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WELCOME STRANGER – Jacob Dwyer – Spreekbuis

From the window of his house in Amsterdam Centrum-Oost, Jacob Dwyer runs a tube down the facade of the building, where it ends 135 cm above the ground in a horn-shaped opening that invites the ear of a passer-by to listen. In his practice, Jacob uses words and sounds to build worlds and stories. For

SEXYLAND World

SEXYLAND World is a club, an art house, a hangout, 2 restaurants, a hairdresser and a gallery. A labyrinth of diverse cultural, creative, and societal initiatives with a single entrance and a shared vision. The building serves as a necessary place for cultural freedom, inclusivity, and creative experimentation. No closed doors, secluded studios, or offices,

WELCOME STRANGER – Sarah van Sonsbeeck – Keep up the good work!

Since 2020, Welcome Stranger has invited several Amsterdam based artists to makenew, temporary artworks on the facades of their homes. In doing so, they are revealingsomething personal in public space within their own neighborhood. The facades create an environment for new observations, where every passer-by is welcome to experience strange encounters through different parts of

No Limits! Art Castle

No Limits! Art Castle is the first art space in the Netherlands that stands for a world of art without boundaries. No boundaries between so-called “outsider” artists and the rest of the art world, no boundaries between art and design, day and night culture, or fantasy and reality. Here, you can admire and purchase art.

WELCOME STRANGER – Kristina Benjocki and Stijn Verhoeff – Het Hoogt en het Laagt (The High and the Low)

Since 2020, Welcome Stranger has invited several Amsterdam based artists to makenew, temporary artworks on the facades of their homes. In doing so, they are revealingsomething personal in public space within their own neighborhood. The facades create an environment for new observations, where every passer-by is welcome to experience strange encounters through different parts of

Sociëteit de Kring

It is not without reason that volumes have been written about what has happened within De Kring over the past century. This exclusive society that just overlooks the Leidseplein has played an undeniably major role in the country’s cultural history and still scores highly in both the high and low culture of the Low Countries.

P/////AKT

P/////AKT is a non-profit exhibition space for contemporary art that organizes and facilitates large scale solo presentations through which the audience gets the opportunity to gain insight in the thinking space of the artists. P/////AKT provides a platform for exceptional, emerging artistic talents, who distinguish themselves through their unique and authentic language and who are

Semester9

Semester 9 is a contemporary project bureau dedicated to introducing new generations of contemporary artists to the Dutch and international art market. Semeester9 offers a platform for both national and international artists to overcome the high entry barriers of the art world, by involving them in solo and group exhibitions and supporting their professional development

Buro Stedelijk

Buro Stedelijk is a place to discover Amsterdam’s dynamic and forward-thinking art scene. Buro Stedelijk is a hybrid art space that celebrates community and encourages experiment and boundary-pushing art. As a decentralized observatory, it is attentive to community needs and promotes artistic expression. By fostering collaboration between artists, communities, and institutions, Buro Stedelijk aims to

Marwan

Marwan is a collective artist-run project space founded by Tirza Kater and Tim Mathijsen in 2017 and since 2021 run with Dieuwertje Hehewerth. Marwan is a collective body through which making space is practiced by stretching, shrinking, s l o w i n g, growing limbs, and hibernating. Marwan aims to build sustainable, supportive scaffoldings

Bradwolff Projects

Foundation BRADWOLFF PROJECTS is an experimental platform for contemporary art, founded by curator Christine van den Bergh in 2014. Together with artists and guest curators, in close collaboration with art institutions and research institutes, contemporary art projects are developed and executed.

Arti et Amicitiae

Arti is the oldest visual artist society in the Netherlands where the artists themselves determine policy. Arti’s policies embrace unity coupled with diversity. Our identity as a medium transcending platform leads us to embrace the inherent fruitful characteristics. Tradition is coupled with the experimental, the parochial with the cosmopolitan, the inclusive with the exclusive. As

Iona Stichting

An Iona initiative is your own project where, in collaboration with others and within the objectives of the Iona Foundation, a specific subject is highlighted. In this way we continue to keep in touch with what is going on and continue to develop the foundation.

PuntWG

PuntWG is a project space and platform for the arts, covering various disciplines. It offers a lively program of exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures and discussions.puntWG is located on the premises of the former hospital Wilhelmina Gasthuis in Amsterdam West, which now hosts 120 artists’ studios. puntWG is part of Foundation atelierWG. ‘puntWG has been firmly

CBK Zuidoost

For more than 30 years CBK Zuidoost has been the place for contemporary visual art from an intercultural, inclusive perspective. The CBK brings a wide audience into contact with contemporary art at various locations in Amsterdam Southeast with exhibitions, art library, education, workshops and events. They believe that art can make a big difference in our lives and in the world. It is their mission to make

Kunstverein

Kunstverein is a not-for-profit membership organisation, a curatorial experiment and functioning domestic franchise with branches in Amsterdam, New York, Toronto, Aughrim and Milan. Kunstverein aims to show practices, attempts and failures, of avant-garde artists (all ages) who have been undersung in contemporary art history. By creating a critical pool and exploring public-private relation-ships, we reflect upon the manner in which cultural practices are traditionally administered. Kunstverein offers exhibitions, presentations, performances, lectures, screenings,

ISO

ISO is a collaborative working arena that includes thirty studios of a multitude of creative professionals, combining a public programme with exhibitions and events. An ever-evolving stage for the (inter)national cultural community founded by curator Florence Parot and designer Dajo Bodisco, that endeavours to disturb the hierarchies between different mediums and unite them in unexpected

Framer Framed

Framer Framed is a platform for contemporary art, visual culture, and critical theory & practice. Each year the organisation presents a variety of exhibitions in collaboration with both emerging and established international curators and artists. An extensive public program is organised alongside these exhibitions in order to shed light on the topics concerned, and provide

ROZENSTRAAT | A rose is a rose is a rose

ROZENSTRAAT – a rose is a rose is a rose is a project space for contemporary visual art. The programme is characterised by a focus on stimulating, progressive perspectives that encourage a better, broader or different understanding of our diverse society. ROZENSTRAAT aims to bring pioneers of both the present and the past into the

De Appel

De Appel makes time and space for artists and allies to pose vital questions. Founded in 1975 in Amsterdam, this evolving arts centre has a unique threefold structure that combines a living archive with an internationally renowned Curatorial Programme and Education Initiatives, which arise from deep community engagement. The varied public programme of de Appel

Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond

Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond offers the most significant contemporary art productions from Flanders, including visual art, theatre and music. De Brakke Grond is there for Flemish artists and Dutch art lovers. They initiate and realise programmes and collaborations in their house in Amsterdam and together with partners on different locations throughout the Netherlands.

W139

W139 is a renowned production and presentation space for new contemporary art in the heart of Amsterdam. Born from the initiative of artists in 1979, it is embedded in an activist and engaged makers community. As a platform for artistic experimentation, W139 is an essential space for encounters and exchange between artists and a curious