|  | | THE FAMILIAR | Exhibition by David Wasch
@ Gastatelier de Vindplaats, Amsterdam
From 12:30 till 19:00
During Davids residency at De Vindplaats, he investigates together with the children what home can mean. For some it is a place or room, for others a language, a memory or a feeling. Through the children's stories and images, the project grows as a living whole: it changes, tilts and always takes on new forms.
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|  | | SHE SAW, I SAW | Book launch from 17:00 till 19:00
by Marieke Zwart
@ CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam
Maternity care and midwife care at home are part of the Dutch culture. Yet, this form of maternity care is under pressure due to budget cuts and staff shortages. This publication demonstrates the invaluable work of two healthcare professionals in Amsterdam Zuidoost.
Published and for sale through n.k.g. publications
Book design by Lotte Lara Schröder
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|  | | BUURTLICHT WATERTOREN | Projections with a.o. Margreet Kramer
@ Watertoren, Amsterdam
From 17:00 till 19:00
This year Buurlicht exist 7 years, they wil celebrate it by projections on the Watertower. Amongst others Margreet will show her video TOUCH / SYRIA / ARMENIA at 18:30
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|  | | MOTHER'S SHOES | Solo exhibition by Lily Lanfermeijer
@ Gallery van Fanny Freytag, Amsterdam
Stepping into the exhibition Mother’s Shoes means entering a slower rhythm. The space is shaped around attention, tactility, and the small rituals that guide how we relate to our surroundings. Surfaces shift under your feet; light changes the atmosphere, textures invite a different kind of looking.
The works bring together clay, print, and spatial gestures to explore how thinking can become physical. Ideas are not presented as conclusions but as materials; malleable, repeated, reconsidered. Ceramic Thinking Hats inspired by Edward de Bono’s framework appear throughout the space, reimagined in clay.
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| | |  | | ARCHIVE DES BEGEHRENS | Exhibition with a.o. Romy Yedidia
@ Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, E-Werk Freiburg, Germany
The exhibition Archive des Begehrens explores waste not merely as a residue of capitalism, but as a driving force within it. The participating artists transform discarded materials and draw on the appealing aesthetic of consumer goods to examine desire as the engine behind production and consumption. Rather than idealizing nature or demonizing waste, the works center the question of desire—what fuels it, and how it shapes our systems.
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|  | | STUDIUM GENERALE 2026 | @ The Gym, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Studium Generale, Rietveld Academie's extensive transdisciplinary theory programme, kicks off in January after the holiday with a weekly preliminary programme.
This year's theme is
loVe making ᥫ᭡ love as a creative act and site of resistance.
The programme will consist of performance, healing yoga, talk, film screening, love-disco, workshop, dance, reading group & multi-day festival + Rietveld Uncut.
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|  | | ON FUNDING BODIES | LIFE AFTER RIETVELD AND SANDBERG
Session hosted by Pedro Matias
@ Theory Stairs, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
At 16:00 there will be presentations by Amarte Fonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Stimuleringsfonds and Voordekunst about Dutch funding opportunities.
At 17:15 this will be followed by a session hosted by Pedro Matias (alum Rietveld and Sandberg).
This session offers a direct look at how Dutch funding structures operate and how artists can engage with them critically and strategically. Pedro Matias and invited speakers will share concrete experiences from working with public funds, including proposal development, committee processes, common pitfalls, and what actually shapes a successful application.
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Did you miss the previous sessions? You can find the recordings here! |
| _(5).jpg?v=20251208164713 "Jpg(mediaclass landscape large fefadaaffcddaacf)") | | OPEN DAY 2026 | @ Gerrit Rietveld Academie
We warmly welcome everyone on our annual Open Day on Friday 30 January 2026. A chance to wander around our buildings and explore the various departments, including the Preparatory Course, Orientation Course and DOGtime (part-time bachelor's programme).
Throughout the day, students and teachers will be present, offering insights and answering questions about pursuing art and design studies at our academy.
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| | |  | | SOIL WORKS | Exhibition by Elena Khurtova
@ Kunstwerk Kolderveen, Nijeveen
Through her ongoing research Khurtova has been exploring processes of soil displacement, researching soil management sites — the grondbanken, where excavated soils are temporarily stored, classified and redistributed. By juxtaposing notions of automation and intimacy, waste and kinship, containment and resistance, Khurtova investigates the ambiguity of control and care in human relations with soil.
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|  | | THERE'S ALWAYS ANOTHER TWIST | Exhibition by Minne Kersten
@ Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Especially for the Oude Kerk, Minne developed a new audiovisual installation in which she makes a connection between spiritual imagination and the magic of the earliest film techniques. The twenty-five-metre-high spiral stairs of the Oude Kerk form a central motif.
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|  | | WORK IN PROGRESS | Exhibition with a.o. Maarten Rots
@ Atelier Mondriaan, Winterswijk
From 9 March and 3 May 2026, Maarten will be operating from a temporary studio within the museum, offering visitors a glimpse into his creative process.
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| .png?v=20251209123101 "Scherm afbeelding om png(mediaclass landscape large fefadaaffcddaacf)") | | JAN VAN DER VAART: FOR JAN AND ALL | Retrospective
@ Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Den Haag
A major retrospective with more than 150 objects, from iconic series products to unique pieces, highlighting his significance for Dutch ceramics. Jan was a visionary ceramic artist, perfectionist and long-time head of the ceramics department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
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|  | | APPLICATION CALL DE ATELIERS 2026 | A two-year studio and tutoring programme that is best tailored to the needs of highly motivated artists who wish to strengthen their artistic foundation, develop their ideas and deepen their practice in a focused, critical environment among peers from around the globe.
Deadline 15 JAN 2026
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| .png?v=20251208132046 "Screenshot at") | | CALL FOR PROPOSALS TECHARTE 2026 | They're looking for proposals that continue to nurture that hybrid spirit —somewhere between laboratory and stage— that has accompanied Technarte since the very beginning.
Deadline 26 DEC 2025
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