Dating back to 1949, it played a crucial role in the mental recovery of post-WorldWar II residents through art in public spaces. Sonsbeek's legacy precedes Documenta, shaping and redefining the global art landscape.
The Mondriaan Fund organizes the Prospects exhibition annually during Art Rotterdam to give an extra boost to the visibility of starting artists. The proximity of Art Rotterdam allows art professionals and collectors, as well as a broad group of interested people, to become acquainted with the work of these promising artists. Curated by Johan Gustavsson and Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen.
Duo exhibition
Opening 11 April 2025
Evi Vingerling & Katja Mater
at Landhuis Oud Amelisweerdprojectmanager
Opening 11 April 2025
The Centraal Museum in Utrecht is organising contemporary art exhibitions in Oud-Amelisweerd, a country house on the outskirts of the city of Utrecht. Paintings by Vingerling are presented alongside Mater's conceptual, cross-disciplinary works. Despite their distinct approaches, both artists share a deep fascination with the experience of time and space. They are both particularly sensitive to the unexpected poetry of the moment, and through themes such as belonging and grief, Vingerling and Mater draw from their own experiences, inviting introspection and self-reflection.
12 month research project
1 February 2024 - 31 January 2025
Antonis Pittas
at ISCPstudio manager & research assistant
1 February 2024 - 31 January 2025
Artist residency at ISCP in New York City
open studios ISCP
15 - 16 november 2024
Antonis Pittas
projectmanager & research assistant NYC
15 - 16 november 2024
During the ISCP Open Studios Fall presentation, Pittas
presents two new works. They are the results of the research project he is
working on during the one-year residency that started in February 2024.
The work All exits lead to the stageinvestigates the stone blocks that are placed all over New York City. They work as the so-called hostile design; an urban strategy that uses elements of the built environment to purposefully guide public behavior. In the video work All exits lead to the stage the stones are transformed into 3D floating objects.
The work All exits lead to the stageinvestigates the stone blocks that are placed all over New York City. They work as the so-called hostile design; an urban strategy that uses elements of the built environment to purposefully guide public behavior. In the video work All exits lead to the stage the stones are transformed into 3D floating objects.
Anna Aagaard Jensen is an artist and designer who creates sculptural objects with a focus on the representation of women, the female body, and the feminine. In her work, Jensen explores ways to make room for the female body by bringing in different functions of objects into play. For her solo presentation at Centraal Museum she will make a collection intervention.
Group exhibition
Spray and stitch
at Centraal Museumassistant curator & projectmanager
3 July - 8 September 2024
The exhibition juxtaposes in particular two disciplines: graffiti and textile work. Two art forms that are rooted in marginalised communities. The exhibition investigates collectiveness, and collaborates with multiple makers, thinkers and collectives to carry out large-scale projects in co-creation. Co-curated with artistic director Bart Rutten
In 1972, William Tucker (Cairo 1935) wrote that Rietveld is more of an artist than a furniture maker or architect. “The chair (…) in fact operates as the agent of abstract invention.” According to the sculptor Ruud Kuijer (Schalkwijk 1959), this description is spot-on: Rietveld’s chairs are first and foremost sculptures. Each of his designs is a new starting point for an adventure with materials, proportions, strength and relationships. Kuijer’s vision on contemporary sculpture is informed by the same quest.
In the exhibition Works in dialogue. Kuijer & Rietveld in Utrecht Lokaal, Kuijer combines seven of Rietveld’s works with his own work: solid abstract constructions from the past 35 years. By presenting these as pairs, the works enter into a dialogue with each other, and the sculptural quality of Rietveld’s work becomes more pronounced.
In the exhibition Works in dialogue. Kuijer & Rietveld in Utrecht Lokaal, Kuijer combines seven of Rietveld’s works with his own work: solid abstract constructions from the past 35 years. By presenting these as pairs, the works enter into a dialogue with each other, and the sculptural quality of Rietveld’s work becomes more pronounced.
