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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has confirmed several new additions to its collection through acquisitions and long-term loans. The City of Amsterdam has provided works on loan, while the Vereniging Rembrandt and the M.B.T. de Groot Family/Rijksmuseum Fonds supported specific purchases.
The Rijksmuseum has announced the upcoming exhibition 'Metamorphoses,' scheduled to run from June 19 to September 13, 2026. Preview displays related to the exhibition will be on view at the museum starting February 6, 2026.
Artist Nora Turato will debut her new performance piece, pool7, at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on August 29, 2025. The work features self-written material and physical gestures, marking a departure from Turato's previous use of found digital language.
The Stedelijk Museum and Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken will open an exhibition on November 8 featuring the most significant book designs of the previous year.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has named Behrang Mousavi as Head of Collection Management, effective October 1, 2025. Mousavi, who has served in the role on an interim basis since early 2024, will oversee the physical and digital care of approximately 100,000 objects.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present 'Oltre Terra' from February 15 to July 13, 2025, an exhibition based on research by design studio Formafantasma.
The Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will partner for the first time to present 'Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind' from March 7 to June 9, 2025.
The collaborative exhibition 'Anselm Kiefer – Sag mir wo die Blumen sind' has been awarded the Museumtijdschrift Exhibition Prize 2025 following a public vote.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will host 'Erwin Olaf – Freedom' from October 11, 2025, to April 6, 2026, marking the first museum retrospective since the artist's death in 2023.
The Stedelijk Museum has launched 'Everyday, Someday and Other Stories,' a comprehensive redesign of its 1950–1980 collection presentation featuring long-unseen works and new acquisitions.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has announced the opening of Fonda Bar, Fonda Café, and Café Restaurant Sandberg as part of its redesigned entrance area. The museum partnered with local entrepreneurs from food design studio Oficina and Café Restaurant Metro to establish the new dining concepts.
Norwegian artist Sandra Mujinga will present a live sound performance at the Stedelijk Museum on October 24 and 25, 2025, as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event Arts & Culture programme.
Writer and curator Ekow Eshun will present the annual Bathtub Lecture titled 'In the Realm of the Marvellous' at the Stedelijk Museum on December 13, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum has announced it will begin recruitment this summer for a new curator of Buro Stedelijk, its experimental platform founded in 2022.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present Wael Shawky’s video installation 'Drama 1882' from July 11 to October 26, 2025. The work, which debuted at the Egyptian Pavilion during the 60th Venice Biennale, explores the Urabi Revolution (1879–1882) and the subsequent British occupation of Egypt.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present 'Things I’ve Never Seen Before' from August 2 to October 19, 2025, featuring works donated by gallerist Fons Welters.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has announced the reappointment of Annelies van der Pauw as chair of its supervisory board for a second term. Wouter Han, a partner at CVC Capital Partners, joins the board as a new member, succeeding Homme ten Have who completed the maximum two-term limit.
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 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 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 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 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 host the premiere of 'Flaying of Marsyas,' a new durational performance by artist Miles Greenberg, on November 13, 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 in Amsterdam will present 'Circuits', a site-specific installation by design collective Experimental Jetset, opening July 12, 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 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 will host a solo exhibition by artist Danh Vo titled πνεῦμα (Ἔλισσα) from February 14 to August 2, 2026.
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