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On September 1, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced the appointment of Prof. Dr Christoph Grunenberg, Director of Kunsthalle Bremen, as a member of its Supervisory Board.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has covered its entire glass façade in multicolored polka dots designed by Yayoi Kusama Studio, ahead of the opening of a major survey of the artist's work on September 11, 2026.
On August 31, 2026, M+ in Hong Kong announced the touring of three newly restored 4K films from its M+ Restored initiative: Jacob Cheung's 'Cageman' (1992), Allen Fong's 'Just Like Weather' (1986), and Tsui Hark's 'The Butterfly Murders' (1979).
Ann Demeester, currently Director of the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands, has been appointed the new Director of the Kunsthaus Zürich, the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft announced on July 15, 2021. She will succeed Christoph Becker on January 1, 2023.
The Stedelijk Museum has updated its collection presentation 'Yesterday Today', which originally opened in 2022 and focuses on visual arts and design before 1950.
On April 8, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced that its retrospective 'Erwin Olaf – Freedom' has concluded.
The Stedelijk Museum announced on June 16, 2026, the death of Wim T. Schippers on June 10, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is presenting a tribute exhibition to Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers, who died recently, featuring his final work 'Wim is gone 1942-2026 (unfinished)'.
On April 29, 2026, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced a collaboration with Samsung that puts 30 works from its collection on Samsung Frame TV through the Samsung Art Store.
Hend Samir, an Egyptian painter based in Amsterdam, has won the fourteenth edition of the ABN AMRO Art Award, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and ABN AMRO announced.
On May 19, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced Supersize Stedelijk, a new educational project that brings art from its collection into school playgrounds.
The Stedelijk Museum announced the participants for the 2026 edition of its biannual exhibition 'Proposals for the Museum Collection: Bring Your Own Book'. The open call drew 746 submissions, from which a jury selected the listed artists and collectives.
On July 17, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced 'Adam Pendleton: Some Wild Kind of Language', an exhibition opening October 8, 2026.
Otobong Nkanga (born 1974, Kano, Nigeria) will receive the Sikkens Prize 2026 on October 26, 2026, at a ceremony in Laren, Netherlands. The prize, awarded by the Sikkens Foundation, honors an artist or collective pioneering in the field of color.
Tony Cragg has been awarded the European Culture Prize 2026, recognizing his profound international impact on contemporary sculpture. The prize also acknowledges his establishment of Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden in Wuppertal, which has shaped the cultural scene of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has placed on view the complete series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), one of the 19th century's most important Japanese printmakers.
On August 20, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced a major exhibition of work by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, set to run from September 11, 2026, through January 17, 2027. ABN AMRO will serve as the main partner, building on the bank's long-standing collaboration with the museum.
On August 26, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced its Fall 2026 and 2027 program, featuring a landmark retrospective of Yayoi Kusama (September 11, 2026–January 17, 2027) that includes early works never seen in Europe and a new Infinity Mirror Room.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam announced the death of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died at an undisclosed age. Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, Kusama developed a distinctive visual language of polka dots, pumpkins, and mirrored environments over a career spanning more than seven decades.
On August 25, 2026, the Stedelijk Museum announced the seventh edition of its Post/No/Bills series, featuring a site-specific installation by artist Kexin Hao titled 'Anatomy of Obstruction'.
On August 12, 2026, Heritage Auctions announced the appointment of Frank Hettig as Vice President of Modern & Contemporary Art. Hettig brings over 12 years of auction experience and a reputation as a curator, critic, and connoisseur of contemporary art.
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will present the third and final leg of a major traveling retrospective of Yayoi Kusama, running September 11, 2026, through January 17, 2027.
De Pont Museum in Tilburg, Netherlands, will present 'Sigmar Polke: The Knowledge of Colours,' an exhibition exploring the artist's radical color experiments from the 1980s onward.
On August 25, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum announced a trio of exhibitions for the 2026-2027 season. The largest European retrospective of James McNeill Whistler in thirty years, "Whistler.
The Van Eeghen family has donated an extremely rare early 17th-century drawing book to the Rijksmuseum, the museum announced on August 18, 2026.
On August 13, 2026, the Van Gogh Museum published the first extensive study of Vincent van Gogh's signatures, revealing that he signed only 133 of his 840 known paintings—approximately 15 percent.
Marwan Bassiouni's series 'New Dutch Views', featuring photographs of Dutch landscapes framed by Islamic motifs, patterned walls and prayer rugs, is the subject of an exhibition at Fotomuseum Den Haag.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has added multiple works to its collection. Several pieces are on loan from the City of Amsterdam. Additional acquisitions were purchased with support from the Vereniging Rembrandt and the M.B.T. de Groot Family/Rijksmuseum Fonds.