Solo exhibition
In collaboration with Hartwig Art Foundation, House Foundation for the Arts (NYC) and Haus der Kunst (DE)
21 October 2023 - 14 April 2024
Meredith Monk : Calling
at Oude Kerk AmsterdamIn collaboration with Hartwig Art Foundation, House Foundation for the Arts (NYC) and Haus der Kunst (DE)
exhibition coördinator
21 October 2023 - 14 April 2024
Calling celebrates the visionary work of contemporary music icon Meredith Monk. The presentation is a uniqueretrospective of her influential interdisciplinary performance practice. Monk transforms the church space into a singing body and immerses the audience in an audio-visual experience especially created for the Oude Kerk. The exhibition translates her live performances and concerts into encounters with immersive video and sound installations in the 700-year-old church. The exhibition is curated by Beatrix Ruf, director Hartwig Art Foundation, and is developed in close collaboration with Meredith Monk and The House Foundation for the Arts.
Solo exhibition Antonis Pittas
感覚麻痺
at Mujin-To Production, Tokyoproject manager
9 September - 21 October 2023
9 September - 21 October 2023
Paraesthesia, Pittas’ first solo exhibition in Asia is based on the installation shown for the first time at Annet Gelink Gallery, with additions of new works inspired by his research trip to Japan in May. Pittas arranges silkscreen prints like a page of comic book, suggestive of the parallel worlds of fantasy such as manga and video games, and the reality of our daily lives. The prints show images of the protest opposes immigration law that Pittas has seen in Tokyo, employing the frame of the comic book to bring the reality into focus. We invite you to face the gap between reality and the senses created by Pittas at the gallery.
Solo exhibition Pauline Curnier JardinHot Flowers, Warm Fingers
at Centraal Museum
Hot Flowers, Warm Fingers
at Centraal Museumexhibition coördinator
8 Sept 2023 - 22 April 2024 
Curnier's playful, theatrical and critical work relates to current themes within feminism and stereotypes about the role of women in society.
The Centraal Museum has invited Pauline Curnier Jardin for her first museum solo exhibition in the Netherlands. In this exhibition, the French artist will show work from the past five years together with works created especially for this exhibition. She will also put together a 'Wunderkammer' of furniture and paintings from the Centraal Museum's collection. Curated by Laurie Cluitmans.
The Centraal Museum has invited Pauline Curnier Jardin for her first museum solo exhibition in the Netherlands. In this exhibition, the French artist will show work from the past five years together with works created especially for this exhibition. She will also put together a 'Wunderkammer' of furniture and paintings from the Centraal Museum's collection. Curated by Laurie Cluitmans.
The exhibition New Horizons starts from the era of the Italianate painters to examine how contemporary artists and makers relate to the theme of journeying through a landscape.
With work from: Etel Adnan, Anna Aagaard Jensen, Jan Both, Joost Conijn, Gustave Courbet, Lungiswa Gqunta, Adrian Paci, Antonis Pittas, Baby Reni , Fiona Tan, JCJ Vanderheyden, Evi Vingerling and Rory Pilgrim.
Curated by Laurie Cluitmans
With work from: Etel Adnan, Anna Aagaard Jensen, Jan Both, Joost Conijn, Gustave Courbet, Lungiswa Gqunta, Adrian Paci, Antonis Pittas, Baby Reni , Fiona Tan, JCJ Vanderheyden, Evi Vingerling and Rory Pilgrim.
Curated by Laurie Cluitmans
De Balie brings together artists, activists and intellectuals to explore democracy as a cultural rather than a political expression. The 4th edition of the Forum on European culture focuses on the meaning and future of democracy in Europe. How does Europe deal with technological developments, its history of colonialism, imperialism and autocratic influences? And if Europe wants to be a democracy, what actions are needed?
Solo exhibition Antonis Pittas
Paraesthesia
at Annet Gelink Galleryprojectmanager & producer
10 March - 15 April 2023
The installation Paraesthesia brings together a group of interconnected works that pull together different materials and techniques. Paraesthesia, which literally translates to ‘abnormal sensation’, is a bodily sensation of numbness, tingling, and burning, usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet. Pittas, who suffers from it himself, sees paraesthesia as a metaphor to describe our current political realities; the collective sense of disorientation and becoming numb to destructive and violent events.
