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The Van Abbemusum is the only museum in the Netherlands to concentrate exclusively on modern and contemporary art from the 20th and 21st centuries. Since it opened in 1936, the museum has built up an impressive collection of over 2,700 works of art. The Van Abbemuseum has the largest El Lissitzky collection outside Russia, a collection which forms a continual source of inspiration for new exhibitions. The museum also possesses masterpieces by renowned artists such as Picasso, Chagall, Kokoschka, Beuys, Gordon and McCarthy. The collection was international in outlook from the outset, and has been formed around ensembles of artists and works that together make up a coherent pattern. A large proportion of the present collection comes from Northern and Western Europe and the USA, but in future the museum intends to enlarge its scope to include contemporary Dutch work and art from the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe which has hitherto barely been represented.

The Van Abbemuseum is not averse to challenges and believes in the fruitfulness of bold experiment. It is neither the medium nor the discipline that dictates the acquisitions and exhibitions, but the artistic cogency of a work in relation to its form and the social context in which it is - or originally was - shown. The curators in the Van Abbemuseum regard art unequivocally as a form of interaction, of action and reaction. The museum stimulates ongoing innovation in its presentation formats, which thereby contribute to the current interpretation of works of art. It also initiates research, forums and international exchanges. Throughout these activities, the museum relentlessly questions its own function in contemporary society and in the currents of debate that suffuse it. The Van Abbemuseum pursues a role as an inspiring meeting place and as an actively engaged knowledge centre for young and old, for professionals and non-professionals.

 



represented artists

Marina Abramovic   Marina Abramovic freereport  
Carl Andre   Carl Andre freereport  
Karel Appel     
Fiona Banner     
Georg Baselitz   Georg Baselitz freereport  
Joseph Beuys   Joseph Beuys freereport  Joseph Beuys quickreport
Marcel Broodthaers   Marcel Broodthaers freereport  
Christo & Jeanne-Claude     Christo & Jeanne-Claude freereport    Christo & Jeanne-Claude quickreport
René Daniëls     
Jan Dibbets   Jan  Dibbets freereport  
Jean Dubuffet     
Lucio Fontana   Lucio Fontana freereport  
Wassily Kandinsky     
El Lissitzky     
Richard Paul Lohse     
Richard Long   Richard Long freereport  
Mark Manders   Mark Manders freereport  
Mario Merz   Mario Merz freereport  
Piet Mondrian   Piet Mondrian freereport  
Juan Muñoz   Juan Muñoz freereport  
Pablo Picasso   Pablo Picasso freereport  
Serge Poliakoff     
Gerhard Richter   Gerhard Richter freereport  
Thomas Schütte   Thomas Schütte freereport  
Frank Stella   Frank Stella freereport  
Marijke van Warmerdam     
Lawrence Weiner   Lawrence Weiner freereport  
Carel Willink     


