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This winter, we invite you to explore a rich mix of art forms filling every gallery. From photography and installations to textiles, expressive painting, and sculptures: there’s something for everyone.  Discover groundbreaking stories in a variety of temporary exhibitions, collection displays, In situ works, and the Don Quixote Sculpture Hall. Don’t miss this season of creativity at the Stedelijk!  Book your ticket via the link in bio.

Get ready! Miriam Cahn’s exhibition ‘Reading Dust’ opens this Saturday. Our team is checking the final details as we speak 👀 More tickets & info via link in bio. #stedelijkmuseum #amsterdam #contemporaryart #modernart #designmuseum #miriamcahn #readingdust #stedelijk

OPENING THIS SATURDAY! We’ve been working on something special..💥 ‘Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’ opens on September 14. In this exhibition 45 artists from around the world present extraordinary artworks, from large-scale, colorful and expressive installations, to delicate and intimate pieces about love, resilience, power, and resistance.  Buy your ticket now to explore over a hundred captivating works by various artists. Link in bio.  #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #unravel #thepowerandpoliticsoftextilesinart @barbicancentre

This work has no front or back, and there’s no hierarchy between the two sides. In ‘Dear Sides’, Katja Mater works with so-called half-palindromes: right to left, forming different words or phrases in each directions. These are projected onto a transparent screen, so that the projection is equally visible on both sides. Mater exposes the mechanisms of photography, film, and language. And she reveals how the same image can be perceived and understood in different ways depending on our position in the space. This work is on view in the group exhibition ‘Circulate – Photography Beyond Frames’. ‘Dear Sides’ (2019) by Katja Mater. Courtesy of the artist and LambdaLambdaLambda. #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #dearsides #katjamater #mater #circulate #photographybeyondframes

The term “Subversive stitch” comes from Rozsika Parker’s 1984 book of the same name, in which she unpacks how textiles have been dismissed as women’s work. Artists have pushed back against these associations, using stitching as a language to challenge fixed ideas and voice free expression. Artists such as LJ Roberts, Tracey Emin and Nicholas Hlobo question gendered and value-based binaries and use the act of stitching as a radical practice. Learn more about the works in the exhibition ‘Unravel - The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’. On view up until January 5, 2025. Tracey Erin, ‘No chance (WHAT A YEAR)’, 1999. Private collection UK. Judy Chicago, ‘Birth Tear / Tear’, 1982. Collection of Jeffrey N. Dauber and Marc A. Levin. Mounira Al Solh, ‘Paper Speakers’, 2020-2021. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, gift of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg, 2023. Feliciano Centurión, ‘Listen to the beat of your heart’, 1995. ‘I’m reborn at every instance’, 1995. ‘Starfish’, 1990. ‘I’m (a) soul in pain’, 1995. ‘I am a wildflower sprouting in the middle of the asphalt’, 1990. Works above part of private collection, São Paulo. I am alive’, 1994. Estrellita B. Brodsky collection ‘Eye with ñandutí’, ca. 1994. Flavia Nespatti collection. Nicholas Hlobo, ‘Babelana ngentloko’, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul and London. LJ Roberts, ’Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits’, 2021. Courtesy the artist and Hales London and New York. Angela Su, ‘Sewing Together My Split Mind: French Knot’, 2020. Courtesy the artist and Blindspot Gallery. #StedelijkMuseumAmsterdam #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #ArtMuseum #MuseumExhibit #ArtLovers #ContemporaryDesign #AmsterdamArt #DesignInspiration #ExploreAmsterdam #VisitAmsterdam #modernart #design #museum #Unravel #textileart

What’s one thing we love almost as much as admiring art? Watching our visitors enjoying the artworks. 😉👀 Whether you’re in the mood for a solo day out or a romantic Sunday date: we’ve got you covered! Book your ticket via the link in bio. #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #design #museum

"Female artists have a lot to do because we have to rewrite the art history. ​And that's why my females look back." – Miriam Cahn Miriam Cahn, 'aufgeben, 2021 + 11./12.12.22' #stedelijkmuseum #amsterdam #contemporaryart #modernart #designmuseum #miriamcahn #readingdust #amsterdam #stedelijk

The days are getting colder, so let this painting warm you up! ☀️ Frits van den Berghe painted actress Stella van de Wiele in a bright scene. The loose outfit, pink tulips and blush on her cheeks add to the sunny feeling. A halo even seems to surround her. This painting is striking in Van den Berghe's oeuvre: much of his other work is dark and surrealistic. Frits van den Berghe, 'Spring. The actress Stella van de Wiele', (1915) #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #design #museum #vandenberghe

A borderland is ‘a vague and undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary’ writes scholar Glora E. Anzaldúa. The artists within these theme of the exhibition move beyond a border being a boundary that separates ‘’us’’ from ‘’them’’. Instead, they ask how borderlands - as emotionally charged spaces - might be sites for profound creativity. Learn more about the works in the exhibition ‘Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’. On view up and until January 5, 2025. Kimsooja, ‘Bottari - The Island’, 2011. Private collection. ‘Bottari’, 2018. Courtesy Kimsooja Studio and Axel Vervoordt Gallery. Cian Dayrit, ‘Yuta Nagi Panaad (Promised Land)’, 2018. Made in collaboration with Henry Caceres. Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection. ‘Valley of Dispossession’, 2021. Courtesy the artist and NOME, Berlin. Margarita Cabrera, ‘Nopal. (Christina Zarate)’, 2016. ‘Nopal. (Wendy F. V.)’, 2016. ‘Pipe Organ (Rony P.L.)’, 2016. Courtesy the artist and Jane Lombard Gallery, New York. #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #unravel #thepowerandpoliticsoftextilesinart #textile #textiles #borderlands

NEWS! In 2026 Yayoi Kusama will have a landmark retrospective at the Stedelijk. Kusama is one of the most influential and pioneering artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. This expansive exhibition will explore more than seven decades of Kusama’s groundbreaking work. A wide range of artistic media will be showcased including painting, sculpture, installations, drawing, fashion, collages, happenings, live performances, and more. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date about this exhibition, ticket sales, and more via link in bio. Get ready.. 💥 The exhibition opens on September 11 2026. Yayoi Kusama with 'Yellow Tree / Living Room' at the Aichi Triennale, 2010 © YAYOI KUSAMA. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, David Zwirner. Yayoi Kusama. An exhibition by: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Museum Ludwig, Cologne. The exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum is curated by Leontine Coelewij. #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #yayoikusama #kusama #new

There’s much to see on our posterwall! Have you ever taken a good look at it? 🖼️ The years after the Second World War became an era of new political views and philosophical revolutions. The so-called “protest generation” was born, making their voices heard through posters, which were cheap and easy to print. Posters continue to be a powerful tool for radical change. This collection ranges from the fourties up until today. #stedelijkmuseum #stedelijk #amsterdam #contemporaryart #designmuseum #modernart #poster #graphicdesign #design #museum

Saturdays are for chilling with the girls 😉 The artist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was one of the first artists to bring expressionism to Germany, together with his collective 'Die Brücke' (The Bridge). They did this by making use of bright colors and portraying moments of spontaneity such as this one. They tried to capture what they believed to be a more natural way of living, in a time of very heavy urbanization. 'Drei Akte im Walde' (1908/1920) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner is now on view in our collection display. #stedelijkmuseum #amsterdam #contemporaryart #modernart #designmuseum #ernstludwigkirchner #kirchner #diebrucke #expressionism #stedelijk