Opening on 16 May, Fenix addresses the arrivals and departures that have given the Dutch port its energy and modernity

Ayas replaces Charles Esche, who has been in post for two decades, taking the reins ahead of the museum’s 90th anniversary in 2026

When the Dutch city authorities declined to honour the bravery of a policeman who sheltered Jewish people, his family enlisted the help of the artist Gunter Demnig

Dries Verhoeven will show a performance piece in the Dutch pavilion while Eglė Budvytytė looks to Lithuanian archaeologist Marija Gimbutas

The 350-year-old artifact is one of seven objects returned to the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo Native American tribe

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

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“

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

Over 250 pastel drawings by Dutch artist Machteld Aardse were created in courthouses and secure facilities

The objects, on loan from the Romanian National History Museum in Bucharest, belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

The items—which include a helmet discovered by playing children—belonged to members of the lost Dacian civilisation

Institutions breathed a sigh of relief after the government withdrew tax-raising plan—but remain worried about possible funding cuts

Sustainability features at heritage-listed former railway factory will include heating system that stores summer warmth for use in the winter months

The city has returned 68 objects to Indonesia, a former Dutch colony

Droom en Daad foundation funds new collection and renovation of dockside warehouse centred on spectacular new double-helix Tornado

Exhibition of 2,500 repatriated objects, including the "Lombok treasure", inaugurates the newly refurbished space

The Paleis Het Loo is showing the artist's rarely displayed "Reigning Queens" series

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

The 'long story short' boards, which summarise each display using less complex language, have so far received a largely positive response

The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say

The restitutions are seen as reflective of the way museums are paying closer attention to the provenance of works in their collections

Her six decade-long career was distinguished by experimentation and humour

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

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

The first exhibition on Vincent’s visit to Drenthe, where art consoled him after a failed love affair

Seized in a violent raid in 2020, returned in a blue Ikea bag—now being bought back from the insurer

The Rijksmuseum will return six colonial artefacts, for the first time in its history

Kandinsky’s "A Colorful Life" (1907), which had belonged to collectors Emanuel and Hedwig Lewenstein, was sold in a 1940 Amsterdam auction

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"

Torso was found in Amsterdam river in 2013, but DNA testing was only carried out in 2021