The artistic climate of Ghana is highly unusual. The tercentenary of the start of relations between the Netherlands and Ghana is therefore being marked by the Gemeentemuseum with a special event focusing on the arts in Ghana. This will encompass not only the traditional arts, for example of the country's Akan-speaking peoples, but also contemporary painting and photography. It will include a major fashion display showing how African styles of dress have influenced Western couturiers and vice versa. The exhibition will occupy the entire basement floor, with the small display areas surrounding the Fashion Gallery being used to present magnificent products of the Akan cultures: wooden and earthenware sculptures, gold or gilded objects, jewellery and textiles. These items will be arranged under ten themes relating to Ghanaian culture: history, slavery, status and power, language, ancestors, fertility, parades, music, foreign influences, fashion and hair styles.