This may be a city more famous for its paintings than its prints, but photo buffs love this sprawling space within flashing distance of the Red Light District. Besides...
Bethaniënstraat 9-13Annet Gelink has plenty of space and light to lavish on notable names in Dutch and international art: Ed van der Elsken (the famed photographer of 1960s Amsterdam), Alicia...
Laurierstraat 187-189Architecture Centrum Amsterdam is obsessed with the promotion of Dutch contemporary architecture, and organises tours, forums, lectures and exhibits.
Prins Hendrikkade 600If you're feeling seriously flush, then head to Arthouse Marc Chagall. So exclusive that it's only open for a few hours every day, it houses a collection of lithographs,...
Bloemgracht 134This marvellous building houses a private artists' society, whose members gather in the first-floor bar, while members of the public can climb a Berlage-designed staircase to...
Rokin 112As home to 'Night Mayor' Chiel van Zelst, and with a new exhibition of local art every week or two, this is more hang-out than mere art hanger.
Raamgracht 58Artists such as Karel Appel, Eugene Brands and Corneille were once regarded as little more than eccentric troublemakers; they've now been absorbed into the canon. This museum...
Sandbergplein 1An Amsterdam institution that showed its mettle by being one of the first galleries in the country to embrace video art. It still has a nose for things modern, and gives...
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat 10This excellent photography museum, located in a renovated canal house, holds regular exhibitions of works by shutter-button maestros like August Sander as well as advertising...
Keizersgracht 609Part of a nine-gallery complex that includes Lumen Traven, Art Affair, Oele and Meti, Akinci thrives on surprise, with shows that employ every contemporary art medium: from the...
Lijnbaansgracht 317This relatively new gallery shows all manner of modern art, but its claim to fame is its enjoining gallery featuring the work of legendary forger Geert Jan Jansen, who has gone...
Eerste Anjeliersdwarsstraat 36Curator Diana Stigter finds a home for the odd animation of Martha Colburn, the videos of Saskia Olde Wolbers and strange paintings by Maaike Schoorel.
Hazenstraat 17Fons Welters likes to 'discover' the latest new (and often local) talent, and has shown remarkable taste in both sculpture and installation, having provided a home to Merijn...
Bloemstraat 140While perhaps no longer all that innovative, there's still a selective savvy at work that embraces both older and wiser artists (Marlene Dumas often shows new works here) and...
Withoedenveem 8Luminary 'lowbrow' artists like Ray Caesar, Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Joe Sorren and Glenn Barr. Art for those who like their hot rods ablaze, their punk snotty and their films...
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