Amsterdam Art Week 2026 programme
28 selected listings · 18–22 November 2026
| Type | Name | Venue | Dates | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art week | ![]() Art week Amsterdam Art WeekAFive days of contemporary art across galleries, museums, residencies and artist-led spaces, with exhibitions, openings and guided encounters. |
Citywide programme |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 18–22 Nov 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The fourteenth edition returns to November and coincides with Rijksakademie Open Studios. This independent guide also selects museum exhibitions outside the official programme. Programme listing ↗ |
| Open studios | ![]() Open studios Rijksakademie Open StudiosAForty-eight resident artists share their research and work through studio presentations, performances, screenings and temporary interventions. |
Artist residency |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 19–22 Nov 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Not open on Wednesday 18 November. Use the official programme for daily opening times and any event-specific arrangements. Programme listing ↗ |
| Gallery collaboration | ![]() Gallery collaboration INDEBT x Diez invites…AInternational galleries occupy an unfinished historic building, creating temporary presentations and encounters across spaces normally closed to visitors. |
Project space |
WedWednesday 18 November: Access not confirmed; check the organiserThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 18–21 Nov 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The building is still being renovated. Ask the organiser about step-free access and Wednesday opening before visiting. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Saskia Noor van Imhoff — Handles SqueezedAAn installation examines collecting, decay and preservation, bringing landscape, sculpture and photography into a shared system. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov–23 Dec 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission At GRIMM’s new Amsterdam location on Leidsegracht. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Alicia Framis — LoversAWorks across Framis’s career trace intimacy, loneliness and companionship, from staged relationships to experiments with artificial intelligence. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov–19 Dec 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Frank Ammerlaan — MASSALead-based works explore weight, transformation and the histories carried by a material shaped over geological time. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov–19 Dec 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Shares a venue with Alicia Framis’s Lovers; both exhibitions can be visited together. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition patricia kaersenhout — Poetic JusticeAInstallation, textiles and moving images reconsider colonial naming, botanical imagery and the recovery of Indigenous and Black voices. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov 2026–13 Feb 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Folkert de Jong — The PartyAA gathering of theatrical plaster and concrete figures turns an elegant celebration into a scene of uncertainty and disturbed power. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 19 Nov 2026–10 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Frida Orupabo — Days like razors, nights full of ratsAOrupabo’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands brings her image-based practice to Stevenson’s Amsterdam space. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov 2026–16 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Keetje Mans — Flimsily Held Together by BirdsongAA new series of paintings follows Mans’s recent museum presentation, bringing her distinctive imagery into the gallery. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov–19 Dec 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Thierry Oussou — Veins of AmsterdamAVideo and paintings grow out of conversations with GVB workers, making visible the people and stories behind the city’s daily movement. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov 2026–9 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The official Art Week programme lists 19 November as its programme start; the wider city agenda announces the exhibition from 13 November. This guide shows the confirmed Art Week visiting dates. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Lindsay Merrill — DaughterEPaintings of rural American landscapes, taxidermy and seasonal decorations bring close attention to overlooked everyday objects. |
Gallery |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 30 Oct–20 Dec 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Enari’s own exhibition calendar dates the show from 30 October; the Art Week programme highlights it from 19 November. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ · Official full exhibition date range. · Art Week participation and free admission. |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Kinke Kooi — eromheenANew and existing works form an enveloping installation of ornament, colour and soft materials, extending drawing into bodily space. |
Project space |
WedWednesday 18 November: Closed or outside programme datesThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 19 Nov 2026–28 Feb 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The venue’s own exhibition page confirms 19 November–28 February; the Art Week listing uses different bounds. This guide follows the venue’s dates. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ · Venue confirms full exhibition dates, overriding the Art Week listing. |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie 2026DAn archive and public programme revisit how class, labour and privilege influence who makes, presents and encounters contemporary art. |
Art space |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Closed or outside programme dates 12 Sep–21 Nov 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The exhibition ends before the final day of Art Week. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Life After Love — In Search of the Militant ImageFArtists and community organisers examine how images of political struggle travel across uprisings, digital networks and everyday organising. |
Art space |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 30 Oct 2026–17 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Curated by Hera Chan and Edwin Nasr. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Mire LeeOSilicone, steel, motors and liquids create moving structures that bring vulnerability and bodily transformation into the historic church. |
Museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 13 Nov 2026–7 Mar 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Sunday visiting starts later than on other days. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Yayoi KusamaAA retrospective follows more than seven decades of Kusama’s work across painting, sculpture, installation, fashion and performance. |
Museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 11 Sep 2026–17 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Organised with Fondation Beyeler and Museum Ludwig. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Adam Pendleton — Some Wild Kind of LanguageAPaintings and large drawings explore abstract forms and mark-making within the Stedelijk’s historic architecture. |
Museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets Oct 2026–17 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The official programme confirms the exhibition from October but does not give a precise October opening date. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Willem de Kooning at workRDrawings, paintings and sculpture trace drawing as a working method across more than six decades of de Kooning’s career. |
Museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 9 Oct 2026–17 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent museum exhibition, included alongside the Art Week programme. Programme listing ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Whistler — Dandy and DisruptorVA retrospective examines Whistler’s paintings and prints, his aesthetic ideas and his challenges to the conventions of nineteenth-century art. |
Museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 16 Oct 2026–10 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent museum exhibition. Entrance is on Museumplein. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Yoshitoshi — Master of the MoonVThe One Hundred Aspects of the Moon print series brings together historical figures, warriors, lovers and mythical stories. |
Museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 1 Oct 2026–4 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent museum exhibition. Entrance is on Museumplein. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Adolphe de Meyer — The Substance of a Venetian DreamHRediscovered photographs of Venice introduce de Meyer’s personal world, artistic networks and experiments with light and staging. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 24 Oct 2026–7 Feb 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The museum occupies two historic canal houses with many stairs; contact the museum about access requirements. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Andrzej Steinbach — HierHCarefully staged photographic series examine gestures, objects and the ways viewers assign roles and meaning to figures. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 24 Oct 2026–7 Feb 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The museum occupies two historic canal houses with many stairs; contact the museum about access requirements. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Maya Inès Touam — BelongingsHPhotographic tableaux and digital collages combine objects, myths and visual traditions to explore migration, belonging and cultural exchange. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 24 Oct 2026–7 Feb 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission The museum occupies two historic canal houses with many stairs; contact the museum about access requirements. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Nadav Kander — The edge of thingsFPortraits and landscapes connect Kander’s interest in fragile lives, changing places and the uncertain edges of familiar scenes. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 18 Sep 2026–31 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent photography exhibition. One museum visit can cover all four listed Foam exhibitions. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Hailun Ma — HometownFFashion, family and youth culture in Xinjiang become a lens for looking at daily identity and the ways people present themselves. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 18 Sep 2026–20 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent photography exhibition. One museum visit can cover all four listed Foam exhibitions. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Keerthana Kunnath — Not What You SawFPortraits of female bodybuilders in Kerala question familiar expectations of strength, beauty and gender. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 18 Sep–27 Nov 2026 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent photography exhibition. One museum visit can cover all four listed Foam exhibitions. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
| Exhibition | ![]() Exhibition Myriam Boulos — A Collective Diary: Sexual FantasiesFPhotographs, personal observations and the voices of others form an intimate exploration of desire, power and bodies. |
Photography museum |
WedWednesday 18 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsThuThursday 19 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsFriFriday 20 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSatSaturday 21 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and ticketsSunSunday 22 November: Public programme; check Details for hours and tickets 23 Oct 2026–20 Jan 2027 | DetailsOpening / access Admission Independent photography exhibition. One museum visit can cover all four listed Foam exhibitions. Programme listing ↗ · Venue hours & access ↗ |
Amsterdam Art Week takes place 18–22 November 2026. Explore the citywide programme, Rijksakademie Open Studios, gallery exhibitions and independent museum shows in this selected guide. PAN Amsterdam and Museumnacht take place earlier in November; Affordable Art Fair follows later in the month. Filled dots show confirmed public programme days; half-filled dots indicate restricted-only access. Open Details for hours, ticket conditions and official sources. Plan your visit →
Image sources & credits
- Amsterdam Art Week: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Rijksakademie Open Studios: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- INDEBT x Diez invites…: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Saskia Noor van Imhoff — Handles Squeezed: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Alicia Framis — Lovers: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Frank Ammerlaan — MASS: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- patricia kaersenhout — Poetic Justice: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Folkert de Jong — The Party: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Frida Orupabo — Days like razors, nights full of rats: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Keetje Mans — Flimsily Held Together by Birdsong: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Thierry Oussou — Veins of Amsterdam: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Lindsay Merrill — Daughter: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Kinke Kooi — eromheen: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie 2026: Installation photograph © Sander van Wettum / de Appel. Source ↗
- Life After Love — In Search of the Militant Image: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Mire Lee: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Yayoi Kusama: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Adam Pendleton — Some Wild Kind of Language: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Willem de Kooning at work: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Whistler — Dandy and Disruptor: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Yoshitoshi — Master of the Moon: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Adolphe de Meyer — The Substance of a Venetian Dream: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Andrzej Steinbach — Hier: Official organiser or venue sharing image; original credit available at source.. Source ↗
- Maya Inès Touam — Belongings: Maya Inès Touam, Retable Agoodjié et sa reine, 2022, © Maya Inès Touam.. Source ↗
- Nadav Kander — The edge of things: Diver, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, 1997 © Nadav Kander; official Foam exhibition image. Source ↗
- Hailun Ma — Hometown: Kashi Youth, Uruklyn © Hailun Ma. Source ↗
- Keerthana Kunnath — Not What You Saw: Bodybuilders for Tilfi, 2026 © Keerthana Kunnath; official Foam exhibition image. Source ↗
- Myriam Boulos — A Collective Diary: Sexual Fantasies: Photograph © Myriam Boulos; official Foam exhibition image. Source ↗



























