The exhibition presents Irina Birger’s large-scale charcoal drawings alongside Peter Vink’s site-specific light installation. Their works complement and challenge one another, forming a powerful reflection on how we perceive, interact with, and remember the world—both physically and digitally.
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'All My Colours for You' is an interdisciplinary art project by award-winning international artist, theatre director, film director, and choreographer Sagí Amir Gros. The project features a film installation that integrates dance, theater and performance, offering individuality, and cultural identity. Drawing from Sagí’s diverse background, which includes both Jewish and European-Arabic heritage, the project transcends borders, offering a deeply personal yet collective experience.
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All My Colours for You is an interdisciplinary art project by Sagí Amir Gros, bringing together film installation, live performance and dance theatre. On 30 May, 1 June and 6 June, performances can be visited.
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In Emptiness & Infinite Space, art and philosophy once again enter into conversation. This time with guests artist Kirsten Hutsch - who will discuss her work with Jan Bor - and philosopher Laurens Landeweerd. In Dutch.
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A festive closing of the exhibition in the presence of the artists. Be welcome!
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On Sunday afternoon June 8th, Vox Sturnus performs as part of the Red Light Jazz Festival programme at Arti. Vox Sturnus is an adventurous and creative vocal ensemble of six women from different musical backgrounds (from the Stargaze Ensemble to the Edison-winning Odelion to the Metropole Orchestra), ages (between 29 and 53) and nationalities (NL, NO, DK, IS). There will be singing in five languages.
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Ga mee op Arti-kunsttour naar de tentoonstelling van World Press Photo 2025. Dit evenement is exclusief voor leden (geen introducés). Er is beperkt plek dus reserveren is vereist.
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Exhibition in the ArtSpace featuring ceramics by Tiny Laarakker and drawings by Wilma Laarakker.
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Shared Home.Shared Fight was born out of questions that the Russian full-scale war of aggression raised in Europe, specifically Ukraine and the Netherlands: What are we becoming in response to this war? How can we grow into a Europe where the responsibility to protect one another is truly mutual? What does it mean to defend a shared home within a continent whose borders have long been contested and hierarchical?
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A seed can feed, heal, or save a future. It can also cost lives. BACKUP.VAVILOV brings together artists from diverse backgrounds to explore what we protect in times of war—and what we leave behind. At its heart lies the extraordinary story of Nikolai Vavilov and the seeds preserved through famine, fear, and faith in the future. With works by Kumi Hiroi, Muge Yilmaz, Maarten Vanden Eynde, De Onkruidenier, Olga Ganzha. With participation of Louise O. Fresco and Susan Kooi. Curated by Natalia Sudova.
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The Arti Choir festively ushers in the summer with an atmospheric concert in the society of Arti et Amicitiae.
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All members and their guests are welcome to attend this get-together. As always, we will start in the exhibition hall with a lecture. During the lecture, art historian Carolus van Doornen will highlight the art at the North/South Line metro stations. The seven metro stations have been enriched with eight monumental, contemporary works of art.
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This Friday, the artists of Monuments of Memory will be present in the exhibition hall for their ongoing artist talk.
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As part of the exhibition All my colours for you, Sagí Amir Gros presents a new performance combining film and live dance/theatre, featuring dancer Inbal Sigler.
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Join us on Arti art tour to De Nederlandsche Bank. This event is exclusively for members. There is limited space so booking is required.
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As part of the exhibition All my colours for you, Sagí Amir Gros presents a new performance combining film and live dance/theatre, featuring dancer Inbal Sigler.
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On Thursday May 22, we invite you to an Artist Talk with Peter Vink and Irina Birger, who will introduce the works in the exhibition Monuments of Memory and share insights into their practices.
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Lezing: Wat kunnen we leren van Napoleon, de handelaar in hoop? Pieter de Zwart, historicus en bedrijfskundige, neemt ons mee in het bijzondere verhaal van Napoleon Bonaparte. Hoe motiveerde dit historische figuur zijn troepen? Wat was zijn strategie bij Austerlitz, vaak beschouwd als zijn grootste zijn grootste succes? Hoe verliep zijn strategische aanpak? Hoe kreeg hij heel Frankrijk achter zich aan? Extra: Speciaal voor de gelegenheid serveert de keuken het lievelingsgerecht van Napoleon, Kip Marengo.
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As a fundamental principle, Ella Koopman has: PLAY.... Decorating and making beautiful and as original as possible!
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As part of the exhibition All my colours for you, Sagí Amir Gros presents a new performance combining film and live dance/theatre, featuring dancer Inbal Sigler.
