Exhibitions and events at Amsterdam

How was Impressionism received in the Netherlands? The Van Gogh Museum investigates the topic with more than one hundred works

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is hosting the major retrospective Vive l'impressionnisme! Masterpieces from Dutch Collections. Thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between fifteen Dutch museu...
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In the gardens of the Rijksmuseum, Korean Lee Ufan's sculptures invite meditation

Through October 27, 2024, the gardens of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam are hosting the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Korean artist Lee Ufan. The curators are independent curator and former director of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Alfred...
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Amsterdam, Pokémon invade the Van Gogh Museum

Pokémon, it is known, is a phenomenon that took off in the mid-1990s and has never stopped appealing to millions of players worldwide thanks to the video games that landed on Nintendo consoles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the fa...
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More than 90 masterpieces from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen on display at Rijksmuseum

Rotterdam 's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is closed to the public for renovation and modernization, but more than ninety works from its collection can be seen on display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. In fact, thePhilips Wing of the Rijksmuseum w...
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Major Rijksmuseum exhibition dedicated to Vermeer opens, featuring masterpieces from around the world

Opening to the public today until June 4, 2023, is the major exhibition dedicated to Johannes Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the first that the renowned museum is dedicating to the artist. Masterpieces from around the world will be on displ...
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The story of the Van Gogh family told in a major exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam

From February 10 to April 10, 2023, the exhibition Choosing Vincent. Portrait of a Family History, with which the museum celebrates its 50th birthday in 2023. The exhibition, curated by Lisa Smit, aims to tell the story of the Van Gogh family, withou...
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Rijksmuseum, masterpieces for major Vermeer exhibition announced. New research on some famous paintings

Opening on Feb. 10 and on view until June 4, 2023, is the major exhibition that the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is dedicating to Johannes Vermeer, showcasing works by the celebrated artist from around the world. A team of curators, conservators and rese...
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Seven hundred giant ants invade the Rijksmuseum: Rafael Gomezbarros' installation

The spaces of the Rijksmuseum, from floor to ceiling, will be invaded by seven hundred giant ants from September 30, 2022 to January 15, 2023. This is the installation Casa Tomada by Colombian artist Rafael Gomezbarros (Santa Marta, Colombia, 1972), ...
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