Group exhibition
Double Act
Kramlich Collection at Centraal Museumexhibition coördinator
Two seemingly completely different collections meet in Double Act: the monumental video installations of the American Kramlich Collection and 17th-century paintings from the Centraal Museum. Contemporary greats such as Bill Viola, Marina Abramović, Bruce Nauman and Steve McQueen are combined with Utrecht masterpieces by Abraham Bloemaert, Roeland Saverij, Jan van Scorel, Dirck van Baburen and Gerard van Honthorst. Curated by Bart Rutten.
Solo exhibition Antonis Pittas
17 of June 2022 - Nov 2022
Acts of modernism
at The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens17 of June 2022 - Nov 2022
Pittas’ installation is a direct intervention in the EMΣΤ collection, specifically in a chapter which refers to political turmoil and protest in the 1960s and 1970s, when the country was in the grips of a military dictatorship, prompting a consideration of different aspects of political discontent and its means of expression. This exhibition is part of a new programme in EMΣΤ invites contemporary artists to intervene in the museum’s collection. It is the first time the work of Theo van Doesburg is presented in Greece. Curated by Daphne Vitali. Photographs by Studio Vaharidis, Installation view
ΕΜΣΤ
Group show Antonis Pittas
17 of June 2022 - Nov 2022
Statecraft
at The National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens17 of June 2022 - Nov 2022
Statecraft is an international group exhibition that explores the underlying mechanisms at work in the engineering of the nation-state, as we know it today, and the challenges it faces in today’s globalised, networked world. Probing the history and the processes of nation-building in modern times, Statecraft examines the power structures and processes behind state bureaucracy, governance, and sovereignty, and their common issues of democracy, citizenship, rights, inclusion and exclusion. Curated by Katerina Gregos.
Solo exhibition Marijke van Warmerdam
at Oud Amelisweerd
Marijke van Warmerdam
Then, now, and then
at Oud Amelisweerdexhibition coordinator
10/09/22 - 13/11/22
Marijke van Warmerdam (1959, The Netherlands) is internationally renowned for her short films, photographs and sculptures, forming an extraordinarily consistent body of work.
In her work she portrays minute moments of life, manipulating them with simple, usually mechanic techniques such as repetition, mirroring or shifts in focus. Van Warmerdam creates an abstraction, a timeless, nearly still moment. Curated by Bart Rutten.
In her work she portrays minute moments of life, manipulating them with simple, usually mechanic techniques such as repetition, mirroring or shifts in focus. Van Warmerdam creates an abstraction, a timeless, nearly still moment. Curated by Bart Rutten.
Group exhibition
The Little Bird Must Be Caught -Survival Kit 13
International Contemporary Art Festival at Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art Project manager, Antonis Pittas
The Little Bird Must Be Caught is the 13th edition of the international contemporary art festival Survival Kit. Curated by iLiana Fokianaki, the exhibition explores freedom of speech and sound, as well as various forms of resistance placing the Singing Revolution and Latvian local history in the context of global processes and our shared present.
Amie Dicke’s work comprises a negotiation between everyday imagery and the validity of the whole of visual culture. Dicke prints images culled from various sources, from fashion magazines to Bauhaus catalogues, and charges them with a sense of physicality through dissolving the images from the paper. Elements are stripped back with sandpaper, caked in makeup, blotted with wine and surgically incised. Curated by Bart Rutten.
Photographs by Gert Jan van Rooij
Group exhibition
Moving Stories
at Museum het Valkhof
Moving Stories
at Museum het Valkhof
Project manager, Antonis Pittas
10 February - 29 May 2022
10 February - 29 May 2022
Two thousand years ago the Limes, the border of the Roman Empire, ran straight through the Netherlands. Soldiers from all corners of the world migrated to the Rhine to build and man forts and watchtowers on the south bank, with families, traders and craftsmen in their wake. They left behind everything they knew, sometimes by choice, but often by force. Moving Stories connects that ancient history with the present. Archaeologists, contemporary artists and a public-in-residence went in search of the 'moving stories' of migration.
Curated by Marie Stel and Marenne Zandstra.
Book publication
Editor and coordinator
Published January 2022
Jaune, Geel, Gelb, Yellow. Monochrome
With Alex Farrar and Jap Sam BooksEditor and coordinator
Published January 2022
order here
The publication jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It reflects on the failing of modernity, with contributions by Maria Barnas, I.K. Bonset, Laurie Cluitmans, Johan F. Hartle, Dirk van den Heuvel, Bram Ieven, Bruno Latour, Thalia Ostendorf, Bart Rutten and Doris Wintgens.
