Andrea Alessi, our editor in Amsterdam, recommends the following shows for a great October art hop:

As October begins, the momentum from last month’s gallery openings and the seasonal reawakening of the Amsterdam art world does not seem to have diminished. There are openings every weekend this month, as well as plenty of shows still up for the duration of October. Here are just a few suggestions of what to see this month. If you have other recommendations, please list them in the comments!

For new shows, check out:

Persijn Broersen and Margit Lukacs’ Places We Know at Galerie Akinci

Remy Jungerman and Folkert de Jong’s Blue Devil at Metis_NL

Openings This Week:

Frederik Heyman’s surreal photographs, A Full Stomach, at De Brakke Grond – opening at 19:00, October 16^th, followed by an absurdist performance, Zanahoria, by Hans Bryssinck and Diederik Peeters at 20:30

Joep Van Liefland’s Black Versions (extended version) at the SMBA

Kathe Burkhart’s solo exhibition at Lumen Travo

Ongoing/Last Chance:

James Aldridge’s fierce and colorful zoological paintings and abrasive birdhouses at Gabriel Rolt – Unnatural Order until October 16^th

Claire Harvey’s painted and projected figures in When what was when at Fons Welters – until October 16^th

Nick Van Woert’s new fiberglass and mixed material sculptures at Grimm Fine Art – She-Wolf until October 23^rd

Carola Ernst and Matthias Hesselbacher’s Wildfire at Ten Haaf Projects – paintings, collages, woodcuts, and sculptures up until October 23^rd

Dani Gai’s Chanting Down Babylon at W139 until October 24^th

Other:

Beeld Hal Werk is a monumental exhibition of Dutch sculpture in an abandoned factory in Amsterdam-Noord – until October 31^st

Grid2010 is a multi-sited international photography biennale in the greater Amsterdam area – from September 25 until November 7^th

~ Andrea Alessi, a writer from the Netherlands.

(Images: Remy Jungerman and Folkert de Jong, Blue Devil; Courtesy Metis_NL; Kathe Burkhart, Magic wand, 2010; Courtesy Lumen Travo; Dani Gai, Courtesy W139; Courtesy Amsterdam Metroploitan Area)