Aernout Mik's intriguing video art places the human viewer in a precarious situation
Arttown: Communitas shows video artist Aernout Mik's most important works since 1999. For this exhibition, Mik has specially rebuilt the basement of the Stedelijk museum to look and function as a maze. This set up will take you throug... Read more
International Sculpture route through Amsterdam Zuid: Churchillaan, Apollolaan, Minervalaan, Zuidas
Arttown: ArtZuid is a sculpture route set up every other year in the Southern district of Amsterdam. The freely accessible exhibition draws attention to urban arts in an innovative way. It's a great favourite of the public and the scu... Read more
Dutch photography around the world
Arttown: Don't Stay Here - Photography on the move. The festival's theme this year is all about foreign territories. Read more
Creative interpretations on city-life and our urban surroundings
Arttown: Best Before End is a comprehensive retrospective exhibition of English photographer Stephen Gill (Bristol, 1971). The Read more
Be guided past this stirring exhibition which confronts the audience with European colonialism
Arttown: African people exhibited as objects of interest for the western public. Translating the disturbing tradition of the 19th and early 20th century ‘human zoos’ into a 21st century installation, South African director B... Read more
Stirring solo exhibition of Marc Lagrange; 'Diamonds & Pearls' pictures glamorous, but thought-provoking, women
Arttown: Belgian photographer Marc Lagrange has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most original and talented nude photographers on the scene at the moment. Lagrange approaches his photography with a distinctive eye, en sets vo... Read more
The world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest
Arttown: Every year following the World Press Photo Contest, the winning images go on tour. In April, the exhibition is officially opened in Amsterdam and can be seen at venues around the globe until March of the next year. The tour p... Read more
Enter the kingdom of the animals in their original artistic habitat
Arttown: At the Jewish Historical Museum you will find a motley collection of animals; monkeys, camels, owls, and plenty more. You'll think yourself at the zoo, but there are no bars between you and the lion here! Read more
Over two meters tall and blessed with an insatiable thirst for knowledge; how Tsar Peter’s visit to the Netherlands transformed Russia.
Arttown: Amsterdam celebrates 2013; the year of the special relationship between Russia and the Netherlands. The two countries have been major trading partners since the Golden Age and Amsterdam’s canal ring modelled for the design ... Read more
Arttown: The exhibition shows the history of the school bag and backpack. From large wooden bags from the 17th century to the canvas and nylon bags that we see so much in high schools nowadays. The use, material and design of ... Read more
