CURRENT EXHIBITS [53]

We will show a number of major works by Lidwien van de Ven, such as Mohammed from 2001 and Amman from 2004. The series Document will be shown as well. In de zomermaanden laten wij een aantal hoofdwerken zien van Lidwien van de Ven.   [more]

Opening: June 16th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Wij zijn trots en verheugd om het werk van Katarina Hruskova, Irene O'Callaghan, Anne Huijnen, Kato Six en Marcel Suurmond te tonen in:UNFOLDINGIndrukken van omgevingen blijven achter in ons geheugen. Tegelijkertijd kan het geheuben beelden van herinneringen ook vervormen. Unfolding stelt vragen over de realiteit, over herinneringen en over de ruimte die daar tussenin zit. Dit kan associaties oproepen...   [more]

Opening: June 16th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Galerie Ron Mandos' selection of this year's most promising graduates from the Dutch art academies After the previous successful editions, we present once more the cream of the crop of the 2012 Dutch Academy graduates. This eclectic exhibition will take place from Saturday the 11th August until Saturday the 1st of September at Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam. Saturday the 18th of August from 5 t...   [more]

Opening: August 18th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

West proudly presents the first solo exhibition by the German artist Julian Rosefeldt in the Netherlands. We are happy to invite you for the opening on Sunday july 29th at 7 PM. West presenteert met trots de eerste solotentoonstelling van de Duitse kunstenaar Julian Rosefeldt in Nederland.    [more]

Opening: July 29th, 2012   7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Honderden jaren lang was het de gewoonte van de Amsterdammers, die het zich konden permitteren, om in de zomer de stank van de stad te ontvluchten en rust en plezier te zoeken op de buitenplaats. De tentoonstelling Naar Buiten! maakt het verlangen naar dit landelijke leven voelbaar. De parken van historische buitenplaatsen, hun geschiedenis, hun relatie met de stadspaleizen en hun huidig onderhoud e...   [more]

From 16 June 2012 to 27 January 2013, the Hermitage Amsterdam will present Impressionism: Sensation & Inspiration: the world-famous Impressionist paintings from the vast collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, in their artistic context. Masterpieces by pioneers like Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Alfred Sisley will be accompanied by the work of other influentia...   [more]

Opening: June 16th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Chino Otsuka was born in Tokyo and moved to the UK at the age of ten. In much of her work she uses the self portrait as a way of exploring her cultural identity – a double identity of Japanese origin, yet one also firmly rooted in western culture. These series of photographs give an insight into Otsuka’s exploration into the art of remembering. How do we preserve our memories? To what extent ar...   [more]

Opening: June 9th, 2012   5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

‘A space for realism’ is the motto of the MMKA. The physical and emotional embodiment of this motto – the core collection – is being displayed in a large survey exhibition at the heart of the museum. The MMKA believes that ‘the expression of reality’ is a particularly topical task for the visual arts in our very diverse contemporary society with its strong visual culture. The museum has...   [more]

Opening: November 19th, 2011   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Poland is playing a key role in culturally redefining Europe. A new internationally oriented generation of Polish artists is currently shaking up the art world. On the one hand, the new guard looks back towards the Polish avant-garde from 1960 to 1980, and on the other, they seek a new identity of their own. The MMKA summer programme includes a three-part show in which current Polish work will be...   [more]

Opening: September 2nd, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

We Want to be Modern is the first Dutch exhibition of Polish design from the 1950s and 60s. For the West, this is a little-known period in Polish (design) history. More than 200 objects are on display, including furniture, ceramics, glass and textiles. The exhibition shows the importance of objects from daily life and how they gave shape to Polish identity. This was a rich period for Polish design,...   [more]

Opening: May 26th, 2012   11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The multimedia installations, videos and performances of Katarzyna Kozyra (1963) always elicit strong reactions in Poland. Her use of stuffed animals in Pyramid of Animals(1993), and the filming of their deaths, provoked national outrage. Physical deterioration, our preoccupation with surface appearances, and male and female forms are key subjects in this Polish artist’s controversial work. Usi...   [more]

In 1993 maakte de kunstenaar Allen Ruppersberg voor de Sonsbeek manifestatie de installatie Siste Viator(Stop Traveller) met literatuur die ten tijde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog populair was. Het werk verwijst naar alle deelnemers aan de slag om Arnhem: Nederlanders, Engelsen, Duitsers en Polen. De boeken staan samen met allerlei andere objecten opgesteld in een nagebouwde keet die dienst doet als...   [more]

Opening: June 14th, 2012   10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

 A black leather armchair covered in chewing gum; paintings of young girls; a stepladder with melted LPs on its steps; a basketball duct-taped to the wall; a t-shirt made of Styrofoam; a piano made of fabric with little cut-out flags suggesting festivities… These are just a few examples of works by the Arnhem-based artist Jaap Kroneman (1968, Roermond). The use of materials and themes in his work...   [more]

Opening: July 20th, 2012   3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Starting on 19 June, a personal selection from the Rijksmuseum Collection chosen by General Director Wim Pijbes will be on display in the Rijksmuseum. Called Director´s Choice, Pijbes uses this exhibition of eight 16th and 17th century portraits by artists including Dirck Barentz, Michiel Sweerts, Karel Dujardin, Paulus Moreelse and Rembrandt van Rijn to demonstrate how painters played with the the...   [more]

The Rijksmuseum exhibits prints in celebration of UNESCO recognition UNESCO, part of the United Nations, recently recognised the traditional art of falconry as intangible cultural heritage. In celebration, the Rijksmuseum will present around thirty 15th, 16th and 17th century prints depicting the prestigious activity of falconry from its collection. The prints, including scenes by the Master of t...   [more]