Nora Turato presents her performance pool7 at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam on August 29. The work uses exclusively self-written material performed through physical gestures including convulsions and tremors, with no recordings or documentation permitted.
The Stedelijk Museum and Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken present the annual selection of the most carefully designed Dutch publications of 2024.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam appointed Behrang Mousavi as Head of Collection Management effective October 1, 2025. Mousavi had served as interim head since the start of the year and previously led the National Collection for Architecture and Urban Planning at Het Nieuwe Instituut.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will open the exhibition Oltre Terra on February 15, 2025, running through July 13, 2025.
On November 28, 2024, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum announced the joint exhibition Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, which runs from March 7 to June 9, 2025.
The double exhibition Anselm Kiefer – Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, a collaboration between the Stedelijk Museum and the Van Gogh Museum, was voted winner of the Museumtijdschrift Exhibition Prize 2025 by the public. The prize was awarded on October 15 at the Kunsthal Rotterdam.
The Stedelijk Museum presents Erwin Olaf – Freedom from October 11, 2025 until April 6, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum has redesigned its presentation of art from 1950 to 1980 to feature works unseen for decades paired with new acquisitions.
The Stedelijk Museum is introducing Fonda Bar and Fonda Café along with Café Restaurant Sandberg. The new eateries were developed in collaboration with Amsterdam entrepreneurs from Oficina and the team behind Café Restaurant Metro in partnership with Vermaat.
The Stedelijk Museum hosts Norwegian artist Sandra Mujinga for live sound performances on October 24 and 25 as part of the Amsterdam Dance Event Arts & Culture programme.
Buro Stedelijk was established in 2022 by the Stedelijk Museum in collaboration with the Rijksakademie and De Ateliers. Founding curators Azu Nwagbogu and Rita Ouédraogo developed its framework from December 2022, with Ouédraogo leading the platform from December 2023.
Ekow Eshun will deliver the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam’s annual Bathtub Lecture on December 13, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will show Wael Shawky's video installation Drama 1882 from July 11, 2025, to October 26, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum has reappointed Annelies van der Pauw as chair of its supervisory board for a second term.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents the exhibition Things I’ve Never Seen Before from August 2, 2025, to October 19, 2025.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has appointed Melanie Bühler as Curator of Contemporary Art effective April 2025. In the role she will develop exhibitions, projects and publications while ensuring scientific accessibility of the collection.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is extending its exhibition Erwin Olaf – Freedom by five weeks due to sustained high visitor interest. Originally scheduled to close on March 1st, the show will now run until April 6th.
The Stedelijk Museum announced on August 18, 2025, that 99 works of art and design have joined its collection presentation Tomorrow Is a Different Day. Three-quarters of the visual arts works are by women, and many are recent acquisitions shown publicly for the first time.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will present Ivna Esajas' exhibition Wayward Lines. Consent Not to Be a Single Being from March 7, 2026. The show forms part of the 13th ABN AMRO Art Award, which Esajas won last year.
The Stedelijk Museum has renewed its partnership with ABN AMRO to align the bank with exhibitions, activities and educational programmes that promote equal opportunities for women, children and young people.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has acquired Negroes Battling in a Cave (2016) by Ellen Gallagher, marking the first time a painting by the artist has entered a Dutch public collection.
Stedelijk Museum announced the appointment of Jo-Lene Ong as Curator of Buro Stedelijk on January 14, 2026. Ong will begin her three-year term on March 1, 2026, succeeding Rita Ouédraogo whose term concluded at the end of 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has completed the restoration of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s Nacktes Mädchen Hinter Vorhang (Fränzi), a key work in its German Expressionist holdings. The project was funded through Bank of America’s Art Conservation Project.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has appointed Gunay Uslu and Ron Soonieus to its Supervisory Board. Gunay Uslu, CEO and co-founder of Corendon and former State Secretary for Culture and Media from 2022 to 2023, joins the board as of April 1, 2026.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents the premiere of Flaying of Marsyas, a new durational performance by artist Miles Greenberg, on November 13, 2025.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents the group exhibition Beyond the Manosphere – Masculinities Today from April 17 to August 2, 2026.
Stedelijk Museum will present Circuits, an installation by Amsterdam design collective Experimental Jetset, from July 12.
On November 22, 2024, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam returned the painting Odalisque (1920/21) by Henri Matisse to the legal successors of Albert Stern.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has received Beach Scene (1961) and Hommage à H.M. (1971) from the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation. The donation marks the first time paintings by the American artist will enter a Dutch public collection. The works go on view at the museum starting September 22.
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