EventsMonthOne
1 Dec | Sun | 16.00–20.00
Opening
Coalescence: Happenstance With All Due Intent curated by Dr. Paul O’Neill
5 Dec | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
6 Dec | Fri | 17.00
Opening
1st floor: ‘Close to Cloth ’ – showcase of textile artefacts with Matti Paffen, Christine Saalfeld, Alex Holdorp, Sarasj, Nila van Beek, Babs de Kok and Salomé Jeanne. Curated by Dagmar Bauman.
7 Dec | Sat | 12.00–17.00
Event
Winter Market, Art, print &
photo book sale with various photographers
7 Dec | Sat |
Opening
H(a)L in Galerie Lecq, Brugwachtershuisje, Westzeedijk 375: De Ondergang van Kiruna: Mia Andresen
7 Dec | Sat | 15.00–20.00
Opening
‘Preview Charlois Fashion Week 2025’ curated by Nada van Dalen. Fashion Designers: Halte Charlois, Jelena Bondt, Iza van de Baar, Nada van Dalen, POViS, Paloma Magarita Studio, Epoque,
Gothboienforcer, Arie, Bent Lochtenberg, YoKolina, Rotterwear.
7 Dec | Sat | 12.00–15.00
Workshop
Design your own Charlois’ garment for the
Charlois Fashion Week 2025. Registration: https://haltecharlois.nl/workshops/
Sample Sale: sat. 21 and Sun. 22 Dec: 12.00 – 18.00 hours. Works of all the designers in the
show on different locations, see Instagram
7 Dec | Sat | 12.00–18.00
Event
Christmas Design and Craft Market. Get into the holiday spirit at the third edition of our Christmas Market, celebrating art, design, and craftsmanship, you will find unique Christmas gifts from talented artists, makers, and sellers in the fields of design, art, fashion and music - all in a vibrant and creative setting.
Enjoy delicious coffee and cakes from Schot Coffeeroasters, festive glühwein and special natural wines at our bar.
8 Dec | Sun | 15.00
Opening
‘Loops and Orbits’ – Johan van der Veen
Project Space: Kirsten Jäschke, drawings, porcelain, jewelry
8 Dec | Sun | 15.00–18.00
Opening
‘Tele Grey Flamingo Pink’ – with Carla Klein, Nanna van Heest and Marleen van Wijngaarden. Exhibition Opening with
Special Event: Rabbani, break dance performance
8 Dec | Sun | 15.00
Opening
‘In onrust en andere werken’– Marenne
Terlingen, solo exhibition
8 Dec | Sun | 12.00–18.00
Event
Christmas Design and Craft Market. Get into the holiday spirit at the third edition of our Christmas Market, celebrating art, design, and craftsmanship, you will find unique Christmas gifts from talented artists, makers, and sellers in the fields of design, art, fashion and music - all in a vibrant and creative setting. Enjoy delicious coffee and cakes from Schot Coffeeroasters, festive glühwein and special natural wines at our bar.
10 Dec | Tue | 13.30–15.30
Event
Thomas J Price. Matter
of Place KunstKoppels
11 Dec | Wed | 18.00
Event
Garage Café #2.5
12 Dec | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
13 Dec | Fri | 18.00–21.00
Event
Melly x Amarte :
Resonantie, interdisciplinary art project
13 Dec | Fri | 19.00–04.00
Event
Break The Algorithm by WORM
X Amarte fonds: Sonic feminist fabulations; Camera Selfsurveillance;
FOOLS, a performance; ìpọ sị n’s peace, a
Queer Afrofuturist club night!
13 Dec | Fri | 12.00–15.00
Workshop
Design your own Charlois’ garment for the
Charlois Fashion Week 2025. Registration: https://haltecharlois.nl/workshops/
Sample Sale: sat. 21 and Sun. 22 Dec: 12.00 – 18.00 hours. Works of all the designers in the
show on different locations, see Instagram
13 Dec | Fri |
Book launch
Unpacking Critical Friendship,
Marlies van Hak, Seda Yildiz and Ruohong Wu /
Sneak Peek Leesmap #2 with contributors
14 Dec | Sat | 13.00–17.00
Opening
Opening Future Makers!
