13th Edition of Amsterdam Art Week announced

This year’s event takes place during the 750th year of Amsterdam festivities and firmly places the Dutch city as an important hub for arts and culture. Visit the Dutch capital this spring, by the stunning canals to view major new exhibitions, gallery shows, and emerging areas of the city popping up with new project spaces and cultural and lifestyle destinations. The city will transform into a creative hub across the compact yet vibrant city for one of the biggest art weeks in Europe.

This year, there will also be a focus on Amsterdam West; from Westerpark to the Old West, Sloterdijk and Bos en Lommer, a new and upcoming part of the city for arts and artists as well as wider culture. Amsterdam Art Week is also delighted to kick off the week with a special symposium in collaboration with ArtTable NL, with the programme to be shared in March.

The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, is a breeding ground for international and multidisciplinary talent in the city and is a core partner again this year, a tradition which has grown since the art week began. In 2025, Amsterdam Art Week will jointly celebrate the opening of Amsterdam Art Week with the Rijksakademie Open Studios. Amsterdam is known for the connection between its gallery scene and the residents and alums of this prestigious art residency programme. Visitors will be able to go behind the scenes and experience the work of this year’s cohort. A special media visit to see the work will also take place in March, details to be announced. Current residents are: Abdo Zin Eldin, Ada M. Patterson, Alexandra Hunts, amy pickles, Ashfika Rahman, Astrit Ismaili, Avril Corroon, Ayo, Baha Görkem Yalım, Bo Bosk, Chathuri Nissansala, Chin Tsao, Choi Heong-uk, Dicky Takndare, Eniwaye Oluwaseyi, Erik Tlaseca, Eunsae Lee, Fransisca Angela, Hamza Badran, Hasan Özgür Top, Jackie Karuti, Jessica Wilson, Joanne Igbuwe, Jort van der Laan, Kaili Smith, Krystel Geerts, Li Yi-Fan, Lili Huston-Herterich, Lisa Barnard, Lotte Werkema, Lucas Lugarinho, Maksud Ali Mondal, Naré Eloyan, Nataliya Zuban, Nazif Lopulissa, Nestor Siré, Nora Aurrekoetxea Etxebarria, Sallisa Rosa, Sandra Poulson, Silvia Gatti, Smári Róbertsson, Thato Toeba, vo ezn, Wynnie Minerva. 

Major shows will take place at the Oude Kerk, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Foam, Amsterdam Museum, Eye Film Museum, and Nxt Museum, featuring artists such as Pamela Rosenkranz, Kim Sooja and Augusta Curiel in their opening exhibitions, as well as Anselm Kiefer, Formafantasma, and more to be announced. The program spans film, photography, and sound, alongside contemporary practices in sculpture, painting, installation, and more. 

Galleries who will take part in Amsterdam Art Week include AKINCI, andriesse ~ eyck gallery, Annet Gelink Gallery, Bradwolff & Partners, Enari Gallery, Enseoul, Galerie Bart, galerie dudokdegroot, Galerie Fons Welters, Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Galerie Fontana, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Galerie Ron Mandos, Gallery van Fanny Freytag, GoMulan Gallery, GRIMM, Josilda da Conceição, Kersgallery, LANG, Lumen Travo, Madé van Krimpen, m.simons, NewHouse Gallery, No Man's Art Gallery, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Slewe Gallery, Stigter Van Doesburg, tegenboschvanvreden, Upstream Gallery and Gallery Vriend van Bavink.

Meanwhile, project spaces across the city will show the best in emerging talents across spaces that will include Arti et Amicitae, Bradwolff Projects,  Buro Stedelijk, CBK Zuidoost, De Appel, Framer Framed, Galerie de Schans, If I Can't Dance, Iona Stichting, ISO, Loods 6, Marwan, No Limits Art Castle, Projectspace 38/40, puntWG, ROZENSTRAAT - a rose is a rose is a rose, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond, VU Art Science Gallery, W139 and Het Salon.

Main Image: Susanne Khalil Yusef, Open Studios, 2024, Photo: Tomek Dersu Aaron