Group exhibition
The future can be humane
at Cobra Museum in collaboration with Fondation ConstantProject manager, Antonis Pittas
4 Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
4 Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
Constant I 0 I is an interdisciplinary annual program that binds contemporary makers and institutions, celebrating the work, concepts and life of Constant and what role he still plays today. Pittas will design and curate the exhibition with works from Constant.
Group exhibition
Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies)
at Centraal Museum Utrecht
in collaboration with Impakt Festival
Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies)
at Centraal Museum Utrechtin collaboration with Impakt Festival
exhibition coördinator
Nov 3 2021 - Feb 2022
Nov 3 2021 - Feb 2022
The exhibition is a collaboration between IMPAKT and Centraal Museum, with Katerina Gregos as guestcurator. It explores social patterns and examines the challenges and opportunities that the Internet and social media - and currently the coronapandemic - present for our intimate relationships. Curated by Bart Rutten and guestcurator Katerina Gregos.
Solo exhibition Jaune, Geel, Gelb, Yellow. Acts of modernism
at Centraal Museum Utrecht
Project manager, Antonis Pittas
14 August 2021 - February 6 2022
Jaune, Geel, Gelb, Yellow. Acts of modernism
at Centraal Museum Utrecht Project manager, Antonis Pittas
14 August 2021 - February 6 2022
‘Jaune, Geel, Gelb, Yellow. Acts of modernism with Antonis Pittas and Theo van Doesburg is a collection intervention and commissioned work, reflecting on the work of Theo van Doesburg through the lens of contemporary political protests.
What do you think ‘good citizenship’ means? OSCAM invited UP, Marlou Fernanda, Maikel Deekman and Antonis Pittas to translate their answer into art.
Group exhibition
Ω - Omega
at De Elektriciteitsfabriek
by Gabriel Lester
Ω - Omega
at De Elektriciteitsfabriek by Gabriel Lester
Project assistant for Antonis Pittas
23 September - 28 November 2021
23 September - 28 November 2021
Soft monument (2021) is a site specific intervention, as a response to the debate around public statues and its contested histories. The work plays with the tension between monument and ephemerality, questioning what and how we represent public memory in our current time. Soft monument displaces one of the monumental curtains hanging in the Electriciteits Fabriek and repurposing it as sculptural material. The result is an enclosed space, that disorientates, isolates, and changed our spatial perception. Curated by Gabriel Lester.
Susanna Inglada a politically committed
artist, who makes large scale installations that balance between drawing, painting and
sculpture.
Solo exhibition
From a River to the Room
Gerbrand Burger creates sculptures and site-specific installations in the intersections of visual art, architecture and design with materiality and craftsmanship as the common thread. The exhibition From a River to the Room is a solo project by Gerbrand Burger. It shows new work, mainly sculptures, that are a visualization of his approach towards form, materiality, craftsmanship and technique.
Fondation Constant developed a multidisciplinary program of projects in collaboration with Dutch museums, presentation institutions, archives, individual makers, magazines, publishers and educational institutes.
Group exhibition
at UGM Maribor, Slovenia Project coordinator for Antonis Pittas
21 May- 18 July 2021
EKO8
Triennial of Art and Environmentat UGM Maribor, Slovenia Project coordinator for Antonis Pittas
21 May- 18 July 2021
The EKO Triennial, dedicated to contemporary visual arts and the environment, will explore the intersections between the current socio-economic challenges, environmental policies, and post-colonial globalisation. Pittas will make a monumental site-specific installation. Curated by Alessandro Vincentelli.
Project Coordinator & Research Assistant
ENOUGH
Installation at Refresh Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Museum in collaboration with Gemeente Amsterdam11 December 11 2020 - 28 March 2021
The sculptural installation ENOUGH consists of historical building fragments from Amsterdam’s monuments. Through researching their origins, Pittas reflects on contested monuments and statues today and plays with the ambiguous narratives of heritage, political protest and social movements. The process reactivates history and takes it into the present. To echo, voice and recycle the transhistorical realities, the fragments are ‘vandalized’ with graphite and marble dust quotations, taken from alternative archives as well as the contemporary public domain. Curated by Imara Limon.
