Journal

Opening of the Season: 5 & 6 September

Join us for the opening of the art season!

Amsterdam Art Week x Artropolis – a podcast exploring Amsterdam’s art ecosystem | Episode 1

Amsterdam Art Week and Artropolis have joined forces to create a new podcast series that explores the ecosystem of Amsterdam’s art world. In this series, interviewer, podcast producer, and art enthusiast Maaike Muis speaks with artists, curators, collectors, and gallery owners — the people shaping the city’s artistic landscape.

Explore: Materiality & Craft

Materials and craftsmanship are important themes in contemporary art. The physical properties of materials and the processes of making can determine the meaning and our perception of artworks. The following exhibitions show in different ways how artists work with materials and craft techniques to explore deeper concepts and ideas about the physical world.

Explore: New Realities & the Intersection of Art and Technology

In a world increasingly mediated by technology, our understanding of what is real is shifting. Within this theme artists explore how we could engage with these emerging technologies — from AI and digital media to simulation and data processing. Throughout their search the artists question, reshape, and expand human perception.

Explore: Identity, Heritage & Migration

In a world increasingly interconnected, the concept of identity is ever-evolving, especially in relation to migration, diaspora, and belonging. Artists today grapple with these complex themes, exploring how cultural identities are shaped, challenged, and redefined in response to displacement, colonial legacies, and the forces of globalisation. Through their work, they disrupt conventional narratives of identity and heritage, highlighting both the individual and collective dimensions of belonging.

DIY Tours: North & West

During Amsterdam Art Week 2025, we’ll take you to the most inspiring art locations in the city – at your own pace. Especially for visitors, we’ve created DIY tours by neighbourhood, so you can choose the route that best fits your day, style, or mood. From gallery-hopping in the city centre to hidden studios in Amsterdam Noord: each route offers a unique perspective on the city’s art scene.

DIY Tours: De Pijp/South & East

During Amsterdam Art Week 2025, we will guide you through the most inspiring art locations in the city – at your own pace. Specifically for visitors, we’ve curated DIY tours by neighbourhood, so you can choose the route that best suits your day, style, or mood. From gallery-hopping in the city centre to hidden studios in Amsterdam Noord: each route offers a unique perspective on the city’s art scene.

DIY Tours: Jordaan & Centre

During Amsterdam Art Week 2025, we will guide you through the most inspiring art locations in the city – at your own pace. Especially for visitors, we’ve curated DIY tours by neighbourhood, so you can choose the route that best suits your day, style, or mood. From gallery-hopping in the city centre to hidden studios in Amsterdam Noord: each route offers a unique perspective on the city’s art scene.

Join a Tour during Amsterdam Art Week 2025!

From 20 to 25 May 2025, Amsterdam will once again come alive with contemporary art. More than 70 galleries, museums and project spaces will open their doors with an inspiring programme of exhibitions and events.

Become a Volunteer at Amsterdam Art Week 2025 

The Spider: A New Platform Connecting Europe’s Leading Art Weeks and Gallery Weekends

Introducing The Spider: A New Platform Connecting Europe’s Leading Art Weeks and Gallery Weekends

Save the Date for AAW25

Opening of the Season: DIY tour | Jordaan

What better way to celebrate than by exploring the city’s vibrant art scene at your own pace? With this DIY Art Tour, you can plan your own route this weekend, visiting carefully selected galleries. This edition focuses on the Jordaan.

Opening of the Season: DIY tour | Canals and Hazenstraat

What better way to celebrate than by exploring the city’s vibrant art scene at your own pace? With this DIY Art Tour, you can plan your own route this weekend, visiting carefully selected galleries. This edition focuses on the Canals and Hazenstraat.

Opening of the Season: Programme

Please see the full programme of what to see, do and experience on 18 January below:

Opening of the Season: DIY Tour | South

Opening of the Season: DIY tour | Centre

The new season of Amsterdam Art is officially here, and what better way to celebrate than by exploring the city’s vibrant art scene at your own pace? If the guided tours are fully booked, don’t worry—our DIY Art Tours are the perfect solution. These self-guided tours are a curated journey through Amsterdam’s art hotspots, giving you the freedom to discover the city’s creative gems on your terms.

Opening of the Season: 18 January

The New Year Has Begun! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for an inspiring year of art. We can’t wait to kick off the art season with you and our participants on 18 January.

Become a Friend or Patron: A Gift for You and the City

What to Do During the Second Opening Weekend (13–14 September) and Gallery Night?

What to Do During the First Opening Weekend, 6–7 September

September has arrived, bringing with it the start of an exciting new art season! Our participating galleries are thrilled to welcome you to their newest exhibitions. Below, you’ll find an overview of all the must-see events and exhibitions. Dive in and discover what’s happening.

Save the Date: Opening of the Art Season 2024

Are you ready to dive into the new Art Season in Amsterdam? This year, the season kicks off over the first two weekends of September. Save the dates: 6-7 and 13-14, September with the main event—Gallery Night—on Friday, 13 September.

