Archeologists excavating in Nijmegen, the Netherland’s oldest city, found the bowl in pristine condition.
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See Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” in Its Entirety, Thanks to AI Restoration
In 1715, the colossal painting was trimmed from all four sides, and the removed pieces were later lost.
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A Dutch Royal Carriage With Racist Imagery Will Go to a Museum
The carriage has been the subject of controversy because of a triptych on its sides, “Homage of the Colonies,” which depicts South Asian and African people kneeling before a white woman seated on a throne.
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Southeast Asian Cinema Takes Hollywood Sci-Fi in New Directions
Directors Lav Diaz, Mattie Do, and Minh Quý Truong have built off Hollywood’s tropes in unexpected ways in their science fiction films.
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A No Wave Filmmaker Brings Feminism to the Fore
A program of shorts and features organized by Beth B for the International Film Festival Rotterdam examines issues of conformity among women, challenges gender stereotypes, and advocates for female agency.
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From Yemen to the Netherlands, a Photographer Focuses on Migration and Statelessness
With her project, The Passport, Thana Faroq documents the lives not just of stateless individuals, but also her own escaping conflict and later settling abroad.
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Explore the Interior of a Rembrandt Masterpiece
A newly released app called Rembrandt Reality allows the user to enter and wander through the Rembrandt painting “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.”
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Seeing What the Fish Might See
The work of cut paper by Georgia Russell might be a vision of what I fish would see as it lies gasping for breath in the bottom of a net.
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Light up a Lithophane, Reveal a Hidden 19th-Century Image
Imperceptible in the light, only when illuminated by flame in the dark is a 19th-century lithophane image revealed.
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Will the Dutch Pay to Fix Bernini Fountain Trashed by Soccer Hooligans?
In advance of soccer teams Feyenoord and AS Roma facing off again tonight, the Dutch Senate has said that its government should pay for the restoration of the Bernini fountain damaged by Feyenoord fans in Rome last week.