16:00 – 18:00 On Saturday, 24 May, during Amsterdam Art Week, a powerful performance film will be presented at Het Salon, exploring the fragility of our ecosystems and the balance between nature and humans. Music and nature are about diversity, harmony, and balance – but under too much pressure, everything risks falling apart. In this performance film,

Bradwolff & Partners warmly invites you to an Art Talk with artist Katrin Korfmann and Ranti Tjan, Head of Collections and Exhibitions at the Noordbrabants Museum, on Saturday 3 May. Doors will open at 15:30, and the conversation will begin at 16:00. Together, they will explore Korfmann’s visual language, her methods of observation and creation,

We are delighted to invite you to a special Amsterdam Art Week film screening at Eye Filmmuseum, where Genealogy of Violence will be screened alongside a selection of earlier works by artist Mohamed Bourouissa. This special event offers a unique opportunity to discover Bourouissa’s powerful exploration of social dynamics and the human condition, engaging deeply

Friday 23:00 – 04:00 Step into an exclusive collaborative evening between Eerste Communie and Nxt Museum, where sound and visuals seamlessly collide. Three Amsterdam-based DJs will be paired with three emerging artists, creating a one-of-a-kind immersive experience. Throughout this special evening, Nxt Museum will be transformed into a portal where art, music, and visuals converge,

This is the first temporary exhibition in De Nieuwe Schatkamer since the reopening of DNB. Once hermetically sealed, it is now a public space. This exhibition presents an overview of the latest acquisitions of De Nederlandsche Bank, featuring works by emerging artists, including Christine Moldricks, Maze de Boer, Tanja Engelberts, Bobbi Essers, and Emma van der Put.

Visit the exhibition Para-siting: Clearance until Sunday 20 April. Para-siting is a new ongoing programme that runs parallel to the exhibitions at W139. Is looking back an act of necessity or just nostalgia in disguise? In a time oversaturated with images, references, and remakes, the impulse to return—to retrieve and to reframe—feels inevitable. But who’s

Join W139 for a drink to celebrate the end of the exhibition together with the Rainbow Soulclub members in an informal gathering followed by a sonic activation by The Social Music Club on Thursday 24 April at 20:00. The Social Music Club is a participatory music session for musicians, non-musicians, amateurs, and professionals alike hosted by Aimée Theriot

21:00 – 05:00 As the night falls on West Night, ISO Amsterdam transforms into the stage for the official Amsterdam Art Week 2025 Afterparty. From 22:00 onwards, the energy builds with a live audiovisual performance by Sondi, immersing the space in sound and visuals. The night continues with a DJ set by BARROSKINI, accompanied by

17:00 – 21:00 Rutger Brandt Gallery is thrilled to host the solo exhibition of internationally acclaimed artist Radenko Milak as part of Amsterdam Art Week 2025. Join them for an exclusive exhibition opening, taking place on Thursday May 22 during the Gallery Night of the Amsterdam Art Week 2025, from 17:00 to 21:00, that will feature an engaging artist

16:00 – 17:00 On Friday 23 May AKINCI invites you to a guided tour by melanie bonajo through the exhibition, followed by a Q&A session. This is a unique opportunity to explore the work and ideas behind it. The exhibition Thinking through Touch brings together video works with scenography by Théo Demans, rooted in queer,

11:00 – 12:00 On the occasion of Bernice Nauta’s solo exhibition, m.simons presents an artist talk between curator Berber Meindertsma and Bernice Nauta. The talk will take place on Saturday 24 May at 11:00 Sign up at m@michielsimons.com.  Bernice Nauta draws, makes films, paints, creates installations, objects and and stories. In her own words, the

19:00 – 22:00 Gallery van Fanny Freytag hosts on Friday 23 May between 19:00 and 22:00 a Slumberparty Movie Night. Step inside a cosy, artistic atmosphere where film and relaxation come together. Join Gallery by Fanny Freytag for a relaxing evening with popcorn and cushions: the perfect setting to watch three carefully selected short films.

17:00 – 21:00 All galleries will festively open their doors on Thursday 22 May evening. Discover a mix of established names and emerging talent, meet inspiring artists, and explore exciting new works. Whether you’re a seasoned art enthusiast or visiting galleries for the first time, this is the perfect moment to experience the city’s vibrant

tegenboschvanvreden is pleased to invite you to the first solo exhibition by Michal Helfman (1973, Tel Aviv) in the gallery: Prey for me. The official opening will take place on Thursday 22 May during the Festive Gallery Night of Amsterdam Art Week 2025. Prey for me suggests a dialectical situation that can be read in

On Saturday 19 April from 19:00 to 20:00, the film Squatter of the North Sea, created by Jonat Deelstra, Peter Balm and Pim Havinga, will be screened at GoMulan. Jonat Deelstra created a ceramic series titled Funeral Home the North Sea in combination with a video installation called Squatter of the North Sea. In this

AKINCI proudly presents Thinking through Touch, an exhibition by Melanie bonajo during Amsterdam Art Week. The exhibition will be opened during Festive Gallery Night on 22 May between 17:00 and 21:00. This exhibition brings together video works with scenography by Théo Demans, grounded in queer, feminist, anti-ableist, and anti-racist perspectives on the body, sexuality, and intimacy.

