Design Picks: Spring 2026
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Louise Hollandine van de Palts, self portrait, ca. 1650-1655, private collection
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.
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
Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers, Arles, January 1889. Oil on canvas, 95 cm x 73 cm. Photo: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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
Willem de Kooning, Woman (Seated Woman I), 1952, pastel on paper, 28.9 x 19.69 cm. Private Collection. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Collection Services. © 2025 The Willem de Kooning Foundation/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The exhibition Willem de Kooning at work, which opens at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in October, provides a comprehensive overview of the artist’s drawings, alongside selected paintings and sculptures. Visitors will be able to follow his journey from Rotterdam, his hometown, to New York – and in his paintings see the constant search for renewal.
Exhibition: Willem de Kooning at work
9 October 2026 to 17 January 2027, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Rembrandt, De anatomische les van Jan Deijman, 1656, collection at Amsterdam Museum
At Rembrandt House Museum, you can get inspired by Rembrandt and his home, where he lived and worked for 19 years and created his biggest masterpieces. The exhibition Rembrandts Masterclass features etchings, paintings and drawings by Rembrandt, and focuses on his craftsmanship, technique and tactics. You can also study the paining The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman, which is on loan from Amsterdam Museum.
Exhibition: Rembrandts Masterclass
30 January to 25 May 2026, Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam
Jan van Hemessen and Workshop, Saint Jerome, c. 1535-1540. Oil on panel.
This autumn promises a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the Van Hemessen family, in collaboration with The National Gallery in London. Showing at Snijders&Rockox House in Antwerp, Van Hemessen & Father will bring together works by Jan Sanders van Hemessen and his daughter, Catherine, who was a pioneer among 16th century female painters.
Exhibition: Van Hemmesson & Father – The Antwerp Workshop of Jan and Catharina van Hemessen
15 October 2026 to 31 January 2027, Snijders&Rockox House, Antwerp
Attributed to Catharina van Hemessen, Lamentation of Christ, c. 1550. Oil on panel.
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