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IDAHOTIQZ and Arti et Amicitiae present the fourth Quartz! on May 16 as part of Amsterdam 750! The program is again full of special guests and dazzling performances
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In Arti's Artspace, Floor Kahmann presents a wide selection of paintings inspired by everyday observations, memories, photography and film.
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Op vrijdag 9 mei is de feestelijke opening van de twee nieuwe tentoonstellingen!
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On Friday May 9, DJ Goldfinger will be behind the decks for an evening of grooves from all over the world. From afrobeat to oriental funk and electric cumbia - all styles are allowed - as long as it sparks between the DJ and the dance floor.
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Renée Hartog gaat in gesprek met kunstenaar Alex Fischer. Hij is bekend van zijn project ‘Drainspotting’, waarbij hij frottages (wrijvingen) maakt van putdeksels uit steden over de hele wereld. In de afgelopen 25 jaar heeft hij 500 van dergelijke kunstwerken gemaakt in 135 steden, in 35 landen, op zes continenten.
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Minhwa is a form of Korean folk painting that originated in the 14th century This art form was intended for ordinary people - middle and lower class - and was often used as a visual “good luck charm”. On Wednesday 7 May, Uzine Park will take us into the world of the Minhwa and we will get to work ourselves
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Uzine Park is a South Korean artist. She has lived in the Netherlands since 2013. Many of her paintings are landscapes that take her back to her childhood. A recently relived experience, while visiting the Japanese gardens in Düsseldorf, therefore became a source of inspiration.
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In the Netherlands, we can celebrate living in freedom. But freedom can never be taken for granted. That is why on Liberation Day we sit down together across the Netherlands to share stories and celebrate freedom together. Come to Arti on Monday 5 May for a Freedom Lunch.
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Op 1 mei continueert Stichting Wim de Haan haar reeks getiteld Emptiness & Infinite Space, waarin we ditmaal in de wereld van de cartografie en architectuur duiken. Te gast zijn kunstenaar Carlijn Kingma en filosoof Arjen Kleinherenbrink, die zich vanuit hun respectieve velden bezighouden met de complexiteit van onze wereld.
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Agniet Snoep's video installation Life in a Jar, created during the corona pandemic, consists of seven sealed jam jars with dreamlike scenes. The installation can be interpreted in different ways: as a reaction to the isolation of that period, but equally as a way of distancing oneself from the world outside.
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The title DRUKDRUKDRUK refers not only to old printing plates, exhibited as autonomous art, but also to the never-ending activity through which Boekie Woekie makes artist books possible.
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Senad Alic (Sarajevo – Bosnië en Herzegovina, 1960) is een maatschappelijk betrokken illustrator en autonoom beeldend kunstenaar. Hij is verhalenverteller, conceptontwikkelaar, gastdocent, trainer en hij maakt kunst met kinderen en jongeren in azc's en met volwassenen in wijken en instellingen. Het gaat altijd over kunst, ‘de vlucht’, identiteit, diversiteit, onderweg zijn en ontmoetingen. Hij toont zijn werk in de nieuwe ledententoonstelling UPDATE 1 en op zondagmiddag 13 april is er een gesprek met publiek op basis van zijn werken.
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Last May, Nijgh en Van Ditmar published the book Daten voor Gevorderden, written by Willy van der Griendt. Almost one and a half million over-65s in the Netherlands are single and thousands of them are dating.
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Agnes van Genderen shows her work in the ArtSpace. It mainly involves graphics and drawings, but also textiles, sketches and designs. The works show the investigations, discoveries and surprises Van Genderen encounters during her creative process.
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Extrapolated improvisation/compositions by composer Wiel Conen.
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On 27 October 2025, Amsterdam will celebrate its 750th anniversary. To mark the celebration, last year George Maas portrayed people with an object that is typically Amsterdam. This could be anything: a street sign, piece of clothing, book, bicycle, flag, photo, artwork or another object that someone had owned for a long time or had made themselves.
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We proudly present our new artist members in a brand new exhibition! After presenting the new artist members of 2023, we now present work by 18 artists who became members in 2024: UPDATE 1. A total of 38 artists became members in 2024, the first half of whom are now exhibiting. The very diverse artists are showing their work in both rooms of Arti. In a multifaceted exhibition, they will tackle a presentation of a series of recent works or a large installation.
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Presentation of a new issue of Articula, the magazine for and by members of Arti.
