Exhibitions in Amsterdam
July 2027
July at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 2 closing, and 2 more on view across the city.
Closing in July
White Plays Black: Blackface on the Dutch Stage4 Jul 2027Allard Pierson
How Dutch theatre normalised blackface, from medieval 'Moors' and 1840s minstrel shows to Zwarte Piet, told through the theatre collection with work by Kara Walker and Brian Elstak.
- Luc Tuymans — Silent Music11 Jul 2027
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Nearly sixty paintings by Luc Tuymans on war, colonial memory and the uncanny, named after a Tuymans painting in the Stedelijk's own collection.
Also on through July
- Ibrahim Mahama — Zilijifato 1 Aug 2027
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Mahama's first major Dutch museum solo show, centred on a locomotive resting on hundreds of headpans, tracing Ghana's colonial-era railway and its material legacy.
Discoto 22 Aug 2027Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
A tribute to disco's roots in Black, Latino and queer underground clubs, with tracks, videos, art, fashion and design celebrating freedom.
Image credits
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- White Plays Black: Blackface on the Dutch StageCourtesy of Allard Pierson
- DiscoCourtesy of Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
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