Virtual Reality at Eye presents work by artists and filmmakers such as Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Laurie Anderson, Marina Abramović and Tsai Ming-liang, who make the VR experience the starting point for a different, stimulating view of the world. Their virtual stories, image finds and provoked experiences touch our emotions and make us think. Don’t miss

On Saturday 7 June at 15:00, the Luther Museum, in collaboration with Tlön Projects, is organising a Guided Tour of the exhibition ‘I Wish This Was A Song‘. ‘I Wish This Was A Song’ runs parallel to the ‘Zing!’ exhibition at the Luther Museum at 570 Nieuwe Keizersgracht. Eleven contemporary artworks have been installed in

To mark 80 years of freedom, the Amsterdam Museum has invited artist duo Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen to create an exhibition of new work, taking the wartime history of Huis Willet-Holthuysen as a point of departure. For this exhibition, Breure and Van Hulzen delved into the history of the Second World War and

During Amsterdam Art Week 2025, Josilda da Conceição will present the exhibition Danny, in which artists Quintus Glerum and Christos Mavrodis create a fictional character together. The opening will take place during Festive Gallery Night on Thursday 22 May between 17:00 and 21:00. In the exhibition, the common ground that two artists, Quintus Glerum and

You are cordially invited to the spectacular new solo by Cristina Lucas at tegenboschvanvreden. When we hear the word revolution, we immediately think of a social-political context with historical uprisings and struggles. For her fourth solo presentation in the gallery, Cristina Lucas (1973, ES) returns to the original meaning of the word derived from the Latin

Gallery Vriend van Bavink is pleased to invite you to the new duo show by Esther Kokmeijer and Margriet van Weenen with new video work by Anouk Kruithof. The opening will take place on Friday 11 April at 16.00. Esther Kokmeijer – Where the Sky meets the Sea, meets the Ice.Margriet van Weenen – The mountain

puntWG will host a series of four performances. The opening will take place on 30 March with a performance at 16:00 and the official exhibition opening between 17:00 and 19:00. Part of the Open Call series Each week in April, Maria Zandvliet, Lyckle de Jong, Kim David Bots and G.C. Heemskerk will create and perform

W139 warmly invites you to a documentary film combined with a lecture on ancient African principles on 19 April. A wasi in JawJaw (2008) is a short documentary film recorded during a trip to the interior of Suriname. Rainbow Soulclub members Ebby Addo and Roy Telgt (a.k.a. Totty) are given a ritual washing and treatment against

THERE ARE (MANY) PARTS TO THIS – 4 is the fourth and final presentation of performances and installations at Marwan by artist, natural death researcher, babysitter, and raver G. Curated by Dee Hehewerth, Tirza Kater and Tim Mathijsen.

tegenboschvanvreden is happy to announce a special intermezzo in their programming! In the fall of 2025, Hamza Halloubi (1982, Tangier, Morocco) will have a solo presentation at the De Pont museum in Tilburg. To festively highlight his work, Hamza has put together a special ON DEMAND program with five of his video works, during the weekend of March

16:00 – 18:00 VU ART SCIENCE gallery warmly invites you to visit the ART SCIENCE dialogue during Amsterdam Art Week on Wednesday 21 May, from 16:00 to 18:00. This dialogue is organised by the gallery to accompany the exhibition Water Views the VU ART SCIENCE together with other ART SCIENCE dialogues in which the topic

VU Art Science Gallery is proud to present Water Views. The exhibition will be opened on Thursday 17 April, from 16:30 to 18:00 with a special performance by artist Jana Romanova. All over the world life is being threatened by drought or an abundance of water. At the same time, there is little attention in

Utopia Now! Following her success at the Venice Biennale, Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to celebrate over 20 years of collaboration with artist Yael Bartana, presenting her seventh solo exhibition at the gallery. Utopia Now! brings together a recent body of work, continuing Bartana’s exploration of collective identity and the possibilities of imagining communities beyond fixed

Utopia Now! Following her success at the Venice Biennale, Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to celebrate over 20 years of collaboration with artist Yael Bartana with her seventh solo exhibition at the gallery. Utopia Now! brings together a recent body of work, continuing Bartana’s exploration of collective identity and the possibilities of imagining communities beyond fixed

Loods 6 is pleased to invite you to the group exhibition We Can Talk About Something Else. The exhibition will be opened on Friday 9 May and will also be running during the Amsterdam Art Week 2025. We talk every day—but how often do we have truly meaningful conversations? We Can Talk About Something Else

CBK Zuidoost presents The Autonomous Art Practice and The Dream; an exhibition featuring recently graduated artists. The exhibition will be opened on 25 April from 18:00 to 22:00 and will also be part of Amsterdam Art Week 2025. Make sure to secure your spot for the opening via this link. Four young, recently graduated artists

In the ABN AMRO Art Space, ABN AMRO shares its collection with a wide audience through rotating presentations, provides a platform for new developments in art, and offers artists a stage in the Zuidas district. Currently on view are the collection presentation Digital Deluge and the ABN AMRO Art Prize exhibition Ophelia’s Awakening, featuring work

Luther Museum invites you to its new exhibition, which opens on March 28 and will run during the Amsterdam Art Week. ‘I Wish This Was A Song‘ runs parallel to the exhibition ‘Sing!’ at the Luther Museum Amsterdam. Eleven contemporary artworks are installed in the museum’s period rooms, temporarily integrated into the historical collection as

Bradwolff & Partners presents Shifting Realities, a solo exhibition by Jaehun Park which will also be running during the Amsterdam Art Week 2025. The exhibition will be opened on Friday 9 May. In his work, the physical and digital realms, reality and simulation, seamlessly blend together. Park explores the impact of technology on our perception, creating

‘All My Colours for You’ is an interdisciplinary art project by award-winning international artist, theatre director, film director, and choreographer Sagí Amir Gros. The project features a film installation that integrates dance, theater and performance, offering individuality, and cultural identity. Drawing from Sagí’s diverse background, which includes both Jewish and European-Arabic heritage, the project transcends

