Exhibitions in Amsterdam

Amsterdam Museum

Iconic 17th-century cityscapes showing how Amsterdam depicted itself as a wealthy, innovative world power as it transformed into a global trading hub.

Oude Kerk

South Korean artist Mire Lee installs a moving, almost-living structure of silicone, steel, motors and liquids exploring desire, decay and transformation.

STRAAT Museum

Photographer Henry Chalfant's documentation of graffiti culture, curated by SUSO33 with archival material from the Dutch Graffiti Library linking his lens to the Dutch graffiti scene.

Rijksmuseum

Twenty-four worn, altered and reused garments dating from 1640 to 1930, from embroidered 17th-century mules to a dress passed down through generations of the Six family.

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

An installation of more than a thousand knitted strips in gold and crimson conjures the ghost of the East Indiaman Amsterdam: gold for trade and prosperity, red for colonialism and exploitation.

Joods Museum (Jewish Museum, Jewish Cultural Quarter)

The golden age of magic through its Jewish illusionists, from Harry Houdini to Hans Klok, with tricks visitors can try themselves.

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Choreographer Sedrig Verwoert traces dance in the diaspora, pairing a travelogue of his research into Winti, Kawina and Tambu in Suriname and Curacao with the dance film Strange Fruit 2.0.

Amsterdam Museum

Stories of people and power: how Amsterdam's grand canal houses were financed through colonial trade and plantation slavery, told through residents and descendants of the enslaved.

Museum Willet-Holthuysen

Explores how two of the house's 18th-century residents built their wealth on plantation trade, with an audio tour guided by a descendant of an enslaved woman from Suriname's Jagtlust plantation.

Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Five years of photographing the coastline from northern France to the southern Netherlands: Vanfleteren's sea shifts room by room from glassy calm through misty drift to storm.

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.

Wereldmuseum Amsterdam

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