Exhibition

Guillaume Bijl’s exhibition at Witte de With presented a survey of his installations and objects from the eighties, in the form of a shopping mall. Guillaume Bijl’s Für Garderobe keine Haftung was Witte de With’s opening exhibition. In light of the …Read more

The exhibition Some Works comprised 15 works by John Knight, made between 1969 and 1990, including Levels and The Journal Series. Since 1969, American artist John Knight (1945) has concentrated on the relationship between architecture, design and art. He bases his work on …Read more

This exhibition, which was the first European presentation for both Galán and Kuitca, comprised about twenty works from 1985-1990 by each painter. The exhibition of Guillermo Kuitca and Julio Galán presented the work of two Latin American artists. Both come …Read more

With the exhibition of Canadian artist Ken Lum (1956), Witte de With started an investigation into the depiction of the human figure and the question of mimesis in contemporary art. Rather than merely portraying people, Ken Lum investigates the conditions …Read more

The exhibition Cézanne sought to consider “fine” painting in a critical light and to put its conventions and truisms on line, although not necessarily from a painterly perspective. The oeuvre and ideas of Paul Cézanne were the foundation of the …Read more

The exhibition Panorama MCMXCI presented the first overview of the work of Hermann Pitz. Rather than a classic retrospective, the exhibition was conceived as an autobiography of the artist, that confronted and compared his heterogeneous work. German artist Hermann Pitz (1956) …Read more

The exhibitions of Saint Clair Cemin and Jessica Stockholder confronted and compared two contemporary sculptural visions, that respond differently to our pluralistic culture and consumer society. Brazilian artist Saint Clair Cemin (1951) uses traditional materials such as stone, iron, wood, …Read more

American artist John Ahearn (Binghamton, New York, 1951) and Puerto Rican artist Rigoberto Torres (Aguadilla, 1960) collaborate in portraying everyday people. Their exhibition was part of Witte de With’s investigation into the depiction of the human figure and the question …Read more

Witte de With presented the first retrospective of Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica (1937 – 1980), whose work had previously been unfamiliar in Europe and North America. The exhibition and accompanying monograph contributed to a more complete understanding of the history …Read more

Since 1981, Philip Akkerman has applied himself to painting and drawing exclusively self-portraits. The exhibition presented 450 self-portraits, dating from 1981 until 1992, along with an archive of 676 drawings and autobiographical notebooks in which Akkerman commented on the creation …Read more

The exhibition Walker Evans and Dan Graham took place at Witte de With and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The two artists were considered simultaneously, yet separately, in order to bring attention to their similarities without hiding their differences. …Read more

Voorwerk 3 was the third exhibition in the yearly recurrent series ‘Voorwerk’, meaning preliminary work, Witte de With’s annual exhibition of younger artists. As a series, it seeks to provide the first substantial presentation of works by relatively unknown artists. …Read more

The exhibition of German artist Stephan Balkenhol (1957) provisionally concluded Witte de With’s investigation into the depiction of the human figure and the question of mimesis in contemporary art. This inquiry began with the exhibitions by Ken Lum(in 1990), John …Read more

With Huttenlocher, Lasker, Van Merendonk, Witte de With presented an exhibition about painting. Huttenlocher, Lasker, Van Merendonk examined fine painting in a critical light and put its conventions and truisms on line. Swiss artist Britta Huttenlocher (1962), American artist Jonathan Lasker (1948) and …Read more

The exhibition Michelangelo Pistoletto e la fotografia contributed to Witte de With’s investigation into the relationship between photography and the visual arts. The exhibition presented the first survey of Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s (1933) photographic work. Pistoletto is generally associated with Arte …Read more

Belgian artist Jef Geys (1934) investigates the institutional function of the museum, often by assuming the role of the saboteur and infiltrator. His controversial proposal at the occasion of his exhibition at Antwerp’s Museum of Fine Arts in 1970, to …Read more

Since 1984, Chilean artist Eugenio Dittborn (1943) has been making works that he calls Airmail Paintings. He begins with a large sheet of synthetic, white fabric and then prints, paints, sews, embroiders and patches his painting on this material. He then …Read more

Dutch artist Willem Oorebeek’s (1953) work is grounded in techniques from the graphic arts. He utilizes different printing processes in a special manner, fully employing the printing procedure’s inherent principles of juxtaposition and stratification in order to explore the themes …Read more