Bradwolff & Partners is proud to present “Augenblick”, a solo exhibition by Katrin Korfmann, where new and existing works come together. Korfmann delves into the boundaries of photography, playing with the illusion of reality. A photograph serves as a representation of a space and time that no longer exists—or perhaps never existed. Through this exhibition,

What Cannot Be Held: Hedendaagse stemmen uit de Belgische kunst brings together works by artists from Mu.ZEE’s collection at the Brakke Grond. During the period when the museum is closed due to renovation, Dutch curators will offer a new look at the Ostend museum’s collection in collection presentations at the Brakke Grond over the next

Upstream Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition Ghosts. This exhibition, curated by Anne de Jong, brings together artists who work with artificial intelligence or critically reflect on it. The rapid developments in AI are bringing major changes to society and creative processes. The artists in this exhibition explore both the potential and darker aspects

Bradwolff Projects presents a new exhibition by Adriana Bogdanova, telling the story of Zarafa, the Sudanese giraffe gifted to France in 1826. Her arrival caused a sensation, turning this exotic animal into a political instrument. Bogdanova explores the implications of this spectacle—how power operates through display, how nature is framed within human systems, and how

The solo exhibition She Keeps Them Warm With Her Skirt by AnnaMaria Pinaka opens on 9 May at ROZENSTRAAT – a rose is a rose is a rose, and will also be on view during Amsterdam Art Week 2025. In her first solo show in the Netherlands, Pinaka (b. 1983, Thessaloniki) brings together seemingly contradictory iconic representations

What does it mean to return—again and again—to a sound, a word, a gesture?To linger with repetition as both ritual and resistance? In Shifting | Spirit | Time, Julianknxx transforms the echo into matter itself. This new commission, unfolding as a multi-screen film installation at Buro Stedelijk’s Central Space, emerges from the artist’s May 2024

Lumen Travo Gallery is delighted to invite you to the opening of Radius: The Gaze Beyond Vision, featuring a video and sound installation by Ibrahim Quraishi, curated by Jacek Sosnowski. This project explores the cognitive presence of drones and their dual role as both observers and participants. Radius: The Gaze Beyond Vision makes a powerful

Foam is proud to present the exhibition Father by artist Diana Markosian. This is the first time the exhibition is shown in its entirety. Father  traces Markosian’s journey of reconnecting with her estranged father through images, family snapshots, and film.  At the age of seven, Diana Markosian and her brother were taken from their home in

Yawm al-Firak, Arabic for Day of Separation, is the first solo museum exhibition by the Palestinian-Dutch photographer Sakir Khader. Since 2024, he has been the first Palestinian photographer selected to join the renowned photography collective Magnum Photos. Through his firsthand experiences in Palestinian occupied territories, Khader brings the viewer directly into the heart of the occupation. His

Inaugural Exhibition Vriend van Bavink’s new gallery space A group exhibition revolving around the theme ’Empathy’ With work by: Kenneth Aidoo, Sam Andrea, Celine van den Boorn, Stijn ter Braak, Aldo van den Broek, Koos Buster, Tina Farifteh, Roos van Haaften, Tja Ling Hu, Ayşen Kaptanoğlu, Su Melo, Piet Parra, Maurice van Tellingen , Koen Vermeule, Theo

On view in the art cabinets in the main building of VU Amsterdam is the work of artist Fransix Tenda Lomba. Fransix Tenda Lomba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1984) makes drawings, paintings, sculptures, and animated videos. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa and he’s a Rijksakademie alumnus. His research project

AKINCI invites you for the finissage of One Meter Under on Saturday 15 February from 16:00 until 18:00. On this special occasion, AKINCI will host an artist talk by Stéphanie Saadé and Inge Meijer. They will be in conversation about their respective creative processes and the sources of inspiration for their work. The talk will

Nxt Museum proudly presents Still Processing, its latest group exhibition, on view from February 7 to October 5, 2025. Curated by Bogomir Doringer, the exhibition features works by Boris Acket, Gabey Tjon a Tham, Lumus Instruments, and Rosa Menkman, alongside three newly commissioned works by Nxt Museum from Balfua, Children of the Light, and Geoffrey

As part of the public program for Foreign Land the VU ART SCIENCE gallery and 3D invite artists and researchers to explore the concept of migration. The 2nd ART SCIENCE dialogue for Foreign Land will focus on artist Anthony Ngoya and his artworks in the exhibition. Other guests include political scientist Marije Luitjens,  historian Wim Manuhutu

With 2025 marking the 20th anniversary of the collective, Rainbow Soulclub is returning to W139, where they first exhibited in 2007, to celebrate and situate this moment in time. This exhibition brings together works that have been created over years of collaboration, while simultaneously making visible that which forms between the making of work, together, over so

From February 27 through May 25, 2025, Framer Framed presents the exhibition Past Disquiet – an exhibition born out of more than a decade of research by curators Kristine Khouri and Rasha Salti on international solidarity movements. The exhibition presents a shared history of politically engaged artists and initiatives worldwide, shedding new light on the

On 27 February 2025, Buro Stedelijk debuts Manifestation #54: Shifting / Spirit / Time, an ambitious new multi-screen film installation by acclaimed poet, artist, and filmmaker Julianknxx. Known for his extensive research and commitment to (re)visiting places and people for collaboration, this latest work builds on the artist’s performance Chorus in Flight presented in May

“Space” has meaning beyond the physical. One that is alive, and ever-evolving. An exhibition space, among many things, allows a maker and a work to develop and exist within a particular context. But how can space be understood at a project space–particularly when strategies of being on show are part of its core investigation?    In

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

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

On the occasion of the special year 2025, Annet Gelink cordially invites you to a festive New Year’s reception. Besides a last chance to see the exhibition of Steffani Jemison: Way in the Middle of the Air, we’d like to festively open the 25th anniversary year of Annet Gelink Gallery with you. The year is dedicated to celebrating

