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What’s on in Amsterdam’s galleries? The city has a thriving contemporary art scene. Below are our Amsterdam art listings to help you find the best art in the best galleries.

Annet Gelink Gallery

Laurierstraat 187-189
www.annetgelink.com
Open Tues-Fri 10.00-18.00, Sat 13.00-18.00
Opened in 2000, the Annet Gelink Gallery quickly gained an important place in the Dutch art scene with its promotion of young, international contemporary artists. Project space The Bakery remains dedicated to showing young, upcoming artists fresh from the Academies.

Anya Gallaccio – Highways
Organic sculpture and installation from Scottish 2003 Turner Prize nominee.
Opening 10 September

Apice For Artists

Van Ostadestraat 259 HS
www.apiceforartists.com
Open Thu-Sat 11.00-18.00
Apice continues their search for fresh and intelligent work in their new space. Expect more of the same exciting, contemporary art of all forms.

Group Show
A preview of artists who have recently aroused the gallery’s interest. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SHOW AT THE GALLERY”S NEW LOCATION. SEE ADDRESS ABOVE.
10 September – 15 October

Art Affairs

Veemkade 354
www.artaffairs.net
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00
This gallery has a strong individual identity and shows exciting international contemporary sculpture, paintings and photography.

Herman de Vries – 80, Nul=Zero & Contemporaries
A truly unbelievable group show featuring work from the ’60s and ’70s from (among many others) John Baldessari, Erich Reusch, Dieter Roth and of course Herman de Vries.
9 September – 22 October

ArtickS Gallery

Singel 88
www.articksgallery.com
Open Mon-Sun 15.00-21.00
A small, artist-owned and run gallery and art consultation agency specialising in underground contemporary art. Partnered with galleries in Antwerp and Zurich, the flavour is urban pan-european.

Merijn Kavelaars – In The Mind Of An Artist (as part of ArtBloc 02)
The second of three exhibitions held at Bloc 23, Reguliersdwarsstraat 23.
Until 27 September

Arti et Amicitiae

Rokin 112
www.arti.nl
Open Tues-Sun 12.00-18.00
Neither a gallery or museum, Arti et Amicitae occupies a unique place in the Netherlands’ art world. Founded in 1839, the ‘art society’ began with the intent of bringing visual artists and art-loving members together while protecting and promoting the interests of the artists themselves. The society currently has around 550 artists and 1000 ‘art-loving’ members and regularly holds exhibitions in the building for new and existing members.

Going Up – Salon
Group show featuring members’ work hung in a 19th Century ‘Salon’ style.
3 September – 18 September
Opening 2 September, 19.00

Wim Worm – Arti Galerie
Drawings, paintings and graphic work from the past 45 years.
17 September – 18 September
Opening 16 September, 17.00

Remain In Light – Islands Of The Soul
The documentary Islands of the Soul is incorporated into an exhibition and installation by Hilarius Hofstede.
24 September – 30 October
Opening 23 September

New Members Exhibition II
Group show featuring new Arti members.
24 September – 9 October

AYACS

Keizersgracht 166
www.ayacs.nl
Open on appointment only
AYACS (Young Artists Circuit Amsterdam) is a platform for young talent. The gallery specialises in providing a space for new artists, often directly from an academy, to show their predominantly figurative work.

Jeannoux van Deijck and Miko Veldkamp
Paintings from the recently graduated artists.
2 September – 4 September
Open by appointment until 29 October

BERM

Krugerplein 36a
bermcollectief.blogspot.com
Open Mon-Sun 13.00-17.00
Founded in 2010 by two Rietveld Academie graduates, BERM is another exciting ‘project-space’ addition to the underground gallery scene in the city. Their focus is on community and social-minded contemporary art – an important theme with the smaller spaces in town. Workshops, film nights, an artist-in-residency programme and gallery exhibitions are just a sampling of what’s on offer.

5 November (museumn8) is the start of BERM/DATE, a big open artshow and BERM is looking for artists, writers, performers and other creatives who want to participate. Expect weekly changing exhibitions, opening parties, radio shows, lectures, dating with galeries, and other events. BERM invites you to make a proposal!

