A ground-breaking new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum explores personal accounts of slavery in the period of art known as the Dutch Golden Age. Cath Pound takes a look. Rembrandt's magnificent ...

A special edition of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum exhibition 'Slavery' is on display in the foyer of Jessop West from 9-29 October 2023. As part of Black History Month Dutch Studies at Sheffield present ...

The Dutch government has approved a plan to repatriate artefacts removed from former colonies, adopting recommendations by an advisory commission that called for the “recognition that an injustice was ...

Dutch King Willem-Alexander is set to deliver a speech Saturday to commemorate the anniversary of the country abolishing slavery, amid speculation that he could offer an apology on behalf of the royal ...

Emeritus Professor Sane Jansen speaking at the Multatuli International Symposium at the Vrije University VU in Amsterdam on June 18, 2025. Doc. Linawati Sidarto Max Havelaar, of De koffieveilingen der ...

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands apologized Tuesday for his country's colonial aggression during his first state visit to Indonesia.

The tronco, meaning “tree trunk” serves as the centerpiece for Slavery: Ten True Stories of Dutch Colonial Slavery at the United Nations in New York (all photos AX Mina/Hyperallergic) In 1646, João ...

With a landmark government policy and a major new research project, the Netherlands is taking the lead in the movement to confront the colonial past in museums. On 29 January, the government of prime ...

AMSTERDAM— The 17th century has gone down in Dutch history as the Golden Age, when unprecedented trading wealth helped fund the likes of artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer. But the grim ...

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