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,

On Saturday, January 18th, the VU ART SCIENCE gallery will open its doors for the launch of the new art season. The curators of the exhibition Foreign Land will offer a special guided tour. Tours will start at 13:00 and 16:00. The exhibition Foreign Land explores the complex subject of migration through the eyes of artists with

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

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

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,

The new performance, film and installation by Buhlebezwe Siwani, ulwela amaza (2024), traces a deeply embodied choreography that ebbs and flows in a number of significant sites in Amsterdam, Middelburg and their surrounding waters. The work asks how these Dutch cities are connected to Blackness and life, as well as what is known and unknown about histories

You are warmly welcomed to the exhibition opening of My Garden’s Boundaries Are the Horizon on Friday 6 December, between 5-8pm! To See the Inability to See — a collective that formed at de Appel’s Archive in 2019 — is known for their collectively written texts and their performative readings of a series of temporarily made triangular

To conclude our anniversary year, Galerie Ron Mandos warmly invites you to three exceptional exhibitions featuring artists who have been part of the gallery from the very beginning. These artists, all based in Rotterdam—the city where Ron Mandos opened his gallery 25 years ago—each bring a unique perspective on the theme of landscapes through diverse

Annet Gelink Gallery is delighted to welcome you to the opening of Way in the Middle of the Air, the second solo exhibition by Steffani Jemison, on Thursday, 28 November, from 6–8 PM. Steffani Jemison is renowned for her multidisciplinary approach to language, storytelling, African-American cultural histories, and embodied forms of knowledge. Her work is included

We are happy to announce that Joppe Venema will present his new video installation, Negative Autoscopy, at WILLIE creative space, Schellingweg 15 in Zaandam. The festive opening will take place on Friday, November 29, from 7:00 PM until late. After the opening, the exhibition will be open by appointment until December 8. Negative Autoscopy (2024)

There’s something in the house. Someone knocks on the door. A fallen exit sign – dust taking a familiar shape. Water boiling, misting the windows. Steps pulsating in the marrow of the wall. The dogs barked for a reason.  A time when the dogs barked every night is a group exhibition brought together by the participants of

W139 warmly invites you to the opening of Taking Root Among the Stars! on the 22nd of November, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. The evening will feature a special opening ritual by Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti, multimedia artist, healer, spiritual activist, and femme defender. Through her sonic and performative work, Ibelisse will weave together the multiple worlds

For the second exhibition in the Encounters series, Bernice Nauta presents multipe videos along with a couple of drawings, framed in recycled parts of scanners. The presentation will be on view this week during regular opening hours. Furthermore, on Thursday evening, the artist will be present from 18.00 until 20.00. The  short films are part

During the first weeks of November, m.simons has decided to adjust the programming slightly. In a series of three weekly presentations, the gallery will focus on one artwork each week, increasing the pace and narrowing the focus. This series, titled ENCOUNTERS, begins with a video piece by artist Gerald Van Der Kaap, Shanghai, 7 a.m.The presentation will

Annet Gelink Gallery and The Mondrian Initiative are proud to present a talk between artist Giorgio Andreotta Calò and philosopher Emanuele Coccia, moderated by curator Aveline de Bruin on Saturday, 9th of November starting at 4PM. Andreotta Calò’s solo exhibition When it’s almost dark is currently on view. The artist will enter into a dialogue with Coccia, current recipient of The Mondrian Prize, about

On October 31st and November 1st multidisciplinary artist Stef Van Looveren will bring their brand new performance CONFESSIONS to Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. In CONFESSIONS Van Looveren questions and explores all the different layers of identity construction. “Glass is a metaphor. If you heat it up, it becomes very malleable. When it cools down, it becomes fragile. This

Josilda da Conceição is pleased to present It was late, it was very late, but was it too late. For this duo exhibition, Vincent Verhoef invited fellow artist Jerrold Saija to present a selection of sculptural works alongside some of his own recent paintings. This exhibition will be on view from October 26th until November 30, 2024. *

On the occasion of the finissage of Rini Hurkmans’ solo exhibition Pietà, Millefleurs, Lumen Travo Gallery is organising a conversation on 26 October between the artist Rini Hurkmans and Sarah van Binsbergen, a journalist, critic, and editor who writes about contemporary visual art for various publications, including de Volkskrant. With a background in cultural politics and anthropology,

Bradwolff Projects invites you to the opening of Traversing, an exhibition by Japanese artists Mayumi Nakazaki and Miku Sato, on 20 October from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at Bradwolff Projects. The exhibition runs until 3 November 2024. In this collaboration, Mayumi Nakazaki and Miku Sato explore themes of memory, identity, and war through site-specific video

Chia-Wei Hsu receives the Eye Art & Film Prize for artists working at the intersection between art and film. To mark this celebratory tenth edition of the prize he will talk to the first ever winner, German artist Hito Steyerl. The Eye Art & Film Prize goes to Chia-Wei Hsu for the highly original way

Ammodo invites you to the festive premiere of four brand new short documentary films about pioneers in art and science. Join us for a thought-provoking and inspiration-packed evening with cast and crew. The four films, part of the ongoing documentary series Ammodo Docs, provide a unique peek into the worlds of four renowned figures at the

From 27 October 2024 to 26 January 2025, Framer Framed will present the exhibition The Anarchist Citizenship: People Made of Stories. The exhibition explores how storytelling, visual culture, architecture, and social structures in Somaliland, the Somali region, and the diaspora shape citizenship. The project has been initiated by Amal Alhaag and Nadine Stijns, in collaboration with

