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    Starts 18 Jan
    Events — Photography

    Amsterdam built on photographs | Lectures: Hans Aarsman, Martin Grootenboer, Arnold Weel

    It is a feast to be an Amsterdammer, a feast to celebrate! On the occasion of the captial's 750th anniversary, Arti et Amicitiae is hosting the exhibition Amsterdam built on photographs, where images from the capital over the past fifty years, from 1975 to 2025, can be seen. The exhibition offers a great flashback of these years through the eyes of 20 photographers and artists who see Amsterdam as a part of themselves. This time no tulips from Amsterdam, but images instead, lots of images...

    18 Jan — Arti et Amicitiae
    Starts 18 Jan
    Events, Exhibition — Installation, Sculpture

    But the Energy Continues | Jan van Munster

    On Saturday, 18 January, Slewe Gallery will celebrate the new year between 15:00 and 18:00 amidst the current exhibition But the Energy Continues by the recently deceased Dutch artist Jan van Munster (1939–2024). This exhibition will be extended by two weeks until February 1. Van Munster is renowned for his impressive oeuvre of minimalist geometric sculptures that visualise the phenomena of energy. The exhibition presents his final light works in relation to some of his early light works from the 1970s. It is his second solo exhibition at Sluwe Gallery.

    18 Jan — Slewe Gallery
    Starts 18 Jan
    Events, Exhibition — Installation, Photography, Textile

    Finissage: Exploring the Fields | Jacquie Maria Wessels

    Galerie Fontana is delighted with the success of the first solo exhibition by Jacquie Maria Wessels at the gallery, titled Exploring the Fields. The premiere of Dubious Appeal was shown alongside previous works by the artist from her series Garage Stills, Fringe Nature, and Memory Master. Diverse in their thematic foundations, Jacquie Maria Wessels’ analogue photography is both poetic and sinister. On Saturday, 18 January, the finissage will take place from 15:00 to 18:00.

    18 Jan — Galerie Fontana
    Starts 19 Jan
    Events — Digital art, Installation, Mixed Media, Photography

    Guided Tour | The Anarchist Citizenship: People Made of Stories

    On 19 January 2025 at 14:00, Framer Framed invites you to join a free tour of the exhibition The Anarchist Citizenship: People Made of Stories. The exhibition explores how storytelling, visual culture, architecture and the social structures in Somaliland, the Somali region and the diaspora shape citizenship. The project was initiated by Amal Alhaag and Nadine Stijns, in collaboration with Mustafa Saeed and several other artists, thinkers, architects and activists from Somaliland/Somalia and the diaspora. The tour will provide insight into the project's theme and zoom in on the works and stories that shaped it and will be provided by curators Amal Alhaag and Nadine Stijns.

    19 Jan — Framer Framed
    Events, Exhibition — Painting

    Congratulations! | Faria van Creij-Callender

    Congratulations, Faria van Creij-Callender, on winning the Royal Award for Modern Painting 2024! This achievement embodies Faria’s dedication to her artistic craft and her remarkable ability to capture the subtle yet profound stories within her work. In celebration, we are honoured to present Congratulations! , a special exhibition showcasing Faria’s newest works.  This exhibition runs from November 8th until the 19th of January 2025

    8 Nov up to 19 Jan — Hama Gallery
    Starts 24 Jan
    Events — Installation, Performance, Sculpture, Textile, Video | Film

    My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon: Performative reading | Constanza Mendoza and Giles Bailey

    For this event, De Appel invited Constanza Mendoza and Giles Bailey, who have been following the process around the exhibition My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon closely, for a performative reading and conversation on January 24, 18:00–19:30. They are going to read the publication My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon: A Porous Reader to Unguard the Garden and transform their interpretation into a collective event where the book serves as a score to be performed.

    24 Jan — De Appel
    Open today from 12:00 to 18:00
    Exhibition — Mixed Media

    Big Fortune | Group Exhibition

    We exist in the wake of the entire world. In the exhibition entitled Big Fortune, the artists think against the hubris of individuality as a given, opting rather to be in community all the while thinking of what constitutes fortune. In an attempt to be in conversation in an intimate space like Woonhuis, the second year participants of De Ateliers bring together works and thoughts-in-progress. De festive opening is on December 6, 18:00 - 20:00.

