Art & Culture
Dutch Flowers: 17th-century floral splendour at Rijksmuseum Schiphol
March 2, 2012
Following the Dutch Winters exhibition, the Rijksmuseum annex at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is going to present another characteristic aspect of the Netherlands, namely flowers, in the Dutch Flowers exhibition from 21 March to 25 June 2012. Nine exuberant ‘flower pieces’ from the museum’s collection that used to adorn the homes of the 17th-century economic elite are now in full bloom at the airport.
Rijksmuseum to open new Asian Pavilion
February 13, 2012
Preparations for the Rijksmuseum's 2013 opening are in full swing.
Masterpieces from the Mauritshuis to travel in 2013 to the United States
February 10, 2012
First Major U.S. tour in nearly thirty years
Orange Alert! Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions launches Arts Holland, The World’s Arts District
October 28, 2011
On October 26th, the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions in conjunction with the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York hosted an exciting press preview of Dutch art and cultural events taking place in 2012 both in Holland and in the United States to local and national media in NYC.
Celebrating in the Golden Age at the Frans Hals Museum
November 11, 2011
This winter it is party time in the Frans Hals Museum. Celebrating in the Golden Age showcases a highly popular genre in seventeenth-century art. Painters like Jan Steen and Frans Hals portrayed countless merry-making folk and lively companies, from peasant fairs and carnival celebrations to lavish al fresco parties, processions and civic guard banquets. The exhibition in the Frans Hals Museum will feature more than sixty paintings, including masterpieces from its own collection and loans from such leading institutions as the Metropolitan Museum (New York) and the Louvre (Paris). Celebrating in the Golden Age runs from 11 November 2011 to 6 May 2012
The European Fine Arts Fair 2012
March 16, 2012
25th Anniversary of TEFAF will take place at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the southern Netherlands from March 16-25, 2011.
Saul Leiter: New York Reflections
October 24, 2011
Saul Leiter created a unique oeuvre of painterly photographs of street life in New York. The Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam presents the first broad retrospective of the work of this photographer in the Netherlands.
The Green Fashion Competition: Sewing the seeds for the future of fashion
June 23, 2011
Amsterdam International Fashion Week (AIFW) is organizing its second season of The Green Fashion Competition (TGFC) in cooperation with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I). The Green Fashion Competition is a contest which encourages participants to create 'green' and ‘catwalk-worthy’ fashion. Participants will design three outfits and write a business plan wherein they explain how their ideas contribute to sustaining biodiversity. Registration for The Green Fashion Competition opens on July 16th 2011. The Grand Finale will take place during the 16th edition of Amsterdam International Fashion Week in January 2012.
Submarine Wharf: The One and the Many
May 28, 2011
In the summer of 2011 the former Submarine Wharf in Rotterdam’s harbour will be transformed for the second time into an exhibition space as part of an ongoing partnership between Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Port of Rotterdam.
Amsterdam Canal District Named UNESCO World Heritage Site
August 4, 2010
The Amsterdam canal district has been added to the prestigious United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Heritage List.