This autumn, Eye Filmmuseum highlights the American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition and film programme feature both iconic and lesser-known works, showcasing the era’s vibrant experimental spirit. Highlights include films by pivotal avant-garde figures such as Jonas Mekas, Maya Deren and Stan Brakhage, as well as contributions from prominent visual artists like Bruce

In collaboration with ADE Arts & Culture, Nxt Museum presents ‘Hunger To Create,’ a unique audiovisual showcase featuring live electronic experimentation and immersive visuals. This multi-performance event will take place on Friday, 18th October, from 20:30 to 01:00 at Nxt Museum in Amsterdam Noord. Dasha Rush Debuts A/V ShowAs part of ADE 2024, ‘Hunger To

In Our People are Our Mountains (quoting from Amílcar Cabral’s words on the Guinea-Bissau’s liberation movement), artists and collectives in Palestine and elsewhere who work on questions around land from different perspectives, collaborate with majelis (assembly) Jakarta by sending instructions remotely. Utilizing instructions, rather than physically transferring works or facilitating travel, stems from ethical, political, and environmental

In Our People are Our Mountains (quoting from Amílcar Cabral’s words on the Guinea-Bissau’s liberation movement), artists and collectives in Palestine and elsewhere who work on questions around land from different perspectives, collaborate with majelis (assembly) Jakarta by sending instructions remotely. Utilizing instructions, rather than physically transferring works or facilitating travel, stems from ethical, political, and environmental

40th Anniversary Celebration of the WG-terrain Amsterdam in September – October 2024. For forty years, the WG-terrain has been a green oasis for the arts in the heart of Amsterdam, home to studios, residences, small businesses, organisations, and associations. WG40 in 2024 Open Studios – 28 – 29 September 202412 – 5 PM To mark

On Sunday 29 September, Simultaneity, Conference invites an audience to an open and live setting that challenges the conventional distinction between on-screen and off-screen, onstage and backstage, process and outcome, theory and practice, and various roles and genres within an artwork. Across three acts, questions and answers about the collaboration will unfold, and the audience, too, will

Initiated by EMIRHAKIN, Remarkable Meetings with Disgusting Men reflects on (self-)censorship as a highly tangible experience, ████ proposing ways for maneuvering through fear. ██████ ████ █ ███, ████. In this exhibition, the strategies of oppressive regimes and their bodily implications are explored, subverted, ██████ and reappropriated through a careful spatial choreography. How does political coercion permeate the

Bradwolff & Partners opens the new season with the solo exhibition “Recordings” by Iva Gueorguieva. The title refers to Gueorguieva’s process of rubbing, scratching and staining the canvas and gauze allowing the surface and the images to intertwine. “Recordings” is a conceptual commitment to the peripheral, the accidental, and the transient. Iva Gueorguieva (b. 1974,

Conversation Dance is a time-based installation of Min Oh’s existing and premiering works, curated and co-choreographed by Eugene Hannah Park. The concept of Conversation Dance emerged from the urge to know how non-hierarchical coexistence operates in multidisciplinary art. For a symbiotic ecosystem to be established, understanding each participant or material and its history is necessary. Therefore, collaboration in

On the final weekend of the exhibition, Basma al-Sharif will engage in discussion with Alina Lupu, Isshaq Albarbary and Amal Alhaag who will reflect on her work in relation to three issues raised in the exhibition and exacerbated by the present moment; The destruction of material and immaterial heritage in Palestine (Gaza in particular, as

The Place Where I was Condemned to Live is Basma al-Sharif’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. Basma’s work traverses many themes related to de Appel’s current focus: her films and installation pieces raise questions related to the representation of domesticity, land, and displacement. Three installations and a film are presented Trompe l’œil (2016), a mise en scene,

Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to announce When it’s almost dark, Giorgio Andreotta Calò’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. Opening 13 September – 17:00 – 21:00 The exhibition presents the project ΙΚΑΡΟΣ (ICARUS), originally developed during Andreotta Calò’s participation in Into Nature (Emmen, 2020). The project began as a medium-length film and evolved into a broader constellation of works,

Part of the atelierWG series As we’ve dared to call the monkeys in the Zoo by Irish names,Erin’s sons, in wrath, declare us snobs and flunkies;And demand that we withdraw them – nor should we ignore their claims—For it’s really very hard — Upon the monkeys. The exhibition Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg highlights

Saturday August 31th we will have a last conversation and screening of ‘Het Hoogt en het Laagt’, a film by Kristina Benjocki and Stijn Verhoeff. You are warmly invited to join us. Especially for this last edition there will be guest speakers. More about that soon! The meet-up & screening will take place in the

Three meetings will be organised on the occasion of a film made about Plan van Gool called ‘Het Hoogt en Het Laagt'(The High and the Low) by artist Kristina Benjocki andfilmmaker Stijn Verhoeff, both fellow residents of Plan van Gool in Amsterdam North. They made a short film about their neighborhood based on conversations with

Group exhibition with:Marc Bijl, Marinus Boezem, Alicia Framis, Sarah Friend, David Haines, Entropy8Zuper! (Auriea Harvey & Michaël Samyn), Marijke De Roover and Rafaël Rozendaal Upstream Gallery is proud to present the group exhibition Alone Together, featuring works by artists exploring themes of intimacy and desire, from the 1970s to the present. Over these five decades, our methods of communication have changed dramatically. Contemporary social relationships –

Opening on August 15th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The artist will be present throughout the entire exhibition period! The human eye is a gateway to the world around us. Its iris plays a crucial role in seeing by regulating the amount of light, just like the shutter of a camera can artificially mimic this.

