Friday 3 May
We were pleasantly surprised this morning with the visit of Anton Corbijn, Bono, The Edge and Martin Garrix at the museum!
Before opening hours, they visited the exhibition Anton Corbijn – MOØDe. For years, U2 and Corbijn have been working together.
The exhibition Anton Corbijn – MOØDe features several portraits of Bono, The Edge and the rock band U2.
Thursday 25 April
On Thursday 25 April, B Academy fashion students presented their work at the Cobra Museum. Inspired by Anton Corbijn’s exhibition, they designed and presented clothes at our museum.
Come and have a look! Their work and photos will be on display in the museum until the end of May!
B Academy
B Academy is the practical training institute for the creators of the future that prepares students to become professionals in the fashion, hair or make-up industry.
Thursday 4 April
Today we welcomed the 40,000th visitor to the MOØDe exhibition in the museum!
Since December, we have had more than 40,000 visitors to the exhibition Anton Corbijn – MOØDe! Today, Ed and Joke were warmly welcomed by director Hedwig Verhoeven.
Hedwig about the exhibition: “𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 20 𝘔𝘢𝘺.”
Anton Corbijn’s exhibition will be on display in Amstelveen for an extra week. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm. On Pentecost Monday, 20 May, the museum will be open an extra day from 10am to 5pm!
Monday 20 May
On Monday 20 May, the museum will be open an extra day!
Come on Monday 20 May with your family and friends and get inspired by our exhibitions. The Cobra Café will be waiting for you with hot coffee, tea and fresh pastries.
Thursday 28th of March
Anton Corbijn talked to Willemijn Veenhoven at Kunststof about his career and the exhibition MOØDe.
Listen to the fragment here.
Monday 18 March
The Cobra Museum of Modern Art Foundation welcomes Hedwig Verhoeven as general director (ad interim).
At the Cobra Museum, Verhoeven will work with the team, the foundation board and the Amstelveen municipality to build a future-proof museum.
“We see in Hedwig an experienced director who can work with the team and us as a board to shape a new solid future of the Cobra Museum. We are pleased that Hedwig wants to bring her administrative experience to the museum. We more than welcome her,” said Jerry Straub, chairman of the Cobra Museum of Modern Art Amstelveen Foundation.
Hedwig Verhoeven brings with her extensive administrative experience. For instance, until 1 March last, she was director-director of the National Cultural Fund the Fund for Cultural Participation, which she led for five years. Before that, she held board positions at, among others, the Association of Theatre and Concert Hall Directors (VSCD), the Stichting Theaterpromotie en Concertbezoek (Foundation for the Promotion of Theatre and Concert Tours), the Employers’ Association of Dutch Stages, the Koninklijke Schouwburg in The Hague and the Munttheater in Weert. Verhoeven will start 18 March 2024 at the museum.
Together with Maxim de Nooij, who has been with the museum for some time now as Head of Collection Management, Verhoeven will take up museum duties to put together an exhibition programme that appeals to a wide audience.
With Hedwig Verhoeven and a clear, future-proof and profitable strategy, the Foundation Board looks to the future positively and confidently.
Hedwig Verhoeven (left of centre) together with Cobra Museum employees
Monday 18 March
Cobra Museum of Modern Art Foundation says farewell to Stefan van Raay as director.
For the past six years, Van Raay has led the Cobra Museum with heart and soul. The museum is very grateful to Van Raay. By connecting Cobra art and the ideas of the Cobra movement with modern and contemporary art from different continents and cultures, he has succeeded in attracting a larger and more diverse public to the Cobra Museum. The Cobra Museum is building on what he established.
Stefan van Raay: “I look back on the past six years with great pleasure, especially because of the enthusiasm, commitment and creativity of my dear and much-appreciated colleagues. And I count the volunteers and the construction crew among them! The board that appointed me in 2018 has always been very loyal. I am grateful to the friends and colleagues from the national but especially the international museum and art world who have allowed me to bring wonderful exhibitions and activities to the museum. In programming, the mission has always been to connect art and culture to current themes that resonate strongly with people. Such as celebrating diversity and inclusion, while stimulating curiosity about fellow human beings and the unknown. I thank everyone whose contributions in any form made this vibrant programme possible, and of course not forgetting the nearly 400,000 visitors who have come to the museum to enjoy the programme over the past six years.”
Monday 11th of March
Last Monday, we were surprised by the VriendenLoterij with a cheque worth €259,989.
It is almost €15,000 more than last year. This structural contribution will allow us to continue to realise our ambitions and plans.
Joan Madiredjo accepted the cheque on behalf of the museum. ‘𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘓𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘫. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘓𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘫 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵!’
Saturday 2 till sunday 10 March
In the Week of Volunteers (2 to 10 March), we thank our volunteers for their strong commitment.
Every day, our enthusiastic volunteers provide our visitors with information, supervise exhibition halls and guide visitors in the CoBrA Atelier.
The Cobra Museum has a large group of volunteers. Would you like to become a volunteer? Then click here and who knows, maybe we will see you in the museum soon!
We thank our volunteers for their hard work and dedication!
Saturday 27th of April
On Saturday 27 April, the museum is closed!
On the day the Netherlands turns orange, the museum is closed.
We welcome you back to the museum on Sunday 28 April.
Picture: Peter Tijhuis
