NEW: On Saturday and Sunday, October 11th and 12th, Toos van Holstein will hold a "Meet & Greet" amidst her exhibition "Coloured Black - the Musiom Edition" in the Musiom Gallery of the Musiom Museum in Amersfoort. She will also be exhibiting, for the first time in the Netherlands, new ceramic objects she created in Gubbio, Italy, in September. Everyone is welcome from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM on both days. More information can be found in Toos's Newsletter under the Latest News button on the top right.

NEW:Toos van Holstein was nominated in early July for the prestigious Artist of the Year 2026 election. The 90 nominees then entered the first round of public voting. In mid-September, it was announced that Toos had been voted among the 20 most popular artists in the country by the Dutch art-loving public. This is a wonderful confirmation of her position in the Dutch art world. More information can be found in Toos's Newsletter under the Latest News button on the top right.

NEW: On Friday, September 12, Toos van Holstein opened her exhibition "Coloured Black - the Musiom Edition" in the Musiom Gallery at the Musiom Museum in Amersfoort. The exhibition runs until December 14. More detailed information about this can be found in the Newsletter, click the Latest News button on the top right.

NEW: Recently an exhibition with paintings of Toos van Holstein opened in the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Galerie in the old center of Maastricht (Netherlands). Lying on the famous Onze Lieve Vrouwe Square in this also famous town it's really worth a visit. See also 'Latest News' button on the top right.

NEW: Until the end of Decembert, oil paintings and ceramic objects by Toos van Holstein can be seen in Galerie Drentsche Aa in Balloo (Netherlands) at the group exhibition 'Indian summer'.

- For her New Years Wish 2025 Toos van Holstein created the stone lithograph 'The Wisdom Ahead'. The text of this wish can be read under the 'Latest News' button, the creating of 'The Wisdom Ahead' can be seen on het YouTube-channel under https://youtu.be/TGdEdo3s8Ik

- After a new stay in the medieval Italian town Gubbio, Toos van Holstein returned home recently with a number of new ceramic items made after her own design and painted by her in that beautiful town. Among these new items several of her famous UOVO's, egg shaped forms. Most of them are showed now at the exhibition 'Coloured Black-Grand in Gallery Peter Leen XL in Breukelen (Netherlands). See above.

- On 4 February the reknowned Art & Culture Route in the old town of Middelburg starts again. With a Jubileum Year: this year-long art event exists 25 years. From the start in the year 2000 most of the art galleries and artist ateliers in town are always opened on the first Sunday of the month (except in January). And of course Toos van Holstein, taking part since 2002, also opens her atelier at the Korendijk 56. Always welcome on this 1st Sunday of the month (1-5pm) in the beautiful atelier of her 18th century warehouse.

- Toos van Holstein was artist in residence for 4 weeks in the Italian medieval town Gubbio, known for its ceramics. In the atelier of Rampini Ceramics d'Arte she created a new series of by hand painted UOVO's, big egg shaped forms. Three of these UOVO's are now part of the collection of the Museo delle Brocche d'Autore in Gubbio. The other ones are now shown in her atelier in her hometown Middelburg in the Netherlands before they are going to make a roundtrip to the Dutch galleries Toos is cooperating with.Take your chance and visit her atelier in her beautiful 18th century warehouse at the Korendijk 56 during the monthly Art&Culture route (always 1st Sunday of the month 1-5 pm)

About this UOVO-Project a video can be watched on Toos her YouTube-channel. Have a look here.

- The new book of Toos van Holstein 'TOOS VAN HOLSTEIN II, for me art is travelling the mind' (more than 200 pages full of images and texts, also in English) has been released. This beautiful hardcover book can be ordered for € 35 (without package costst) by sending an e-mail to toosvanholstein@xs4all.nl.

-  Some years ago the very special show "Heroes" by Toos van Holstein was shown in the medieval Saint Martins Church in the town of Franeker in the Netherlands. Heroes like Achilles and Ulysses, saints from the Middel Ages and little Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are just a few examples of the heroes on Toos her paintings. More than 14.000 visitors  have admired these heroes thes summer months. A video of the opening of the exhibition is shown below.

Have also a look at the professional video "TOOS-the movie" on het YouTube-channel and learn more about the origins of her inspiration and about her art: oil paintings, statues, digicompo's, monoprints.