On the occasion of Amsterdam Art Week, Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to dedicate its project space The Bakery to the screening of Marijke van Warmerdam’s ‘Per Sempre’. Filmed with a handheld camera during the artist’s stay in Rome, the looped video follows the perpetual love letters offered by the balustrades of Ponte Milvio bridge

13:00—17:00 Marieke Zwart lives and works in Amsterdam Southeast. She is working on her project Care in the Bijlmer, in which she documents – in different ways – the days of a few indispensable (health) care workers. At the Open Space at Heesterveld (35A) the audience can see her progress and discuss it with her.

14:00—16:00 The artist will organise a guided tour and a workshop about her research on archival materials.

“closed views” beckons exploration through suspended cinematic snapshots manifested in sculpture, film, and painting. Each piece captures enigmatic moments that span the divide between ‘before’ and ‘after.’ Paying homage to memory, these fragments resonate within a broader narrative, where the tales of distant protagonists emerge amidst a society captivated by compulsive gazes. Drawing from the

Public programmes:  Canopy The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is proud to present 16 projects of emerging artists at Amsterdam Art Week. All participating artists graduated from the independent and internationally oriented art school in Amsterdam in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. Together, they present multifaceted art works in various media such as ceramics, glass, photography,

In Edgelanders, the artists build a case for a tribunal against the city of Amsterdam to hold it to its ethical image and legal obligations. Leading up to this tribunal, the artists have presented Part I: The Background in the Amsterdam Museum and Part II: The Hearing at Podium Mozaïek. At de Appel they will

In the work I Wan’na Be Like You, Margit Lukács and Persijn Broersen focus on the Western image of ‘the Jungle’. The wilderness is often seen as a Terra Nullius, supposedly unexplored land that served as an emblem of desire for the colonial powers. In this film, Lukács and Broersen delve deeper into ‘the wilderness’ as

During Amsterdam Art Week, Framer Framed presents the exhibition Breaking Waves by artist Clara Jo, who has been Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed artist in residence for the past year. Through a story about epidemiological and maritime movement, Breaking Waves subverts concepts of colonial erasure and questions our collective imaginations during global crises. The exhibition is open

During Amsterdam Art Week, as an offshoot of her major solo exhibition at The Douglas Hyde Gallery of Contemporary Art in Dublin, and in collaboration with our baby sister Kunstverein Aughrim, Kunstverein is proud to host a four day screening of The Quickening by Deirdre O’Mahony.  Deirdre O’Mahony 30+ years practice is rooted in the

19:00—21:00 On Friday, 31 May the last screening of the day will be followed by a conversation between the artist and curator Kate Strain, of Kunstverein Aughrim.  This moment will be celebrated with a serving of a potato kombucha in special ceramics made by O’Mahony and a potato-tulip ice cream by artists Honey Jones Hughes

20:30—00:00 Culture is — Togetherness in Time In collaboration with the EYE Filmmuseum, the Prince Claus Fund is excited to present a short films programme followed by a discussion during Amsterdam Art Week. Join us on June 1, 8.30 pm at the EYE Filmmuseum Cinema 1 — the evening will be kicked off by the

Sound art is a unifying component between the Netherlands and Belgium. There is a vibrant field of hybrid art practices in which the exploration of sound takes center stage in various artistic and critical forms. From installation art and performances, to technological experiments. In these practices, collaboration across borders is common and has an impactful

We are delighted to invite you to you to the opening of Isaac Julien: Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die) at the gallery. Join us in Amsterdam on Saturday, 9 March, from 4-7 PM for a first look at the works. Once Again… (Statues Never Die) is an immersive installation by artist and

Five artists, living and/or working in Amsterdam Zuidoost, created new work for this special exhibition. With Local Heroes, CBK Zuidoost stimulates the local art climate in Amsterdam Zuidoost by providing a platform for local creators. The arts scene in the Bijlmer is evolving. More and more artists are finding their way to this side of

For his debut solo exhibition in Amsterdam at Projectruimte 38/40, Doron Beuns presents a series of large-scale knitted paintings within an installation that includes lighting, video, sound, and scent. As with his previous work, Beuns plays on a hysterical post-digital world where perception is dictated by the position we adopt in relation to any given

Foundation (2020 – 2022) Jasper de Beijer4k Video – 9′ 52https://youtu.be/Pc-8w8IM1O4 In 2020, Jasper de Beijer (1973) followed a Mondriaan Fund residency at the Pompgemaal in Den Helder. The estate around the water pumping station has some resemblance of an island, a secluded place over which the world seems to have no influence. The artist

Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS is delighted to present a selection of work by Daniele Formica under the title Lonely Legionaries in the backspace of the gallery. Opening on February 10, simultaneous to Tincuta Marin’s solo opening Purring Figure, from 3 to 7pm.  Lonely Legionaries is about singularities in and out of multitudes (the legions). The multitude is conforming the ones, like the ranks

Framer Framed warmly welcomes you to the opening of its newest exhibition, The One-Straw Revolution, curated by iLiana Fokianaki! On Saturday, February 10, 7 p.m., Framer Framed will present the exhibition The One-Straw Revolution. Its title, inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka’s ecological philosophy, emphasizes minimal waste and harmony with ecosystems. In the exhibition, artists explore permaculture concepts

On January 27th from 3 to 5pm, members of the Rainbow Soulclub will give a tour of their exhibition in a cosy, relaxed session where visitors can get to know the collective and their work. This is the vernissage of the exhibition. Come hear about the eighteen year old history of the collective, their composition

For the beginning of the gallery season in 2024, we are delighted to present the exhibition COMFORT by Daisy Smith (1995, Chelmsford, UK), with special guest George McGoldrick. The show will draw together a series of works across various mediums: film, painting and drawing.

