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  1. Event Jewish illusionists take the spotlight in Abracadabra

    Vintage stage props, Houdini lore, and interactive trick stations explore the turn-of-the-century Golden Age of Magic.

    13 September 2026

  2. Event Lita Cabellut meets Goya at Museum JAN

    Spanish masterworks and contemporary canvases hang side by side in Amstelveen for an exploratory dialogue on human folly.

    13 September 2026

  3. Event Abracadabra: Jewish stage magicians at the Joods Museum

    Archival props, posters, and hands-on tricks uncover the craft behind Houdini and early twentieth-century illusions.

    13 September 2026

  4. Event Lita Cabellut x Goya – De dwaasheden

    A new exhibition brings together works by Spanish masters in the gallery rooms at Museum JAN.

    13 September 2026

  5. Event Buurt Kunst Licht projects local art onto the Watertoren

    Twenty artists project visual work tailored directly onto the curved brick tower, free to view from the street.

    13 September 2026

  6. Event Buurt Kunst Licht projects onto the West water tower

    Visual work from twenty artists adapted to fit the round masonry, viewed from the square outside.

    13 September 2026

  7. Event Historic etchings on display in Rembrandt’s old studio

    Prints and etching experiments fill the rooms of the painter's former house on Jodenbreestraat through the afternoon.

    13 September 2026

  8. Event Experimenteerdrift: Rembrandt’s etching methods under close study

    Historic etchings fill the rooms, charting how printmakers pushed the limits of their plates and printing techniques.

    13 September 2026

  9. Event Ulrich Seidl retrospective and exhibition at Eye Filmmuseum

    Rare 35mm prints and early gallery works trace the provocative Austrian director's career across cinema and art.

    13 September 2026

  10. Event Ulrich Seidl retrospective and exhibition opens at Eye

    Austrian director Ulrich Seidl receives his first Dutch retrospective alongside gallery installations and screenings of archival 35mm prints.

    13 September 2026

  11. Event Four decades of photography in Nadav Kander’s The Edge Of Things

    Landscapes from Chernobyl and the Yangtze River hang alongside striking portrait studies of public figures and artists.

    13 September 2026

  12. Event Four decades of Nadav Kander’s photography at Foam

    Landscapes from the Yangtze and Chernobyl hang alongside stark celebrity portraits curated by New York's David Campany.

    13 September 2026

  13. Event Hailun Ma brings Hometown to Foam

    The photography museum opens its exhibition spaces across Friday for this solo presentation of recent photographic work.

    13 September 2026

  14. Event Hailun Ma’s photography exhibition Hometown opens

    A solo photography exhibition by Chinese visual artist Hailun Ma hangs in the museum galleries through the day.

    13 September 2026

  15. Event Fresh cabaret try-outs at Bies in Theater Bellevue

    Four cabaret and kleinkunst acts test out new material across one evening, backed by an open bar.

    13 September 2026

  16. Event Try out fresh Dutch cabaret at Bies

    Four performers test new cabaret and kleinkunst routines across one evening in Klein Bellevue with an open bar.

    13 September 2026

  17. Event Mourning Traffic: an illustrated roundabout of personal grief

    Road signs covered with illustrations trace the immediate days and lingering emptiness following a father's sudden death.

    13 September 2026

  18. Event Mourning Traffic: an illustrated roundabout of personal grief

    Visitors walk around a circle of illustrated road signs tracing sudden loss and the weeks following a funeral.

    13 September 2026

  19. Event Mijn verdwijnende vader at Museum Tot Zover

    Through pen drawings, oil paintings, and sculptures, artist Rob Looman charts his father's gradual decline from Alzheimer's.

    13 September 2026

  20. Event Rob Looman’s Mijn verdwijnende vader at Museum Tot Zover

    Sculptures, oil paintings, and pen drawings document an artist processing his father's progressive Alzheimer's diagnosis.

    13 September 2026

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