Editorial
Interview Charl Landvreugd
with Margriet Schavemaker, for CBK Zuidoost published at Mister Motley Magazine
Interview Charl Landvreugd
with Margriet Schavemaker, for CBK Zuidoost published at Mister Motley Magazine
”Er worden radicaal nieuwe stappen gezet in het culturele domein waarin bevraagd wordt welke positie het museum en culturele instellingen vandaag de dag zou moeten innemen in de maatschappij. Om de kritiek van ontoegankelijkheid en eenzeidigheid te bestrijden wordt er met man en macht actief naar manieren gezocht om inclusief te programmeren.”
Assistant Curator & Research Assistant Intern
Pinball Wizard: The work and life of Jacqueline de Jong
at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, curated by Margriet Schavemaker
August 2018 - March 2019
Pinball Wizard: The work and life of Jacqueline de Jong
at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, curated by Margriet SchavemakerAugust 2018 - March 2019
Overview exhibition of the work and historical development of Jacqueline de Jong’s oeuvre, combined with works from the Stedelijk Museum collection. De Jong effortlessly switches between various styles: from expressionist painting to new figuration and pop art. Under the wings of Margriet Schavemaker (Head of Interpretation, Education and Publication) I worked closely with the artist and assisted in research into collection, as well as coordination, organization and realization of the exhibition. (Read Article)
Research Thesis (MA in Museology)
March 2019 - September 2019
‘The role of in-between spaces in contemporary and modern art museums’
at Amsterdam University of Arts under the supervision of Dr Jeroen BoomgaardMarch 2019 - September 2019
My thesis researched the role of “in-between” spaces, meaning the non-programmed spaces which are efficient and functional public areas within the contemporary art museum, and how they can potentially contribute to a more meaningful museum experience and to a more inclusive museum culture. (Read My Thesis)
Production
September - December 2017
‘Up Tycoon’ by Jim Whiting
for Stichting NDSM-werf, curated by Rieke VosSeptember - December 2017
Stichting NDSM-wharf develops and curates a cultural program to show the cultural uniqueness of the old shipyard wharf and its historic value. As producer responsible for the production of a place-specific artwork of British kinetic artist Jim Whiting (1951, UK), and the communication with various stakeholders. Curated by Rieke
Project Manager & Program Producer
Vincent op Vrijdag, Museumnacht
at Van Gogh Museum
October 2016 - April 2017
Vincent op Vrijdag, Museumnacht
at Van Gogh MuseumOctober 2016 - April 2017
Vincent on Friday is a public program at the Van Gogh Museum, that focuses on contemporary art and music for young adults (ages 18 – 30). As freelance producer I worked at the Education department.
Project Management & Production
Eddie the Eagle Museum
with Eddie the Eagle Museum, Pluk de Nacht, and Lowlands Festival
July 2015 –December 2016
Eddie the Eagle Museum
with Eddie the Eagle Museum, Pluk de Nacht, and Lowlands FestivalJuly 2015 –December 2016
The subversive art collective Eddie the Eagle Museum, continuously works with diverse artists, in various disciplines, in different formats.
Cleosponsex Imberium (October 2012)
HENK in de FABRIEK (April 2013)
HENK: We will meet in another tense (April 2014)
Read Article (April 2013)
Read Article (July 2013)
HENK in de FABRIEK (April 2013)
HENK: We will meet in another tense (April 2014)
Read Article (April 2013)
Read Article (July 2013)
Project Bureau
Project coordinator
at Centraal Museum in Utrecht
Freelance coordination of projects and exhibitions.
Editorial manager
Text work
Text work
For various visual artists
Advisor & textwork
Funding
Funding
Coordination, strategy and editorial for artists
In the past years multiple funding has been granted by Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Jaap Harten Fonds, Stichting Stokroos, and Stimuleringsfonds.
Research Assistant
Academic theory
for Antonis Pittas
Academic theory
for Antonis Pittas
Antonis Pittas holds tutoring positions at KABK (Professional International Practice) and Design Academy Eindhoven (MA Critical Inquiry Lab) and is a Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam.
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