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Design Picks
Design Picks Spring is approaching and we feel inspired by the genius of artistic masters from Belgium and the Netherlands. Coincidently, you will also be able to see their works at exhibitions this year. Editor’s Choice
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Press photos
Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, Arles, January 1889. Oil on canvas, 95 cm x 73 cm. Photo: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Louise Hollandine van de Palts, self portrait, ca. 1650-1655, private collection
March sees the opening of a new exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts Ghent. Unforgettable tells the story of how women played a fundamental role in the artistic life of the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750, however they were ignored in classical art history. The exhibition includes works by more than 40 women, for instance Clara Peeters, Louise Hollandine van de Palts, Judith Leyster, and Michaelina Wautier. Exhibition: Unforgettable – Women artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750 7 March to 31 May 2026, MSK - Ghent www.mskgent.be
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Issue 84
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Spring 2026
A new exhibition at Van Gogh Museum explores what the colour yellow meant to Vincent van Gogh, as seen for instance in the artist’s paintings of sunflowers in a vase. Van Gogh painted a total of five large canvases with sunflowers, in the south of France 1888-1889. In the exhibition Yellow. Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour, an installation by Olafur Eliasson also offers a unique experience of this colour. Exhibition: Yellow. Beyond Van Gogh’s Colour 13 February to 17 May 2026, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam www.vangoghmuseum.nl