For more info and updates about participants: bermcollectief.blogspot.com. Send proposals before 18 September.

C&H Art Space

Tweede Kostverlorenkade 50
www.ch-artspace.com
Open Thur-Sat 11.00-18.00, by appointment

Wouter Klein Velderman – Mer À Boire
Documented large scale Disney-esque sculpture in the Suriname jungle.
10 September – 22 October
Opening 10 September, 18.00

Chiellerie

Raamgracht 58
www.chiellerie.nl
Open daily 14.00-18.00
A ‘do-it-yourself’ gallery space where the gallery provides everything you need to host your very own exhibition, presentation or event.

COBRA Museum

Sandbergplein 1-3, Amstelveen
www.cobra-museum.nl
Open Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00
As the name suggests, the Cobra Museum of Modern Art deals heavily in the modern art movement of the late 19th to mid 20th centuries, and in particular, the COBRA Movement itself and the spirit, artistic experimentation and expression found therein. The permanent collection is well worth the tram ride alone, but the temporary exhibits are always exciting and varied. Plus the building is a lovely space to highlight a varied selection of contemporary works.

Jacques Doucet – le Cobra français
International retrospective of French avant-garde artist.
21 May – 18 September

Appel, Constant and Cornielle
Work from the years 1948 – 1962 from three of the originators of the Experimental Group – the group that went on to become Cobra.
11 June – 18 September

Sowing and Weeding (Folk Culture and Contemporary Art)
An international group exhibition that links today’s renewed interest in folk culture to contemporary art and cultural heritage. The exhibition takes a close look at the relationship between folk culture and art, in which the most pertinent issue is the role that folk culture plays in the continuing process of globalization. 
18 June – 4 September

Karel Appel and Roberto Barni – Studio Toscana
Sculptures inspired by Appel’s Tuscan studio surroundings.
1 October – 15 January, 2012 

de Appel Boys’ School

Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 59
www.deappel.nl
Open Tues-Sun from 11.00-18.00
De Appel is an internationally oriented arts centre that has had their gallery space on the Nieuwe Spiegelstraat since 1975, but are currently going through a relocation. Until the new space is announced, de Appel Boy’s School is where you’ll find the exciting mix of international contemporary artists that have become synonymous with this fantastic gallery and art centre.

Genius Without Talent
Group show straddling the boundaries between expertise and amateurism and posing the question ‘What is art?’
16 July – 2 October
Opening 15 July, 18.00

Workshops and lectures involved with the Genius Without Talent exhibition:

Lecture – Crossing over with Erik Kessels
Featuring Erik Kessels, director of advertising agency Kessels & Kramer. Language: English. Read more
7 September, 19.00

Guided tour 
11 September, 15.00

Lecture – A new popular art form: Popular culture and the notion of the amateur in Cobra
Featuring Katja Weitering, director of the Cobra Museum. Language: Dutch. Read more
11 September, 16.00

Lecture – The significance of the amateur
Featuring Jorinde Seijdel, art historian and critic. Language: Dutch. Read more
14 September, 19.00 

Film screening – From Bob Ross to Godard
21 September, 19.00-22.00

And/And – Amateur and Professional
Presentation by art magazine/cultural agenda Mr.Motley.
28 September, 19.00 

Guided tour by curator Ann Demeester
2 October, 15.00

Sunday School
With Jan Jaap Knol, director of the Fund for Cultural Participation.
2 October, 16.00

Workshop – Anyone can draw, Anyone can paint
€ 25 per lesson (basic materials and coffee/tea are included), there is space for a limited number of participants, reservations are necessary.
18.30-20.00: Anyone can Draw, life drawing class with nude model
20.30 – 22.00: Anyone can Paint, life painting class with nude model
Running Thursday 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 September. 

Reservations for all activities via: reservation@deappel.nl

Please note: to reserve for the drawing and painting classes click here

De Expeditie

Leliegracht 47
www.de-expeditie.com
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Fransje Killaars – Figure, Colours First
Vibrant textile installations from Dutch artist.
Exhibition extended from 3 September – 10 September

Lara Viana
Paintings from the Brazil-born, English-based artist.
17 September – 29 October
Opening 17 September 

De Service Garage

Cruquiusweg 79
deservicegarage.blogspot.com
Open Wed-Sun 12.00 – 18.00
Established in 2007, this cultural platform has remained a favorite for locals due to its continued ability to present an exciting and varied programme that reflects the depth of the creative energy that is present in the city. One of the original ‘project spaces’, the work features local illustrators, designers, photographers and more and is always exciting, if not sometimes a little baffling. In a good way, of course.

