EventsMonthOne
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
Museumnacht010
Underdeveloped #2 x Museumnacht 010: we will open our doors for our exhibition Underdeveloped #2 with a special activity organised by the artists Floor van Meeuwen & Jorien Ketelaar (also known as mul-thee-fuhngk-shu-nl).
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Down to the Beat: Museumnight at Kunstinstituut Melly and Hiphophuis
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Museumnacht010: Future
Visions: Manifest the future during Museumnacht010 at the Nieuwe Instituut! What is your green, digital, urban, inspiring or imaginative dream for the future? From digital culture to Garden Futures, the Nieuwe Instituut has everything the world of tomorrow has to offer this night.
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Open Depth' – Vladimir Potapov / 'Moving & Storage' – Ruben Mols
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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‘Twee Rotterdammers aan de Singel’ –
Arthur Stam and Rien Jansen
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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'zilveren strepen' – Stefan Gritsch
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Special presentation with Eugène Brands at Museumnacht010
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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'The Comfort of Replicas ' – Marisa Rappard
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Museumnacht010 Activity
‘See yourself as a garden’
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Museumnacht010 with installation by Ratri
Notosudirdjo, performance by Conny Janssen Danst,
concerts by the bands My Purse, All Male Videoshop
and SESSIONS and DJ sets by WORM Radiomakers at
#WUNDERBAR.
1 Mar | Sat | 20.00–01.00
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Museumnacht010,
La Grazieria: hair salon & printshop
1 Mar | Sat | 15.00-17.00
Opening
Derived Structures
A solo exhibition by Willem Besselink
1 Mar | Sat | 14.00–17.00
Meet the Artist
Meet the
Artist: Marianne Roodenburg
2 Mar | Sun | 15.00-17.00
Opening
'Hope' - by Maarten Vromans
2 Mar | Sun | 15.00
Auction
Veiling De Aanschouw
in Het Wilde Weten ( Robert Fruinstraat 35). Details are
on De Aanschouw website. KinderKunstVeiling at 14.00.
2 Mar | Sun | 15.00
Opening
‘Even Fruit Flies Can Dream’ – Geert
Mommersteeg, works on paper and a few boxes.
6 Mar | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
7 Mar | Fri | 20.00–00.00
Opening/Performance
‘EVERYTHING IS TRUE - NOTHING IS PERMITTED’ curated by Kendell Geers and in collaboration with A/POLITICAL at Brutus Space. Featuring explosive works by Marina Abramović, Cassils, Regina José Galindo, Kara Walker, Edith Dekyndt, Santiago Sierra, Selma Selman, Gilbert & George, Arthur Jafa, and Alfredo Jaar.
7 Mar | Fri | 17.00
Opening
‘Ruins & Renewal’ – with Timaeus, Erik Peters, Thomas Meijerman, Rui de Boer, Miriam Sentler & Wouter Osterholt. Curated by Hannah van Elzen. New Schulpture by Maarten Jansen.
8 Mar | Sat | 10.30–13.00
Guided Tour
BKOR Art Walk: Women’s Day. 10.000 Steps Art Walk (± 2,5 h/ ca. 7 km) – Women in
Rotterdam’s Art.
Costs: free, RSVP tours@artindexrotterdam.nl
9 Mar | Sun | 15.00-17.00
Opening
Liezette Gerrits, solo exhibition. Project Room: Rick van Strien,
performance ‘A Moment in Time’.
11 Mar | Tue | 15.00–18.00
Event
How does fair practice work in practice? | Studio Art Office X BBK X WdKA Business Station
13 Mar | Thu | 15.30–18.30
Event
Event International
Clinic: Branding with Sarah Schulten
13 Mar | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
13 Mar | Thu | 19.00
Opening
‘Monuments of the Collective’ – discover the brutalist structures of the former Yugoslavia, captured by architectural photographer
Rob ’t Hart.
13 Mar | Thu | 18.00–20.00
Event
Pension Planning Practicalities:
An Introduction to financial planning for freelance
and other arts workers with Peter van den Bunder,
Chris Rijten and Jay Tan
14 Mar | Fri | 19.00–20.00
Guided Tour
Guided Tours Taal
Tours Melly | Arabic
14 Mar | Fri | 16.00–19.30
Event
Ample Space Between performance
by Danya Pilchen and Gregor Connelly
14 Mar | Fri | 20.00–22.00
Performance
Performance Night / Salon
of Queer Indoctrinations, queer night
15 Mar | Sat | 16.00
Opening
Hans Broek, solo exhibition
20 Mar | Thu | 17.00-20.00
Opening
Renarrative - group exhibition featuring Lou Cocody-Valentino, Randa Maroufi, Kevin Osepa, Imge Özbilge, Joseph Thabang Palframan, Badi Rezzak.
