Amsterdam Exhibitions Calendar 2023

Felix de Rooy explores topics such as colonialism, racism and the meaning of Afro-Caribbean and queer identities in art. His work includes film, theater and visual art from paintings and assemblages to collages and wall hangings.

Longer than two trucks and unseen for almost three decades. Amsterdam Notes is one of the largest-ever museum pieces by artist and activist Keith Haring. It is on show at Amsterdam modern art museum. Haring is as popular as ever thanks to his instantly recognizable, accessible style. His socially engaged work often tackles socio-political issues such as war, racism, drugs and AIDS, themes that resonate with many people today.

This temporary exhibition at Amsterdam’s van Gogh Museum focuses on the last part of the life of Vincent Van Gogh when he was living in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris. He created several of this masterpieces in this time, like Wheatfield with Crows, Doctor Paul Gachet and The Church of Auvers-sur-Oise.

Ara Güler is a renowned photojournalist who captured the essence of Turkey and the world beyond. The exhibition A Play of Light and Shadow shows both iconic and unknown parts of Güler’s oeuvre. The show serves as a testament to Turkey’s rich history and offers a glimpse into the ever-evolving Turkish identity.

Sara Cwynar seeks to make sense of our current visual culture through photography, essayistic video works, collages, installations and books. In her studio, she collects and documents images and objects to identify the ways that these everyday materials shape our lives as we consume them. In this way, she captures the prevailing ideals and ideologies of an era.

On show is a collection of avant-garde and surrealist photographs dating from the 1920s that were published in the Belgian art magazine Variétés. The magazine published original photographs, photograms and photomontages by photographers such as Man Ray, Germaine Krull, Berenice Abbott, László Moholy-Nagy, Florence Henri and Eli Lotar.

Eddo Hartmann’s latest multimedia project is about Kazakhstan. This former Soviet state was a testing ground for nuclear research. Hartman photographed life there: on radioactive grassland steppes, on building sites, and in abandoned cities.

Contemporary artist The Kid uses art as a means to make us question the notions of power and privilege. On display at Moco Museum are his hyper-realistic, bigger-than-life portraits and life-size sculptures that confront the audience with the injustice in America and in many democracies around the world today.

Find inspiration in the female icos of Arab film and music. The Divas exhibition highlights the worldwide artistic and social impact of stars like Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, Warda, and Fayrouz. Their music and films connect people around the world. Divas shows the impact their work had and continues to have.

Exhibition that looks at Dutch colonial history and its influence today in Indonesia, Suriname, Curacao, Sint Maarten and other countries. A multivoiced perspective.

The Dutch National Maritime Museum ‘Het Scheepvaartmuseum’ and Dutch National Portrait Gallery present Humans at Sea, a photography exhibition. Portraits and stories show how a life at sea can change people.

Maps Unfolded – From Atlas to Street Map is a temporary exhibition at the Amsterdam museum of archeology and cultural history about 700 years of cartography in the Netherlands. The exhibition shows the diversity of maps from the 15th century onwards and reveals the stories behind them. All maps, including works by Blaeu, Ortelius, Ptolemaeus and Bos, are held in the cartography collection at the Allard Pierson, one of the most important in Europe.