31 Oct 2024: Congolese art collective in dialogue with the Van Abbemuseum's collection (and history)
9 Oct 2024: World-famous Eindhoven fashion designer picks artworks for Van der Valk Eindhoven display
7 Oct 2024: Eindhoven residents will soon choose a new word of art for the Van Abbemuseum
3 Sept 2024: Van Abbemuseum ushers in new cultural season with groundbreaking exhibitions
15 July 2024: Exhibition Eindhoven: a HipHop story shows the influence of this subculture on the city's identity
30 May 2024: Director Charles Esche bids farewell to the Van Abbemuseum at the end of 2024
30 May 2024: Director Charles Esche bids farewell to the Van Abbemuseum at the end of 2024 [short press release]
8 April 2024: Group exhibition Soils explores a renewed connection with our soil
3 April 2024: Op zoek naar gemeenschappelijke gronden in scholierenproject 'Radically Mine!' 2024 (Dutch only)
24 January 2024: Colonial past of the Van Abbemuseum revealed in the exhibition Hidden Connection
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Overview press releases
2024
2023
16 October 2023: Sung Hwan Kim dwars visitors into his dreamlike film environments
29 August 2023: A new cultural season at the Van Abbemuseum!
8 August 2023: Exhibition The space between us reveals how design shapes and guides our relationships
2 August 2023: Van Abbemuseum and Eindhoven Museum purchase exceptional works by artist Jan Toorop
16 May 2023: Kabakov Cabinet gives unique insight into the oeuvre of artist couple
17 April 2023: The exhibition Positions #7: Everything worthwhile is done with other people teaches us that collectively we achieve more than on our own
2022
1 December 2022: Van Abbemuseum acquires personal design collection of Lidewij Edelkoort
14 October 2022: Rewinding Internationalism: Scenes from the 90s, today
15 September 2022: Statement second binding opinion of the Restitutions Committee, return of the Kandinsky painting
23 August 2022: Exhibitions 2022 2023, new cultural seasoon with art and design
18 August 2022: Van Abbemuseum is enriching its collection with Edelkoort design collection
1 June 2022: Richard Bell’s first European solo exhibition opens at the Van Abbemuseum
10 March 2022: A Lasting Truth Is Change: A collection inspiring change
2021
17 November 2021: Extensive exhibition of works by León Ferrari and Gülsün Karamustafa a first in the Netherlands
24 August 2021: Four museums jointly purchase work by Patricia Kaersenhout
16 August 2021: Exhibitions and projects season 2021-2022
12 August 2021: Delinking and Relinking, major multi-sensory collection display
2020
28 November 2020: Positions #6: Bodywork
25 August 2020: An Exciting New Season. Exhibitions 2020 - 2021
Victor Sonna. 1525: Personal quest leads to solo exhibition in the Van Abbemuseum.
26 May 2020: First large-scale exhibition by Yael Davids
2019
16 December 2019: Van Abbemuseum appoints new Exhibitions Curator
20 November 2019: Positions #5: Telling Untold Stories
20 October 2019: DRIFT x Van Abbemuseum @ DDW 2019
Open Archief - Het Nieuwe Instituut & Beeld en Geluid
3 September2019: Exhibition Highlights 2019 / 2020
1 September 2019: GEO—DESIGN: Junk. All That Is Solid Melts into Trash
6 June 2019: Eyewitnesses of Conflict. Goya, Beuys, Dumas
25 April 2019: First major solo exhibition of The Otolith Group
2018
12 December 2018: Statement Decreto 349 Van Abbemuseum
19 November 2018: Positions #4. Gluklya, Naeem Mohaiemen, Sandi Hilal & Alessandro Petti
15 November 2018: Annie Fletcher. Annie Fletcher, Chief Curator of the Van Abbemuseum, appointed Director of the Irish Museum of Modern Art
5 November 2018: Josefin Arnell. Josefin Arnell’s THE TICK on show at Van Abbemuseum.
31 October 2018: GLOW 2018. ...in the dark: Van Abbemuseum and TAC playing with shadows for GLOW 2018
2 October 2018: GEO-DESIGN. Van Abbemuseum and Design Academy Eindhoven present GEO-DESIGN: Alibaba. From here to your home
28 May 2018: Finalists Theodora Niemeijer Prize 2018 announced. Isabelle Andriessen, Josefin Arnell, and Joy Mariama Smith.
1 May 2018: Graphite Knots. Gam Bodenhausen realises monumental drawing in Het Oog of the Van Abbemuseum.
14 March 2018: Many of the works from the Van Abbemuseum Lissitzky collection to be exhibited in the Pompidou Centre in Paris
2017
10 November 2017: Rasheed Araeen: A Retrospective
28 September 2017: Dutch Design Week 2017 at Van Abbemuseum (a.o. Beyond Generations)
20 April 2017: Etcétera winner Artistic Strategies in Psychiatry project
6 March 2017: Qiu Zhijie: Journeys without Arrivals
2016
12 December 2016: Victor Goppe: Making Books
16 November 2016: Positions #3: Rossella Biscotti, Duncan Campbell, Maryam Jafri, Natasja Kensmil
29 October 2016: GLOW Special: A Place Beyond Belief
DDW: Broken White with Design Academy Eindhoven
22 April 2016: RED! Utopian Visions from the Soviet Union 1930-1941
2 March 2016: The 1980's. Today's Beginnings?
14 January 2016: Anna Staritsky, 1908-1981. Works on paper
13 January 2016: Praneet Soi - Srinagar
11 January 2016: Theodora Niemeijer Prize 2016
2015
10 November 2015: Positions #2:Anna Boghiguian, Chia-Wei Hsu, Nástio Mosquito and Sarah Pierce
26 Oktober 2015: Robot enables museum visit
5 October 2015: DDW @ Van Abbemuseum: Thing Nothing (with Design Academy Eindhoven) and DDW Music
25 September 2015: Marie Lexmond - Yellow Interior in 11.620 Parts
8 September 2015: Li Mu - A Man, A Village, A Museum. 19.09-2015 – 10.01.2016
1 May 2015: A Republic of Art
18 February 2015: A dynamic weekend in the Van Abbemuseum. Opening Marcel Broodthaers and new project in The Collection Now
26 January 2015: Forward! Ahmet Ögüt. 07.03.2015 - 14.06.2015