Exhibition archive

Masterpieces by decorative painters In the spring of 2006, Escher in The Palace entered into an alliance with the best decorative painters in the world. These painters are able to paint hyperrealistic “marble”, “wooden” and fantasy landscapes on interior and exterior walls. Every year these professionals have an international conference…

Just as M.C. Escher did, The Hague-based artist Jos de l'Orme (1962) has a great predilection for the woodcut. However, he is not fascinated by themes such as reflection, repetition or tessellation.

In 2005, the reopening after the major renovation of Hotel des Indes gave rise to the exhibition Hotel as a guest: Des Indes at Escher in The Palace. In 1881, the brand-new Hotel Des Indes opened in The Hague in the former residence of Baron Thierry van Brienen "to give Indonesian families a home from home". This hotel still stands at the head of Lange Voorhout. It has now been renovated and has been given a striking ochre yellow colour.

In the summer of 2005, the exhibition Royal Summer in The Palace was put on. It focused on the designers Bruno Ninaber van Eyben and Peter Struycken, both of whom made sensational designs for the Dutch guilder and the Dutch stamp at the beginning of Queen Beatrix's reign.

In January 2005, the exhibition Wood & Stone, contemporary graphic works from the collection of the Bouwfonds Kunststichting opened. This exhibition consisted of two parts: one part comprising woodcuts and one part comprising lithographs.