The exhibition of Stan Douglas and Diana Thater investigated the similarities and the differences between film and video. The installation, which transformed Witte de With into a megacinema, thus became an artwork in itself, playing off interior against exterior, opacity …Read more

Pas d’histoire, Pas d’histoire (No Story, No History) was the first large solo exhibition of Joëlle Tuerlinckx. In her works, Belgian artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx (1958) experiments with pieces of paper, paper snippets, paper balls, confetti and colored plasticine, placing them …Read more

With the exhibition Fish Story, American artist Allan Sekula (1951) reconstructed a realist model of photographic representation, while taking a critical stance towards traditional documentary photography. Though there is a long artistic tradition of depicting harbors, ships and coastlines, few contemporary …Read more

Voorwerk 4 was the fourth exhibition in the yearly recurrent series.Voorwerk, meaning preliminary work, is Witte de With’s annual exhibition of younger artists. As a series, it seeks to provide the first substantial presentation of works by relatively unknown artists.Voorwerk …Read more

The retrospective exhibition of American artist Paul Thek (1933-1988), and the accompanying monograph, functioned as a sequel to Witte de With’s Hélio Oiticica retrospective held in 1992. As the oeuvres of Thek and Oiticica had long been underestimated or generalized, …Read more

Voorwerk 5 was new director Bartomeu Mari’s first exhibition at Witte de With. The exhibition included works by Dutch artist Yvonne Dröge-Wendel (1991), Belgian artist Christoph Fink (1963), Israeli artist Sigalit Landau (1969), and Spanish artist Ana Prada (1965). Voorwerk …Read more

Canadian artist Tony Brown (1952) investigates the technological nature of late-twentieth century society. Keeping close track of the ongoing technological developments, Brown mixes industrial robotics, computer technology, information theory, visual art, cinema and architecture to explore technology’s impact on everyday …Read more

Frederick Kiesler 1890 – 1965 was the first retrospective in The Netherlands of the oeuvre of Rumanian-American artist Frederick Kiesler (1890-1965). The exhibition presented original models, drawings, documents, photographs and writings by Kiesler. The exhibition focused in particular on his …Read more

The exhibitions of Tacita Dean and Gerco de Ruijter showed two unique experiments with the camera and the medium of film. The exhibitions were associated with the 27th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which also showed a selection of Dean?s films. …Read more

The exhibition A New Refutation of Time is Argentinean artist David Lamelas’s (Buenos Aires, 1946) first retrospective in Europe. At Witte de With Lamelas is presenting an overview of his photographic series, films and media installations. Three early installations, includingSituación de …Read more

Since June 1996, François has been working on a permanent work commissioned by the Mondriaan Stichting’s Praktijkbureau Beeldende Kunstopdrachten for the “De Kijvelanden” detention clinic in Rotterdam. In a strikingly close collaboration between the artist and the inmates, François designed …Read more

Central to the work of French artist Pierre Bismuth (1963) are perception and how perception relates to our choices and commitments. Memory and interpretations – and hence subjectivity – play a major role here. The compressed, mediated and channeled information …Read more

From 22 November 1997 through 11 January 1998, Witte de With presented Arena and National Chain, two new installations by the American artist Rita McBride. McBride’s work exists in the perimeters of art, design and architecture. In recent years, sometimes in collaboration …Read more

American artist John Baldessari realized a special project, which functioned as a framework for Home Screen Home. The walls of the exhibition spaces of Witte de With were covered with wallpaper designed by Baldessari, in combination with photographs of lamps and …Read more

Guest curator Mark Wigley In 1956, the Dutch artist Constant Nieuwenhuys started working on a visionary architectural proposal for a future society; he didn’t stop for almost twenty years. Having been a co-founder of the Cobra group of artists in …Read more

The city. Gondola’s, stepped gables, hot-dog sellers. Subway sounds, a dilapidated porch, the smell of a pretzel. The bakery’s orange awning, the wintry limetrees on the square, the neighbor’s morning song. None of these things matter to the city map …Read more

For many years, the artist Muntadas (Barcelona, 1942) has explored the relations between mass media and art. The exhibition in Witte de With is devoted to three works, a new work titled On Translation: The Audience, a reinterpretation of the installation Between …Read more

Scripted Spaces explores the recognition, mapping and erasure of our surroundings. Partaking of a long tradition in the visual arts, and yet far away from its beautifying, sentimental, or even apocalyptic features, it charts the modern landscape with nuclear testing …Read more