14 Dec | Sat | 14.00–15.00
Language Tour
Papiamentu / Tour di Idioma — Papiamentu
14 Dec | Sat | 17.00–19.00
Finissage
‘Rotterdam Culture City | Post 65 Files II’ OMI dives into the cultural development of Rotterdam in the 1980s, a turning point in the transformation of the city. With works of, among others, Obscura, Powerhouse Company, Wim Quist, Mike van Rheenen, West 8 and Kim Zwarts.
15 Dec | Sun | 12.00–14.30
Workshop
Imagine Worlds of
Pleasure
19 Dec | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
20 Dec | Fri | 16.00–18.00
Opening
‘Between Public and Private: Designing for Liminal Spaces’ – Over 45 students Spatial Design of the Willem de Kooning Academy. With models, drawings, VR, photos & more.
21 Dec | Sat | 12.00–17.00
Event
Winter Market, Art, print &
photo book sale with various photographers
21 Dec | Sat |
Event
Happening #7 The Monstrous Masquerade:
Reclaiming the Shadows, Unsettling the Streets
21 Dec | Sat | 12.00–18.00
Event
Sample Sale: Charlois
Fashion Week 2025, Works of all the designers in the
show on different locations.
21 Dec | Sat |
Event/Workshop
Riso workshop Wrap it Up - design and print
your own wrapping paper
22 Dec | Sun | 14.00–17.00
Finissage
–‘Sunflower Lane’ – Marlike Marks, solo exhibition /
–‘Mek’ den taki / Let them talk’ – Mirjam Koch-Rose, solo exhibition
22 Dec | Sun | 12.00–18.00
Event
Sample Sale: Charlois
Fashion Week 2025, Works of all the designers in the
show on different locations.
26 Dec | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
31 Dec | Tue | 23.30–06.00
Event
NYE @ WORM: State of Play!
a love-up club-and-art party together with fingerlicking
communities from Rotterdam.
EventsMonthTwo
2 Jan | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
4 Jan | Sat | 18.00–21.30
Talk
A conversation on joy, moderated
by Myra Fanta Bodian
9 Jan | Thu | 19.00
Opening
Privacytopia presents ‘Feelings Inc.’ , an exhibition, symposium, performance,
workshop and film program. The exhibition showcasing works by Artists: Marie Munk (DK), Inès Sieulle (FR), !Mediengruppe Bitnik (CH), Arvida Byström (SE), Olga Morano (FR/IT), Lawrence Lek (DE), Lynn Hershman Leeson (USA), Ariane Loze (BE), Vytas Jankauskas (CH), Paul Van Hoeydonck (BE). Curated by Thierry Vandenbussche & Ferre Vander Elst (Privacy Salon)
9 Jan | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited. This week: Wissel #1214 Ivo van den Baar presents Iza van den Baar.
10 Jan | Fri | 17.00
Opening
1st floor: ‘The Naked Truth’ – Eline Schellekens, Daan Kamphorst
Daleen Bloemers, Sander Coers and Rosalie Wammes. Curated by Hannah van Elzen.
6th floor: ‘Parabellum‘ – Vince Donders and Ian Skirvin. Curated by Herman Lamers. Music by DJ duo Acid Love Story.
10 Jan | Fri | 17.00–22.00
Opening
Hushed Worlds, Rising Hums, a multimedia expo by Sam Jannsen. Open: Wed–Sun 16.00–19.00
11 Jan | Sat | 16.00
Opening
H(a)L in Galerie Lecq: Wineke Gartz
12 Jan | Sun | 15.00-19.00
Opening
CONNECTED by curator Thomas Meijerman. Participating Artists: Idikó Horváth, Marilou van Lierop, Ruben Mols, Saminte Ekeland, Vincent Zanni, Zoë d'Hond, Caren Van Herwaarden, Pieter Jan Martyn.
12 Jan | Sun | 15.00-17.00
Opening
'zilveren strepen' – Stefan Gritsch, (flowers, portraits, bones, war stations and landscapes), solo exhibition. Opening words by Mirjam de Winter.
16 Jan | Thu | 18.00–21.00
Opening
#Wunderbar Window Exhibition Series // Cut the Rope
16 Jan | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited. This week: Wissel #1215 Ivo van den Baar presents Bent Lochtenberg.