20 Mar | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
22 Mar | Sat | 20.30–01.00
Event
Murphy’s Circus:
Olivia Degen, MJH Thompson, Socks; Sport Socks.
An evening with artists and musicians of different
disciplines.
23 Mar | Sun | 15.00–18.00
Opening
‘Wasteland Social Kids’ – with
Monos Sotos, George Bekris, Nikos Komiotis. Curated by Yves Landheer / yves.paintkillers.. Opening speech by Deputy Head of Mission Ms. Georgia Karasiotou.
26 Mar | Wed | 20.00-21.30
Rotterdam Art Week: Event
Renarrative paneldiscussion.
POC POC manifesto! Navigating the art scene.
with Ratri Notosudirdjo, Quinsy Gario, Guinevere Ras, Monali Meher, Imge Özbilge
27 Mar | Thu | 18.30–20.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Event
Book Launch Acid Clouds: Mapping Data Centre Topologies. Niels Schrader and Ramon Amaro present in conversation with Marina Otero Verzier and Loïs Hutubessy their new book Acid Clouds: Mapping Data Centre Topologies. The publication was edited by Schrader in collaboration with Jorinde Seijdel and addresses new ways of looking at the ownership and control of data.
27 Mar | Thu | 15.00–20.00
Rotterdam Art Week : Event
Rotterdam Art Week: We need your hair... again!During Rotterdam Art Week, you can get your hair cut in the foyer of the Nieuwe Instituut and donate your hair clippings as a new raw material. Dates and times:
Thursday 27 March: 15:00 – 20:00
Friday 28 March: 16:00 – 21:00 (Kunstavond XL)
Saturday 29 March: 11:00 – 16:00
27 Mar | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
27 Mar | Thu | 14.00 - 20.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Opening
‘About A woman – in your face 2.0’– Group exhibition of female artists from Rotterdam Part of Rotterdam Art Week 2025
27 Mar | Thu | 17.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Opening
‘Small Gestures, Big System: Propositions for the Current Healthcare System’ – Featuring Artists: ALTR Collective, Colette Aliman, Clementine Schmidt, Radical Data.
Curated by Rawad Baaklini and Tess de Ruiter.
28 Mar | Fri | 21.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Event
Art Rotterdam party
28 Mar | Fri | 10.00 - 17.00
Rotterdam Art Week: New Exhibition
Hal 1: ‘Expression of Harmony’ – Max Pechstein (1881-1955), German expressionist painter and member of Die Brücke / Hal 5: Angeniet Berkers
Lebensborn
28 Mar | Fri | 18.00-21.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Opening
‘GGOKTU-GAKSI, put your hand into me’ – Angélique Aubrit and Ludovic
Beillard, Angyvir Padilla, Bin Koh, Pyeori Jung, Paloma Bouhana. Curated by Pyeori Jung & Paloma Bouhana. Performance by by Paloma Bouhana at 19.00. Pop-up Dinner at 19.00.
28 Mar | Fri | 18.00–19.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Guided Tour
Guided Tour of The Drain
with Brianna Leatherbury and Isabelle Sully
28 Mar | Fri | 19.00–22.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Event
Prerformance Night Rotterdam Art Week: Kubra Khademi - Dunes Kiefer - Nica Roses - Merzedes Sturm-Lie and Melanie Weill as art of the curent exhibition EVERYTHING IS TRUE - NOTHING IS PERMITTED
28 Mar | Fri | 14.00–17.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Meet the Artist
Jean-Marc Spaans, Barbara Helmer, Marianne
Roodenburg
29 Mar | Sat | 12.00–15.30
Guided Tour
Start bij @art_rotterdam in Ahoy
🔹 Kunst onderweg van o.a. Kunst & Vaarwerk, Adrien Lucca, Jeroen Jongeleen & John Körmeling
🔹 Stop bij Expo Kaapkwartier (160 exposanten!)
