November 24–27, 2016
Amsterdam Art Weekend 2016
November 24–27, various opening hours
RijksakademieOPEN 2016
November 26–27, 11am–7pm
Annually, at the end of November, Amsterdam Art Weekend and RijksakademieOPEN mark the most important events for contemporary art in the Dutch capital. For one long weekend the city is transformed into an international hotspot for art lovers and professionals alike.
Amsterdam Art Weekend 2016
Highlights in the program:
Thursday, November 24: opening exhibition El Anatsui at the Prince Claus Fund Gallery
Thursday, November 24: festive opening of Amsterdam Art Weekend and RijksakademieOPEN 2016
Friday, November 25: Gallery Night with Isaac Julien, Dustin Yellin, David Maljkovic and many others
Sunday, November 27: opening exhibition Jordan Wolfson at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
All weekend: performance program with amongst others Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Wu Tsang & Fred Moten and Béatrice Balcou
Amsterdam Art Weekend presents an extensive program of over 100 exhibitions, performances, screenings and conversations, in which more than 50 of Amsterdam’s leading art venues showcase the newest developments in contemporary art. Visitors will be the first to witness tomorrow’s artistic talent unfold.
Alongside the carefully curated public program an extensive Professionals program gives national and international art professionals numerous chances to make new discoveries, and extend their network.
Participants include more than 50 galleries and project spaces, as well as, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, EYE, Foam, Manifesta, Prince Claus Fund Gallery, Oude Kerk, De Ateliers, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution and International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA).
The complete program will be published at the end of September at amsterdamart.com/weekend.
RijksakademieOPEN 2016
During RijksakademieOPEN, all 45 emerging (inter)national artists of the Rijksakademie (the renowned residency program) will open their studios and present the results of their research, experimentation and innovation. Visitors are given the opportunity to discover trends and developments in the visual arts and get to know artists whose work they will later encounter in prominent collections, exhibitions and biennials worldwide. In Amsterdam at RijksakademieOPEN, they get an exclusive preview.
Resident artists RijksakademieOPEN 2016
(2016–17) Monira AL Qadiri (Kuwait), Leonardiansyah Allenda (Indonesia), Inez de Brauw (Netherlands), Sander Breure (Netherlands), Xinyi Cheng (China/United States), Kate Cooper (United Kingdom), Jonathan van Doornum (Netherlands), Deniz Eroglu (Denmark/Turkey), Becket Flannery (United States), Witte van Hulzen (Netherlands), Takeshi Ikeda (Japan), Frederique Jonker (Netherlands), Sam Keogh (Ireland/United Kingdom), Mauricio Limón de León (Mexico/Spain), Basir Mahmood (Pakistan), Claudia Martínez (Peru), Inge Meijer (Netherlands), Funda Gül Özcan (Germany), Evelina Rajca (Germany/Netherlands), Floris Schönfeld (Netherlands/United States/United Kingdom), Joscha Steffens (Germany), Iqra Tanveer (Pakistan/Netherlands), Adam Ulbert (Hungary/Netherlands), Rutger de Vries (Netherlands), Tchelet Weisstub (Israel/Canada/Netherlands).
(2015–16) Juliaan Andeweg (Netherlands), Josefin Arnell (Sweden/Netherlands), Mercedes Azpilicueta (Italy/Argentina/Netherlands), Pauline Curnier Jardin (France), Koen Doodeman (Netherlands), Alex Farrar (GB/Netherlands), Marije Gertenbach (Netherlands), Margaret Haines (Canada/United States), Hamza Halloubi (Morocco), Tamar Harpaz (Israel/United States), Kareem Lotfy (Egypt/Netherlands), Christine Moldrickx (Germany), Matthijs Munnik (Netherlands), Thierry Oussou (Benin), Noah Ryu (South Korea), Eva Spierenburg (Netherlands), Dit-Cilinn (Sweden/Thailand), Robbert Weide (Netherlands), Geo Wyeth (US), Aimée Zito Lema (Netherlands/Argentina).
