Van Abbemuseum
‘It’s a dream vessel for me’: Defne Ayas appointed new director of the Van Abbemuseum
Ayas replaces Charles Esche, who has been in post for two decades, taking the reins ahead of the museum’s 90th anniversary in 2026
Restitutionfeature
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
Fundingnews
New £150,000 grant to ‘embolden’ museums goes to Whitworth and Van Abbemuseum
Award from Outset Partners will support Arte Útil project to queer collections and work with local communities
Exhibitionspreview
Rasheed Araeen: still fighting art-world racism, 50 years on
Karachi-born artist, whose first career survey opens at Van Abbemuseum, speaks to The Art Newspaper
Exhibitionsarchive
De Stijl in the Netherlands: a round-up
Three excellent exhibitions explore different approaches to Neoplasticism