumentaal 2023 moet een buitententoonstelling worden van kwalitatief hoogstaande, creatieve en monumentale beelden die samen – in hun verscheidenheid – een geheel vormen en ook op zich een statement kunnen maken ten opzichte van de soms 600 jaar oude en historische panden aan het Lange Voorhout die neer kijken op de naar schatting 20 beelden. De beelden moeten zeggingskracht en een ontegenzeggelijke originaliteit bezitten. De diversiteit van de tentoonstelling moet te zien zijn in de variatie van materialen, kunstvormen, kleuren en ontwerpen. Monumentaal betekent o.a. groots en indrukwekkend en dat moeten de beelden ook zijn. Groots en indrukwekkend betekent niet alleen groot maar juist ook glansrijk, fenomenaal en fier. De trots moet van de beelden afspatten want dat is wat de kunstenaars willen. Een beeld en een te toonstelling waar de stad Den Haag trots op kan zijn. Bovenal moet de manifestatie laagdrempelig zijn en een ode zijn aan de driedimensionale kunst, aansprekend voor zowel de incidentele kunstkijkers als de kunstprofessionals.
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GALLERY CHABOT FINE ART is specialised in concrete art and artists concerning the ZERO / NUL movement.
Get directionsSet up in 2016 by sinologist Alex Lebbink, SinArts Gallery has more than ten years of experience working in and with the Chinese art world. SinArts has organically grown from an online space and community to a physical space for presenting art and sharing knowledge about Chinese art.
SinArts Gallery aims to represent a fresh view on contemporary art from the far east, and especially China. An art world often still bound by clichés and uncertainties, with an art history dominated by a singular discourse, trapped in the commercial success of a recent past. SinArts represents a group of artists based on their artistic merit and ability to speak a universal language, with their Chinese heritage as a common ground.
Get directionsGallery of modern art in Noordeinde street, The Hague
A true connoisseur recognizes an work of art by its intrinsic, timeless quality. Value is not determined by price or pretentions, but by a singular quality that connects the artist to those enjoying their work. This conviction forms the foundation of Project 2.0 / Gallery: a gallery of modern art that is ambitious rather than pretentious. We are not afraid to stray from the beaten track now and then. We have proven, time and time again, that there is no dichotomy between quality and accessibility in art. Over the past few years, groups of artists and art lovers have attached themselves to Project 2.0 / Gallery. Together with us, they have discovered new experiences in art appreciation. We cordially invite you to join them.
Get directionsKol Art Gallery, founded by Geraldine Kol is located in the Zeeheldenkwartier The Hague.
Geraldine represents and supports the work of contemporary national and international artists of all media. She guides artists to develop their practice, brings artists and collectors together. Networking and collaboration are key.
Exhibition 1-3 July – Marjolein Knottenbelt
Get directionsGallery Nono is a small personal gallery with a selection of her favorite artists. Representing Bertrand Fournier, Nuria Maria, Wim Nival, Kira Fröse en Floris Hovers. This selection of internationally operating artists represent various disciplines such as painting, sculpture, collage art, object trouvé and design. The artists all have their own signature. It can best be summarized as a mix of abstract figurative art with meditative and humorous elements.
Get directions1646 is a project-space for contemporary art. A dedicated space for experimental art practices and ideas, 1646 is a platform for new productions and presentations with special emphasis on encouraging artists to realize new projects on location. Next to a year-long program of exhibitions, 1646 hosts artists’ talks, video screenings and lectures and runs a short-term residency for foreign artists and curators.
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Get directionsWest shows contemporary art in the former American embassy (designed by Marcel Breuer) in the heart of The Hague museum district. West, as an art institute, focuses on the most relevant international developments in the field of the visual arts. West offers artists space and opportunities to develop new work in a social context by situating it in a wider dialogue. Lectures, presentations, performances and discussions underpin the exhibition policy with a theoretical basis. A series of brochures, documentaries and the website complete the activities that bring the different aspects of West together.
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Get directionsThe Grey Space in the Middle is a space for fundamental creativity where art, digital culture, science, technology, and philosophy merge in a post-disciplinary state. It is a project and presentation space, music and performance venue and cafe. Within the programming The Grey Space in the Middle explicitly strives for anti-disciplinairity; the space that exists between the hermetic disciplines and program formats. A symposium on the ground floor effortlessly transitions into a performance in the basement or a listening session at the bar, an exhibition and film screening go hand in hand and is fluidly transformed to a sensory dinner or a theater performance. However diverse, the different program domains are complementary with a major role for the experience of the audience.
Get directionsStroom Den Haag (an independent foundation founded in 1990) is an art center with a wide range of activities. Starting from the visual arts, architecture, urban planning and design the program focuses on the urban environment. Stroom’s policy is not committed to any particular movement. The center is open to everyone with stimulating ideas or a need for information regarding art and the urban environment. It aims at being a hospitable and stimulating platform. Starting from this mentality Stroom, in collaboration with other institutions, wants to contribute to the permanent development of the reflection on the city and the part that can be played by the visual arts in this context.
