Sunday 13 July t/m Sunday 8 September
KunstKijker
With the Cobra KunstKijker, you can write a card to the artist of your favorite artwork in the exhibition Endless Imagination!
How it works?
Visit the exhibition Endless Imagination
Choose your favorite work
Ask for a card at the reception
Write a story on the card
Put the card in the special mailbox at the reception
No need for a stamp! We make sure the cards get to the artist.
Dick ten Braak, Vogel
Summer
Summer is here again! Come cool off (or shelter from the rain) with us at the museum.
During the summer there are four exhibitions on display in Amstelveen.
Diana Blok – I challenge you to love me
Pierre Verger – The One That I Am Not
Endless Imagination
Open depot
Gallery view, Victor Wennekes
In addition to the exhibitions, a number of fun activities have been organized.
Experimenteel schilderen
Artist talk: Tatjana Almuli in gesprek met Diana Blok
Gendermonologen
Masterclass (portret)fotografie
Instaprondleidingen
Familierondleidingen
Atelier CoBrA
Monday 22 till Friday 26 juli
Summerschool ’24 was another great success where a lot of art was made.
From Monday through Friday, participants attended various workshops and lectures and made a lot of art under the guidance of Jonas Ohlsson.
For example, Taneesha Sijmons gave a lecture on sexuality. She is a coach on sensuality, relationship and intimacy and is an erotic dancer. Through her work, she empowers and supports people to discover their relationship with themselves, their partner(s), their bodies and to embrace and deepen their sensual well-being. As an erotic dancer, she embodies the celebration of women, demonstrating the power of empowerment. Through her performance art, she emphasizes that nudity and sensuality need not be seen as taboo and uses her art forms to exhibit the beauty, magnetism and freedom within sensuality.
Kenneth Aidoo also conducted a workshop. Kenneth Aidoo is a visual artist who explores the social position of people from the African diaspora through film, paintings, drawings and video installations. He graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2019 with a series of portraits, exploring the everyday experiences he encountered in the Netherlands. Other topics in his work include the triangle connection between Ghana, the Netherlands and Suriname, and what it is like to have a tri-cultural identity. Aidoo has exhibited both in the Netherlands and an international show in Antwerp, Belgium. He has been nominated for the Royal Prize for Modern Painting in 2021 and is one of three winners in 2022. His work is in private and public collections.
The week ended with a presentation and closing drinks. The exhibition will be on display at Museum Cobra for a while longer!
Evgeny Astapov
Wednesday July 17
The Amstelveen City Council has adopted the advice of the Municipal Executive and decided to provide the museum with an annual subsidy of 1.4 million for a period of three years. This will save the museum and allow it to further develop its artistic and educational ambitions and build a sustainable future.
Future perspective
The future plan includes the choice for a permanent Cobra collection in combination with a strong educational program. Museum Cobra also wants to become a place for various exhibitions that fit in with Cobra’s ideas. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen and council members see the new plans as a promising new start for the museum.
The museum now operates under the name Museum Cobra with a new visual style. The museum will further develop into a multidisciplinary platform with visual art, installations, new media, poetry, literature and music. Collaborations with (local) organizations will be strengthened to promote public participation and education.
End of uncertainty, look to the future
The city council’s decision means that Museum Cobra can concentrate on realizing its ambitions, building on them, making the plans concrete and strengthening the museum’s position.
Word of thanks
The Board of Museum Cobra is indebted to all employees for their loyalty and for writing the future plan. Their commitment and dedication have been invaluable in shaping the future vision of the museum. Museum Cobra thanks the city council members of Amstelveen for all their support and the municipal executive committee for their good cooperation. Museum Cobra looks to the future with optimism and determination.
Group photo of Museum Cobra employees, Victor Wennekes
Friday 24 May
On May 24, the winners of the Naturally Amstelveen photo contest were festively announced. Together with the jury and Children’s Mayor Milanka, Alderman for City Promotion and Economic Affairs Adam Elzakalai presented the prizes. The winning and nominated photos are now on display at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art.
