30 August 2024 – 26 January 2025 – The Hawaiian Kauai Oo has died out. The sound of the last male of this species of bird calling in vain to attract a female was captured on tape. This autumn you can hear this remarkable recording at the Allard Pierson in The call of the O’o: Nature under pressure. The main question addressed during […]
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The Rijksmuseum has acquired a first edition of Maria Sibylla Merian’s Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. The natural history work from 1705 is a masterpiece in Merian’s oeuvre and a highlight in Dutch book production in the eighteenth century.
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8 June 2024 – 29 September 2024 – Eye Filmmuseum presents the first exhibition in the Netherlands about the work of Catalan film and theatre director Albert Serra. Transforming the entire exhibition space into an immersive stage, Serra orchestrates nocturnal and clandestine encounters where theatre, cinema, and art converge.
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7 July 2024 – 26 January 2025 – The Drents Museum will present the major archaeology exhibition Dacia – Empire of gold and silver. More than fifty gold and silver treasures from Romania from the 20th century BC to the 3rd century AD are coming to Assen. Most of them date from the period before the Roman conquest (106 AD). With Dacia, the […]
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Drents Museum purchases ‘last’ Drenthe Van Gogh The Drents Museum in Assen has acquired a key work in the early oeuvre of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The watercolour Landscape with a farm was the only Drenthe work in a private collection whose whereabouts were known that could still come on the market. The watercolour remained
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1 June 2024 – 6 October 2024 – Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting a large-scale retrospective of the American photographer Richard Avedon (1923-2004). With over a hundred and thirty photographs, the exhibition Richard Avedon: Relationships sheds light on Avedon’s groundbreaking contribution to fashion photography as well as his distinctive photographic portraits. His powerful, expressive portraits capture people like the writer Truman Capote, the actress […]
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19 June 2024 – 10 November 2024 – H’ART Museum will open its doors for the very first exhibition in collaboration with Centre Pompidou: an exhibition on Wassily Kandinsky. Admire more than 60 artworks from the Paris collection. From his early figurative work to his well-known abstract paintings full of colour and geometric shapes. In this retrospective, you will discover why this remarkable […]
19 April 2024 – 29 September 2024 – In the spring and summer of 2024, part of the Jewish Museum will be transformed into a cinema theater from the 1920s and 1930s. Charlotte Salomon in close-up shows the influence of film on Salomon’s world-famous life artwork Life? or Theater?
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30 March 2024 – 8 September 2024 – In the spring of 2024, Kunsthal Rotterdam is presenting a large-scale exhibition of the work of the Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury (1961, Geneva). For the very first time her provocative installations, sculptures, ready-mades, and paintings will be shown in the Netherlands. In a playful way, Fleury challenges the cultural constructs of gender stereotypes. She uses […]
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31 May 2024 – 31 August 2025 – The Martial Arts exhibition shows why people practise martial arts, combining personal stories and social themes. Martial Arts shows the power and beauty of martial arts as well as the traditions and stories behind the sport. Step into the ring yourself and learn about kung fu, karate, capoeira, kickboxing, pencak silat and Nguni stick fighting, among others, […]