Exhibitions

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov - El Liss... Ilya & Emilia Kabakov 01/12/2012 - 01/04/2013
David Maljkovic David Maljkovic 08/10/2012 - 06/01/2013
Piero Gilardi - Works 1963 -1983 Piero Gilardi 08/09/2012 - 06/01/2013
Roland Schimmel - The Innocent Eye ... Roland Schimmel 02/04/2012 - 30/09/2012
René Daniëls- An Exhibi... René Daniëls 12/05/2012 - 23/09/2012
René Daniëls - An exhib... René Daniëls 12/05/2012 - 02/09/2012
Yael Bartana - ... and Europe will ... Yael Bartana 24/03/2012 - 26/08/2012
From the collection: Carl Andre Carl Andre 08/05/2012 - 31/07/2012
Hollands Kabinet (Dutch Cabinet) Sara van der Heide 21/01/2012 - 29/04/2012
Spirits of Internationalism 6 Europ... Stuart Brisley, James Lee Byars, ... 21/01/2012 - 29/04/2012
The Collectors Show 03/09/2011 - 08/01/2012
Bram Hermens - Het Oog Bram Hermens 01/07/2011 - 31/12/2011
Play Van Abbe Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, ... 26/02/2011 - 30/08/2011
Play Van Abbe Part 3: The Politics... DENMARK (Marc Robbroeckx), Michal Heiman, ... 25/09/2010 - 31/01/2011
Lissitzky+ Part 1: Victory over the... El Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich, ... 19/09/2009 - 05/09/2010
Double Infinity Xijing Men, Lara Almarcegui, ... 29/04/2010 - 23/05/2010
Symposium Russian Avant-garde Revi... 06/03/2010 - 03/04/2010
Play Van Abbe - Part 1: The Game a... Alighiero Boetti, Daniel Buren, ... 28/11/2009 - 31/03/2010
From Dusk Till Dawn Ruth Buchanan, Daniel Buren, ... 19/03/2010 - 20/03/2010
If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To B... Keren Cytter 19/03/2010 - 19/03/2010
Lynda Benglis Lynda Benglis 11/12/2009 - 11/12/2009
Joseph Kosuth Joseph Kosuth 03/04/2004 -
Journal 5 Lucy McKenzie – Deathwa... Lucy McKenzie 21/02/2004 -
IAN WILSON THE DISCUSSIONS Ian Wilson 01/03/2009 -
Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait Douglas Gordon, Philippe Parreno, ... 28/02/2009 -
Heartland Stephanie Smith, Otto Berchem, ... 04/10/2008 -
Lily van der Stokker Lily van der Stokker 01/10/2007 -
Be(com)ing Dutch Michael Blum, Phil Collins, ... 24/05/2008 -
Trio exhibition Minerva Cuevas, Aernout Mik, ... 26/01/2008 -
EindhovenIstanbul Hale Tenger, Maria Lassnig, ... 01/10/2005 -
From the collection - Un coup de d&... Robert Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, ... 04/02/2005 -
Journal 7: Tomma Abts - Vincent Fec... Tomma Abts, Vincent Fecteau, ... 02/10/2004 -
One on One - Installations from the... Richard Serra, Robert Morris, ... 13/03/2004 -
What happened to Art Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, ... 20/05/2006 -
ACADEMY. Learning from Art Uli Aigner, Herman Asselberghs, ... 16/09/2006 -
Bartana / Perjovschi / Sasnal Yael Bartana, Dan Perjovschi, ... 18/02/2006 -
The Subversive Charm of the Bourgeo... Richard Wright, Silke Otto-Knapp, ... 18/03/2006 -
Groothertogdom Brabant Jean Brusselmans, Simona Denicolai, ... 13/01/2007 -
Paul McCarthy - Brain Box Dream Box... Paul McCarthy 19/06/2004 -
Robert Kusmirowski Robert Kusmirowski 05/06/2005 -
Lawrence Weiner Lawrence Weiner 01/10/2005 -
Lee Lozano Lee Lozano 07/10/2006 -
Pavel Büchler, Avi Mograbi, Fr... Pavel Büchler, Frances Stark, ... 12/05/2007 -
Minerva Cuevas Minerva Cuevas 26/01/2008 -
Aernout Mik Aernout Mik 26/01/2008 -
Mladen Stilinovic Mladen Stilinovic 26/01/2008 -
Allan Kaprow. Life as Art Allan Kaprow 10/02/2007 -
FORMS OF RESISTANCE Gustave Courbet, El Lissitzky, ... 22/09/2007 -
Summer tour in the Van Abbemuseum René Daniëls, Jörg Immendorff, ... 31/08/2007 -
Marc Mulders Marc Mulders 31/07/2007 -
“Wo stehst Du mit deiner Kunst, Ko... Jörg Immendorff 02/09/2007 -
Vormen van Verzet Gustave Courbet, General Idea, ... 22/09/2007 -
Douglas Gordon: Letters, telephone ... Douglas Gordon 19/01/2004 -
No Ghost Just a Shell Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, ... 09/04/2005 -
David Maljkovic David Maljkovic 08/05/2005 -
Stijn Peeters 18/03/2006 -
Toos Nijssen 20/05/2006 -



 

Contact Information

Van Abbemuseum
Bilderdijklaan 10
5600 Eindhoven (Netherlands)

Phone: +31 40 2381000
Fax: +31 40 2460680
info@vanabbemuseum.nl
www.vanabbemuseum.nl

Opening Time:
Tu-Sa 11-17h

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