Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten | |
| Latin: Regia Academia Artium Hagae | |
Other name | KABK |
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Former name | Haagsche Teeken-Academie (1682–1859) Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen (1859–1915) Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (1915–1957) |
| Type | Public art and design university of applied sciences |
| Established | September 29, 1682 |
| Founder | Confrèrie Pictura; Willem Doudijns, Theodoor van der Schuer, Daniel Mijtens the Younger, Robbert Duval, Augustinus Terwesten |
Parent institution | University of the Arts The Hague |
| Accreditation | NVAO |
Academic affiliation | Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) |
| Budget | €2,600,000 of which €1,952,419 spent (2021) |
| Chair | Executive Board, University of the Arts The Hague |
| Chairman | Huug de Deugd |
| Students | 898 (KABK, 2021) • 1,703 (KABK + KC, 2021) |
| Undergraduates | 783 (2021) |
| Postgraduates | 115 (2021) |
Other students | School for Young Talent (Dance & Music): 84 |
| Address | Prinsessegracht 4 , , , 2514 AN , Netherlands 52°04′53″N 4°19′07″E / 52.0815°N 4.3187°E |
| Campus | Urban, 18,000 square metres (190,000 sq ft) |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.kabk.nl |
The Royal Academy of Art (Dutch: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, KABK) is an art and design academy in The Hague, offering programs at both the HBO bachelor's and master's levels, as well as PhD programs.
Succeeding the Haagsche Teeken-Academie (part of the Confrerie Pictura), the academy was founded on 29 September 1682, making it the oldest in the Netherlands and one of the oldest in the world. The academy has been the training ground for a number of significant artists of the Hague School. It was part of the art movement of Dutch Impressionism and in the immediate vicinity of the II. Golden Age of Dutch painting.
While training was strongly oriented towards the classic curriculum throughout much of the 19th century, the academy opened to modernism at the end of the 19th century. Influenced by the Bauhaus, the academy gradually shifted its focus toward a more contemporary art and design style. Within education, the focus on new technologies and new media has expanded dramatically, which is visible in new workplaces and facilities, but also in new study options such as ArtScience, Interactive/Media/Design and Non-Linear Narrative. In 1957, in celebration of the academy's 250-year existence, it was awarded the predicate "royal".
Nowadays, it maintains close ties in its curriculum with its mother institution, the University of the Arts The Hague (HDK), as well as Leiden University, under the name "Academy of Creative and Performing Arts" (ACPA). As a result, students are able to follow several elective classes from all institutions falling under that umbrella. Furthermore, the academy's students are 68% international and the academy values this internationalization greatly. It adopts an international approach in its curriculum structure wherever possible.