Melanie Bühler will join the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam as Curator of Contemporary Art in April 2025, succeeding Karen Archey. Bühler currently serves as Senior Curator at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and previously held a five-year curatorial tenure at the Frans Hals Museum.
The Stedelijk Museum has integrated 99 new works of art and design into its 'Tomorrow Is a Different Day' collection presentation, which focuses on works created after 1980.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has announced a five-week extension of the exhibition 'Erwin Olaf – Freedom,' which will now close on April 6, 2026. The retrospective, the first since the artist's death in 2023, features iconic photography, sculptures, and previously unseen final works.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has named Jo-Lene Ong as the new curator of Buro Stedelijk, effective March 1, 2026. Ong succeeds Rita Ouédraogo for a three-year term leading the museum's independent experimental platform.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has acquired 'Negroes Battling in a Cave' (2016), marking the first time a painting by Ellen Gallagher has entered a Dutch public collection.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and ABN AMRO have extended their long-term partnership to focus on equal opportunities in the arts through 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present 'Wayward Lines. Consent Not to Be a Single Being' by artist Ivna Esajas from March 7, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present 'Kho Liang Ie – Mid-Century Modernist', the first comprehensive retrospective of the Dutch-Indonesian designer since 1975.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has completed a multi-month restoration of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s 1910/26 painting 'Nacktes Mädchen Hinter Vorhang (Fränzi)'.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has appointed Gunay Uslu and Ron Soonieus to its Supervisory Board to strengthen governance and public affairs expertise. Uslu, the CEO of Corendon and former Dutch State Secretary for Culture and Media, will join the board on April 1, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present 'Beyond the Manosphere – Masculinities Today' from April 17 to August 2, 2026, featuring 35 intergenerational artists.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will open 'Blue Dots' on November 29, 2025, exploring a 1951 Dutch government evacuation system that ranked artworks by importance during the Cold War.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will host the premiere of 'Flaying of Marsyas,' a new durational performance by artist Miles Greenberg, on November 13, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has returned the 1920/21 painting 'Odalisque' by Henri Matisse to the legal successors of Albert Stern. The Dutch Restitutions Committee determined the work was sold under duress in 1941 to finance the Stern family's escape from the Nazi regime.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has acquired two paintings by American artist Helen Frankenthaler, marking the first time her work has entered a Dutch public collection.
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will present 'Circuits', a site-specific installation by design collective Experimental Jetset, opening July 12, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will host 'Karel Martens: Unbound' from July 11 to October 26, 2025, marking the first major retrospective of the influential Dutch graphic designer.
The Stedelijk Museum and the Rijksmuseum have acquired three works from Carrie Mae Weems’s 2021 series 'Painting the Town,' which documents the aftermath of Black Lives Matter protests in Portland.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present 'Liquid Body', a solo exhibition by Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz, from May 21 to August 24, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will debut a series of murals by artist Hedy Tjin on July 5, 2025, located in the space surrounding the museum's historic staircase. The installation is part of the Post/No/Bills series, which highlights new works by emerging graphic artists.
Dutch artist Femke Herregraven has been awarded the 2025 Theodora Niemeijer Prize, the largest unrestricted art prize in the Netherlands. The €100,000 award includes a €25,000 allocation for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam to purchase a work by the artist for its permanent collection.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has announced the acquisition of works by seven artists featured in its biennial photography exhibition, 'Circulate – Photography Beyond Frames.' The acquired works are by Aimée Zito Lema, Vytautas Kumža, Kevin Osepa, Katja Novitskova, Mandy Franca, Jaya Pelupessy, .
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will host 'Skin to Skin', a large-scale installation by Norwegian artist Sandra Mujinga, from September 13, 2025, to January 11, 2026.
Artist Ivna Esajas has been named the winner of the 13th ABN AMRO Art Award, an initiative supporting female artists in the Netherlands. The prize includes a €10,000 grant, a publication designed by Irma Boom, and the acquisition of her work for the ABN AMRO Art Collection.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has added 'Untitled (Flower Work)' (1974) by Bas Jan Ader to its permanent collection, marking the first work by the Dutch conceptual artist to be held by the institution.
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will host a major retrospective of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama from September 11, 2026, to January 17, 2027. Curated by Leontine Coelewij, the exhibition will feature seven decades of work including paintings, sculptures, and new immersive installations.
The Mondriaan Fund has shortlisted Fiona Lutjenhuis, Kevin Osepa, Thierry Oussou, and Buhlebezwe Siwani for the Prix de Rome Visual Arts 2025, the Netherlands' oldest award for emerging artists.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has unveiled its exhibition schedule through 2027, headlined by a major Yayoi Kusama retrospective opening in September 2026 and the first museum retrospective for Erwin Olaf since his death, beginning October 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will host a solo exhibition by artist Danh Vo titled πνεῦμα (Ἔλισσα) from February 14 to August 2, 2026.
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