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Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now

The influence of women within Japanese photography has been highly underestimated. This oversight is corrected in the exhibition I’m So Happy You Are Here – Japanese Women Photographers from the 1950s to Now. This exhibition provides the first major platform for the work of 26 Japanese women photographers whose work offers a new perspective on Japanese society and culture: a woman’s point of view...

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Museum closed due to the installation of exhibitions

From May 6 to 16, the museum will be closed due to the installation of two new exhibitions: Constant Bloom - Lucas Foglia and BEIRUTOPIA - Randa Mirza. 
We kindly welcome you back starting May 17!

KM21, the museum we share our building with, will remain open during this period. Discover the enigmatic and suggestive paintings of Mohammed Sami in the exhibition Fire Exit.

Moerwijk Forever

In Moerwijk Forever we see Moerwijk, a neighbourhood in The Hague, through the eyes of the children who live there. As narrators of their own story, they have pictured their daily activities, dreams and challenges. Over the past year, students from the P. Oosterleeschool and other young people from the neighbourhood photographed places in Moerwijk that are important to them. 

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The third generation speaks out

Exactly eighty years after the end of the Second World War, which also marked the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, the Fotomuseum Den Haag brings together contemporary image makers who reflect on the enduring impact of colonialism in the East. Drawing on personal experience, they investigate how it continues to influence their identity, family ties and position in society...

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BEIRUTOPIA

In the exhibition BEIRUTOPIA, Lebanese photographer Randa Mirza (1978) examines the dramatic changes that Beirut, the city she was born and grew up in, has undergone. In recent decades, Lebanon has been rocked by a succession of political, financial and social crises and its people have been burdened by a political elite that enriches itself at their expense. BEIRUTOPIA is a personal visual essay...

Constant Bloom

Photographer Lucas Foglia (1983) has transformed the world’s longest butterfly migration into a powerful metaphor for connection across international borders. For millions of years, Painted Lady butterflies have migrated between Africa, the Middle East, and Europe in search of blooming wildflowers. As climate change shifts when and where wildflowers bloom, these resilient butterflies increasingly...