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PART IV THE A-LIST.
EXHIBITIONS & MUSEUMS TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
‘Girl in a Red Kimono’, telling the story of how these works were created through the many preparatory drawings, sketches and photographs that the artist produced. Rijksmuseum, until 22 May
SECRET LOVE, SEXUAL DIVERSITY IN CHINA This art exhibition explores the CLOSE-UP – A NEW state of social acceptance of GENERATION OF FILM AND LGBT people in today’s China. VIDEO ARTISTS IN THE Contemporary artists have played NETHERLANDS an important role in the shift in As the title suggests, this exhiawareness and growing social bition is an opportunity for the acceptance of sexual diversity, and EYE Filmmuseum to offer up the fight for equal rights. space to recent film graduates and Tropenmuseum, until 8 May other fresh talents. Presented as STREET COUTURE a group exhibition of film/video works and installations, expect to The Street Couture style is all discover a variety of interesting about mixing and matching: artworks. high-end fashion and street fashion, sports with pop culture, and EYE Filmmuseum, until 22 May Dutch with European design. The SPANISH MASTERS FROM exhibition brings together couture THE HERMITAGE classics from the museum’s colSubtitled The World of El Greco, lection with street fashion from Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, various parts of the world. Murillo & Goya, this grand exhiMuseum of Bags & Purses, bition of Spanish art and artefacts until 8 May includes more than 60 superior BERLAGE, GODFATHER paintings and a rich collection of OF DUTCH DESIGN graphic works and applied arts masterpieces. As well as the grand Berlage could be considered to masters, it features paintings by be the most important designer their pupils and later painters, up in Dutch history. He not only to and including Picasso. designed the Beurs van Berlage Hermitage Amsterdam, until in Amsterdam, but also the many 29 May exceptional objects and pieces of furniture inside the building. This DWDD POP-UP MUSEUM exhibition showcases authentic This exhibition elevates various pieces of furniture from Berlage’s regular guests of the popular hand, as well as looking at Dutch talk show De Wereld Draacontemporary Dutch Design. it Door to curators, letting each Beurs van Berlage, until 15 May of them pick a favourite work CATWALK from the archives of 11 Dutch museums. An exhibition dedicated to some Allard Pierson Museum, until 100 spectacular examples of 31 May Dutch fashion, dating from 1625 to 1960. Look out for vibrantlyUNE FEMME coloured French silk gowns and Dutch photographer Jeroen luxurious velvet gentlemen’s suits Robert Kramer presents a poetic of the 18th Century, classicallyphotographic narrative based on inspired Empire dresses and the life of Monsieur Khiar, an oldbustles of the Fin de Siècle culminating in 20th-century French er Lebanese man with whom he has a special friendship. In their haute couture by Dior and Yves personal narrative that forms the Saint Laurent. basis of the exhibition, it gradually Rijksmuseum, until 15 May becomes clear that the impacts of REMBRANDT’S NAKED the civil war in Beirut is the ‘eleTRUTH phant in the room’. Huis Marseille, until 5 Jun Based on the latest research, Rembrandt’s Naked Truth feaCALAIS - FROM JUNGLE tures 17th-century nude studies TO CITY that have never before been This exhibition captures the brought together in such large numbers. It will be the first time ongoing refugee crisis in the port that Rembrandt’s frank approach city of Calais, as documented by photographer Henk Wildschut to drawing nudes is examined in depth and brought to the atten- since 2005. In the collection, photographic and cinematic images tion of a wide audience. alternate, giving an insight into Rembrandt House Museum, how the structure of the camp is until 16 May rapidly changing. Wildschut’s way ANDY WARHOL of working has a documentary character, but is also poetic and Explore the art of Andy Warhol. suggestive. A selection of works are shown FOAM, until 5 Jun alongside photographs by peers such as David McCabe, Billy DISFARMER: THE VINTAGE Name, Steve Schapiro, Thomas PRINTS Hoepker and Ron Galella. Between 1915 and 1959, AmerMuseum Jan van der Togt, until ican studio photographer Mike 22 May Disfarmer (1884-1959) made BREITNER: GIRL IN KIMONO portraits of the residents of Heber Breitner created this much-loved Springs, a small town in rural Arkansas. FOAM is staging a major series between 1893 and 1896, retrospective, with 182 vintage with young model Geesje Kwak photographs, including a number being immortalised in his art. of prints that have never been Here you can see the entire series exhibited before. of 14 paintings, including an unFOAM, until 5 Jun finished version and an unknown