🔹 Eindpunt: @the_new_current – hét platform voor opkomende kunstenaars
29 Mar | Sat | 15.30-19.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Opening
‘Zwart Licht’ – Annelies de Greef, Esther Schoonhoven, Esther Zitman, Inez Odijk, Kitty van der Veer, Niki Murphy
29 Mar | Sat | 19.00-01.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Event
‘GGOKTU-GAKSI, put your hand into me’ – Angélique Aubrit and Ludovic
Beillard, Angyvir Padilla, Bin Koh, Pyeori Jung, Paloma Bouhana. Curated by Pyeori Jung & Paloma Bouhana. Pop-up Dinner: 19.00
Late Night gathering: 22.00 to 1.00.
30 Mar | Sun | 16.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Opening
‘Really Real Reality – Anastasia K., solo exhibition
30 Mar | Sun | 14.00-15.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Artist Talk
Artist Talk with Maarten Vromans
30 Mar | Sun | 18.00–22.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Grand Opening
Grand Opening & Exhibition
Opening (after party in C3 till 02.00). ‘First–Part Fashion–Painting Fact–Checking Program’ – Ruud Goedhart, solo exhibition.
30 Mar | Sun | 11.00-13.00
Rotterdam Art Week: Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion / Artist Talk with
Marisa Rappard and Ab Bol from REALmag
29-30 Mar | Sat-Sun |12.00–18.00
Event
29 & 30 March 12.00–18.00 all locations are open
28 March 19.00 spectacular opening program in De Hillevliet
29 March 18.00 evening program in Studio’s Lange Hilleweg
30 March 18.00 closing party in C3-Studios, the new studio
complex in Charlois
26-30 Mar | Wed-Sun | 11.00h-21.00
Event
The New Current is a platform for talented young artists that goes beyond solely presenting artworks and focuses on opening up the art world for a new generation. Opening hours:
March 26 - 29: 11.00 - 21.00
March 30: 11.00 - 19.00
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3 Apr | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
4 Apr | Fri | 17.00
Opening
‘Under Pressure’ – with Douwe Halbertsma, Dineke van Huizen, Hieke Pars. Curated by curator Dineke van Huizen. Video by Daan Emmen.
5 Apr | Sat | 11.00–12.00
Guided Tour
Sensory Tour | for
the blind & visually impaired
5 Apr | Sat | 14.00
Opening
‘Art Year 2025: ROOM FOR YOU!’ – Italian Rotterdam based ceramist/craftsman
Massimo Pavan. Opening 5 & 6 april:
5 april, 14.00 designer Paul Coenen
6 april, 14.00, architect Enzo Valerio
5 Apr | Sat | 15.00
Opening
‘About A woman – in your face 2.0’– Group exhibition of female artists from Rotterdam
5 Apr | Sat |
Finissage
Open Depth' – Vladimir Potapov // 'Moving & Storage' – Ruben Mols.
6 Apr | Sun | 18.30–22.00
Performance
Performance Night /
Movement & Healing, various artists share their ways to
heal through movement.
10 Apr | Thu | 19.00–22.00
Event
Ballon Rouge Book Nights
– book talks by four photographers
10 Apr | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
11 Apr | Fri | 18.00–21.30
Opening
‘Duotone’ – Bert Frings & Gyz La Rivière
12 Apr | Sat | 15.00-19.00
Opening
PREVIEW II | Group exhibition, with artists of the gallery and special invited guest artists. You'll encounter a diverse collection of carefully chosen artworks when you enter the gallery. Each piece, whether by artists represented by the gallery or guest artists, has its own story and style, inviting you to explore and connect.
12 Apr | Sat | 20.00–21.30
Performance
UBIK Performance Night / Salon of
Queer Indoctrinations, queer night. St.Elio’s Salon of Queer Indoctrinations is a series of performance nights that aim to generate communal, multi-perspective knowledge and awareness by collectively exploring different social concepts, relevant to queer thought. Artists performing:
Thommy Kraft (they/them), Steef Kersbergen (they/them), Stellata (she/her).
13 Apr | Sun | 15.00–17.00
Opening
‘Mutations, Monuments and Myths’ – Emile Gostelie, solo show
13 Apr | Sun | 14.00–17.00
Finissage
‘And the tides will change’ – Xandrine Koller, Mick Santman, Dominique de Vries
13 Apr | Sun | 15.00
Opening
‘Off-White’ – Alexx Meidam, spatial works on canvas
16 Apr | Wed | 16.00-18.00
Book Launch
Launch of: ‘Life with Fifi’, a children’s book by Angelica Falkeling (drawings) and Kris Dittel (text).