Ellen de Bruijne Projects

Rozengracht 207a
www.edbprojects.nl
Open Tues-Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 13.00-18.00, 1st Sun of month 14.00-17.00

Falke Pisano – The Body In Crisis (Distance, Repetition and Representation)
Dutch-born artist’s installation deals with ‘the Body in Crisis as an on-going event’.
10 September – 22 September

Edb/ Dolores:

Jenni Tischer – Evelin (eleven)
Solo show for recent Vienna Academy of Fine Arts graduate.
10 September – 23 October

FOAM (Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam)

Keizersgracht 609
www.foam.nl
Open daily 10.00-18.00, Thurs & Fri 10.00-21.00
Amsterdam’s premier ‘all-things-photography’ museum very rarely disappoints. The full gamut of the medium is crossed, double then triple crossed as exhibitions run from the earliest frozen-stared ‘still lifes’ through Cartier-Bresson, Man Ray and Miller, to current and up-and-coming misfits of the lens. If photography is your thing, check it out.

Raphaël Dallaporta – Observation
Clinical photography from this year’s Paul Huf Award winner.
Until 26 October

Breno Rotatori – Habitar o tempo
Young Brazilian photographer makes photos and videos inspired by his daily surroundings.
Until 26 October

Fotoacademie Amsterdam

Korte Prinsengracht 33
www.fotoacademie.nl
Opening times vary with exhibit.

Galerie AdK Actuele Kunst

Prinsengracht 534
www.adkactuelekunst.nl
Open Wed-Sat and first Sunday of each month 12:00 to 17:30

Jos Smeets and Jacqueliene van den Bos
Objects , paintings and reliefs.
Until 3 October

Galerie Akinci

Lijnbaansgracht 317
www.akinci.nl
Open Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00

Axel Hütte – Towards The Wood
Düsseldorf School photographer brings his surreal ‘woods-and-water’ landscapes to town.
10 September – 8 October

Galerie Bart

Bloemgracht 2
www.galeriebart.nl
Open Wed-Fri 11.00-18.00, first Sun of the month 12.00-17.00
Galerie Bart’s objective is promote artists who have graduated from Dutch art academies and sell their work on the national and international markets.

Caroline van Pagée, Adrian Woods and Gidi van Maarseveen
Extremely diverse photographic show from these recent Dutch academy graduates.
Until 8 October

Galerie Brandt

Prinsengracht 799
www.galeriebrandt.com
Open Wed-Sat 11.30–17.30, Sun 12.00–17.00

Alice Braat
Bizarre portraiture from the recent Fotoacademie Amsterdam graduate.
15 September – 2 October

Galerie De Witte Voet

Kerkstraat 135
www.galeriedewittevoet.nl
Open Wed-Sat 12.00-17.00, 1st Sun of the month 14.00-17.00

Jeroen Heerwegh, Aniek Meeldijk, Irja Syvertsen and Jentel Wuytack – Clash
Group show featuring clay, clay, clay.
10 September – 12 October 

Galerie Diana Stigter

Elandsstraat 90
www.dianastigter.nl
Open Wed-Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 13.00-18.00
Located in the heart of the Jordaan, Galerie Diana Stigter focuses on contemporary artists working in a variety of media.

Aukje Koks – Manieren
Wonderful painting exhibit from Dutch artist.
10 September – 15 October

Galerie Fons Welters

Bloemstraat 140
www.fonswelters.nl
Open Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00
Since 1988, Galerie Fons Welters has been at the forefront of promoting and developing young, contemporary artists from the Netherlands and beyond. While the gallery’s primary aim is to start working with artists at an early stage in their professional development, the gallery also takes great interest in helping them expand their careers both in the Netherlands and abroad. Since 2000, the front of the gallery has been set up as a small project area called ‘Playstation’, showcasing younger talent and giving them an opportunity to exhibit their work. If fresh and new is your thing, then this is the place.