Strangers & Paradise offers an overview of works by Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé and features new works by Nasrin Tabatabai and Gediminas Urbonas. The exhibition of the works by Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé (Nigeria -UK) presents for the first time a large …Read more

Since 1990, Eulàlia Valldosera (Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona, 1963) has created an oeuvre of unusual beauty. In her installations, crafted from light, shadow, reflection, and movement, she distils a constellation of dreamlike moments centering on the female body, domestic intimacy, …Read more

Four young Dutch artists, Anneke A. de Boer, Fow Pyng Hu, Gabriel Lester and Pia Wergius, explore the relationships between the moving image, time and narration. In the multidisciplinary field of the visual arts the cinema is hardly conspicuous anymore. …Read more

On the top floor Witte de With presents the first solo exhibition by the German artist Manfred Pernice (1963) in the Netherlands. The exhibition is constructed as a total installation in which existing works are combined with new elements to …Read more

A ‘wild zone’ is a refuge within the organised structure of society. It is not a marginal place, but an experimental area which develops parallel to the controlled and established relations of everyday life. The artists in the exhibition Wild Zone, Carsten …Read more

In 1997, Meschac Gaba (Benin, 1961) launched the first sketches of his Museum of Contemporary African Art. The Museum provides an alternative to the colonial context in which western museums display African art. So far, Gaba has installed several museum departments, amongst …Read more

As part of the Cultural Capital 2001 programs of Rotterdam and Porto, Witte de With, Museu Serralves, and Porto 2001 have invited a group of international artists to make new work which explores the city and urban space. The resulting …Read more

The People’s Art is Bartomeu Marí’s farewell exhibition as director of Witte de With. In this exhibition, which includes work by twenty artists born or living in Holland, Marí reveals his perspective on Dutch art. The People’s Art was realized in …Read more

Curators: Corinne Diserens and Okwui Enwezor This exhibition, produced and organized by the MACBA Barcelona, is a retrospective presentation of David Goldblatt’s work. Featuring more than 200 images by the South-African photographer, the show reflects half a century of Goldblatt’s …Read more

Contemporary Arab Representations is a long-term project which includes seminars, publications, performances and presentations of works by different authors – visual artists, architects, writers and poets – with the aim of encouraging production, circulation and exchange between the different cultural …Read more

The exhibition [based upon] TRUE STORIES focuses on the documentary film as one of the most fertile cinematographic and artistic forms. The exhibition is part of the special program of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), an event that includes feature films, shorts, …Read more

Following on from the exhibition [based upon] TRUE STORIES (24/01-30/03), the works of three artists will remain on show until April 21st in the context of the Foto Biënnale Rotterdam, and form the basis for lectures, debates and a workshop. The …Read more

Contemporary Arab Representations is a long-term project which includes seminars, publications, performances and presentations of works by various authors – visual artists, architects, writers, poets and intellectuals but also actors of social and political life – with the aim of …Read more

Contemporary Arab Representations is a long-term project which includes meetings, publications, productions, and presentations of visuals, texts, and discourses by various authors in many different cultural venues and other places. The aim of the project is to stimulate locally based …Read more

Acting against the current spatial conception that imagines political territory as an endless flat surface that is cut into coherent territorial units by linear borders, this project investigates the fragmentation of contemporary political space. The idea of ‘territory’ has been …Read more

Institution 2 is an exhibition and a seminar that posit an inquiry into the work of ten contemporary art institutions in Europe. The program is part of The Process, a sequence of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and lectures, which together form the …Read more

The exhibition Bild Archive in Witte de With is a retrospective of Ulrike Ottinger’s photography and highlights its relationship with three of her films: Superbia ‘ The Pride (1986), Usinimage (1987) and the more recent Southeast Passage (2002). (Website sources:www.ulrikeottinger.com and www.suedostpassage.com). Ulrike Ottinger came …Read more

News from Tehran 1 is a project by Nasrin Tabatabai, in collaboration with Babak Afrassiabi. With the participation of: Saeideh Akbari, Kiarash Anvari, Arta group, Javad Emami, Kambiz Ghavamzadeh, Farzaneh Khademian, Pirooz Kalantari, Bahman Kiarostami, Akram Mahmoudian, Maani Petgar, and …Read more

Striving to adapt the progressive ideas of the pre-war modern movement to the specific human needs of post-war reconstruction, Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the twentieth century. Witte …Read more

Even a life full of holes, a life of nothing but waiting, is better than no life at all. A Life Full of Holes, Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi, 1964 Even in its collapse, the colonial dream has left us the heritage …Read more

