The Netherlands
Longing for home: sacred drum among first objects restituted to the US by the Netherlands
The 350-year-old artifact is one of seven objects returned to the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Native American tribe
The big art world slowdown, Dutch culture funding crisis, Bruegel’s Hunters in the Snow—podcast
What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the most famous depictions of a wintery landscape
Our precious... Dutch culture minister blocks sale of medieval gold ring on grounds it is a national treasure
The ring, which dates from the ninth or tenth century, has been unofficially likened to J.R.R. Tolkein's “one ring to rule them all“
The Netherlands to return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
It is the latest example of a country announcing that it will repatriate a group of these objects, which were looted by the British as part of a punitive expedition in 1897
‘The story is more complex than just what you see’: Amsterdam exhibition explores the courtroom as a landscape
Over 250 pastel drawings by Dutch artist Machteld Aardse were created in courthouses and secure facilities
Suspects named after theft of golden objects from Netherlands museum
The objects, on loan from the Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest, belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation
Romanian museum considers legal action after ‘priceless’ golden objects stolen in Netherlands heist
The items—which include a helmet discovered by playing children—belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation
Cash-strapped Dutch museums nervous about future despite last-minute VAT reprieve
Institutions breathed a sigh of relief after the government withdrew tax-raising plan—but remain worried about possible funding cuts
How Amsterdam’s Drift Museum is working to create more energy than it uses
Sustainability features at heritage-listed former railway factory will include heating system that stores summer warmth for use in the winter months
Rotterdam becomes first Dutch city to restitute colonial objects
The city has returned 68 objects to Indonesia, a former Dutch colony
Rotterdam’s new museum of migration, Fenix, to open in May
Droom en Daad foundation funds new collection and renovation of dockside warehouse centred on spectacular new double-helix Tornado
Indonesia's national museum reopens after devastating fire
Exhibition of 2,500 repatriated objects, including the "Lombok treasure", inaugurates the newly refurbished space
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visits Warhol show—featuring her portrait
The Paleis Het Loo is showing the artist's rarely displayed "Reigning Queens" series
Bone of contention: Rijksmuseum and Church disagree on final resting place of Dutch privateer's remains
A bone and lock of hair apparently belonging to Piet Hein have been in storage at the Dutch museum for centuries—now there are calls to have them returned to his grave
Dutch museum aims for improved accessibility with launch of short-form captions
The 'long story short' boards, which summarise each display using less complex language, have so far received a largely positive response
Netherlands to return 288 items looted in colonial era to Indonesia
The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say
Three looted objects from ancient Egyptian graves returned by the Netherlands
The restitutions are seen as reflective of the way museums are paying closer attention to the provenance of works in their collections
Remembering the Dutch avant-garde artist Jacqueline de Jong
Her six decade-long career was distinguished by experimentation and humour
Netherlands to open museum telling ‘the whole story’ of nation’s links to slavery
The National Museum of Slavery, due to open in 2030, is part of an ongoing process being undertaken by the Dutch state to investigate the repercussions of its colonial past
Six paintings stolen from a Dutch town hall left on art detective's doorstep
Arthur Brand, who helped to recover a Van Gogh painting last month, says he was watching a "boring football game" when the surprising delivery was made
Revealed: Van Gogh’s unknown period, exploring the landscape of the remote north
The first exhibition on Vincent’s visit to Drenthe, where art consoled him after a failed love affair
Recovering the stolen Van Gogh: the museum director recalls the emotional moment
Seized in a violent raid in 2020, returned in a blue Ikea bag—now being bought back from the insurer
Netherlands to repatriate nearly 500 looted objects to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
The Rijksmuseum will return six colonial artefacts, for the first time in its history
German restitution commission recommends Bavarian bank return Kandinsky painting to heirs of former Jewish owners
Kandinsky’s "A Colorful Life" (1907), which had belonged to collectors Emanuel and Hedwig Lewenstein, was sold in a 1940 Amsterdam auction
Egypt cancels Dutch museum's dig licence for exhibition exploring Black culture
The show tracks the influence of ancient Egypt on musicians such as Beyoncé, Miles Davis and Fela Kuti, however, the country's tourism and antiquities ministry has accused the curators of "Afrocentrism"
Cold case murder victim identified as Russian art dealer Aleksandr Levin
Torso was found in Amsterdam river in 2013, but DNA testing was only carried out in 2021
How an old postcard helped Jewish heirs retrieve their Kandinsky painting from a Dutch museum
The work, which has been in Eindhoven's Van Abbemuseum since the early 1950s, originally belonged to a collector who died in the Holocaust
Dutch foundation plans to open major new contemporary art museum in Amsterdam—with a familiar face as director
The Hartwig Art Foundation's institutional space will be run by Beatrix Ruf, the former director of the Stedelijk Museum
Dutch design studio update 19th-century Dordrecht church facade with a surreal glass sculpture balanced on four bronze turtles
The transformed Protestant building is being relaunched as an exhibition space and cultural centre called Kunstkerk, or art church.
Dutch pavilion: artist explores importance of touch and intimacy
melanie bonajo, who often works with groups who are rarely given a voice, says that Covid-19 turned an existing “epidemic of loneliness” into a pandemic