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In this fascinating lecture, Adjan van Dongen examines the fascinating role of Samuel Sarphati, who breathed new life into the city in the 19th century. Around 1840, Amsterdam was in a crisis of poverty and stagnation. Sarphati, a visionary with unprecedented energy, introduced several initiatives that restored vitality and social cohesion to the city.
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The first idea for this project The Improvement House was to make a connection between Brazil and Amsterdam for the celebration of 750 years of Amsterdam. The connection became known: the Brazilian wood, Pau Brasil, Caesalpinia Echinata, which was grated in the penitentiary the “Rasphouse” by inmates to obtain red dye for the textile industry.
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Arti is organising tours of the beautiful building on 22 March from 12 noon to 5pm and visitors can make their own frottages from Alex Fischer's specially designed 750th anniversary manhole cover. The restaurant will be open for coffee, soup and lunch.
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For the 750th anniversary of Amsterdam, Alex Fischer created a design for a special draincover in collaboration with the City of Amsterdam and Waternet. Over the past 25 years, Alex Fischer has created 500 frottages of draincovers from 135 cities, 35 countries on 6 continents. His work shows the urban traces of our industrial environment and his growing collection reflects the diversity of time and culture.
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An exhibition about the wondrous inner world, sometimes torn apart by conflicting emotions. The installation that will be on display in the ArtSpace includes video, ceramics, sculpture and 2D work.
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This exhibition features three photo series from Mirjam de Zeeuw's archive. The series “Stoves” consisting of five digitally processed prints of scans of photographic negatives (2024).
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A performativity presentation about ART CENTER BOTOPASI (ARTCEB) in Surinam and lecture about the Artceb International Residency program (AIRP).
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This exhibition features work about Bea van Huijstee's family history.
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Eens per twee maanden wordt een kunstenaar uitgenodigd voor een interview vóór de schouw in de sociëteit van Arti. Op donderdag 28 februari wordt Maria Blaisse geïnterviewd door Renée Hartog.
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In the exhibition Floral Hazard, Marius van Zandwijk shows new work that builds on his 2024 residency at the Akureyri Museum of Art in Iceland. His work explores the intertwining of nature and culture. The starting point of this investigation are places where he feels this intertwining. Like lupine fields in Iceland.
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IDAHOTIQZ and Arti et Amicitiae present a special new issue of Quartz on Feb 21st, as part of Amsterdam 750!
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Richard Kuiper and Monique Dukker present their latest work, an abstracted approach to the landscape.
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Ulli d'Oliveira delivers a lecture on a historical but topical subject: nationality law (in Dutch).
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Amsterdam 750 jaar! Een optreden door zangeres Mieke Stemerdink en Jan Robijns op de piano. Laten we de parels van ons rijke Amsterdamse repertoire horen. Van t 'is stil in Amsterdam tot Amsterdam huilt. Van meezingers uit de Jordaan tot ontroerende nummers van tante Leen. Geniet mee met onze Amsterdamse klassiekers!
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Family portraits played a major role in Turion's work. Gradually, the subject evolved into "the woman". The women in the work dance, imagine themselves to be unobserved, sometimes assume expressive postures and above all, be themselves.
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At the first Kunstlievende Leden Borrel of 2025, Bas Lubberhuizen will give a lecture about distilling eau de vie from fruit.
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After a long career in education, Djon Seedorf went to Suriname in 2017. There he found an old inner voice. Art had always been important, but now he knew how to make it a collective enterprise of reciprocity: he picks up what the inner voice tells him - makes paintings - passes it on and gets something in return as inspiration.
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The SPROUTS exhibition provides an up-to-date picture of the world of young artists. Intimate perspectives on the body are shared with us, we see artists as researchers of form and space, humorous critiques of social relations, and more.
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On Saturday 18 January from 2pm to 3.30pm, to mark the opening of the Art Year, there will be lectures by Hans Aarsman, Martin Grootenboer and Arnold Weel that tie in with the exhibition 'Amsterdam built on photos'.
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Joop Haring's exhibition is about the colour 'green' among other things, and how you can increase and propagate climate awareness by linking it to a positive story. A small contribution with world aspiration.
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It is a feast to be an Amsterdammer, a feast to celebrate! On the occasion of the capital's 750th anniversary, Arti hosts the exhibition Amsterdam built in pictures. Images from the capital over the past 50 years, from 1975 to 2025.
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The year 2025 has just begun and that is something to be celebrated! With a 'stamppottenbuffet' and music by DJ Oscar Smit.
