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Kunstenaar Cecilia Hendrikx onderzoekt de relatie tussen instituut, historie en architectuur van Amsterdamse Spinhuis met hedendaagse tafelstukken  

Cecilia Hendrikx is geselecteerd als Artist in Residence bij het Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS-KNAW) voor het jaar 2026. Tijdens het vijf maanden durende fellowship, van februari tot juni 2026, zal zij zich richten op een ruimtelijk, historisch en fenomenologisch onderzoek binnen het Spinhuis in Amsterdam. Het monumentale gebouw waarin NIAS is gevestigd. Gebouw als getuige van geschiedenis   Hendrikx onderzoekt hoe de geschiedenis… 

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Ons recente theaterverleden moeten we niet vergeten – noodzakelijke boeken over Hollandia en ZID die elke liefhebber zou moeten lezen. 

Blokjes jong belegen kaas, slagersleverworst, originele bitterballen en bier. Zaterdag 31 mei was het even of in de Zaanse Filmfabriek de tijd een jaar of veertig had stilgestaan. Dat had alles te maken met de aanleiding. Op die plek, ooit een roestige rafelrand, nu midden in het tot een toeristische attractie van Efteling-allure omgekatte Zaanse stadscentrum, werd Hollandia geboren.  Hollandia… 

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Twee kinderportretten van Frans Hals komen terug naar Nederland

Op een veiling in New York hebben het Frans Hals Museum en het Mauritshuis samen twee schilderijen van Frans Hals aangekocht. Vioolspelende jongen en Zingend meisje werden bij Sotheby’s gekocht met steun van de Vereniging Rembrandt, het Mondriaan Fonds, het Nationaal Aankoopfonds van het ministerie van OCW, de Vereniging Vrienden van het Frans Hals Museum, de VriendenLoterij en de Gemeente… 

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Amsterdam Museum and Rijksmuseum jointly buy Carel Willink painting

Portrait of Rik (1976) depicts a history of gay emancipation in the Netherlands The Amsterdam Museum and Rijksmuseum are jointly purchasing a work by Amsterdam painter Carel Willink. The 1976 painting Portrait of Rik depicts Rik van Dam, the life partner of Amsterdam publisher and writer Johan Polak. Willink portrayed Van Dam as a proud man in a time... 

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Amsterdam Museum looks to the future of the city in festive year

Exhibition Refresh Amsterdam #3: Imagine the Future from 11-07 to 30-11-2025 An exhibition about the future will open at the Amsterdam Museum on Friday 11 July 2025: Refresh Amsterdam #3: Imagine the Future. For the third edition of the biennial Refresh Amsterdam exhibition, this time not only artists are contributing, but the general public will also have the chance to share a vision of... 

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Minister Bruins wants to keep special medieval ring in the Netherlands

Minister Bruins (Education, Culture and Science) wants to prevent a gold medieval ring from being sold abroad. He has started the process to preserve the ring for the Netherlands, following a request to transport it for sale abroad. The minister has decided that in principle, the object should not leave the Netherlands because the ring has irreplaceable historical... 

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Holland Festival launches digital archive

The Holland Festival has preserved a wealth of information since its inception in 1947.This archive is a feast of recognition for lovers of the performing arts. It offers a unique opportunity to rediscover iconic performances, get to know artists and their work better and delve into the rich history of the festival. The video clips, performance information, artist biographies and famous festival posters form... 

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'Friede auf Erden': art and war at Huis Willet-Holthuysen from 18 April to 9 November 2025

On the occasion of 80 years of freedom, the Amsterdam Museum invited the visual artist duo Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen to create an exhibition of new work, taking the war past of Huis Willet-Holthuysen as the starting point. For this exhibition, Breure and Van Hulzen delved into the history of the Second World War and the role the monumental canal house played in it.... 

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Netherlands returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The Netherlands returns 113 'Benin Bronzes' from the National Collection at Nigeria's request. Minister Eppo Bruins (OCW) has decided on this return. In 1897, British soldiers looted these objects from the Kingdom of Benin (in present-day Nigeria) and sold them, eventually ending up in Dutch National Collection. The 'Benin Bronzes' are of great importance to Nigerian society, these objects... 

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The Chekhov moment you hadn't counted on.

The picture was a bit Da Vinci. At a long table they sat in beautiful light and it was about melancholy and menace. This was the scene of Last Supper at Amsterdam's De Balie debate centre on 1 February 2025. To crucify: some theatre groups I grew up with. 't Barre Land fraternally next to De Warme Winkel, Orkater next to... 

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Appointment of new member supervisory board Amsterdam Museum

Mels Huige has joined the supervisory board of the Amsterdam Museum. The Amsterdam Municipal Executive Board recently appointed the new member. Last week, the first meeting of the supervisory board took place in which Huige participated. Mels Huige (1978) was educated in Maastricht (Master in Business Economics) and Rotterdam (RSM Erasmus University) and... 

