Westerkadekunst
Westerkade 29A, 3011 CM Rotterdam
Fri - Sun 12.00 - 17.00
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6–28 Sep
‘Geraakt’ – Fenneke Hordijk, solo exhibition, sculptures
This exhibition offers an overview of the artist’s long-standing engagement with drawing, paper, and the search for new forms of storytelling. Central to the work are narratives of decay, destruction, war, illness, and death—motifs that became deeply personal through the history of the artist’s father, one of the 52,000 Rotterdam men deported as forced laborers to Germany in 1944.
Language and poetry serve as key sources of inspiration, from early explorations of Lloyd Haft’s Psalms to more recent works that give visual form to untold stories, often those of women in wartime. Working with presses, sewing machines, and large-scale drawing, the artist seeks to depict, with minimal means, what resists being captured in words.
**6 Sep | Sat | 16.00:Exhibition Opening
1–12 Oct
Walls Full of Adventures – exhibition featuring children’s book illustrators and workshops.
Westerkadekunst, in collaboration with publisher BoekieBoekie, is presenting the exhibition 'Walls Full of Adventures' during the 2025 Children’s Book Week, featuring the work of nine leading children’s book illustrators. The exhibition showcases a rich variety of styles, highlighting mainly original, handcrafted illustrations from children’s books, as well as original artworks. For these 12 days, the venue will remain open daily and will also offer additional activities for children aged 6 to 12, including drawing and clay workshops.
26 Oct–16 Nov
Els Kingma and Piet Rogie, duo exhibition,
sculptures and paintings.
