Collection title
Art Collection of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Contact
Philippien Noordam

Head office
The Hague

Members

In summary

Art collection locations
300

Number of art works
More than 12,000 works of art

Launch year
Loans from 1950, acquisition policy from 1980 onwards

Disciplines
Painting, works on paper, prints, sculptures, applied art, commissions

Focus of collection
The general tenor of te collection is to acquire works of art whoich either express a certain aspect of the Netrlands in a totally distinct manner, or are directyly associated with the country in which they are placed.

Sponsoring and awards
None

Guided tours
None

Website
www.minbuza.nl

Art collection website
None

External exhibitions

  • ‘More than red, white and blue’, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, 2001–2002

Publications

  • Roos van Put, More than red, white and blue, Kunstaankopen door het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Den Haag 2001 (published in conjuncture with eponymous exhibition)
  • Roos van Put, Art Survival Kit (ASK), Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Den Haag 2004