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Eind april 2023 reisden Paul Glazier en Anne Verhoijsen naar Japan. De reis was een combinatie van vertrouwdheid en vervreemding, vol verrassingen, soms resonerend met wat ze al wisten. Van 2 tot en met 10 januari hangt er in de ArtSpace een tentoonstelling van beelden geïnspireerd op hun reis.
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We invite our members to conclude 2024 in a festive manner with a delicious Christmas dinner.
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Jaarlijks kerstoptreden van het Artikoor en Wellingtoonkoor.
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Kunstenaar Dirk Jan Jager toont nieuwe tekeningen van een jonge vrouw in lingerie. Deze nieuwe tekeningen zijn zijn pleidooi voor vrijheid en liefde.
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On Friday 13 December, the 11th edition of Emptiness & Infinite Space will take place and once again examine an aspect of the no-man's land between art and philosophy. We will explore with visual artist, poet, writer and curator Michael Tedja and philosopher and researcher Noortje de Leij ways in which art can be critical and how art relates to politics in this.
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Arti en de BBK presenteren in samenwerking met Pictoright een middag over de strijd om een eerlijke vergoeding voor beeldmakers.
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On December 3, 2024, our artist association will celebrate its 185th anniversary. A special moment that we would like to celebrate in a special way with a special anniversary dinner.
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Alexandra Drenth exposeert in de ArtSpace. Zij verwerkt borduurwerken en stoffen tot unieke collages. Haar materialen komen uit diverse bronnen; veel stukken zijn geschonken door anderen, terwijl andere afkomstig zijn uit haar eigen collectie van antieke stoffen en handgemaakt textiel.
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Donderdag 28 november organiseren we een borrel speciaal voor onze kunstlievende leden. Een mooi initiatief van kunstlievend lid Marco van de Noordaa! Wees welkom vanaf 18.00 uur bij ons in de sociëteit en ontmoet andere kunstlievende leden in een ongedwongen sfeer.
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Eens per twee maanden wordt een kunstenaar uitgenodigd voor een interview vóór de schouw in de sociëteit van Arti. Op donderdag 28 November wordt Lisanne Sloots geïnterviewd door Renée Hartog.
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Musical performance and presentation on the book 'Lied van verzet' by Sander Stotijn, with the participation of Jalda Rebling and Diete Oudesluijs. 'Lied van verzet' is the autobiography of Lin Jaldati and Eberhard Rebling. They are known as characters in the novel ''t Hooge Nest'' by Roxane van Iperen. Sander Stotijn is one of the translators of “Song of Resistance".
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Filmavond gedurende de expositie "Maaltijd voor hongerkunstenaars".
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On Monday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m., multiple award winner Raaf Hekkema comes to Arti for a special concert/lecture. This event revolves around the saxophone music of German composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) and provides an opportunity to discover Hekkema's latest CD. No sign-up is necessary; just walk in and enjoy.
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IDAHOTIQZ and Arti et Amicitiae present the second Quartz on 15 November! After the successful first episode, it is time for a new fusion of Queer Arts in the form of dinner, live entertainment, spoken word and a talk show. Serious and touching, fraternal and festive moments alternate in a full evening programme in all colours of the rainbow.
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To welcome its new members, Arti is organising a New Member Drink on Tuesday 12 November from 5pm.
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De nabestaanden van oud-Arti-lid en partner van oud-Arti-voorzitter August Boucher, toont het werk van de recent overleden kunstenaar Marijke Thunnissen, in de zalen van Arti et Amicitiae.
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On Thursday, November 7, Femke will play a special concert at Arti together with fellow musicians Wagner Vasconcelos (Brazil) and Daniel de Moraes (Uruguai). They play compelling sambas, exciting MPB and light-hearted Bossa Nova, in short, an evening to dream away.
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Exhibition by Fredie Beckmans and Kamala of Lotus Ceramics in the ArtSpace. Opening: Monday, November 4, 2024 5:00 p.m.
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Presentation of a new issue of Articula, the magazine for and by members of Arti.
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The Arti et Amicitiae program of Museum Night 2024 focuses on FLAM Festival (October 30 to November 2), organized by performance platform FLAM that presents live art in all its facets.
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Jan Willem Maris' work is always about space, whether it concerns paintings, photographs, spatial constructions or installations.
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Beeldend kunstenaars op zoek naar de betekenis van het leven en werk van Franz Kafka, 100 jaar na zijn dood.
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Op donderdag 24 oktober van 16.30 tot 18.30 uur vindt bij Arti een bijzonder interview plaats tussen Mathijs Deen, Loes Gompes en Anita Mizrahi. Centraal staat het indrukwekkende boek ‘De vlucht wordt duur betaald’ van Loes Gompes.