Matthew Monahan – Untitled
Powerful and bizarre human-like objects recalling classical iconography.
Until 15 October

Playstation:

Warren Neidich – Horizon Swell
Artist investigates alienation and anxiety.
Until 15 October

Galerie Gabriel Rolt

Elandsgracht 34
www.gabrielrolt.com
Open Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00
Very much on top of the contemporary scene at home and abroad, Gabriel Rolt continues to exhibit a varied array of international artists.

Anna Bjerger – Every Time I Close My Eyes
Paintings from the Swedish artist.
10 September – 15 October

Galerie Josine Bokhoven

Prinsengracht 154
www.galeriejosinebokhoven.nl
Open Tues-Sat 13.00-18.00, 1st Sunday of the month 13.00-18.00
International contemporary gallery focusing mainly on painting and drawing. Particular attention is given to effective material use, visual intelligence, intensity and integrity.

Summer Exhibitions
Artists represented by the gallery exhibit over the summer. Featuring Chung Hsi Han, and Lefteris Olympios.
Until 6 September

Galerie Juliètte Jongma

Gerard Doustraat 128a
www.juliettejongma.com
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Donna Huddleston – Smoke Garden
Following along the lines of her 2006 Summer House installation, the Australian artist brings theatre made from gestures in her installations.
10 September – 22 October 

Galerie Martin van Zomeren

Prinsengracht 276
www.gmvz.com
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Alexandra Leykauf
The German artist’s forth solo exhibition at the gallery consists of five sculptures, each based on photographs depicting glass cabinets in different museums.
10 September – 15 October 

Galerie Paul Andriesse

Westerstraat 187
www.paulandriesse.nl
Open Tues-Fri 11.00-18.00, Sat 14.00-18.00, 1st Sun of month 14.00-17.00

Jan van de Pavert – Werk
Installation and sculpture.
10 September – 15 October

Galerie Roger Katwijk

Lange Leidsedwarsstraat 198-200
www.galerierogerkatwijk.nl
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Zhuang Hong Yi
Vibrant new work from the Chinese painter. 
Until 8 October

Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen

Hazenstraat 27
www.woutervanleeuwen.com
Open Thur-Sat 12.00-18.00
Specialising in Dutch and International photography. The gallery manages to mix established names alongside up-and-coming talent.

Toshio Shibata – Flow
Photographs from the Japanese artist.
10 September – 15 October

Gerhard Hofland

Bilderdijkstraat 165c
www.gerhardhofland.com
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00 or by appointment
One of our favourites here at Unfold. The art is always fresh, exciting and very worthwhile.

Hans Broek – Delacroix makes a Movie
Paintings along a theme from the New York based artist.
10 September – 8 October
Opening 10 September, 15.00

Gist Galerie Amsterdam

Bloemgracht 82
www.gistgalerie.nl
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Maartje Overmars – Transitions
New work from young Dutch painter.
Until 8 October

GO Gallery

Prinsengracht 64
www.gogallery.nl
Open Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00, Sun 13.00-17.00, and by appointment.

Something for all the family
Group show curated by The London Police, with Shepard Fairey, Logan Hicks, Will Barras, Lunar, Swanski, Joe holbrook and Vanwa.
Until October 20

Goleb

Burgemeester de Vlugtlaan 125
projectgoleb.wordpress.com
Open on appointment
An artist-run work-and-live space in the Bos en Lommer neighbourhood, this relative newcomer provides studios for nine in-house artists, an artist-in-residency programme and a 70 square metre project space to accommodate the exhibitions, screenings, lectures and general unbound experimentation that seeps through the walls and floors of this former school complex. It’s very international and very multidisciplinary, offering music, performance and video art, while themes often sway towards activism and emancipation through expression on personal and community levels.

The Crisis in Culture: Its Social and Its Political Significance
Organized by Jeremiah Day
Published in 1961, this text was Hannah Arendt’s contribution to the debates of her time concerning avant-garde and kitsch, high and low culture. This fiftieth anniversary serves as an occasion to take up this text and elaborate upon it, bringing Arendt’s ideas into dialogue with the questions faced in contemporary thinking on art and politics.

