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PART IV THE A-LIST.
EXHIBITIONS & MUSEUMS MING: EMPERORS, ARTISTS the entire museum and includes & MERCHANTS IN photos shot by Klein in New ANCIENT CHINA York, Rome, Moscow and Tokyo Journey on a breathtaking odys- as well as examples of his innovative fashion photography. sey into China’s distant past with Foam, 20 Dec-12 Mar 2014 this exhibition dedicated to one of the country’s most illustrious THE DARK CHAPTER dynasties. In collaboration with Family-oriented exhibition China’s Nanjing Museum, the church offers visitors a glimpse looking at the history of the slave trade from a maritime perspecof an exclusive collection of tive, focusing on the dramatic original Ming-era artefacts that story of a slave ship called the include calligraphies, porcelain Leusden – a boat which sank crafts and luxury items originally without a trace in Suriname in designed for the Imperial Court. 1738 with many slaves on board. De Nieuwe Kerk, Until 2 Feb Het Scheepvaartmuseum, SHTETL IN THE CITY until 31 Aug Subtitled ‘Antwerp Through XYZ SHAPING FREE the Lens of Dan Zollmann’, this DIMENSIONS photography exhibition displays Straddling the boundaries of the results of the Belgian snapart and design, this innovaper’s quest to capture the life tive exhibition delves into the and times of the Hasidic Jews groundbreaking 3D printing in his home city. Zollmann’s scene. Enter a futuristic world prize-winning photographs populated by unique 3D printed provide a unique insight into the predominately hidden social objects, displayed alongside vintage design and antique art. environment of the followers of CNCPT13, ongoing this devout branch of Judaism. Jewish Historical Museum, until 2 Feb
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ATLAS DER NEEDERLANDEN EXHIBITIONS Part of celebrations to mark the ANNE FRANK HOUSE second centenary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, this exPrinsengracht 263 is where hibition focuses on the 600-map Anne Frank lived in hiding with strong Atlas der Neederlanden her family for more than two to examine how the Netherlands years during World War II. Now grew into the country it is today. converted into a museum, it conUniversity of Amsterdam tains a sobering exhibition about Special Collections, the persecution of the Jews and until 9 Feb persecution in a wider context.
Amsterdam Museum Kalverstraat 92 http://amsterdammuseum.nl Anne Frank House Prinsengracht 263-267 www.annefrank.org De Appel arts centre Prins Hendrikkade 142 www.deappel.nl ARCAM Prins Hendrikkade 600 www.arcam.nl Museum of Bags & Purses Herengracht 573 www.tassenmuseum.nl Brakke Grond MALEVICH, BATHERS SEEN Nes 45 FROM THE BACK www.brakkegrond.nl CNCPT13 KAZIMIR MALEVICH & THE Prinsengracht 266 RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE www.cncpt13.com A major survey exhibition of Cobra Museum Sandbergplein 1 work by Russian artist Kazimir Amstelveen Malevich, one of the founding www.cobra-museum.nl fathers of abstract art. Best EYE Film Museum known for his pure abstract IJpromenade 1 work, Malevich drew inspiwww.eyefilm.nl ration from a wide range of Foam artistic trends. The exhibition Keizersgracht 609 http://foam.org uses oil paintings, watercol&Foam ours, drawings and sculptures Vijzelstraat 78 to illustrate the rich variety http://foam.org/andfoam of styles and disciplines in his Geelvinck Hinlopen House oeuvre – from the thin brushKeizersgracht 633 strokes of impressionism to http://geelvinck.nl cubism. Stedelijk Museum, Van Gogh Museum Paulus Potterstraat 7 until 2 Feb 2014 www.vangoghmuseum.nl Het Grachtenhuis (Museum of the Canals) still in use by the Dutch royal Herengracht 386 family. It is used for state visits, http://hetgrachtenhuis.nl award ceremonies and other offiHermitage Amsterdam cial receptions. When the palace Amstel 51 is not being used by the royal www.hermitage.nl family, it is open to the public. Hortus Botanicus Visitors can explore the magnifPlantage Middenlaan 2a icent interior and discover the http://dehortus.nl rich history of the building. Huis Marseille Keizersgracht 401 STEDELIJK MUSEUM www.huismarseille.nl The museum’s permanent colJewish Historical Museum lection is now on display in the Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1 beautifully restored historical www.jhm.nl building, with fixed spots for Museum Van Loon highlights such as ‘The Beanery’ Keizersgracht 672 by Edward Kienholz and works www.museumvanloon.nl by Willem de Kooning and Andy De Nieuwe Kerk Warhol. Half of the ground floor Dam square is reserved for the best pieces www.nieuwekerk.nl from the design collection. Ons’ Lieve Heer Op Solder (Our Lord in the Attic) TROPENMUSEUM Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40 The ‘Museum of the Tropics’ www.opsolder.nl has eight geographically themed Rembrandthuis permanent exhibitions and an Jodenbreestraat 4 ongoing series of temporary www.rembrandthuis.nl presentations, including both Rijksmuseum modern and traditional visual Jan Luijkenstraat 1 arts and