Nicolaas Hening

Nicolaas Hening (born 5 December 1941) is a Brunanter art historian and museum curator. He has served as director of both the HK Museum Donderstad and the National Museum of Art.

Biography
Hening studied history at Grijzestad University and completed his art history studies in France.

He became an archivist at the National Museum of Art and later worked as assistant supervisor. In the 1970s, Hening wrote several books about both classical and contemporary Brunanter artists, including biographies of Eugenio Cavall and Hans Rotmensen and a comprehensive study on pop art.

He was appointed director of the newly-founded HK Museum, a contemporary art museum in Donderstad, in 1985. In 1994, however, he returned to the NMA where he held the same position until 2007. In 2006, the NMA bought the most expensive painting in the museum, Picasso's Woman Sitting in an Armchair from 1912 for around 22 million euros.

Since 2007, he spends his time in Brunant and Cettatie, writing art history books and commenting on art documentaries. He was also a board member of Cettatie's national museum, the Collection Royale d'Art until 2012.

In 2011, he received the Medal for Arts and Letters.