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We’re giving away 5 copies of Mondrian and Photography to lucky participants.
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Marks on Art database shortlisted for Digital Innovation of the Year

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The Marks on Art database is shortlisted for Digital Innovation of the Year. The shortlist was compiled by Apollo - The International Art Magazine.
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Artists' associations archives now available digitally

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The archives of Arti et Amicitiae and De Onafhankelijken have been digitised up to approximately 1950.
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Autumn issue Oud Holland 138 (2025) 2/3

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The new double issue is extra diverse this time, from late medieval to Van Gogh.
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In Memoriam: Prof. Dr. Chris Stolwijk (1966–2025)

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Chris was an enthusiastic art historian who left an unforgettable impression on many people in the field of art history in the Netherlands and far beyond.
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New insights into the art rooms of Willem van Haecht

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Willem van Haecht (1593–1637), the Antwerp painter, left behind only a few art rooms. Yet each is a veritable treasure trove.
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Willem van Haecht (II), De kunstkamer van Cornelis van der Geest, 1628 gedateerd  Antwerpen

Concealed beneath the paint layers of Pieter Lastman’s work

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In the RKD Study, the artist’s working method is examined in remarkable detail using infrared reflectography (IRR).
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Pieter Lastman De ontmoeting van Odysseus en Nausikaä, 1619 gedateerd, München, Alte Pinakothek, inv.cat_.nr_. 4947 © Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen.jpg

Summer Institute for Netherlandish Art 2025

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From 12 to 25 July, sixteen emerging talents in the field of art history will participate in the Summer Institute.

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Twee kunstgeschiedenisstudenten analyseren samen een afbeelding aan een tafel vol boeken, prints en onderzoeksdocumenten op het rkd -  nederlands instituut voor kunstgeschiedenis.

Summer issue Oud Holland 138 (2025) 1

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The new issue discusses the importance of international networks on the development and dissemination of Dutch art.
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Old Masters from Kyiv

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From 21 June to 12 December, fourteen paintings from the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts will be on display at Museum Bredius in The Hague.
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Tentoonstelling Oude Meesters Uit Kyiv in Den Haag in Museum Bredius

Donation of a special Mondrian catalogue to the RKD

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The catalogue for the exhibition Artists in Exile, which took place at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in 1942.
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In memoriam Molly Faries

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Scholar and professor of Northern Renaissance art, and a pioneering early adopter of infrared reflectography (IRR).
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Landschap met herders aan een rivier en een stad in de verte (voorzijde); figuurstudies en Romeinse ruïnes (achterzijde), Jan van Scorel