photographic work. www.rijksmuseum.nl Royal Palace WILLET-HOLTHUYSEN Dam square MUSEUM www.paleisamsterdam.nl The only completely period furHet Scheepvaartmuseum nished canal-side house in Am- (National Maritime Musuem) sterdam open daily to the public, Kattenburgerplein 1 with a remarkable collection of www.hetscheepvaart Golden Age art and silverware. museum.nl Stedelijk Museum Museumplein 10 ADDRESSES http://stedelijk.nl Allard Pierson Museum Tropenmuseum Oude Turfmarkt 127 Linnaeusstraat 2 www.allardpiersonmuseum.nl www.tropenmuseum.nl Amsterdam City Archives UvA Special Collections Vijzelstraat 32 Oude Turfmarkt 129 http://stadsarchief. www.bijzonderecollecties.uva.nl amsterdam.nl Willet-Holthuysen Amsterdam Expo Museum Gustav Mahlerlaan 24 Herengracht 605 www.amsterdamexpo.nl www.willetholthuysen.nl
Choice exhibits
COURTESY RMS TITANIC INC
TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION This spellbinding exhibition devoted to the ‘unsinkable ship’ promises to take visitors back in time with authentic artefacts from the doomed cruise liner that sailed into history on a fateful night in April of 1912. The exhibition features many items retrieved during expeditions to the Titanic’s wreck site at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. They include clothing, jewellery and even personal letters. Amsterdam Expo, from 14 Nov
ONS’ LIEVE HEER OP SOLDER (OUR LORD IN THE ATTIC) This clandestine church in a 17th-century canal house attic dates back to the Reformation, when Catholics were not permitted to practice their faith in public.
GAUGUIN, BONNARD, EYE FILM MUSEUM DENIS: A RUSSIAN TASTE Cinematography museum home FOR FRENCH ART to an internationally renowned The Hermitage Amsterdam collection of films covering the turns its attention to three major whole history of cinema, from late 19th- and early 20th-century the first silent movies to the latartists. Paul Gauguin was a shin- est contemporary productions. REMBRANDTHUIS ing example for Pierre Bonnard GEELVINCK HINLOPEN and Maurice Denis, who were The house that Rembrandt HOUSE united with other artists under called home for nearly 20 years the title ‘Les Nabis’. This extenA decadent canal-side mansion boasts an impressive collection sive exhibition displays the work showcasing 17th-century paof drawings and paintings by of the Nabis artists alongside trician wealth, located on the the Old Master himself as well paintings and drawings by their Golden Bend of the grandest as by his contemporaries. The predecessors, contemporaries canal of all, the Herengracht. Rembrandthuis is also home to and immediate successors. Also Highlights include ornamental 290 of Rembrandt’s etchings – a look out for The Modernists and gardens as well as sumptuous near complete collection – and More, a sub-exhibition featuring themed salons. an alternating selection is on photographs taken by Laurence permanent display. HET GRACHTENHUIS Aëgerter during the previous (MUSEUM OF THE CANALS) RIJKSMUSEUM Matisse to Malevich exhibition at the museum. See page 25. A tribute to the Canal District, After a decade of unprecedented Hermitage Amsterdam, with multimedia exhibitits showrenovation, the Rijksmuseum until 28 Feb ing how the engineering marvel finally showed off its new (and was built on swampland during old) look in April 2013. Visit PARIS! PARIS! the 17th-century expansion. the state museum and embark Quirky exhibition devoted to on a journey through Dutch art HORTUS BOTANICUS wonderfully designed advertisand history from the Middle ing fans from the City of Light. For nearly four centuries, AmAges and Renaissance right up Created between 1900 and 1940, sterdam’s Hortus Botanicus has until the 20th century. Not to the fans were once used to proregaled visitors with its lush be missed. mote Parisian cafes, casinos and greenhouses and exotic plants. HET SCHEEPVAARTMUSEUM an assortment of luxury brands. Originally founded in 1638 to (NATIONAL MARITIME Museum of Bags and Purses, serve as a herb garden for the MUSEUM) until 2 Mar city’s doctors and pharmacists, it’s one of the oldest botanical The National Maritime MuseWILLIAM KLEIN gardens in the world. um comprises a series of small Foam rounds off another jamexhibitions exploring various elMUSEUM VAN LOON packed year of photography ements of maritime life through with a retrospective exhibition The Van Loons belonged to history. Moored outside is the of works by this legendary phothe city’s governing elite, and Amsterdam, an exact replica of a tographer, cinematographer and were among the founders of the famous Dutch East India designer. With a career spanning mighty Dutch East India ComCompany ship. more than 60 years, Klein’s work pany back in 1602. With much ROYAL PALACE had a tremendous influence on of its original interior intact, the photography in the second half museum collection comprises The Koninklijk Paleis (Royal of the 20th century. This enorpaintings, antique furnishings Palace) on Amsterdam’s Dam mous exhibition sprawls over and objects d’art. Square is one of three palaces