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Get directionsPage Not Found is a non-profit space for artists’ publications and writing. Its aim is to make the luxuriant landscape of contemporary artistic publishing accessible to a wider audience. The space works essentially as a bookshop, stocking artists’ books, zines and out-of-print editions, and as a platform for artists’ talks and projects which focus on their publishing practice. This initiative is kindly supported by Stroom Den Haag.
Get directionsNest is a contemporary art platform with a large exhibition space in a former factory. Exhibitions at Nest focus on specific themes which are being investigated through the work of local, national and international artists. Nest projects not only look at the artist and his or her work, but also pay attention to the role of artists and artworks within their social and functional context in society. During One Nest Stands artists and curators get the chance to visualise their own shows and projects for the duration of one night.
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The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) has been a leader in educating artists and designers since 1682. Highly skilled professional staff with international professional practices, guide and accompany students through their studies. KABK believes in lifelong learning and offers a School for Young Talent, preparatory courses, bachelor and master degree programmes, and a PhD programme in collaboration with Leiden University. Together with the Royal Conservatoire they form the University of the Arts The Hague.
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Get directionsWith 150,000 works of art, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is one of Europe’s biggest art museums. It has a leading collection of modern and contemporary art, fashion and decorative arts. Including top works by Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois, Donald Judd, Theo van Doesburg and Marlene Dumas, the collection offers endless interest and entertainment for even the greatest art connoisseur. One of the most important items in the collection is the museum building itself, designed by H.P. Berlage to let visitors lose themselves in a world of art. An ode to beauty, it is the perfect place for relaxed journeys of discovery.
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Get directionsKM21 shows developments in Dutch and international contemporary art. All the different media are represented: (video) installations, painting, sculpture, drawing, film and photography. GEM is part of the Gemeentemuseum The Hague, and regularly showcases the museum’s collections of contemporary art. GEM shares its premises with the Hague Museum of Photography and is located next to the Gemeentemuseum.
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Get directionsGalerie Ramakers (founded in 1994) is located at the heart of the gallery district in The Hague opposite the Dutch Royal Gardens. Catalijn Ramakers, founder of the gallery wanted to create an exhibition space to express her highly personal taste in art: a mixture of minimalist art, intertwined with a fascination for contemporary surreal trends has been the hallmark of her exhibitions. Some of her artists express an ongoing love for nature, which results in a mere representation of natural elements. The artists represented by the gallery have a certain subtlety in their visual language in common. Besides traditional media such as painting, sculpture and drawing, you will also find new media art, site specific works and installations in the gallery.
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Get directionsThe gallery, established in 1991, focuses on art in which the personal involvement and engagement of the artist emerges. There is an emphasis on drawings because ideas are first formed here, the informality and directness of the medium make that the artist gives himself away most in drawing. Painting shown in the gallery is mostly figurative, here too the personal is important besides individual character or recalcitrance. Three dimensional work has an outspoken personal form language or experiments with new ways of inhabiting spaces and exploring natural processes. In addition there is the awareness, that a gallery should be a stage for experiment also. At least once a year an artist realizes an installation or a project in the gallery.
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Get directionsEvery year Fotomuseum Den Haag organises around ten exhibitions covering a wide range of periods, disciplines and genres in the history of photography, often focusing on the human figure. This wide-ranging approach – national and international, traditional and contemporary, black-and-white and colour – has enabled the museum to build up a broad public keen to sample such a varied and outstanding programme. The museum is part of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and shares its premises with KM21.
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Get directionsDürst Britt & Mayhew was founded in The Hague in 2015 by curator Jaring Dürst Britt and art critic Alexander Mayhew. We chose The Hague as a homebase for the gallery, because of its flourishing climate for contemporary art and an abundance of experimental non-for-profit spaces.
Dürst Britt & Mayhew is committed to helping artists from different national and artistic backgrounds to further develop their practice. The gallery offers a platform for a more experimental approach to making exhibitions with the aim of reaching both Dutch and international audiences. In the gallery we make five shows a year, allowing artists to use the rough space, which used to be a garage, as they see fit. At art fairs we prefer to bring solo-booths or tightly curated group presentations, as we see the fairs as an extension of our gallery space and programme. The past five years we have participated in amongst others LISTE – Art Fair Basel, NADA Miami, Independent Brussels, ARCO Madrid, Artissima (Turin) and SUNDAY (London).
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Friday 17:00 – 21:00, Saturday to Sunday 12:00 – 18:00. Some museums and spaces adhere to their regular opening hours.
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Most activities are free to access – at a few venues upon showing your Museumkaart. Some museums and spaces adhere to their regular entrance fees.