Amsterdam Art Week in Press

Have you seen coverage of Amsterdam Art Week 2024 in the media yet? We are incredibly grateful for the positive attention we’ve received, with articles featured in Het Parool, Theaterkrant, Iamsterdam, NRC, and many more.

(DIY) Do It Yourself Tours

Our team has put together DIY tours for those who want to explore galleries at their own pace. These galleries are carefully chosen, close to each other and designed to show visitors the different galleries in Amsterdam. With many different tours, there is something of interest for everyone.

Interview Martina Halsema from Alethea Talks

We are happy to share an interview with Martina Halsema featured in Alethea Talks:

Meet the participants of the 12th edition of Amsterdam Art Week!

Step into the vibrant world of contemporary art during Amsterdam Art Week! From 29 May to 2 June 2024, the city offers a unique opportunity to discover the diversity and innovation of the Amsterdam art scene. Collaborations between leading institutions transform Amsterdam into a bustling meeting place for art lovers, collectors, and both emerging and established artists.

New Year Gallery Weekend

On Friday 19 and Saturday 20 January, Amsterdam Art invites you to the Amsterdam Gallery Weekend – the start of the year celebrations.

Light Installation Show in the Jordaan

Image credits: We Exhale, Tanja Engelbert, 2023. On show at Galerie Caroline O’Breen.

Statement

Recent gatherings have shown a clear desire and support within the art community to engage in dialogue and promote unity. Amsterdam Art strongly believes in the unifying power of art. Community serves as a crucial anchor, with art serving as a catalyst for meaningful conversations. 

EVOCATIVE DISRUPTIONS – Solo exhibition by Margret Wibmer at Capital C

Margret Wibmer, an Amsterdam based international artist with Austrian roots, works in various media such as photography, performance art, sculpture and video. She explores relationships between bodies, objects and spaces, using ambiguity and the principle of chance as a method to deconstruct processes, norms and values deeply embedded in our societies. Particularly in her performances in which the audience became involved as actors. 

Save the Date! Amsterdam Art Week 2024

We are pleased to announce the 12th edition of Amsterdam Art Week. The rich programme of exhibitions and events will take place on from 29 May till 2 June 2024. Amsterdam will again become the stage of contemporary art, hosted by 50+ leading art venues throughout the city. From galleries and museums to project spaces and residencies. 

Op zoek naar een stagiair Marketing & Communicatie

Amsterdam Art is looking for an intern (mbo/hbo/wo) with a love of contemporary art and the city of Amsterdam. Someone with a creative writing style, who knows their way around social media and understands how to build an online community.

In conversation with Chloé Chanté Leenheer and Sophie Schade

Opening of the Gallery Season Guided Tours

Get ready to jump back into Amsterdam’s exciting art world once again! As the gallery season begins on the 8-9 September, new exhibitions are popping up in galleries across the city. To help you explore all the contemporary art on display, we’ve put together special guided tours for you to join during the festive weekend. Let us lead you through the galleries of Amsterdam, making it simple for you to enjoy the art. Whether you prefer walking or biking, we have routes suitable for all ages that take you to different galleries throughout the city.

Save the Date: Opening of the Gallery Season 2023

Save the Date: Opening of the Gallery Season

Amsterdam Art Week 2023 in press

Have you spotted Amsterdam Art Week 2023 in your favourite publication yet? We’re hugely appreciative of the positive coverage we’ve received from the media so far, with articles published in the likes of Het Parool, Metropolis M, AT5, NPO Radio 1 and much more.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Ahmed Emin Batman

We’re now happy to introduce our latest ambassador for Amsterdam Art Week 2023, Ahmed Emin Batman! A multi-talented visual artist, content creator and architect-to-be, Ahmed is born and raised in Amsterdam, and has been a vital part of the cultural scene here for many years. 

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Jochem Leegstra

We are happy to introduce you to our ambassador Jochem Leegstra who is the founder and creative director of …,staat since 2000 and recently became the initiator and a co-publisher of the platform THE NEW STIJL. Art plays an important part in his life as for him it is a source of inspiration and serves as a catalyst for conversations. It evokes various emotions and perspectives, whether it’s visual arts (which is also connected to our daily work) or theatre, dance, music and spoken word.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Joyce Bidouzo

As galleries play a significant role in Amsterdam Art Week 2023, we are excited to have a gallerist as one of our ambassadors who will provide a valuable perspective from the galleries, offering insights into the art environment in Amsterdam. Meet Joyce Bidouzo – a creative consultant for international fashion and luxury lifestyle brands, who followed his passion for art. He is the founder of ILÉ, a state-of-the-art online gallery that focuses on showcasing the works of trans-disciplinary artists who are at the forefront of the contemporary art movement known as the ‘Nouvelle Vague’ in Benin, West Africa, and its global diaspora.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Aveline Gevaerts

