Netherlands

Amsterdam prepares for Art Week against a backdrop of a new government keen to end culture funding

The Dutch far-right politician will not be prime minister, but he is in power

Dutch sensation Froukje makes dance music with lyrics about grief, the climate crisis and her own brand of radical optimism

To the Dutchman commercial art was just as fulfilling as something more purely creative – and it came with a wage

In the Austrian physicist’s style, the mooted right wing coalition is simultaneously dead and alive

The German Jewish writer defied the Nazis by producing a magazine from his hiding place in Holland. They are testament to his life and times

A long (and brilliant) article about Steve McQueen’s long (and brilliant) documentary about Amsterdam under the Nazis, Occupied City

For one brief moment, five very different artists – including Van Gogh and Seurat – sought inspiration on the banks of the Seine

Forty years ago one of the Netherlands’ wealthiest men was snatched by the future godfathers of the Dutch underworld

This lesson is as old as the 1930s but clearly it takes a long time to learn

Wilders promised a vote on the Netherlands’ EU membership. But the grass isn't always greener...

Geert Wilders and his party have taken hate into the mainstream

A dreary campaign is entirely in keeping with the country’s political process

There is far more than a cackling cavalier to the Dutch Golden Age painter, the most venerated artist of his time

A Dutch royal residence has been turned into a huge public art gallery – a lesson for other royal families, perhaps?

The Dutch capital became a safe haven for threatened journalists after the dark days of the war. Today, their legacy remains

A new book rediscovers the power and subtlety of Carel Fabritius, the forgotten master of the Dutch golden age

When Rutte chose migration as his hill to die on, his leadership was over

Sold as the most exciting thing to come out of Europe since the Sex Pistols, his hedonistic lifestyle halted his momentum

Over the course of a year, a couple created a bracing, bizarre series of Polaroids taken in the bars of the Dutch capital

New series A Small Light explores Miep Gies’s acts of humanity – and it prompted a look at my own family history

The electronic boys from Basildon are a national treasure – both at home and abroad

In the early 70s, the band decamped to the rural Netherlands to make a ‘comeback’ album that nearly finished them

The city wants to change its image. But this rebranding will be no mean feat

The genius of a mysterious and overlooked painter is revealed at a new exhibition in The Hague

The Elfstedentocht event has been part of Dutch folklore for more than 100 years. But, thanks to climate change, it could well be over for good

A revelatory exhibition unveils the workings of a genius

Sint-Nicolaas will be visiting children in the Netherlands as usual this year – but Zwarte Piet won’t be going with him

Unveiling Vienna-bound Gustav Klimt’s pan-European inspirations

The Dutch craze for flowers made and lost fortunes – and produced some remarkable works of art

Gentrification has come to Amsterdam’s Noord borough. But not everyone is happy with the results

From the very beginning, Sylvia Kristel’s life thrummed with an undercurrent of impermanence