The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is currently presenting a 34-hour version of the British director and artist Steve McQueen鈥檚 epic film Occupied City, on view from 12th September 2025 to 25th January 2026.
鈥淭he camera has often been a dire instrument 鈥 in most parts of the dispossessed, the camera arrives as part of the colonial paraphernalia, together with the gun and the bible.鈥
A Dutch family archive dating to the 17th century and the last remaining Giambologna marble in private hands are among the most significant works to enter public collections in the past month.
This summer, for the first time in the history of the Rijksmuseum, a contemporary artist has been invited to curate a major exhibition, spanning the entirety of the Philips Wing.
In the winter of 1991鈥92, John Berger found himself wondering why the poster image for the G茅ricault exhibition then at the Grand Palais was not of one of the artist鈥檚 better-known paintings 鈥 The Raft of the Medusa or The Wounded Cuirassier.
Marking 55 years of Art Basel, the fair concludes on a high note with strong sales across all segments, cementing its position as the premier event of the global art market.
Some twenty-five sculptures and ceremics and over thirty light sculptures by the American-Japanese artist Isamu Noguchi (1904鈥1988) will be on view in and around the Rijksmuseum this summer.
The Night Watch painted by Rembrandt van Rijn is a monumental canvas displayed today in the 鈥淕allery of Honour鈥 of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Holland鈥檚 largest and most prominent museum.