An Encounter The Netherlands and Indonesia are inextricably connected because of their history. Many Dutch people and Indonesians still have personal memories of the direct links with the colonial society that the Netherlands imposed on Indonesia. Karel Doing and Lulu …Read more

OUT OF THE SHADOWS is the result of an aesthetic research by Peter Friedl focussing on the political and socio-historical situation in Cyprus.Out of the shadows is part of the visual art program Who if not we?? ofThinking Forward, the cultural …Read more

A project by Herman Asselberghs, Els Opsomer, Pieter Van Bogaert, in collaboration with Ann Clicteur. In November 2002, three artists and critics from Brussels journeyed to Palestine for a ten-day visit. The knowledge they possessed about the unresolved conflict between …Read more

A project by UNTITLED: Milica Topalovic, Bas Princen, Office Kersten Geers David van Severen. FEAR OF THE CITY Rotterdam’s public ground reveals a pattern which is to a large extent build to the comfort of its inhabitant. Ticket machines, ATM …Read more

In his project One Step Beyond (OSB), www.one-step-beyond.de, Lukas Einsele has been researching the worldwide phenomenon of the landmine, its victims and its relation with the social and physical environment. Einsele traveled together with photographer Andreas Zierhut to minefields and other areas …Read more

Guest curator: Sven Lütticken These days, the term “reenactment” usually refers to live reconstructions of historic events, often of a military nature, performed by hobbyists. In the U.S., there are many enthusiasts (primarily men) who take part in Civil War …Read more

The German artist Peter Piller gives photographs from newspapers and archives a second lease of life. What is perceived as boring or monotonous at first glance proves to be a treasure trove that contains undiscovered relationships and exciting meanings. Piller, …Read more

From 19 November, 2005, to 8 January, 2006, Witte de With will present Bernadette Corporation’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. Opening November 18, 2005, 5.30 p.m. Since 1994 the anonymous international group of artists that use the Bernadette Corporation …Read more

Witte de With opens its first season under the direction of Nicolaus Schafhausen with two exhibitions: the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Mathias Poledna and the thematic group exhibition Don Quijote. Featuring twenty-two international artists, the exhibition presents artworks …Read more

Witte de With opens its new season under the direction of Nicolaus Schafhausen with two exhibitions: the thematic group exhibition Don Quijote and the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Mathias Poledna. Friday April 28, 3 p.m., press conference followed by …Read more

Tue Greenfort (b. Holbäk, Denmark, 1973) seeks out hidden corners, non-places where the boundary between “nature” and “culture” are blurred. This summer Tue Greenfort will present several existing works at Witte de With, alongside two new pieces. Witte de With …Read more

Witte de With is pleased to present the thematic group exhibitionStreet: behind the cliché. Open from 9 September until 19 November 2006, it features work in a range of media by 28 international artists. In a city, the street can …Read more

Witte de With is delighted to present Canadian artist Brian Jungen’s solo exhibition this winter, his first on such a large scale in Europe. Building upon his major survey exhibition organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, Witte de With will …Read more

Witte de With is pleased to present Jesper Just’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands, comprising of two major new films and a selection of his previous work. Opening Friday March 2, 5 p.m. Artist’s talk: Jesper Just in conversation …Read more

Witte de With presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Chloe Piene (Stamford, USA, 1972). Opening Friday March 2, 5 p.m. Chloe Piene is known for her intense and powerful work. Since the late 1990s, she has been …Read more

Witte de With presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Tris Vonna-Michell. With his energetic performances, Tris Vonna-Michell (b. 1982, Rochford, UK) adds a whole new chapter to the age-old tradition of storytelling. His performances function as chapters …Read more

Witte de With presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands of Margaret Salmon. Margaret Salmon (b. 1975, New York, USA) creates filmic portraits that weave together poetry and documentary. Focusing on individuals in their everyday habitats, her slow-moving films …Read more

Witte de With invites you to attend the opening of the ArtVIPs exhibition! After the series of masterclasses, the ArtVIPs will show the results at Witte de With, from 26 May through June 3, 2007. The opening is on Friday May …Read more

Witte de With’s director Nicolaus Schafhausen is appointed as curator for the German contribution to the 52nd Venice Biennale, he chose to show Isa Genzken (b. 1948, Bad Oldesloe, Germany) to represent Germany. Schafhausen explained this choice by stating that …Read more