Following a seminar in London and a reading group in Berlin, GOLEB is pleased to host a series of reading sessions and presentations as the Amsterdam component of this commemorative project.

Tuesday 20 September
Introduction of the Arendt project by Jeremiah Day
19.00

Film Screening
Instrument
Dir. Jem Cohen, 1999
20.00

(PR) Evens
Dir. Max Le Cain & Tim Furey, 2006
As both the launch of GOLEB’s fall film series and the introduction to Day’s Arendt project, this evening will present two documentaries about Dischord Records, the home of musical groups such as Fugazi and Minor Threat. Following Arendt’s focus on the distinction between culture and entertainment, we will consider the way Dischord Records’ founder Ian Mackaye has tried to organize a practice in which music is not reduced to consumption, and as an example of the engagement of art with public life. Also discussed will be the 2005 Cork Caucus, an international forum of artists and thinkers, of which (PR) Evens was one of the legacies.

Saturday 24 September
Reading – The Crisis in Culture
11:00
No preparation required; open to the public. As opposed to a conference, in which existing knowledge is gathered for distribution, here we aim to establish a framework in which speculative insights and reflection can lead to new understanding. Gathering together to read out-loud the text and discuss it fosters a peer-exchange and pluralistic dialogue, not only of theoretical questions but practical experiences and problems.
The ongoing reading group organized by If I Can’t Dance has been invited to participate.
Forthcoming reading sessions will be held October 15th and November 5th.

For more information contact golebreadinggroup@hotmail.com

GRIMM

Keizersgracht 82 & Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 23-25
www.grimmfineart.com
Open Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00
Focus is on international artists, emerging and already established, in the fields of painting, drawing, prints and sculpture. Limited edition prints are also available through Grimm Editions.

Gert and Uwe Tobias
Relief sculpture, wood cuts and installation from the Romanian twins.
10 September – 1 October
Eerste Jacob van Campenstraat 23-25

Huis Marseille Museum for Photography

Keizersgracht 401
www.huismarseille.nl
Open Tues-Sun 11.00-18.00
A cosy Grachtengordel gallery for, yep, photography.

Scarlett Hooft Graafland
Majestic, sculptural photographs from the Dutch artist.
10 September – 11 December

Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art

De Clercqstraat 62
www.jeaninehofland.nl
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00
Opened just last year, Jeanine Hofland aims to provide a platform for contemporary art and discourse, combining the traditional characteristics of a commercial gallery and the more context based approach of non-profit project spaces.

Saskia Noor van Imhoff – # +02.00
The first solo exhibition in the gallery of Dutch artist examines the constant flux between order and chaos.
10 September – 15 October

Saturday 8 October
Curator Nathanja van Dijk talks to Saskia Noor van Imhoff
Reservations required: alongside@jeaninehofland.nl
15.00

Kochxbos

Eerste Anjeliersdwarsstraat 3-5
www.kochxbos.nl
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00
Esther Koch and Hans Bos have taken their fascination for the surreal and love of all things avant-garde and provided a great space to view the top international ‘Lowbrow’ and ‘Underground’ art being produced these days. Tucked away in a cosy, Jordaan street, the works inside provide a fresh, colourful, and strangely disturbing tonic to the quaint brick surroundings outside.

The gallery is closed until 3 September.

Kulter.

Sanderijnstraat 21
www.kulter.nl
Open Thur-Sat 13.00-18.00, or if the socks are on the Amsterdammertjes
This ‘proeflokaal’ is a busy hive of activity. Organised and run by local, working artists, exhibitions, workshops, performances, music, talks and more are all on offer. Well worth the cycle out to Bos & Lommer. If, when you arrive, the knitted socks are on the Amsterdammertjes, then the space is open!