ROE ETHRIDGE: SHELTER ISLAND Foam presents the newest work by American artist Roe Ethridge. At the eastern end of Long Island, New York, the photographer turned to his family and the characteristically American ‘Kit House’ they rented for the summer of 2015. There he became fascinated by a range of stored away possessions from the homeowners and their children. FOAM, until 5 Jun EASY VIRTUE The Van Gogh Museum presents a visual presentation of prostitution in French art from the years between 1850 and 1910. Visitors can admire more than 100
paintings and works on paper by important artists such as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and Picasso, as well as some unusual objects, such as an extravagant 19th-century bed. Van Gogh Museum, until 19 Jun
WARHOL: ROYAL The new Moco Museum on Museumplein gets going with a splash and dash of iconic Warhol works, including his Marilyn prints. Moco Museum, until 3 Jul
EMIGRANTS AT LLOYD HOTEL Between 1921 and 1935, the Lloyd Hotel served as an emigrant hotel for shipping company Royal Dutch Lloyd. The project shows migration has always been a part of human life and is thus very much related to the current (European) reality. Lloyd Hotel, until 30 Jun
WORLD PRESS PHOTO The winning images from the world’s largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest begin their world tour in Amsterdam each year, presenting a reflection of trends and developments in photojournalism. This collection of images not only presents the (at times gruesome) reality of events on the world stage, but also the beauty of life, sports, art, science and nature. De Nieuwe Kerk, until 10 Jul
Choice exhibits
ALEX VERHAEST: A LA FOLIE / TO INSANITY Multimedia artist Alex Verhaest (winner of the GoldenNica Ars Electronica 2015) shows her newest interactive video installation in which she elaborates on the end of a love affair. De Brakke Grond, 7 May-30 Jun AVERY SINGER The first European museum solo exhibition of the American artist Avery Singer offers a comprehensive view of the artist’s work since 2012. It includes her vast installation that was enthusiastically received during her Statements presentation at Art Basel in 2015. Stedelijk Museum, until 31 Jul
MASTER OF LIGHT – ROBBY MÜLLER Robby Müller, the most renowned cinematographer from the Netherlands, makes his personal archive available to the public and gives intimate access to his life in self-shot videos. Beside moving images, there are Polaroid photos, letters and notes that capture what it is like to work in the world of cinema. For a comprehensive representation of the artist, his former colleagues were invited to select fragments of his films, which are also on display. EYE Filmmuseum, 4 Jun-28 Aug
HELMUT NEWTON – A RETROSPECTIVE Admire the work of Helmut Newton (1920-2004), a legendary photographer best known for his collaborations with French Vogue and the fashion industry. The retrospective features more than 200 photographs ranging from his rare to well-known works, and is a testament to the complexity and multifaceted nature of his craft. Newton’s oeuvre is considered by some to be one of the most iconic of the last quarter of the 20th Century. FOAM, 17 Jun-4 Sep
MODERN JAPAN Glimpse the dynamic changes that were occurring in Japanese culture during the first half of the 20th Century thanks to this stunning collection of print art. As modern Japan grappled to define its cultural and political relationships with China and the West, art imitated life. The Japanese prints collected in the exhibition portray both the nation’s appetite for innovation and the preservation of their unique artistic traditions. Rijksmuseum, 17 Jun-11 Sep
LIVING IN THE AMSTERDAM SCHOOL With 2016 marking 100 years of the Amsterdam School architecture movement, this exhibition sees the furniture and interior designers who were most active in this period receiving the recognition they deserve for the first time. It also reveals that their expressive furnishings functioned within an exuberant, colourful environment. Stedelijk Museum, until 28 Aug JAN DIBBETS: COLORSTUDIES 1976-2015 Dutch artist Jan Dibbets is one of the most distinguished and influential figures in the international art world. This summer, the Stedelijk devotes four top-floor galleries to his recent series ‘New Color Studies’, based on two negatives of car bodywork shot in 1976. Stedelijk Museum, 7 May-31 Jul ONCE IN A LIFETIME For this exhibition about life and mortality, curator Nina Folkersma selected new and existing works of eight nationally and internationally renowned artists: Danielle van Ark, Michaël Borremans, Stan Brakhage, Amie Dicke, Folkert de Jong, Job Koelewijn, Muntean/Rosenblum and Yehudit Sasportas. Oude Kerk, 11 May-28 Aug BERNADETTE CORPORATION Artist collective Bernadette Corporation first infiltrated the worlds of fashion, film and magazines in 1994. In 2015, the Stedelijk purchased an important