Witte de With is delighted to present Liam Gillick’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands. Liam Gillick’s exhibition at Witte de With is the starting point of a year-long, mid-career retrospective which is also a collaboration between four international art …Read more

Manon de Boer’s work analyzes the possibilities of film in visual art. She often challenges the conventions and assumptions of the documentary genre. Drawn to individuals with unusual personal histories, she creates intimate portraits that question their own veracity, revealing …Read more

Witte de With presents three films by Keren Cytter: Something Happened (2007, 8 min), Der Spiegel (2007, 4 min) and Nightmare(2007, 7min). In addition, Cytter’s feature-length film New Age (2007, 75 min) will be screened during the opening and on Saturday 15 March at …Read more

Witte de With presents Gareth Moore’s exhibition As a Wild Boar Passes Water. This comprises a new film and multi-part installation inspired by the work of Viktor Schauberger (1885 – 1958). Opening Wednesday 2 April, 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Gareth Moore …Read more

Witte de With presents the major solo exhibition in Europe of the work of Geoffrey Farmer, following his survey currently on display at Montreal’s Musée d’art contemporain. Opening Wednesday 2 April, 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Geoffrey Farmer and Gareth Moore …Read more

Witte de With presents Claire Fontaine, a Paris-based collective artist founded in 2004. Opening Friday 9 May 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Claire Fontaine in conversation with Lars Bang Larsen (writer and critic). Download MP3 (64 MB) Taking her name from a …Read more

Witte de With presents a solo exhibition by Saâdane Afif. The exhibition consists of new sculptures and installations, each of which is an adaptation by Afif of one of his previous works. The exhibition’s title sets the parameters for this …Read more

Witte de With presents a solo exhibition of new and existing works by the Berlin-based photographer Annette Kelm. Thursday 12 June Opening of the exhibition 5 p.m. Tour of the exhibition with Nicolaus Schafhausen (reservations@wdw.nl). 6 p.m. Opening* With intense …Read more

Witte de With presents a solo exhibition by New York-based artist Sung Hwan Kim. Opening Friday 12 September 6 p.m. Opening 8 p.m. Sung Hwan Kim in conversation with Charles Esche Sung Hwan Kim (b. 1975, Seoul) has previously worked …Read more

Witte de With presents the first extensive solo exhibition to date of British artist William Hunt (b. 1977, London). Since his graduation in 2005 from the prestigious Goldsmiths College in London, he has garnered critical attention with his performances in …Read more

Witte de With is proud to present a comprehensive exhibition of Vancouver-based artist Ian Wallace, in collaboration with Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen (Düsseldorf) and Kunsthalle Zurich. Friday 7 November 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Opening 6 p.m. Autonomy vs …Read more

Witte de With presents Agnosia, a solo exhibition by Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt (b. 1960, Ypres, Belgium). The exhibition includes adaptations of previous works as well as recent productions. Opening Friday, February 27, 5:00 pm. At 7 p.m. an interview with …Read more

Opening: March 14, 2009, 7:00 p.m. What is moral is what you feel good after, and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. (Ernest Hemingway) The exhibition I could live in Africa examines the relationship between contemporary art and …Read more

Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, is proud to present the major solo exhibition of Billy Apple®, comprising two parts, A History of the Brand (31 May – 13 September) and Revealed/Concealed (26 June – 13 September). In addition to this …Read more

Liam Gillick will be the artist presented at the German Pavilion during the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. The curator of the German Pavilion is Nicolaus Schafhausen, director of Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam. Liam Gillick …Read more

The second part of Billy Apple’s exhibition, titledRevealed/Concealed, will open on Thursday 25 June. 5-8 p.m.: Opening 5 p.m.: Guided tour of the exhibition by Christina Barton (Director of Adam Art Gallery, Wellington) and Wystan Curnow (Professor, University of Auckland) …Read more

Exhibition At Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Cosima von Bonin presents an exhibition around the notion of sloth and fatigue. With her typical laconic humor, von Bonin creates a constellation of new and existing works. From oversized stuffed …Read more

Polder Cup was part of the Morality project’s Between You and I, a joint project by SKOR and Witte de With which took place between the Fall of 2009 and the Fall of 2010. De Kunsthal Rotterdam show the project Polder Cup by Spanish artist Maider López untill 11 December. Read more

There is more than meets the eye to Angela Bulloch’s work. Her solo exhibition SHORT BIG DRAMA at Witte de With plays with this red herring – the illusion of simplicity – and highlights the theatricality of Bulloch’s practice.Read more