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The Canary and the Hammer - Lisa Barnard

With The Canary and the Hammer, Fotomuseum Den Haag presents the first museum exhibition of the British photographer Lisa Barnard (UK, 1967). The Canary and the Hammer is a documentary photography project in which Barnard exposes the role of gold in the capitalist system. The financial crisis of 2008 prompted her to explore her curiosity about this important metal: when the economy takes a...

Women on the Front Line

Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus 19 augustus - 26 november 2023 The exhibition Women on the Front Line – Photography from Lee Miller to Anja Niedringhaus rejects the notion that war photography is a man’s business. It highlights the work of eight female photographers who bravely stood their ground in dangerous, male-dominated situations on the front lines, from the Spanish Civil...

Speaking of Photography

27 MAY - 22 OCTOBER 2023 Simon Ophof collected photographs for much of his life. In January 2022, just before he died, he donated his photography collection to the Fotomuseum Den Haag (part of the collection of the Kunstmuseum Den Haag). This gift contains more than 800 prints, varying from anonymous 19th-century photographs to works by the most famous photographers past and present. To celebrate...

Xiaoxiao Xu

27 MEI T/M 22 OKTOBER 2023 Photographer Xiaoxiao Xu’s journey along the Great Wall of China has resulted in two projects: Shooting the Tiger (2014) and Watering My Horse by a Spring at the Foot of the Long Wall (2017-2018). The 25,000 km road trip was part of Xu’s exploration of the country of her birth. Her compassion for the people she met around the wall and the stories she tells about them...