17 Apr | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited. This Week: Wissel 1228
PrintRoom (Karin de Jong) presents
Rabea Ridlhammer.
19 Apr | Sat | 15.00–17.00
Opening
'CORNERED'– Arnout Killian, solo exhibition
20 Apr | Sun | 16.00
Performance
Performance: Voor het krouwen van de haan by Ines Borovac at the current exhibition 'Under Pressure'.
24 Apr | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
25 Apr | Fri |
Opening
Stacii Samidin, solo exhibition,
photography and book release
27 Apr | Sun |
Performance
UBIK Performance Night
27 Apr | Sun | 15.00–17.00
Finissage
‘About A woman – in your face 2.0’– Group exhibition of female artists from Rotterdam
27 Apr | Sun | 15.00–17.00
Opening
Maria Ikonomopoulou – Inez Odijk – Ruud Goedhart
EventsMonthThree
1 May | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited. Wissel 1230
Jeroen Arians presents
Leonie Fernhout.
2 May | Fri | 18.00
Event
Natafelen: dining among art.
RSVP: info@garagerotterdam.nl. During this special edition of Natafelen, chef Marnix Benschop will prepare a delicious four course menu in collaboration with the artist Studio Lon Luna, who took over the Homesick Kitchen at Garage Rotterdam: a growing research-based installation exploring herbal knowledge.
2 May | Fri | 17.00-20.00
Opening
'Het stelt niets voor' - group exhibition. In this group exhibition, artists show that meaning in abstract art is not fixed, but arises in the act of looking itself. Artists: Otte Jacob, Monique Bouman, Antoine Monod de
Froideville, Ronald Schriel, Álvaro Raído, Esther González, María Lapastora, Reinhard Dittrich, Robert Fischer, Mentor Ferizaj, John Kegreisz, John Janssen, Aldo
Piromalli.
2 May | Fri | 19.00–21.30
Performance
UBIK Performance Night w/I'm a Robot and I need Therapy by Marina Orlova.
3 May | Sat | 18.00–20.00
Opening
‘HIGHLIGHTS 2021 – 2024 - The shape of color' – artists previous shown in Nieuw Charlois: Kira Fröse, Floor Merjenburgh, Kirsten Spuijbroek, Laurien Dumbar, Arianne van der Gaag, Anne Kolbe, Driessens & van den Baar, Ruud Goedhart and Jelmer Noordeman.
3 May | Sat | 12.00–13.00
Guided Tour
Multi-sensory Detour in Sonneveld House Museum. Discover the Sonneveld House Museum not only with your eyes, but also with your senses of touch, smell and hearing. There’s a bathroom that smells of soap, art that you can touch and music from the 1930s that fills the air: a visit to Sonneveld House is now an even richer experience.
8 May | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited. This Week: Wissel #1231 Omi presents Studio Method.
9 May | Fri | 20.00–21.30
Performance / Group Discussion
UBIK Performance Night / Salon
of Queer Indoctrinations, queer night. St.Elio’s Salon of Queer Indoctrinations is a series of performance nights that aim to generate communal, multi-perspective knowledge and awareness by collectively exploring different social concepts, relevant to queer thought. For the third edition of this performance night, the theme is 'Rituals'.
9 May | Fri | 18.30-20.30
Event/Talk
Duotones: A series of artists talking
Organised by A Tale of A Tub and Studio Art Office/CBK R’dam
Hosted by TENT
Talk #1: Toon Fibbe and Han Hoogerbrugge
Moderated by Antye Guenther, representing Varia
9 May | Fri | 18.00-20.00
Riso Workshop, Exhibition and Book Launch
Riso Workshop & Exhibition – Riso Herbarium and book launch of ‘Beneath the Surface’ by Luïza Luz with the risograph print & design studio we make it / Moritz Grünke (Berlin). We’re excited to present the Risograph and book specialists we make it from Berlin for an exhibition of their Herbarium Riso and to celebrate two new books that they published in close collaboration with the artists. Join us for the opening with talks and a deep listening session!
10 May | Sat | 16.00–19.00
Opening
'Honey and Ashes' -
Anne Nobels, Gabriëlle de Kroon, Pippilotta Yerna, Lisa Hu
10 May | Sat | 14.00 – 17.00
Riso Workshop
Radical sticker publishing workshop by Moritz Grünke (Berlin). To introduce the workshop Matt Plezier will present his Sticker Manifesto and he and Moritz Grünke will showcase their collections.
