Amsterdam photography exhibitions: what not to miss
We spotlight the best Amsterdam photography exhibitions to visit this Autumn
Explore our pick of the best Amsterdam photography exhibitions for this Autumn
Amsterdam photography exhibitions: a spotlight on the best
Foam Talent 2022 Foam 16 September 2022 – 18 January 2023
Each year without fail, Foam Talent presents an impressive new generation of artists. Now, as the talent call moves to a biannual structure to further its development programme, we’re keeping an extra keen eye on this year’s edit, which is one of the must-see Amsterdam photography exhibitions of the year. Each artist responds to the world’s challenges in myriad dynamic ways; climate change, political conflict, discrimination, displacement, and social justice issues are all explored from global perspectives.
‘The Showcase: unboxing the Coda collection’ Scheltens & Abbenes Until 15 January 2023
Dutch duo Scheltens & Abbenes create unique perspectives through their visual interrogations in ‘The Showcase’. After being given free rein to explore the museum archives at Apeldoon’s Coda, the often hidden away histories are revealed in photographic form. Through their box compositions, the icons of still life photography explore the carefully composed act of conservation and the past lives of these objects, noticing a frayed edge or creased tissue paper. Lots of curious questions arise for the viewer, yet we’re encouraged to go astray as we wander through the exhibition that Scheltens & Abbenes, true to form, interpret as a large-scale still life.
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Diego Faivre’s playful homage to Australia's vanishing milk bar
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‘The danger of AI’, photography and the future at Foam
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Artist Peggy Kuiper’s impactful figurative works explore her memories and emotional landscape with striking visual intensity
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Meredith Monk’s interdisciplinary art sets all the senses singing in Amsterdam show
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Carlijn Jacobs and Sabine Marcelis create a surreal fantasy at Foam, Amsterdam
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Caroline Walker curates as Grimm Amsterdam explores domesticity in art
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Drift Museum, a blockbusting experiential space, is set to open in Amsterdam in 2025
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