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past exhibitions
Online archive
past exhibitions
2019
May 25, 2019 to Sep 01, 2019
This summer, Kunsthal KAdE celebrates its tenth anniversary. For this year’s summer exhibition, Videoland, Kunsthal KAdE has selected 11 films that in some way balance the experience of a specific moment with a sense of eternity.
Jan 26, 2019 to May 05, 2019
Caspar van Wittel (1653-1736) was born in Amersfoort, left around 1673 for Italy, earned a good reputation for himself there and never returned to the Netherlands. Today, the vast majority of his works are in collections in Italy, England and Spain. With the exhibition 'MAESTRO VAN WITTEL – Dutch master of the Italian cityscape', Museum Flehite and Kunsthal KAdE honour this master, who is virtually unknown in the Netherlands, with a major retrospective.
2018
Sep 15, 2018 to Jan 06, 2019
A Balancing Act will showcase the work of a number of Dutch and international artists who explore the quest for equilibrium in sculptures, installations, photographs, paintings, performances, drawings and video works.
May 26, 2018 to Aug 19, 2018
The focus of this group exhibition is the drawing material CHALK. Artists have been asked to produce new work with blackboard chalk and there are (inter)national loans of Joseph Beuys, Rudolf Steiner, Juan Muñoz and Nemanja Nikolić.
Jan 27, 2018 to May 06, 2018
The exhibition Tell Freedom comprises new and existing work by fifteen young artists from South Africa. In it, they reflect critically on the past, present and future of their country in a global context.
2017
Oct 01, 2017 to Jan 07, 2018
May 06, 2017 to Sep 03, 2017
In this exhibition, Kunsthal KAdE zooms in on the use of colour by the six main exponents of De Stijl and goes on to examine how artists have continued to investigate the autonomous power of colour in the post-World War II period to the work of artists who are today still exploring colour as an independent element.
Jan 21, 2017 to Apr 17, 2017
In 2017 leading Dutch art journal Kunstschrift celebrates its 40th anniversary. View full list of participating artists and filmmakers via more information.
2016
Sep 24, 2016 to Jan 01, 2017
Kunsthal KAdE presents two unusual and outstanding solo shows of work by Canadian sculptor David Altmejd (b. 1974) and German painter Friedrich Kunath (b. 1974).
May 21, 2016 to Aug 28, 2016
An overview of 38 contemporary Brazilian artists and artists’ groups working on issues currently facing the country
Jan 23, 2016 to May 01, 2016
What goes around comes around The Way Things Go. About cause and effect
2015
Sep 19, 2015 to Jan 03, 2016
May 30, 2015 to Aug 30, 2015
Kunsthal KAdE’s summer exhibition is a major overview of work by American photographer Ryan McGinley (b. 1977, New Jersey, US). The show will include works from every series and period in the photographer’s career, from the gritty snapshots of his early life in the urban underworld of late-1990s Manhattan right through to his recent, highly aesthetic ‘road movie’ photographs of young nudes shot amid the untamed nature of the rural United States.
Jan 31, 2015 to May 10, 2015
Exhibition about animation art, with an overview of 50 animation films from a 100 year history, 22 installations by visual artists, a screening of four international animators, 20 student films and ‘making of’-material of six animators. In cooperation with the Dutch Animation Film Insitute (NIAf) and the Holland Animation Film Festival.
2014
Sep 28, 2014 to Jan 04, 2015
Tom Barman sees al sides of a century of Belgian art
May 03, 2014 to Aug 31, 2014
Kunsthal KAdE has invited artist Marc Mulders (b. Tilburg, 1958) to curate its opening exhibition in Amersfoort’s new Eemhuis cultural centre. The painter will show his own recent work in dialogue with pieces by other artists.
Feb 16, 2014 to Mar 23, 2014
2013
Sep 21, 2013 to Feb 02, 2014
This group show of Japanese art today features 37 contemporary artists of Japanese origin.
May 04, 2013 to Aug 25, 2013
Retrospective of work by Russian artists Vladimir Dubossarsky (b. 1964) and Alexander Vinogradov (b. 1963). The event is part of Netherlands–Russia Year 2013.
Jan 19, 2013 to Apr 14, 2013
10 installations by contemporary artists whose drawings explore three-dimensional space
2012
Sep 22, 2012 to Jan 06, 2013
Presentation of a selection of 160 photographic works from the extensive Martin Z. Margulies Collection in Miami. Guest curator is Frenchman Régis Durand, former Director of the Jeu de Paume and France’s Centre National de la Photographie, both in Paris.
May 25, 2012 to Aug 26, 2012
‘Who More Sci-Fi Than Us’ features work by a selection of contemporary artists from all over the Caribbean, from south (Antilles and Surinam) to north (Cuba and Jamaica) and from west (Costa Rica and Panama) to east (Barbados and Martinique), and every island in between.
Jan 28, 2012 to May 06, 2012
Kunsthal KAdE presents a major solo exhibition of work by artist Henk Visch. It is the first ever show in the Netherlands to feature a representative selection of sculptures from every period of Visch’s 35-year career.
2011
Sep 24, 2011 to Jan 08, 2012
Photographs, paintings, models and videos of urban and rural landscapes by forty international contemporary artists who all share a fascination with the world as a construct.
May 28, 2011 to Aug 28, 2011
May 28, 2011 to Aug 28, 2011
May 28, 2011 to Aug 28, 2011
18th century porcelain in contemporary architecture.
Feb 19, 2011 to May 08, 2011
Feb 19, 2011 to May 08, 2011
Feb 19, 2011 to May 08, 2011
2010
Sep 18, 2010 to Feb 06, 2011
May 15, 2010 to Aug 28, 2010
The first ever major retrospective of work by sculptor Tom Claassen can be seen at Kunsthal KAdE. A wide selection of Claassen’s sculptures will be on show in and around the exhibition centre including works normally sited in public spaces as well as works on loan from museums and private collections.
Feb 27, 2010 to Apr 25, 2010
2009
Nov 28, 2009 to Feb 14, 2010
Nov 28, 2009 to Feb 14, 2010
Nov 28, 2009 to Feb 14, 2010
Sep 12, 2009 to Nov 16, 2009
Sep 12, 2009 to Nov 15, 2009
Sep 12, 2009 to Nov 15, 2009
‘vanlieshoutvanlieshout’ featured the work of five artists that share the same surname, (Atelier van Lieshout, Erik van Lieshout, Dirk van Lieshout, Lotte van Lieshout and Lotje van Lieshout) but aren't artistically connected (and only two are family). Despite no working in a 'school', they share certain fascinations. A catalogue was published.
May 01, 2009 to Sep 28, 2009