    7 Dec up to 25 Jan — Woonhuis De Ateliers
    Exhibition — Ceramics, Digital art, Installation, Mixed Media, Other, Photography, Sculpture, Textile, Video | Film

    Taking Root Among the Stars

    Taking Root Among the Stars, an exhibition presented by Müge Yılmaz and Anna Hoetjes, builds on the legacy of Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower and explores alternative futures and social realities. The exhibition brings together artists and writers who use science fiction to raise critical questions about our society, with a focus on feminist, trans, queer, and decolonial perspectives.

    22 Nov up to 2 Feb — W139
    Exhibition — Painting

    Viridian Green + Lemon Yellow + Titanium White Make The Perfect Green | Amrit Singh Sandu and Mehtab Singh Sandu

    Galerie de Schans is proud to present the exhibition Viridian Green + Lemon Yellow + Titanium White Make The Perfect Green, a unique collection of works by father-daughter artist duo Amrit Singh Sandhu and Mehtab Singh Sandhu. This exhibition will be on display from 11 January to 2 February 2025 and invites visitors to experience an intimate artistic dialogue between two generations.

    11 Jan up to 2 Feb — Galerie De Schans
    Opening Galerieseizoen Starts 18 Jan
    Exhibition — Painting

    Theters to a Quiet Haunting | Beau van Rhee

    LANG is proud to present from 18 january onwards: Theters to a Quiet Haunting from Beau van Rhee. Beau van Rhee (2001, NL) graduated in 2024 from HKU. She is a painter driven by a deep fascination with the recurring symbols and images that emerge in her life. Objects, plants, and other seemingly ordinary elements take on extraordinary roles, evolving into archetypes that keep returning to her life and mind.

    18 Jan up to 8 Feb — LANG
    Exhibition — Ceramics, Installation, Mixed Media, Sculpture

    When Doubt Turns into Destiny | Navid Nuur

    The Oude Kerk presents from 7 September 2024 to 9 February 2025/2125 a new large-scale context-specific exhibition by Navid Nuur. Nuur peels back the history of Amsterdam’s oldest building, emphasising the here-and-now through experiences about seeing, smelling, hearing, earth, air, and light. Notably, an important part of the exhibition will only conclude one hundred years from now.

    7 Sep up to 9 Feb — Oude Kerk
    Events, Exhibition — Installation, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Work on paper

    Sammelsurium | Private Collection

    On 10th January, B&P opens its doors for the exhibition Sammelsurium, a presentation of artworks from a special private collection that the collector has dedicated many years to, with great passion. Releasing this collection is both an emotional and exciting process for the collector. The interplay of carefully gathered works from artists of various periods and artistic backgrounds has always created inspiring and artistic dialogues within the private sphere. Now, it is time for the collection to spread its wings, make new connections with other collections, or form the foundation for a new collection to be created. It is therefore an exciting moment to bring the collection out of the sheltered space of a private collection and engage with the wider artistic world.

    10 Jan up to 15 Feb — Bradwolff & Partners
    Exhibition — Digital art, Installation, Photography, Textile, Video | Film

    One Meter Under | Inge Meijer & Stéphanie Saadé

    AKINCI is proud to present the duo exhibition "One Meter Under" by Inge Meijer (1986, Netherlands) and Stéphanie Saadé (1983, Lebanon). The artists find shared ground in their work through installation, video, photography, and drawing. In a poetic manner, the exhibition addresses themes of childhood, reflections on home, memory, and cultivated nature. The accompanying text for the exhibition is written by Stéphanie Saadé.

    10 Jan up to 15 Feb — AKINCI
    Starts 18 Jan
    Exhibition — Installation, Painting, Sculpture

    Squeeze me tighter | Sanne van Balen & Aaron Harris

    Sanne van Balen and Aaron Harris did not know each other, when they were invited by Josilda da Conceição to develop an exhibition concept. From a simple but effective exercise, that of a Cadavre Exquis, they mailed each other a freshly written text daily. Upon completion, the alternating texts turned out to be loosely based on the questions they ask within themselves and each other in their visual work. Song lyrics and narratives from everyday life are woven through it. Although the technique of the Cadavre Exquis is simple: sending each other a piece of text in turn (without reading the others part), the final text is complex. It mirrors the exhibition, providing a peek into the narrative thoughts of two literary artists. They meet each other in script and images they take from everyday environments, in forgotten corners of laundromats or in streets under construction. In search of a door to open, or a shape for ‘houvast’, Aaron Harris and Sanne van Balen present “Squeeze me tighter”.

