Exhibitions
Amsterdam What's on
18 March-5 June. American studio photographer Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959) only began to gain international recognition two decades after his death but today he is considered a master of classic America...
Amsterdam What's on
Living in the Amsterdam School
9 April-28 Aug. The Stedelijk showcases the furniture and interior designs of the Amsterdam School, an acclaimed anti-rationalist movement between the two world wars. The Amsterdam School was known in...
Amsterdam What's on
20 Feb-22 May. For the first time the entire 14 versions of Girl in a Kimono by the Dutch painter and photographer George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) will be displayed alongside each other.
An im...
Amsterdam What's on
Isa Genzken: Mach Dich Hübsch!
29 Nov-6 March. The Stedelijk presents the first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the work of influential German artist Isa Genzken.
The exhibition features all aspects of Genzken's career...
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Asia > Amsterdam: Luxury in the Golden Age
17 Oct-17 Jan. Exhibition examining the excitement that greeted the arrival of exotic Asian treasures shipped to Holland in the 17th century.
On display are 170 items of lacquer work, ebony, silve...
Amsterdam What's on
The Rijksmuseum celebrates the 60th birthday of Miffy, the much-loved little rabbit from children's books, with an exhibition by her creator, the Dutch illustrator Dick Bruna.
This is the first ex...
Amsterdam What's on
12 Sept-8 Nov. The project space of the Stedelijk Museum hosts an exhibition that brings together a diverse group of artists from various regions around the world.
The exhibition is built around t...
Amsterdam What's on
ZERO: Let Us Explore the Stars
The Stedelijk presents an exhibition documenting the international avant-garde artists’ group, ZERO, half a century after it became the first major museum to highlight the movement.
The innov...
Amsterdam What's on
The first European exhibition dedicated to the work of Tromarama, a collective of three Indonesian artists who experiment with digital imaging technology and are best known for their animation work....
Amsterdam What's on
The Stedelijk presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of cutting-edge British artist Ed Atkins.
Born in 1982, Atkins is a leading light in a new generation of emerging British artists...
Amsterdam What's on
Billed as the largest exhibition of Henri Matisse (1869-1954) to be held in the Netherlands, this show at the Stedelijk features Matisse masterpieces alongside work by his contemporaries.
The exhib...
Amsterdam What's on
Photography for the Afterlife: Alluring Hell
FOAM examines the oeuvre of the celebrated Japanese photographer and contemporary artist Nobuyoshi Araki.
The exhibition is extensive and spans from the artist's notorious early work, as well as hi...
Amsterdam What's on
On the Move: Storytelling in Contemporary Photography and Graphic Design
The Stedelijk Museum presents an exhibition focusing on recent developments and new directions in photography.
In particular it highlights the role played by graphic designers in the creative proce...
Amsterdam What's on
This thought-provoking exhibition is centred around how geographical location informs museum collections and exhibition policies, both historically and today.
The Stedelijk asks fundamental questio...
Amsterdam What's on
Marlene Dumas: The Image as Burden
The Stedelijk presents a retrospective comprising over 200 drawings and paintings by the South African artist Marlene Dumas who has lived in Amsterdam since 1976.
The artist now works mainly with o...
Amsterdam What's on
Larry Clark: Tulsa & Teenage Lust
Foam presents two celebrated but controversial projects by American documentary photographer and filmmaker Larry Clark.
Tulsa (1971) and Teenage Lust (1983) reveal an underworld youth culture peopl...
Amsterdam What's on
Foam presents the first exhibition of works selected from its own collection, which forms an essential part of the museum's ongoing exhibition programme.
Foam's collection policy focuses on support...
Amsterdam What's on
Richard Mosse's multimedia installation is centred around the conflict situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he travelled throughout 2012 with artistic collaborators Trevor Tweeten and...
Amsterdam What's on
Jeff Wall: Tableaux, Pictures, Photographs, 1996
The Stedelijk hosts an exhibition of almost 40 works by celebrated Canadian photographer Jeff Wall.
The exhibition focuses on Wall’s work since 1996, including recent photographs in colour an...
Amsterdam What's on
Expedition Silk Road: Treasures from the Hermitage
The Hermitage provides a glimpse of the long-lost civilisations along the Silk Road, the ancient trade network which ran almost 7,000 km from China to the Mediterranean.
The 250 items on show all...
