- Colourful in Black and White Korein Kinderplein children present the Van Abbe collection 16/06/2013 - 01/09/2013
- Mark Lewis Pull Focus 15/06/2013 - 13/10/2013
- Viva Mayakovski! Library Exhibition 11/06/2013 - 31/07/2013
- Black or White 08/06/2013 - 17/11/2013
- Manon de Boer Encounters 08/06/2013 - 15/09/2013
- Donation Maurice van Valen 08/06/2013 - 15/09/2013
- Erzen Shkololli Pejë, Kosovo, 1998 06/04/2013 - 23/06/2013
- Uncovering Art From Afghanistan Afghanistan Research Project 29/03/2013 - ongoing
- John Baldessari video works 1970-1977 18/02/2012 - 31/08/2013
- Dan Perjovschi Wall drawings
coming soon
- Art Update Cursus door Ko van Dun 22/06/2013 - 23/06/2013
- Making Use Dutch Art Institute at the Van Abbemuseum 22/06/2013 - 11/08/2013
- RoboCup in het Van Abbe Lezing Lambèr Royakkers 23/06/2013
- Supertoll! Tijs Rooijakkers 01/07/2013 - 05/01/2014
- Zomertoer 2013 Beleef het Van Abbemuseum! 02/07/2013 - 01/09/2013
- Zomercursus Thuis in het van Abbe: eindelijk eens tijd om goed te kijken! 16/07/2013 - 18/07/2013
- Cursus: Neem de tijd 20/09/2013 - 11/10/2013
- Er was eens... De collectie tot nu 02/11/2013 - 31/12/2017
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Black or White
08.06 - 17.11.2013
Animated films, comic strips and cartoons…. these are rarely exhibited in a museum for contemporary art. However in the Black or White exhibition at the Van Abbemuseum they play the main role in combination with drawings and video installations. The artists in Black or White flirt with what is politically incorrect. The installation The Refusal of Time by William Kentridge (2012), one of the favourites of the public at dOCUMENTA13 last year in Kassel, is exhibited in the Studio. Read more
Manon de Boer - Encounters
08.06 - 15.09.2013
a trilogy of cinematic portraits by the Dutch artist and filmmaker Manon de Boer about three women who fascinated her. On view are Sylvia Kristel – Paris (2003) about the Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel, Resonating Surfaces (2005) about the Brazilian psychoanalyst and cultural critic Suely Rolnik and Think About Wood, Think About Metal (2011) about the the American percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky. Read more
Donation Maurice van Valen
08.06 - 15.09.2013
The Dutch collector Maurice van Valen has donated 34 works to the Van Abbemuseum. A selection of these works by Johan Lennarts (Eindhoven, 1932 – 1991), JCJ Vanderheyden (Den Bosch, 1928 – 2012) and Pieter Laurens Mol (Breda, 1946) will be exhibition, combined with several works from the Van Abbe collection. Read more
Mark Lewis - Pull Focus
With the solo exhibition Pull Focus the Van Abbemuseum presents fourteen films by Canadian artist Mark Lewis (1958, Hamilton, Canada). Pull Focus offers an extensive introduction to Lewis’ recent body of work in relation to three films that are already part of the Van Abbemuseum’s collection. Referencing classic cinematic techniques Pull Focus centres our attention on the image itself.
Viva Mayakovski!
11.06 - 31.07.2013
The Van Abbemuseum library dedicates its upcoming exhibition to the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovski. This exhibition marks the first presentation of the extensive LS collection, which was donated to the Van Abbemuseum a few months ago. Read more
Coulourful in Black and White
This Summer we have the special exhibition Colourful in Black and White by the children of Korein Kinderplein. Because of the exhibition Black or White, they made their choice from black and white collection works. They also helped to organise the exhibition themselves. In a number of videos the children talk about their experiences throughout the project. The exhibition invites you to become active yourself, for example, to go to various workshops during the summer or to make something yourself with the different materials available in the rooms. Sunday 16 June the exposition will be openend. It's the sixth year that the Van Abbemuseum collaborates with Korein Kinderplein.
Erzen Shkololli - Pejë, Kosovo, 1998
until 23.06.2013
Erzen Shkololli created the work Pejë, Kosovo, 1998 during the time of the Kosovo war. In order to keep active, he did what he could under the circumstances with whatever was around - material from his father’s bespoke sewing shop and his mother’s home sewing machine. As a result, he made a series of colourful patchworks, one that was 22 meter long and comprised of eight banners. Read more.
Uncovering Art from Afghanistan
In the ground floor of the Van Abbemuseum you can see a selection of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs from leading and emerging practitioners in Afghanistan that were donated to the Van Abbemuseum in 2012. The exhibition is part of the ongoing Afghanistan Research Project. Read more...
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L’Internationale confederation museum directors call for a dialogue in Turkey
The six museum directors of the partners in the L'Internationale confederation call upon the government to support the principle of artistic liberty and the independence of cultural institutions and to seek to open up new forums for dialogue and the rebuilding of trust.
Radically Yours!
The summer edition of our quarterly magazine Radically Yours! is available! You can pick it up at the museum and on cultural locations throughout the country (and abroad). Would you like to receive Radically Yours! at home, then fill out this form. If you click on the picture above you can read it online.
Play Combinary
Play Combinary and get to know our collection in a new way! Over 100 stories are already submitted, by people from all ages. Can you tell us an original story? Combine three artworks from our collection and tell us your story.
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- June 11, 2013
- In de Salon: Willem Populier
Willem Popelier vraagt zich af wat een portret zegt over iemands identiteit In ...
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