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De brand van het oude stadhuis op de Dam (7 juli 1652) by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten
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Video: A look at Amsterdam in centuries past as city nears 750th birthday
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Walk in the Woods (1876) by Berthe Morisot
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An exhibition celebrating impressionism to open on Friday at the Van Gogh Museum 
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A Rijksmuseum visitor looks at Girl with a Pearl Earring at the Vermeer exhibition. February 2023
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Looking at original art brings out more emotion than reproduced works; a study shows
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Boijmans van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam
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Rotterdam city council approves €359 mil. renovation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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Film director Steve McQueen on stage during the Dublin International Film Festival. 27 February 2024
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British film director to receive honorary doctorate from the University of Amsterdam
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All the good times we spent together by Alexandre Lavet (1988), displayed in the glass lift shaft of the LAM museum in Lisse
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Lift mechanic mistakenly throws out modern art at Lisse museum, thinking it was trash
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Activists pour tomato soup on Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London, 14 October 2022
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Activists throw soup on Van Gogh paintings hours after conviction for 2022 incident
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The Mauritshuis in The Hague
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Heirs demand that Mauritshuis return art historian's collection
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K-Piece, a 1972 statue by Mark Di Suvero, sits in the sculpture garden outside the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterloo, Ede, Gelderland. 2 May 2018
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Museums still struggling after coronavirus pandemic; VAT increase could be devastating
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Books
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Almost 150 entries for Book Week gift 2025
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Joan Miró's, Lovers playing with almond blossom, 1975, in the Beelden aan Zee Museum. Painted synthetic resin
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Largest-ever Dutch exhibit of Joan Miró's sculptures opens in Beelden aan Zee museum
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The Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
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Yael van der Wouden becomes first Dutch author on Booker Prize shortlist
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The facade of Stasschouwburg on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, rebranded Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in 2018.
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Gender-neutral theater award Theo d'Or presented for the first time
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The Vincent van Gogh paintings Wheat Field (1888), Riverbank with Trees (1887), and View of Amsterdam from Central Station (1885) hanging with a self-portrait of the Dutch artist in the Rijksmuseum, March 2024
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Van Gogh painting could sell for $50 million at Hong Kong auction this month
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The Vincent van Gogh paintings Wheat Field (1888), Riverbank with Trees (1887), and View of Amsterdam from Central Station (1885) hanging with a self-portrait of the Dutch artist in the Rijksmuseum, March 2024
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Experts warn against plans to slash €350 million from cultural sector budget
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Photo left: Painting of a Sarcophagus: a painting of the goddess Isis, from the Roman period (ca. 30 BC – 642 AD). Photo right: Faience Shabti for Ipethemetes: a small statuette with the inscription "Illumination of Osiris, Ipethemetes, born of Hathoremakhet, justified".
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The Netherlands returns objects to Egypt, including mummified head 
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The facade of Stasschouwburg on Leidseplein in Amsterdam, rebranded Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in 2018.
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Amsterdam's ITA theater cuts ties with director after investigation into his behavior
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This photo taken by a drone shows an aerial view of a nature park shaped after Vincent van Gogh's painting "The Starry Night" near Visoko, Bosnia, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023.
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Video: Bosnian business man creates park inspired by Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night