18 Jan | Sat | 16.00
Event
Brandstof x New Year's Get Together with a performance by the artist MingJou Chen will be a vibrant gathering to kick off the new cultural year. The artist MingJou Chen - showcasing work in our current exhibition Ghosts of Futures Past - blends live performance with multimedia elements, exploring the tensions between past and present, personal identity and collective history.
19 Jan | Sun | 15.00
Opening
‘Spacewalk – Timewalk’ – Bram van Waardenberg, textiles, drawings, paintings and outfits. Exhibition Opening and
Performance by Evelien De Jong & Beam Contre Choc.
19 Jan | Sun | 15.00-18.00
Event
NEW YEAR'S SOCIAL
19 Jan | Sun | 15.00-17.00
Opening
STAGING SPACE
A GROUP EXHIBITION BY INE LAMERS, LEOPOLD/EMMEN, LUCA TICHELMAN, MELS VAN ZUTPHEN
Curated by Marieke van der Lippe
23 Jan | Thu | 20.00–00.00
Event
How Games Can Transform The
Cultural Sector. Publication launch with James
Parnell, talkshow and cosy afterparty.
23 Jan | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
24 Jan | Fri |
Opening
–‘Temporary Pleasure’, by Lugh O’Neill –
An immersive spatial art installation through light, sound, music and video. The installation is interactive and serves as a dynamic venue for events during IFFR.
–‘Sex Shooter’, by Hester Scheurwater –
An exhibition with Hester’s latest work exploring gender freedom, identity, desire, and representation.
24 Jan | Fri | 17.00
Opening
‘NEXT’ – Hans Koetsier, Friso Kramer, Peter Angermann, Alexander Schabracq, Maike Hemmers
25 Jan | Sat | 16.00–19.00
Opening
‘Wandering, not lost’ – Dineke Versluis, solo exhibition and studio on location
25 Jan | Sat | 16.00
Opening
CHARLOTTE SCHLEIFFERT | NATURECULTURES
26 Jan | Sun | 15.00–17.00
Opening
Jean-Marc Spaans – Barbara Helmer – Marianne Roodenburg. Opening words by OLPHAERT DEN OTTER.
30 Jan | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
EventsMonthThree
2 Feb | Sun | 14.30–17.00
Artist Talk
Photo Stories, Artist Talk –
Dineke Versluis
6 Feb | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
7 Feb | Fri | 17.00
Opening
1st floor: ‘It’s only the end of the world’ – Mel Chan and Tim Mastik
6th floor: ‘Shards’ – Stephan Keppel, Heyer Thurnheer, Werner van der Zwam
7 Feb | Fri | 18.00
Event
Natafelen: dining among art.
RSVP: info@garagerotterdam.nl
8 Feb | Sat | 16.00
Opening
H(a)L in Galerie Lec: Joke Olthaar
6 Feb | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
14 Feb | Fri |
Event
Happening #8 Heart(break): The Final
Battle
14 Feb | Fri | 19.00–21.00
Event
Museum of Shared Miseries (Valentines
Day Special): Game night with human pawns, part of
UBIK Performance Nights.
15 Feb | Sat | 14.00–17.00
Finissage
‘Wandering, not lost’ – Dineke Versluis, solo exhibition and studio on location
15 Feb | Sat |
Event
Happening #8 Heart(break): The Final Battle
15 Feb | Sat | 17.00–20.00
Opening
Brianna Leatherbury, solo exhibition
16 Feb | Sun | 15.00–17.00
Opening
Marisa Rappard, solo exhibition
16 Feb | Sun |
Finissage
–‘Temporary Pleasure’, by Lugh O’Neill – An immersive spatial art installation through light, sound, music and video.
–‘Sex Shooter’, by Hester Scheurwater – An exhibition with Hester’s latest work exploring gender freedom, identity, desire, and representation.
20 Feb | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
22 Feb | Sat | 16.00–19.00
Opening
Group exhibition with Mick Santman,
Xandrine Koller, Dominique de Vries
27 Feb | Thu | 21.00
Opening
Every Thursday evening at 21.00 a new artwork from various disiplines is exhibited.
