In the exhibition Constant 101: The Future Can Be Humance, 40 works by Constant are shown together with new works by Antonio José Guzamn and a new installation by Antonis Pittas. The exhibition is part of the year-long programme Constant 101, in which young and contemporary makers, thinkers and partners from all over the Netherlands […]
Constant. Space + Colour. From Cobra to New Babylon
After a frustrating time at the art academy between 1939 and 1940, Constant met the Danish artist Asger Jorn. They became friends and the dynamic, internationally oriented Jorn encouraged Constant to start a new avant-garde group in the Netherlands: the Experimental Group, which would later become Cobra. Constant not only played in Holland an important […]
In 2021 it will be 101 years ago that the artist Constant was born. On the occasion of this anniversary, Fondation Constant is launching the large-scale collaborative project Constant 101. A range of museums, cultural institutions and new creators will celebrate Constant’s ideas and legacy together. As part of this collaboration, the Cobra Museum of […]
Saturday, March 25, 3 p.m. Admission free (regular admission prices apply when visiting the rest of the museum). What does the word “home” really mean? People of 139 different nationalities live in Amstelveen. Where do their thoughts go when they think of ‘home’? Artist Stephanie Rhode set out to photograph people of each of Amstelveen’s […]
An animal, a night, a cry Dutch Cobra artists from the collection An animal, a night, a cry is an exhibition of works created by Dutch members of the Cobra movement from the late 1940s to the mid-1950s. The exhibits are either from the permanent collection of the Cobra Museum or are works on long-term […]
Exhibition Becoming Ovartaci Featuring more than 70 paintings, drawings and sculptures, the exhibition provides an introduction to the art and life of Danish artist Ovartaci and it is made in collaboration with the Museum Ovartaci in Aarhus, Denmark. The majority of the works in the exhibition are borrowed from private collectors, thus, exhibited to the […]
Exhibition Je est un autre Ernest Mancoba and Sonja Ferlov This exhibition brings over 60 of works together in an intimate overview. It showcases the works of South African-born sculptor and painter Ernest Mancoba (1904-2002) and Danish-born sculptor Sonja Ferlov (1911-1984). Both were involved at the founding of the Cobra movement in Denmark, albeit from […]
Exhibition We Kiss the Earth Danish modern art 1934-1948 The exhibition gives an overview of the most important developments in Danish art in the years before, during and immediately after World War II, up to the founding of Cobra. Almost all of the 100 artworks in the exhibition are from Danish museums, who are lending […]
The Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen celebrates 75 years of Cobra (1948-1951) with an extensive programme in 2023 featuring many international loans. The museum’s programming is based on the ideas of the Cobra movement and focuses on experimentation, free thinking and polyphony. We Kiss the Earth Danish modern art 1934-1948 Exhibition 27 January – […]
