On Friday, October 18, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to open the special exhibition, Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde.

According to a press release from the Stedelijk Museum the exhibition is:

“…the largest survey in twenty years devoted to the work of the Russian avant-garde pioneer Kazimir Malevich (1878–1935). 

The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam holds the largest collection of Malevich’s work outside of Russia, which was the subject of a large-scale exhibition at the museum in 1989. 

Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde is a tribute to the artist and his contemporaries, as well as the culmination of 2013 as the year celebrating Dutch–Russian relations in the Netherlands.”

The exhibition will be open to the public on October 19, 2013 – February 2, 2014.  For more information about Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde please click here.

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On the morning of October 17, 2013, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands officially opened the new Isala Ziekenhuis (hospital) in Zwolle.

During today’s opening Her Majesty was given a tour of the new hospital — including the Amalia Kindercentrum — and met with staff as well as patients.

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On Monday, October 14, 2013, Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrived in Stockholm, Sweden for an introductory one-day visit.

Upon their arrival at the airport, Their Majesties were immediately driven to the royal palace in Stockholm where Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel and His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip were  waiting for them.

After a warm welcome from members of the Swedish royal family and quick a photo-op for the press King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima attended a luncheon held in their honor and hosted by Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

In the afternoon, Their Majesties arrived at the Riksdag to attend several meetings with various Swedish government officials including the Speaker of the Riksdag, Mr. Per Westerberg, and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Mr. Fredrik Reinfeldt to name a few.

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On October 14, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands was in Den Haag to participate in the launch of the new device, Taalmeter.

According to PPE, the Taalmeter “…is an online tool [rather program] which can determine whether a person has difficulty with reading and writing…”  

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