Roger Ballen, Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Hague, The Netherlands.

It is the margins of society and the shadow side of the human spirit that have always fascinated photographer and artist Roger Ballen, an American who lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. He made an international impression with his black-and-white photo series Countryside in 1994. The photos showed the grim reality of poor white South Africans, a group that lived in wretched conditions despite all the privileges during Apartheid. In the course of his career, Ballen started making installations, in which he mixed the macabre reality with pieces of scenery. People, dolls, rats and reptiles appear against a background of drawings of primitive figures. With this outspoken 'Ballenesque style', Ballen creates his own universe and has grown into a cult figure, especially among the younger generations. This retrospective invites you to wander through the psyche of Roger Ballen and ask yourself: what is real?

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Kunstmuseum, Den Haag (The Hague), The Netherlands

Between 1890 and 1930, two Copenhagen porcelain manufacturers created a furore with revolutionary underglaze paintings: Royal Copenhagen and Bing & Grøndahl. In the exhibition Great Danes, Kunstmuseum Den Haag presents exceptional unique pieces by the two manufacturers that stand out for their technical quality and their entirely unique aesthetics. Although the pieces were collected by European royalty during the fin de siècle and made a great impression internationally, the objects seem to have been somewhat forgotten today.

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Kunstmuseum, Den Haag (The Hague), The Netherlands.

British artist Grayson Perry (b. 1960), the winner of the Erasmus Prize, works with a great variety of techniques and materials, and refers to himself as the “transvestite potter”. His art is provocative and witty, confronting the old with the new, the acceptable with the shocking.

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Boulevard Scheveningen, Den Haag (The Hague), The Netherlands.

Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (wijk) of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is popular for water sports such as windsurfing and kiteboarding.

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Oude Stadhuis, Dagelijkse Groenmarkt 1, Den Haag.

The Old Town Hall in The Hague, or Oude Stadhuis, built in 1564, consists of two buildings and a tower, which were constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries. The town hall was built in the Renaissance style, and extended in 1733 with a large wing by architect Daniel Marot in the Louis XIV style.

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