The Hague's 10 Best Contemporary Art Galleries — theculturetrip.com

Housed within the beautiful former winter palace of Queen Mother Emma of the Netherlands, the permanent collection of over 150 Maurits C. Escher prints is an outstanding memorial to one of the greatest contemporary Dutch graphic artists. The highlight of the exhibition is undoubtedly the seven metre geometric woodcut ‘Metamorphosis III’, morphing from basic geometric shapes into scenes of carrier pigeons delivering mail, to befit its commissioning body, the Aesthetics department of the Post Office. The collection across two floors moves from Escher’s early work of Italian landscapes and mesmerising mosaics to the more abstract works, optical illusions and fantastical sculptures. Interspersed between the art works are photographs of the Escher family, thus revealing both creations and their creator to depict a truly ‘Escherian’ organic whole and sense of infinity.

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