10 May | Sat | 16.00 - 19.00
Opening
'Off The Wall' - Hester Scheurwater. Address: H(a)L in Galerie Lecq, Brugwachtershuisje, Westzeedijk 375
11 May | Sun | 15.00
Opening
‘Hard Times’ – Sebastian Haquin, solo exhbition
15 May | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited. This Week: Wissel 1232
OMI (Office for Metropolitan Information) presents
Md-2 architects.
15 May | Thu | 14.00–17.00
Opening
FOTODOK is proud to announce Yana Kononova‘s solo exhibition Radiations of War. In Kononova’s terms, war does not end when the noise of explosions fades. It lingers, saturating the land and embedding itself in the silence of devastated landscapes.
15 May | Thu | 19.30-22.00
Event
Community Feedback Session: Prototype presentations for the new spatial design of Roodkapje's anarchive with prototypes by Yara Valente, Leyla Hepsaydir and duo Hilde Onis & Jasmijn Muskens followed by a community feedback session for which you are invited!
16 May | Fri | 18.00–22.00
Opening
Ma Yansong: Architecture and Emotion. Discover the visionary work of architect Ma Yansong and the globally influential firm MAD, led by Ma Yansong, Dang Qun and Yosuke Hayano.
16 May | Fri | 17.00-22.00
Event
Theatre festival de Parade
Friday Night LIVE. At Friday Night LIVE, De Parade is bringing a taste of summer to the Kunsthal. Expect an evening full of sneak previews from the 2025 programme — a flavour-packed selection of performances, makers, and moments of wonder, served straight from the Parade kitchen.
17 May | Sat | 14.00
Opening
Rotterdam based multidisciplinary artist Studio Noralie. Opening words by experience designer Bruno Sitton.
17 May | Sat | 12.00-20.00
Opening
Ola Hassanain’s The Watcher reflects /Paulo Nimer Pjota, who with A Lua e Eu (The Moon and I)/Simnikiwe Buhlungu who's exhibition hygrosummons (iter.02)
17 May | Sat | 16.00
Opening
Hester Oerlemans, solo exhibition
18 May | Sun | 18.30–23.00
Performance/Workshop
UBIK Performance Night w/
Palegic, listening event. A curated listening/ambient event
with Pelagic Ambient. Victor Bontje, sound designer and dj/composer, will host a workshop into spatial music, exploring the intersections of sound, space and immersive technology. After the workshop we’ll darken the lights and immerse into three different live sets.
22 May | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
22 May | Thu | 18.00-19.30
Event
Shimmer at Sundown with Stephen Kwok. Reading and conversation
23 May | Fri | 17.00
Opening
Gerrit Rietveld, solo exhibition
23 May | Fri | 18.00-21.00
Opening
‘Threads of Loss, Patterns
of Return’ - group exhibition. Curated by Arsalan Ishaqzai with the work by Sarjon Azouz, Arjîn Elgersma, MAryam
Touzani and Shizhe Qian.
23 May | Fri | 19.00
Opening
'Unknown Landscapes' curated by Cynthia Jordens. Artists: Yael Bartana, Monali Meher, Danaë Moons, Katarina Zdjelar, Yeesookyung.
24 May | Sat |
Opening
Jeroen Henneman, solo exhibition
24 May | Sat |
Event
NATIONAL BUNKER DAY
24 May | Sat |
Performance
A Myth by Mees Vervuurt, O. Festival
25 May | Sun | 15.00–17.00
Opening
40 jaar Margriet Smulders
25 May | Sun | 15.00
Opening
Dagmar Baumann
BLADEREN, Notes for Now.
25 May | Sun |
Exhibition/Book Presentation
‘FISK’ - Tjibbe Hooghiemstra, solo exhibition and Book Presentation with Tjibbe
Hooghiemstra and Douwe Kootstra about fish.
29 May | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
29 May | Thu | 14.30–17.00
Talk
Photo Stories Artist Talk
30 May | Fri |
Opening
All The Parts for SUSAN BIJL by Scheltens & Abbenes
31 May | Sat | 15.00–16.00
Guided Tour
Sensory Tour | deaf
and hard of hearing
31 May | Sat | 17.00 – 20.00
Opening
ANNE KRUL with TABEA NIXDORFF and UNICA ZÜRN: ANAGRAMMA TICS
31 May | Sat | 15.00–16.00
Event
Photo Stories
