Escher in The Palace is proud of its latest acquisition: a mechanical sculpture by Jelle Korevaar. This contemporary artist makes distinctive kinetic installations, striving for an image that merges the aesthetic with social criticism. Korevaar's work, entitled ... (Dot Dot Dot), will be displayed this summer alongside Escher's print Eye.
Escher in The Palace is set to host a royal encounter this autumn. The work of 10 artists based in The Hague will be on display as part of the Royal Encounters exhibition, a dialogue between tradition and experimentation, between past and present. Escher in The Palace invited the artists to produce new graphic work, drawing inspiration from Lange Voorhout Palace and its principal resident, Queen Mother Emma.
Escher in The Palace will be looking in the mirror of M.C. Escher this summer. Escher’s world is a mirrored world – a game of repetition and reflection, looking and being amazed. His self-portraits in convex mirrors show the graphic artist himself in just such an alternative world. The reflections in natural scenes or small Italian streets betray Escher's love of the possibilities that reflections bring. This summer, you will experience Escher's fascination with reflections in Escher in The Palace. A fascination that continues to grip contemporary artists to this day.
After weeks in which the doors of the museum have been closed, we are very happy to welcome visitors to our museum again. To celebrate this, and to give as many people as possible the chance to come and admire the exhibition, we have extended Andy Warhol: Obsession with Editions! The ten beautiful portraits can now be admired in the palace until 29 May.
Escher in The Palace enriches its playful second floor with three glass artworks by Tomas Hillebrand. As an artist, Hillebrand (Amsterdam, 1977) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy with large charcoal drawings, but after his training he turned to making glass sculptures. Whereas glass is often used to make functional objects, Hillebrand's fascination lies in creating autonomous works of art. In his recent work, the spherical glass sculptures are often silvered, so that the viewer sees himself reflected in the glass.
Escher in The Palace recently acquired the sculpture Antigravity (2019) by Canadian sculptor and architect David Umemoto through a special acquisition fund. The sculpture is currently on view in room 9 at the museum, between M.C. Escher’s prints.
Want to know more about our exhibition Graphic Grandeur: Escher and his Contemporaries, which we organise in collaboration with Kunstmuseum Den Haag? In these videos, curator Judith Kadee takes you along and gives you a preview, touching on artists such as Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Piet Mondriaan and Gerd Arntz. Contemporaries of M.C. Escher, whose works are on view alongside his own in our museum.
Our curator Judith Kadee has been nominated for the VIVA400 award, in the category Business & Creation. Judith, previously the youngest museum director in the Netherlands, has been Escher in The Palace's curator for almost 2 years now. Here, she researches the work and life of M.C. Escher and has already organised many beautiful exhibitions.