The Amsterdam Art Team takes great pleasure in introducing our ambassador, Aveline Gevaerts. Not only does she bring a fresh perspective, but she also shares a special connection with us, having been a part of the Amsterdam Art team herself. It is truly exciting to have her on board and explore her perspective on the Amsterdam art scene, particularly given that her journey in the art world started right here with us. Avealine is now the Arts and Culture manager at Nxt Museum and is always surrounded by incredible new media installations, and in close contact with a bunch of inspiring artists that use the latest software and technologies to dive into today’s and tomorrow’s societal developments.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Milou Deelen

Did you know that 50% of the artists showcased in our galleries are female? We are very proud of this statistic and aspire to further increase this percentage in the years ahead. With this in mind, we introduce you to our ambassador Milou Deelen, who brings a new perspective on the Amsterdam art scene through a feminist lens.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Alfredo Cramerotti

Meet our seventh ambassador who people describe as a curator for art and people – Alfredo Cramerotti. He is a curator, writer, broadcaster, publisher and organiser of modern & contemporary art, film and video, performance, photography, conference and Verse / online formats. 

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Molly Palmer

Studio visits are undoubtedly one of the highlights of this year’s Amsterdam Art Week, and we are thrilled to announce and introduce our ambassador, Molly Palmer, who will be opening her studio for visitors to explore! As an accomplished artist, Molly’s perspective on the Amsterdam art scene offers a unique opportunity to explore it through the eyes of a creator, providing valuable insights and enriching the experience for all visitors.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Jade Olieberg

This year’s Amsterdam Art Week is proud to present a lineup of ambassadors with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, offering unique insights into the city’s vibrant art scene. We’re excited for you to meet our fourth ambassador, Jade Olieberg, whose artistic viewpoint promises to bring a fresh and creative feature to the art week. 

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Ron Simpson

We are honoured to introduce Ron Simpson as our second Amsterdam Art Week ambassador, whose unique perspective and exciting plans for the event are sure to spark your enthusiasm and curiosity! 

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Anna Kuznetsova

Amsterdam Art Week attracts art collectors from all over the world to explore the over 50 participating galleries, project spaces, residencies, and museums. With such a diverse range of offerings, there is no doubt that you will find a piece of art that catches your eye and may even become a part of your collection. That is why we are thrilled to have Anna Kuznetsova as our third ambassador, offering a valuable perspective on Amsterdam’s contemporary art scene from the viewpoint of an art collector.

Amsterdam Art Week Ambassadors: Rita Ouédraogo

As we prepare to celebrate the upcoming Amsterdam Art Week, we are thrilled to introduce a diverse range of ambassadors, each with their unique perspectives on the city’s art scene, who will add an exciting and varied dimension to the festivities.

Amsterdam Art Week Public Programme Announcement

After months of preparations behind the scenes, we are thrilled to announce that the public programme of Amsterdam Art Week 2023 is now live! From 31 May to 4 June, Amsterdam Art Week will transform the capital into an international hub for art lovers, collectors, art professionals and artists. Visitors are invited to discover the most fascinating art(ists) at more than 50 locations across the city: from renowned galleries, residencies and museums to new institutions and experimental project spaces.

Call for Amsterdam Art Week volunteers: Art Guides, Hosts & VIP work experience

Amsterdam Art is looking for talented and enthusiastic volunteers to make Amsterdam Art Week 2023 a success.
Amsterdam Art is committed to strengthening Amsterdam’s position as an international hub for contemporary art. This culminates during the annual Amsterdam Art Week. Together with 50+ leading galleries, museums, residencies and project spaces, Amsterdam Art presents a vibrant week full of openings, artist talks, performances, screenings, gallery visits and open studios.

Announcement participants 11th edition of Amsterdam Art Week

Amsterdam Art Week is the place to discover what Amsterdam has to offer in the field of contemporary art. The event is a collaboration between the most important institutions in Amsterdam’s contemporary art world. During Amsterdam Art Week, the capital turns into an international meeting place for art lovers, collectors, art professionals and promising and renowned artists. For five days, art professionals and art lovers will be introduced to the latest developments in contemporary art at the almost 50 participating galleries, project spaces, museums and residencies. During Amsterdam Art Week, the participants present a varied programme of exhibitions, openings, performances, screenings, lectures and artists’ talks. The 11th edition of Amsterdam Art Week will take place from 31 May until 4 June, 2023.  

On Gallery Tour Through Amsterdam South

The city of Amsterdam is a true hotspot for contemporary art. The large quantity and diversity of art exhibitions and associated galleries in the city can be overwhelming. The team of Amsterdam Art is here to help you out. We set up a gallery tour route through the south of Amsterdam. The tour shows you different parts of the diverse and vibrant south side of Amsterdam, from the Pijp through the Museum Quarter, this route is a perfect way to get better acquainted with this part of the city. During this walking or biking tour through the city, you will visit four different galleries each with its own specialty. These exhibitions are on show for the coming weeks, take your chance and emerge yourself in Amsterdam’s gallery scene. 

Martina Halsema new director of Amsterdam Art

Martina Halsema has been appointed as the new director of Amsterdam Art. She will take over from Nina Folkersma on 1 January. Halsema has been with Amsterdam Art since 2020 as Head of Programme and Partnerships and knows the organisation and the partners associated with Amsterdam Art inside out.