Bolo Kunstroutes
Kulter participate in the ‘art routes’ in Bos and Lommer.
8 & 9 October

Kunstverein

Gerard Doustraat 132
www.kunstverein.nl
Open Fri, Sat 12.00-18.00 or by appointment

Openings & Closings – The Richard Kostelanetz Bookstore
Gallery becomes a bookstore to accomodate the work of this American writer, artist, critic and editor of the avant-garde.
11 June – 1 October
Private view 10 June, 18.00

Lux Photo Gallery

Postjesweg 1
www.luxphotogallery.com
Open Thurs, Fri 11.00–17.00 and by appointment
A gallery devoted to photography situated in the beautiful Het Sieraad building – opened in 1924, nestled snugly on the border of Oud West and De Baarsjes. Lux focuses on international photographers with the tighter discipline of documentary photography and also sells prints, books and collectible special editions.

 

Phillip Toledano – Days With My Father
Photo-documentation of photographer’s father’s last days.
October

Marian Cramer Projects

Chopinstraat 31
www.mariancramer.com
Open by appointment
Marian Cramer Projects is part of a new wave of galleries that bring the art into their homes and out of the ‘white cubes’. The effect of the changed context of the art when viewed out of the typical gallery setting is immediate. A kind of voyeuristic experience in a collector’s home, except here the art is for sale…

Vion Pansiyue
Chinese artist’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands.
18 June – 23 July

Mediamatic

Vijzelstraat 68
www.mediamatic.net
Opening times vary by exhibition
This new media-art-society is a hive of happenings in Amsterdam. Exhibitions, presentations, workshops and much more, this creative free-for-all mixes news, theory and people to maximum effect. For a full list of all events, talks and special presentations, go to their website.

Pièce de Résistance
Mediamatic and Partizan Publik’s marketplace for stories and objects of resistance.
24 April – 28 August

Meneer de Wit

Postjesweg 2
www.meneerdewit.com
Open mon-fri 10.00-18.00
This vibrant project space hosts exhibitions, gigs, parties and so much more. The studio side of things also houses ateliers as artists busy themselves in this great little space in De Baarsjes. One of the city’s happening spots.

Metis_NL

Lijnbaansgracht 316
www.metis-nl.com
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00
Since 2003, Metis_NL has represented both established and emerging talent and reflects the full breadth of contemporary art – painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video and installation.

Motive Gallery

Ms. Van Riemsdijkweg 41a
www.motivegallery.nl
Open Wed–Sat 11.00-18.00

Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts

Keizersgracht 264
www.nimk.nl
Open Tues-Fri 11.00–18.00, Sat and 1st Sun of month 13.00-18.00
The NIMk is all about video & ‘media art’. This gallery/work space/library/lecture space promotes media art through three outlets: Presentations: installations from the best international contemporary video/media artists over the decades; Collection: an extensive video archive is available to view in-house; Distribution: the works archived are let out to exhibitions around the Netherlands and the world. A wonderful way to spend a few hours searching for your favourite ‘lost’ Nauman or just seeing what’s new and fresh in the video/multi-media world.

Omer Fast
First solo exhibition from writer, director, editor featuring three award-winning complex installations - Nostalgia (2009), The Casting (2007) and De Grote Boodschap (2007)
14 May – 23 July
Opening 13 May, 18.00
Conversation between Omer Fast and Sven Lütticken on 15 May, 15.00

Nederlands Uitvaart Museum Tot Zover

Kruislaan 124
www.totzover.nl
Open Tues–Sun 11.00-17.00
The Netherlands Funeral Museum. Need we say more?

Napoleon’s Last Journey
Nineteen prints from the 1840 transport and re-burial of Napoleon’s body.
25 May – 2 October

Nieuw Dakota

Ms. Van Riemsdijkweg 41b
www.nieuwdakota.com
Open Thur, Fri 11.00-19.00, Sat, Sun 11.00-17.00
A new, international space for contemporary art that aims to bring together galleries, art institutions, collectors, curators and artists through exhibitions and events.

David Lindberg – Standard Options
An overview of the American artist’s work.
19 June – 31 July

outLINE

Oetewalerstraat 73
www.outlineamsterdam.nl
Open Thur-Sat 13.00-17.00 or by appointment

Mischa Rakier – Infinity Palace
Conceptual installation.
2 July – 4 September
Opening 2 July, 16.00

Outpost

Jan Toroopstraaat 35
www.outpost-slotervaart.tk
Open by appointment: 
slotervaartoutpost@gmail.com
This gallery’s current location in Slotervaart was originally squatted in 2009, borne out of a necessity to provide young artists a place to show their work. Its strength remains its credible contact with those looking to exhibit outside the mainstream circuit. Now more established, the gallery has also started booking artists from outside the Netherlands as well as the usual exciting locals.