In the spring, when nature in Amstelveen is at its most beautiful, Visit Amstelveen organized the photo contest Natuurlijk Amstelveen in cooperation with Canon. More than 500 entries of nature photos, made during explorations through polders, parks and the Amsterdamse Bos, were received.
Alderman Adam Elzakalai emphasized the purpose of the contest: “With Visit Amstelveen, we wanted to draw attention to the beautiful nature of our city, so that both visitors and residents can enjoy it even more. The response was overwhelming with more than 500 entries and over 850 votes for the audience award. I am proud of the stunning photos of both the winners and nominees.”
The Winners
The winners from the categories ‘adults’ and ‘children up to 12 years’ were chosen by a professional jury consisting of Bas Meelker (landscape photographer), Tom Zwerver (producer nature education Amsterdamse Bos) and Moïsha Kruijer (collection manager Cobra Museum for Modern Art). In addition, two audience winners were chosen.
Winners Jury Prize:
Adults: Ditsy Kulk
Children up to 12 years of age: Anushree Prakash
Winners Audience Award:
Adults: Charlotte Brand
Children up to 12 years old: Arya Arici
Exhibition in the Cobra Museum
The exhibition takes place in the Voordrachtszaal of the Cobra Museum for Modern Art and can be seen until Sunday, June 16. On Wednesdays, the exhibition is free to visit for Amstelven residents.
Saturday 18 t/m Monday 20 May
The sunny weekend of Pentecost was all about Amstelveen En Plein Air.
During the weekend of May 18, 19 and 20, AmstellandKunst organized the event Amstelveen En Plein Air in cooperation with the Cobra Museum and Museum Jan.
On Saturday, artists were able to create art outdoors. Residents of Amstelveen (and beyond, of course) could follow the creative process and artistic progress.
On Sunday and Monday the created works were exhibited in the Cobra Museum. More than 80 works hung in a beautiful exhibition.
Friday 14 till Monday 17 June
Weekend closure A9 in both directions
During the weekend from Friday, June 14, 8 p.m. to Monday, June 17, 5 a.m., Rijkswaterstaat is replacing the bridge deck of the Schiphol Bridge. It is therefore necessary to close the A9 in two directions between the Holendrecht and Badhoevedorp junctions. During the closure, all intermediate exits and slip roads will also be closed to traffic, except for the slip road at Aalsmeer towards Schiphol. Traffic will be diverted via the A4, A10 and A2 during this period.
Apologies for the inconvenience!
Tuesday 21 till Wednesday 29 May
We are working in phases on a renovated museum café in the coming period. Due to work in the Cobra Café, the café will be closed on Tuesday May 21, Wednesday May 22, Tuesday May 28 and Wednesday May 29. In the intervening period the café will be open, but you will therefore see that the café is not yet ‘finished’. Of course you are welcome to enjoy a nice cup of coffee or tea with homemade sweets or a sandwich during this period.
Apologies for any inconvenience!
Saturday 18 May
Today, in the last weekend of the exhibition Anton Corbijn – MOØDe, we festively welcomed the 50,000th visitor! Congratulations Cheri Nienkemper and Klaas Knol!
The exhibition is a great success and as many as 50,000 visitors have already visited the exhibition in Amstelveen. This afternoon Cheri and Klaas were festively welcomed by Anton Corbijn himself with flowers, a signed MOØDe photo book and an OOR magazine.
Come see the exhibition soon! The exhibition is open until Monday.
Saturday 18 till Monday 20 May
The exhibition Anton Corbijn – MOØDe is on view through Monday, May 20. The Whitsun weekend is dedicated to Anton Corbijn and therefore the Cobra Pakt Uit! weekend has been moved to Saturday, May 18 through Monday, May 20. On Whit Monday, May 20, the museum will be open an extra day!
The last chance to admire Corbijn’s +200 portraits in Amstelveen!
Photo: Stephan Vanfleteren