    18 Jan up to 15 Feb — Josilda da Conceição Gallery
    Events, Exhibition — Installation, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Work on paper

    Groups 𝒉𝒐𝒘 | Atousa Bandeh, Rachid Ben Ali, Dianne Hagen and Milena Naef

    Just a simple movement, a few millimeters of space on the laptop screen. The “S” at the beginning of “show” moves to the end of “groups” overturning the meaning of the sentence. From an affirmation, a question arises: HOW? It seems fitting—after all, it’s the beginning of the year: a new chapter is opening, and we are wondering how we should approach it this time. Which foot should we start with?

    17 Jan up to 15 Feb — Lumen Travo Gallery
    Exhibition — Painting

    Fringe | Christian Hellmich

    German artist Christian Hellmich creates paintings that blend abstraction with urban and industrial themes, transforming everyday architectural motifs into imagined yet recognizable environments. His distinctive style is defined by gestural abstraction, asymmetrically arranged planes of color and geometric grid patterns that fragment the pictorial space to create dynamic and layered compositions. In his latest exhibition “Fringe” Hellmich draws inspiration from the outskirts of Berlin, where back-alley melancholy is intertwined with personal memory.

    11 Jan up to 22 Feb — Rutger Brandt Gallery
    Starts 18 Jan
    Exhibition — Installation, Mixed Media, Other, Video | Film

    Grey Zone Tactics: Black Ops, White Noise | Jeroen Jongeleen

    Upstream Gallery proudly presents Jeroen Jongeleen's new solo exhibition, Grey Zone Tactics: Black Ops, White Noise. The works in this exhibition build on his earlier running-based projects but are more than ever imbued with a political layer. The crises of our time, such as war conflicts and the looming threat of climate change, are palpable in a series of works employing various media, including video, sculpture, and text.

    18 Jan up to 1 Mar — Upstream Gallery
    Starts 18 Jan
    Exhibition — Mixed Media, Painting, Video | Film

    Cracks, Holes and Roses | Ayşen Kaptanoğlu

    Madé van Krimpen presents from January 18: Cracks, Holes and Roses, by Ayşen Kaptanoğlu. In her works she investigates power dynamics, sexuality and gender, asking questions around violence, its origins and structures that reproduce it. Using memory and self-experience as means of assistance, she is trying to make sense of what doesn’t make sense in a way to deal with the anger and pain she has against all that violence in this chaos of a male-dominant society.

    18 Jan up to 1 Mar — Madé van Krimpen Gallery
    Exhibition — Mixed Media, Other

    BOLD | Rotteveel Vermeer

    Galerie Bart is proud to present the duo exhibition BOLD by Jochem Rotteveel (1976) and Thomas Vermeer (1984), expressing their shared fascination for colour. Coming from completely different worlds, art and fashion, Rotteveel and Vermeer have now been working together for three years. The duo’s working methods and use of colour were inspired by the cities of Naples, Busan and Seoul. In BOLD, this is reflected in the use of voluminous folds and well-considered colours that lead to a pronounced result.    

    6 Dec up to 8 Mar — Galerie Bart
    Exhibition — Ceramics, Mixed Media, Painting, Sculpture

    FOREIGN LAND | Susanne Khalil Yusef, Benjamin Li, Anthony Ngoya & Abul Hisham

    The exhibition Foreign Land explores the complex subject of migration through the eyes of artists with personal migration histories. In a time of conflicts, wars, and a perceived loss of connection, Foreign Land seeks to foster empathy, openness, and solidarity. On Saturday, 18 January 2025, the gallery will have extended opening hours, with guided tours offered throughout the day by our enthusiastic hosts.

    7 Nov up to 28 Mar — VU ART SCIENCE gallery
    Exhibition — Installation, Photography, Video | Film

    Inner Landscapes | Nuri Bilge Ceylan

    Eye Filmmuseum presents the first Dutch exhibition dedicated to celebrated Turkish filmmaker and photographer Nuri Bilge Ceylan. For the first time, his films are presented alongside his Turkey Cinemascope photo series (2003–2012). This unique combination underscores Ceylan’s remarkable photographic artistry and meticulous sense of mise-en-scène. Together, the works illuminate his profound exploration of universal themes, such as alienation, the quest for meaning, and the essence of life itself.

    18 Jan up to 1 Jun — Eye Filmmuseum