P/////AKT

Zeeburgerpad 53
www.pakt.nu
Open Thur-Sun 14.00-18.00
Since 2003, P/////AKT has very much maintained a ‘for artists – by artists’ feel. The space offers the artists the freedom to develop their ideas with relation to the gallery itself. The gallery very much becomes part of the work. Collaborations are encouraged and the work itself remains as organic as ever as it fills the space. Exciting, young contemporary works are the order of the day here.

Maurits Koster – Will It Really Take Place III
Koster’s turns his gaze towards the institutions and how they have conditioned the way we look at art.
Until 17 July

PLANETART

Volkskrantgebouw
Wibautstraat 150
www.planetart.nl
PLANETART Medialab/Artspace is housed in the creative hive that is the Volkskrantgebouw. Floor after floor of talent make this space one of the art hubs of the city. Animators, musicians, painters, photographers, comic book artists abound alongside the café and artspace.

PS

Leidsekade 60
www.psprojectspace.nl
Open first Sunday of the month and by appointment.

Radar

Rozengracht 77A
www.radar-amsterdam.com
Open Fri/Sat 13.00-17.00 and by appointment
Nestled just off the Rozengracht, Radar finds itself firmly in the midst of the Jordaan gallery scene. Owner Marco de Piaggi continues to search out the fresh and exciting and it’s this ‘unearthing of the urgent’ that gives this gallery its unique flavour amongst the contemporary  scene.

Nisja and M. Ozymantra – Street | Spirit
Combined show from two exiting local painters. A definite recommendation from Unfold.
28 May – 30 July
Extended until 30 July

Reuten & Reuten Gallery

Prinsengracht 510s
www.galeries.nl/reuten
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00, 1st Sun of month 14.00-17.00 or by appointment

Ronmandos

Prinsengracht 282
www.ronmandos.nl
Open Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00
This spacious and clean gallery offers a unique counterbalance to the homely charm of the original Ron Mandos’ Rotterdam gallery while continuing to give a platform to young undiscovered talent as well as top international artists.

Best of Graduates 2011
The gallery presents the cream of the crop from the Dutch academy graduates. An interesting and varied look into the future of fine art in the country.
13 August – 3 September

Skybox Project Space

Marcusstraat 52
www.skyartbox.wordpress.com
Open only during openings or by appointment
skybox@marcipanis.nl
This artist-run project space could well have the honour of being the smallest gallery in town. Every month a different artist is invited to exhibit with the room in mind, with shows being anything from installation to audiovisual work through to performance. A brilliant exercise in working within the space.

Smart Project Space

Arie Biemondstraat 101-111
www.smartprojectspace.net
Open Mon-Sat 12.00-22.00, Sun 14.00-22.00
Tucked away in Amsterdam’s very hip Oud-West neighbourhood, this work/eat/view/drink space has it all: History – it is housed in the fairly expansive old Anatomical Pathology Laboratory; Film – there are a few screens playing a fabulous assortment of art house films from around the world (subtitled in English); Food & Drink – eat your meal under the lights of a converted dissection table (not as strange as it sounds actually) in Lab 111; Ateliers – for some, this playground is where they come to work. (Well, some call it work anyway); Gallery Space – large rooms accommodate group shows, installations and solo shows.

Prix de Rome
New work by the four short-listed artists for the prestigious Dutch state arts prize – Priscila Fernandes, Ben Pointeker, Pilvi Takala and Vincent Vulsma – will be exhibited alongside works from the long list nominees.
7 May – 24 July
Prize awarded June, 2011

SMBA – Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam

Rozenstraat 59
www.smba.nl
Open Tues-Sun 11.00-17.00
Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA) is a project space of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, located in a side street in the Jordaan, just off the Prinsengracht. This extension of the Stedelijk more than holds its own in the vibrant contemporary art scene here in Amsterdam. If you’re looking for something new, the SMBA is always a good option.

