Exhibitions in Amsterdam

Rembrandt House Museum

Five hands-on 'masterclasses' in Rembrandt's technique and tactics, with his etchings, paintings and a drawing, ending in a slow-looking room with The Anatomy Lesson of Jan Deijman.

Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography

A spring 2027 exhibition of the German photographer August Sander, known for his portraits of Weimar-era society; the museum will publish full details later.

Van Gogh Museum

The first ever retrospective of French artist Eva Gonzalès (1847–1883), gathering her delicate paintings and pastels from international museums and private collections.

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Award show for painter Hend Samir, winner of the 14th ABN AMRO Art Award: swirling wet-on-wet paintings about trauma, sexuality, family and living together.

Allard 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.

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.

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.

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

A tribute to disco's roots in Black, Latino and queer underground clubs, with tracks, videos, art, fashion and design celebrating freedom.