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A huge literature, music and visual arts event, Holland's Crossing Border Festival presents an inspired mix of writers, musicians and performers. More than 80 acts appear at the Royal Theatre…
Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas takes traditional, yet unique, portraits of animals. Paradis, at the Amsterdam Photography Museum, brings together many of the artist's serene, intimate…
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam annually screens 250 documentaries from around the world at Pathé de Munt and Pathé Tuschinski, making it the largest documentary festival…
The leading national art and antiques fair in the Low Countries, pAn Amsterdam proffers valuable art and antiques for inspection and purchase at the Amsterdam RAI. Dealers present an…
Greetings From... Historical Postcards of Illnesses and Treatments
Amsterdam's Tropical Museum explores Western fascination with the exotic and aberrant with Greetings From. The exhibit showcases postcards from the early 20th century relating to illness from…
Diana Blok is a photographer concerned with issues regarding sexual identity. In See Through Us at Amsterdam's Melkweg she narrates the complexity of having a homosexual identity in Istanbul.…
In contemporary photography there is often a thin line between reality and abstraction. With works from artists such as Julian Faulhaber and Lisa Oppenheim, PRUNE, at the Amsterdam Photography…
Sanne Sannes - Darkness & Light
Grainy, erotic portraits were the trademark of talented Dutch photographer Sanne Sannes (1937-1967). Darkness & Light, held at the Amsterdam Photography Museum, celebrates the artist with a…
The annual International Circus Festival brings performers from all over the world to the Volkspark in Enschede. Clowns, acrobats, trapeze artists, contortionists, magicians and dancers…
Feel the heat at Tangomagia, Amsterdam's annual international tango festival. Held at venues in the city including the Kompaszaal and De Duif, the event features salons, workshops and tango…
Stand-up comedians from all over Europe take to the stages of Deventer for the annual Humorfestival. The organisers believe that "who laughs last in 2009, laughs best in 2010". Film screenings…
The Christmas Circus at Rotterdam's Ahoy delights the crowds every year with clowns, trapeze artists, contortionists, jugglers, acrobats and animals. The Circus includes a self-service…
The World Star Circus comes to Arnhem's Rijnhal every year. Expect all the fun of the Big Top, with clowns, acrobats, trapeze artists, magicians, jugglers and dancers providing top festive…
Every Sunday from March to December, local artists set their stalls out on the Spui in Amsterdam. Buyers browse contemporary works at affordable prices by around 25 artists from a collective…
Van Gogh's letters: the artist speaks
Unbeknown to many, Van Gogh also had a way with words. Van Gogh's letters: the artist speaks at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum showcases quotations from around 900 of the artist's letters, which…
Human Angels Marie Cécile Thijs
With Human Angels photographer Marie Cécile Thijs communicates her belief that angels also reside on the earthly plane. Using clever manipulation the captivating and surreal display at…
International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam
The International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam, held at the Kunsthal, features over three months of lectures, excursions and other activities. The theme of the event is "Open City…
The Art of Fashion: Installing Allusions
The line between art and fashion is often blurred. This exhibition, at Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, features new work by five fashion designers who create garments that are more…
From a painter of historical and socially realistic scenes to a successful chronicler of high-class women, Alfred Stevens had an illustrious career as an artist. This is showcased in this…
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam is one of the most consistently innovative film events in Europe. Filmmakers present around 450 films (including 200 features) to large audiences at…