Mounira Al Solh & Bassam Ramlawi
First large-scale solo exhibition from Al Solh in the Netherlands.
Until 31 July
Opening and book presentation 25 June, 16.00

SOLEDAD SENLLE ART GALLERY

Sloterkade 171
www.soledad.nl
Open Mon-Sat 11.00-17.00

Art Manifestation Along The Quay – Art on the Schinkel
The gallery leads the way in a public art happening along the banks of Sloterkade in the Schinkel neighbourhood.
18 September – 30 October

Tegenboschvanvreden

Bloemgracht 57
www.tegenboschvanvreden.com
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Heide Hinrichs, Tatiana Macedo, Aldwin van de Ven
Group exhibition revolving around the notion of transformation.
28 May – 16 July
Opening 28 May, 17.00

Ten Haaf Projects

Laurierstraat 248
www.tenhaafprojects.com
Open Wed-Sat 12.00-18.00

Young and Restless
Group show featuring Luka Kurashvili, Sebastian Weggler, André Giesemann and Daniel Schulz. Works of different media will be on view: photographs, tapestries and works on canvas.
4 June – 16 July
Opening 4 June, 17.00, with artists

Teto Projects

Haarlemmermeerstraat 89-2
www.tetoprojects.com
Open Fri-Sat 13.00 – 18.00
In October of 2009, this apartment/project space began functioning as a platform for current art and design practices. Spurred on by the need to show young, recent academy graduates, curator Hercules Martins began checking out final exam exhibitions and approaching artists who in someway appealed to him. And so, another exciting, art-driven space is born…

Torch Gallery

Lauriergracht 94
www.torchgallery.com
Open Thur-Sat 13.00-18.00

Carolus Diederich – Ruhm und Ewigkeit
New works from the Dutch painter.
Until 9 July

Summer Exhibition
Group show featuring Line Gulsett, Popel Coumou and Thijs Zweers.
16 July – 13 August

Upstream Gallery

Van Ostadestraat 294
www.upstreamgallery.nl
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Vlaams Cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond

Nes 45
www.brakkegrond.nl
Open Mon 13.00-18.00, Tues-Fri 10.00-20.30, Sat 13.00-20.30, Sun 13.00-17.00

 

(Re): TILT
De Brakke Grond is showing work by fourteen talented photography students from the Netherlands and Flanders. Featuring work from Peter de Krom, Jasmijn Labadie, Miriam Donkers, Jasper De Meester, Willem Sarah, Steven Huybrechts, Anneleen Bouttery, Elisa Brenters, Chloé Dierckx, Joren De Weerdt, Jonas Mertens, Max Pinckers and Quinten De Bruyn.
27 May – 17 July
Opening 26 May, 19.00

Ververs Gallery

Hazenstraat 54
www.verversgallery.nl
Open Thurs-Fri 13.00-17.30, Sat 14.00-17.30 and by appointment

Summer Group Show
Featuring Yves Beaumont, Dominik, Borkowski, Jan Enno de Jong, Corinne Kruger and Clementine Oomes.
17 July – 27 August by appointment

Vous Etes Ici

Lijnbaansgracht 314
www.vousetesici.nl
Open Tues-Sat 12.00-18.00

Our Worst Enemy Has Come To Town
More discourse over bad news.
3 July – 31 August

W139

Warmoesstraat 139
www.w139.nl
Open daily 11.00-19.00, varies by exhibition

Jonathan Monk – From Horn Of Plenty To Lowered Ceiling
British-born self-described ‘jigsaw puzzle gamer’ pays a visit to the space to lay out his puzzle.
11 June – 24 July
Opening 10 June, 21.00
Artist talk, 11 June, 15.00

Yngve Holen, Anne de Vries - TruEYE surView
Duo show featuring new work from two young artists.
Until 21 August

Wetering Galerie

Lijnbaansgracht 288
www.weteringgalerie.nl
Open Wed-Sat 13.00-18.00

Witzenhausen Gallery

Hazenstraat 60
www.witzenhausengallery.nl
Open Thur-Sat 12.00-18.00

Olphaert den Otter – Solo Show
Painted puzzles from Portuguese-born painter.
Until 30 July