The Facts
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will present 'Common Practice – Collaborations in Art and Design' from November 28, 2026, to April 4, 2027. The exhibition, part of the museum's biennial Proposals for the Museum Collection series, focuses on collective artistic practices in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. Fifteen collectives were selected from 746 submissions via an open call, with a jury including Bik Van der Pol, Ebissé Wakjira, Lara Khaldi, and Lauren Alexander, alongside Stedelijk curators Claire van Els and Thomas Castro. The show features cross-disciplinary projects spanning publications, technology, graphic design, painting, performance, sculpture, video, activism, and social practice.
The Signal
The exhibition raises fundamental questions about how museums acquire and preserve practices that consist of relationships, shared knowledge, and networks rather than solely objects. By centering collective authorship and collaborative processes, 'Common Practice' challenges the traditional emphasis on individual authorship and permanence in museum collections. For collectors and curators, this signals a growing institutional recognition of non-object-based artistic labor and the need for new acquisition models that value methodologies and social infrastructures alongside finished works. The accompanying publication, designed by Kuan-Ting Chen with Thomas Castro, compiles fifteen individually designed artist booklets as a handbook for collective work.
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- Artists: Augustinas Milkus, Susu Lee, Jordi de Vetten, Glenda Martinus, Rudsel Martinus, Jörgen Gario, Quinsy Gario, Wapke Feenstra, Merel Severs, Sam Zanardo, Ahmed El Gendy, Barnaby Savage, Birgit Welink, Cain Wittenhaus, Fernando Troya, Li Bosveld, Lisa Schamlé, Milou van Duijnhoven, Nadia Okashi, Pennie Key, Senna Pauli, Yun Lee, Agata Bar, Daria Tuminas, Zhenia Sveshchinskaya, Nadine Stijns, Melissa Strangio, Batya Brown, Anja Groten, Heerko van der Kooij, Pernilla Manjula Philip, Ren Loren Britton, Aylin Kuryel, Deniz Buga, Fırat Yücel, Zindzi Zevenbergen, Zara Koops, Vanity Wezer, Sharon Jane D, Macarena Loma Yévenes, Mounir Raji, Lamiae El Hajjaji, Kai de Bies, Joya Mooi, Isabel Bérénos, Hayzee, Giuseppe du Crocq, Edmée Loupatty, Dionne Verwey, Brian Elstak, Atlynn Vrolijk, Saja Amro, Teresa Borasino, Arthur Kneepkens, Sarah Kuhail, Alina Lupu, Hilda Moucharrafieh, Elektra Tatalia-Aloupi, Wan Ing Que, Dani Ploeger, Jihan Eyo, Reshan Yousef, Tirzo Martha, Bambí Benkö, Katherine Ball, Tilly Gifford, Cami Martenot, KC (Kees Koenders), Shigeo Arikawa, Marcel van den Berg
- People: Bik Van der Pol, Liesbeth Bik, Jos van der Pol, Ebissé Wakjira, Lara Khaldi, Lauren Alexander, Claire van Els, Thomas Castro, Kuan-Ting Chen
- Museums: Stedelijk Museum
- Locations: Amsterdam
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