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International Holocaust research facility gets headquarters in the Netherlands

The international research facility European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) was launched today as the European Research Infrastructure and will have its headquarters in the Netherlands. On 26 January, on the eve of the commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz 80 years ago, the inauguration ceremony took place at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. The research infrastructure pools the available public... 

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Amsterdam Museum opens exhibition on homelessness: "(T)homeless in the city"

The Amsterdam Museum presents a new exhibition highlighting homelessness in the city, titled "Collecting the City #5: (T)homeless in the city - Stories from the streets". The exhibition can be seen from 14 February to 1 June 2025 and is organised in the context of Amsterdam's 750th anniversary. The changing face... 

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Historical exhibition shows women who shaped Amsterdam

More than a hundred women who made Amsterdam finally get a stage at the Amsterdam Museum. The exhibition 'Women of Amsterdam - an ode' tells their stories, from fishmongers to architects. A kettlewoman from 1796, a Turkish women's association from the 1970s and a contemporary transgender activist. These are just a few of the more than 100 women who will be exhibiting from 14... 

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Amsterdam Museum and ELJA Foundation present second exhibition featuring children's artworks

From 12 December 2024 to 4 May 2025, artworks by children will be on display at the Amsterdam Museum on the Amstel. These artworks will be presented as part of the ELJA Children's Museum Lab project. With this long-term project, children not only get the chance to think about the city museum of the future, but are also there... 

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Why we should never talk about the 'earning power' of culture again.  

"Strengthening earning capacity is a necessary condition to improve the labour market position of workers in the sector. Martin Verboom is happy to share what came out of the evaluation of the Cultural and Creative Sector Labour Market Agenda in this area. Platform ACCT is forging a coalition with partners in the sector to take up the priorities for the coming years." This was why... 

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Pauline de Groot Festival: Performing the Archive

From 13 to 17 November 2024, the Plein Theatre will host the Pauline de Groot Festival. A unique occasion where the legacy of dance pioneer Pauline de Groot will be put in the full light. The significance of her work as a dance innovator in the Netherlands deserves special attention: radically and self-willed, she helped shape the dance landscape from the 1960s onwards.... 

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The European Pavilion 2024: Liquid Becomings | Imagining the Future of Europe

From 7 to 9 November, The European Pavilion 2024: Liquid Becomings of espaço agora now concludes with an artistic event in east and north Lisbon. Over three days, a multidisciplinary programme on the future of Europe will focus on artistic creation and cultural reflection. Ee important part of the programme are dialogues between artists and neighbourhood residents in Lisbon. One of... 

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Holland Festival celebrates Amsterdam 750 with performance Otemba - Daring Women 

Music theatre brings 17th-century painting from the Rijksmuseum to life in a conversation about female indomitability On the occasion of the kick-off of the anniversary year Amsterdam 750, we are pleased to announce in advance a festival performance focusing on the complex history of the city and the country. With this performance, the Holland Festival aims to explore from the arts - painting, music, theatre and design -... 

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Antigone a timeless tragedy of resistance: What sacrifices are we willing to make for our morality?

Theatre Group Alum will tour from 4 December 2024 with the famous tragedy by Sophocles. In a world where power, principles and justice clash daily, Antigone poses questions that are more urgent today than ever. The play, directed by Erik Snel exposes the eternal struggle between laws and moral obligations, touching on themes that directly address contemporary... 

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Green light for renovation of Amsterdam Museum 

Supreme court rules: renovation to start The Council of State has given the City of Amsterdam the green light on appeal to renovate the main location of the Amsterdam Museum on Kalverstraat. The Amsterdam Museum will have more and much better space for collection and public, become more sustainable and fully accessible. The renovation, which is due to this ruling by the Council of... 

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Marriage proposal at Amsterdam Museum

In de normaal zo stille museumzaal slaakte ze een kreet van opwinding. Te midden van alle kunstwerken stond een kunstwerk speciaal gemaakt voor haar. Naast het werk zat haar partner op haar knieën. Anjulie werd door haar vriendin Geraldine ten huwelijk gevraagd in het Amsterdam Museum. Op een zonnige zaterdagmiddag bezocht Anjulie nietsvermoedend met haar partner Geraldine, wonend in Amsterdam… 

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Amsterdam Museum launches 'This City is a Museum' campaign

Het Amsterdam Museum lanceert in september en oktober 2024 de corporate campagne This city is a museum. Met de campagne plaatst het Amsterdamse stadsmuseum de hele stad op een voetstuk en brengt het een eerbetoon aan Amsterdam dat vanaf 27 oktober haar 750-jarige bestaan gaat vieren. Heel Amsterdam heeft museale waarde “Met onze campagne This city is a museum nodigt… 

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'Cabinet still allocates extra money for Twente museums', Tubantia cried. But that is not so

It was a remarkable report, this morning. According to newspaper Tubantia, the new cabinet was still willing to make extra money available for regional museums in Twente. It would be a sum of 1.5 million euros, earmarked to set up a joint presentation of Twente's history by De Museumfabriek in Enschede and Techniekmuseum Oyfo in Hengelo. According to... 

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