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Op het eerste gezicht lijken het abstracte schilderijen. Maar bij nader inzicht zie je een stuk vloer en een wand waarop abstracte schilderijen hangen. Zodoende zijn deze (ogenschijnlijk) abstracte schilderijen eigenlijk figuratieve schilderijen van een tentoonstelling van abstracte schilderijen.
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MINNE de Groot laat een serie (olieverf)doeken zien van uitverkoren viervoeters, dieren met “personality”. Sommige gemaakt in opdracht van ”het baasje”. Honden zijn roedeldieren, snuffelen aan elkaar.
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Op maandag 7 oktober 2024 vindt in de sociëteit de officiële overhandiging plaats van de kunstwerken van de portretprijswinnaars 2023. Khairzul Ghani (2D) heeft geportretteerd sociologe, schrijfster Jolande Withuis. Bart Janssen (3D) heeft een beeldhouwwerk gemaakt van de dwarsfluitist en jazzmusicus Ronald Snijders.
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The Buning Brongers Prize is a biennial Dutch art prize for young painters. It is the largest private art prize in the Netherlands and has been awarded to 162 artists since 1966. An exhibition will be organized for the winners at the award ceremony in Arti et Amicitiae and a catalog will be published.
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Maak je klaar voor een onvergetelijke avond vol soul, jazz en meer! Op vrijdag 27 september betreden Jane Proove en Kees Post het podium van Arti voor een uniek optreden dat je niet wilt missen.
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Donderdag 26 september organiseren we een borrel speciaal voor onze kunstlievende leden. Een mooi initiatief van kunstlievend lid Marco van de Noordaa! Wees welkom vanaf 18.00 uur bij ons in de sociëteit en ontmoet andere kunstlievende leden in een ongedwongen sfeer.
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Tentoonstelling in de ArtSpace. Opening maandag 23 september 17.00 uur
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Lekkere liedjes, tijdloos entertainment uit het Amerikaanse swing-repertoire, aangevuld met Hollands glorie. Op vrijdag 13 september treedt Cora & Company op in de sociëteit van Arti!
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A total installation by Eleye Boerenkamps and Vita Buivid In collaboration with curator Nina Folkersma Exhibition text written by art historian and critic Nadeche Remst
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Op vrijdag 19 juli, de vooravond van Amsterdam Pride 2024, staat de Arti Shuffle in het teken van de Queer Arts.
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In het weekend van 7, 8 en 9 juni aanstaande vindt de 11e editie van Red Light Jazz, hét jazzfestival van de binnenstad van Amsterdam, plaats. Kunstenaarsvereniging Arti et Amicitiae is tijdens dit weekend een van de locaties waar genoten kan worden van live jazz.
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A three-course dinner for members of De Kring, Industrieele Groote Club and Arti et Amicitiae
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With works by: Stephane Barbier Bouvet, Levi van Gelder, Valerian Goalec, Susan Kooi, Tom K Kemp, Monica Mays, Ceel Mogami de Haas, Chloe Ribadeau Dumas Janne Schimmel, Jonas Morgenthaler, Tomasz Skibicki, Philip Ullman, Anne de Vries, and Sara Yukiko.
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Pulling Strings is an exhibition initially developed around the idea of the marionette. Throughout the month of July, a group of artists will collaboratively construct a world where non-human beings take over the space. With everything in motion and coming to life, the audience is invited to observe, interact, and play along. The artists will create distinct characters inspired by different life forms, which will come alive through the use of various materials and movements in an eclectic installation.
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Tijdens deze Arti Shuffle avond krijgen we een inkijkje in de creatieve wereld van Sagí Amir Gros en leren we zijn persoonlijke werkwijze kennen; een mix van choreografie, film, theater en hedendaagse filosofie. Een open gesprek met de kunstenaar, de interviewer en het publiek.
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Op zondag 5 mei tussen 12:30 en 15:00 uur organiseert de Amsterdamse kunstenaarsvereniging Arti et Amicitiae een Vrijheidslunch middenin UPDATE, de tentoonstelling van kunstenaars die in 2023 lid zijn geworden van Arti. Tijdens deze Vrijheidslunch presenteren kunstenaars hun werk, is er muziek en zijn er performances.
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Een betoverend en kleurrijk feest waarin we je onderdompelen in de rijke cultuur van India met zijn tijdloze tradities en fascinerende mythologie.
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Tijdens Koningsnacht treden Mieke Stemerdink en Jan Robijn op met het programma MIEKE ZINGT DUITS! Wees welkom!
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