On December 16th from 3 to 5pm, members of the Rainbow Soulclub will give a tour of their exhibition in a cosy, relaxed session where visitors can get to know the collective and their work. Come hear about the eighteen year old history of the collective, their composition and ways of working, and the meaning

Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS is delighted to present Rearrangement of Priorities #16: Blessings, an exhibition by Art and Solidarity Collective: Rainbow Soulclub, a collective founded by artists Saskia Janssen and George Korsmit eighteen years ago in Amsterdam.  Opening December 2 from 3 to 7pm. The collective came to existence after Janssen and Korsmit visited the Blaka Watra

Slewe Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the exhibition Unequal Times by Roos Theuws. It will be her third solo exhibition at Slewe Gallery. Theuws is known for her video sculptures in which she questions the intrinsic qualities of light and sound and video and sound as media themselves. In her works she

Every Friday, the weekly how-to workshop programme explores alternative modes of economic self-sufficiency within the arts field and beyond, in collaboration with various Amsterdam creators and experts.  €15 per workshop including lunch—max. 15 personsThe workshops will be held in Dutch.  A hands-on workshop on defining your ambitions and making them realistic by looking at your

Every Friday, the weekly how-to workshop programme explores alternative modes of economic self-sufficiency within the arts field and beyond, in collaboration with various Amsterdam creators and experts.  €15 per workshop including lunch—max. 15 personsThe workshops will be held in Dutch.  We will map different art practices, untangle ideas about time and money and outline alternative,

Every Friday, the weekly how-to workshop programme explores alternative modes of economic self-sufficiency within the arts field and beyond, in collaboration with various Amsterdam creators and experts.  €15 per workshop including lunch—max. 15 personsThe workshops will be held in Dutch.  We will map different art practices, untangle ideas about time and money and outline alternative,

Every Friday, the weekly how-to workshop programme explores alternative modes of economic self-sufficiency within the arts field and beyond, in collaboration with various Amsterdam creators and experts. €15 per workshop including lunch—max. 15 personsThe workshops will be held in Dutch. 

As part of People’s Forum, W139 is organising two Art Markets in the weekends of 25 & 26 November and 2 & 3 December, freely accessible. Forget Black Friday and discover gems by Amsterdam makers. More than thirty vendors will be selling unexpected treasures, self-published magazines, vinyl records, clothing, art works, homemade food, craft products, and much more. The Art

As part of People’s Forum, W139 is organising two Art Markets in the weekends of 25 & 26 November and 2 & 3 December, freely accessible. Forget Black Friday and discover gems by Amsterdam makers. More than thirty vendors will be selling unexpected treasures, self-published magazines, vinyl records, clothing, art works, homemade food, craft products, and much more. The Art

Looking back at the many artistic gems exhibited in the 35 years since AKINCI was founded, there are several paths to explore. Different paths have led us to different destinations. Iconic works demonstrate the gallery’s focus on the experimental nature of the moving image, display the powerful character of textile and show a new approach

Save the date! The grand opening of Farida Sedoc’s exhibition People’s Forum on 17 November. Starting 19:00 at W139, the night will feature a thrilling performance by Strangie, drinks and sounds by Farida.⁠⁠Join us on this evening to kick off People’s Forum, which next to a new series of works by Sedoc, brings together a

As we approach the end of 2023, Lumen Travo Gallery would like to invite you to the opening of the group exhibition titled “What to Expect: Our Glimpse into 2024”. This show features the works of four artists of the gallery: Matea Bakula, Thierry Oussou , Daniel de Paula, and Judith Westerveld. Although they come

Online platform upstream.gallery proudly presents its new exhibition, Pixel Poetry. The exhibition is designed with common.garden, an exhibition platform developed by artist Constant Dullaart (read more below). Participating artists: Annie Abrahams, Harm van den Dorpel, Constant Dullaart, Adina Glickstein, Joan Heemskerk, Noor Nuyten, Marijke De Roover, Rafaël Rozendaal, Sasha Stiles + Technelegy, Alex Turgeon, Damon Zucconi Curation: Anne de JongExhibition design: Sterre Brands PIXEL POETRYIn our fast-paced

We are pleased to present Dead River, a solo exhibition of new works by Tanja Engelberts, opening at Galerie Caroline O’Breen 4 November, 2023. Please join us and the artist for opening drinks, 16–18 hrs.  In the 1950s, the Rhône River was declared dead. With the development of hydroelectricity, new canals took over the old river, dikes

Don’t miss the spectacular closing event of W139 hosts… on Friday 27 October. During this evening, we will celebrate the 7 weeks of artistic experimentation, and the makers, participants and visitors that we welcomed in our space. Starting at W139 from 19:00, the closing event will feature an exciting performance from the static yet dynamic duo echo+seashell, performing a live set

People’s Forum, Farida Sedoc’s first solo exhibition, explores the conditions for art as livelihood and as a vehicle for change. Sedoc starts from her own precarious experience as an artist to address new forms of collectivity. Amplifying past and current voices of diasporic and transnational communities, the exhibition reports on resistance and civil disobedience, and

With our second edition of W139 hosts… we are excited to open up the W139 exhibition space for a dynamic seven-week long programme providing 55 makers and initiatives with the opportunity to present new projects or works-in-progress. During W139 hosts… a new constellation of makers and collectives moves into the exhibition space every week—creating a

With our second edition of W139 hosts… we are excited to open up the W139 exhibition space for a dynamic seven-week long programme providing 55 makers and initiatives with the opportunity to present new projects or works-in-progress. During W139 hosts… a new constellation of makers and collectives moves into the exhibition space every week—creating a

tegenboschvanvreden cordially invites you to visit you tomorrow: a solo with new work by Emma van der Put. We look forward to welcoming you at the festive opening on October 21, 5 -7 pm. Written on a large window, in boldly printed letters, are the words ‘many faces of change’. Lush vegetation is reflected in

by Dominique Panhuysen and Danielle van Vree Part of the atelierWG Series For their film installation, Dominique Panhuysen and Danielle van Vree interviewed both their mothers: wondering how their mothers’ experiences and memories impact their own lives, they looked for common grounds and cross-pollination. In The lines along which we walk they give a voice to their mothers’ generation –

From 8 October 2023 to 14 January 2024, Framer Framed presents the exhibition Performing Colonial Toxicity by researcher and architectural historian Samia Henni, in collaboration with If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution. The project sheds light on the redacted history of French nuclear colonialism in the Algerian Sahara and draws attention to the

In autumn 2023, the Oude Kerk and the Hartwig Art Foundation present the most comprehensive survey to date of contemporary music legend Meredith Monk. The presentation is a unique retrospective of her influential performance practice, in which she constantly sought harmony between the spiritual, the earth, and human existence. For over five decades Meredith Monk

A solo show by Atousa Bandeh For her new exhibition at Lumen Travo Gallery, Iranian artist Atousa Bandeh embarks on a reflective journey inspired by the story of Rudabeh and Zal – a remarkable narrative of love between a fearless Kabul king’s daughter and an ethereal Persian prince.   Through an engaging fusion of mediums—paintings,

tegenboschvanvreden and Galerie Onrust proudly present mano a mano: two artists, two galleries, one exhibition. mano a mano is the outcome of a collaboration between Ana Navas and Toon Verhoef, for which the artists have handed ideas to each other. Reacting to recurring themes on their respective practices or to sketches that were lingering in

No Man’s Art Gallery is happy to invite you to the final weekend of our current exhibition, Atari. On Thursday, August 24th we will host a tour of the exhibition guided by the curator and several of the participating artists. The tour will start at the No Man’s Art Gallery KIOSK (Willem de Zwijgerlaan 327),

Annet Gelink Gallery is proud to announce Good Machine Bad Machine, Meiro Koizumi’s sixth solo exhibition in the gallery. You are welcome to join us to the festive opening of the gallery season on September 8 from 5 to 9 pm. Named after its prominent video installation, the show raises questions around hypnosis, authority, consciousness,

New solo exhibition opening September 9 at 5pm. Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS is delighted to present Insect, History, Mirror, Revolution, a new solo exhibition by Dora García. Dora García will debut her newest work Insect Vocabulary and present it alongside her most recent film Amor Rojo, a performance installation, and three new drawing/book works.  Visit

Amsterdam Art teams up with Eye Filmmuseum in organising a film program on the big screen, featuring the best new moving image based works Amsterdam’s art scene has to offer.  Immerse yourself in the films and video works of artists from the residencies and galleries. The selection was made by Karen Archey, curator of contemporary art Stedelijk

Amsterdam Art teams up with Eye Filmmuseum in organising a film program on the big screen, featuring the best new moving image based works Amsterdam’s art scene has to offer.  Immerse yourself in a double program with a selection of the film and video works by artists from the post-academic residencies and galleries affiliated with Amsterdam Art.

Centering around the visible and invisible slow violence in the landscape, the exhibition is a rich soil for cultivating questions about how to represent and perceive violence in the image and whether we can trust images. The works address different regions mired in colonial violence, attempting to reveal, through looking closely, how the land and

Join in for an exhibition tour and a movie screening at De Appel with the artist Inas Halabi on Thursday 1 June, from 11:30 until 13:00

Filmmaker and writer Peter Delpeut will interview Petra Noordkamp on Sunday 4 June at 11:00 at the gallery. Don’t miss it!

In ‘Better Not Move’ Petra Noordkamp explores a recurring theme in her work: the influence of experiences, memories and dreams on the perception of architecture and the urban environment. At Galerie Onrust she shows a film installation and photos, taken during a residency in Japen, shortly after her loved one passed away. The film tracks

Screening of the film Once an Alien

Sunday afternoon we will host a screening in the presence of the artist with a q & a after the film.

by Eline Boerma and Rachel Nieborg

No Man’s Art Gallery cordially invites you to the group exhibition Las estrellas me iluminan al revés (the start illuminate me backwards). The exhibition consists of works by emerging Mexican artists, which NMAG previously showed during its tenth international pop-up gallery in Mexico City in November 2022. Las estrellas me iluminan al revés shows work

GRIMM is proud to present 4+5+9=18, a solo exhibition by Guido van der Werve opening on 20 April 2023 in Amsterdam. The exhibition comprises three new video works, individual Acts related to the artist’s first feature film Nummer achttien which premiered in theaters in March 2023. Opening Reception (drinks and bites)5-8 pm in presence of the artist Performance: Act 36 pm with

CARTE BLANCHE #1LOVE AFTER LOVECurated by Wumen April 8th – May 6th, 2023The Greenroom is located at Prinsengracht 645 in The Frozen Fountain.Tuesday – Saturday | 10AM – 6PM Love After Love, is about coming back home to oneself after a long-life journey of longing for love but with empty hands and broken hearts. It

Opening Tuesday 25 April 2023 from 5 – 8PM 25 April – 16 May 2023Curated by Fereshte Moosavi ‘Amid times of ongoing cruelty, normalized violence, and never-ending war, Once there was (n)one presents a number of artworks that counter the historical forgetfulness caused by such conflicts. Each artwork creates a monumental presence for the erased, oppressed, or

We are delighted to announce Pauline Curnier Jardin’s solo exhibition Le Lente Passioni.  Previously shown at ARCOmadrid, we are happy to bring this project to Amsterdam for the first time. Join us for the opening on Saturday 15 of April from 3 to 6pm, in the presence of the artist. During the first Italian confinement of 2020, Pauline Curnier