Category: Nieuws

Anton Corbijn talked to Willemijn Veenhoven at Kunststof about his career and the exhibition MOØDe.

Listen to the fragment here.

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

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.”

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!’

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!

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

Last Wednesday, students from NL Mode Academie in Amstelveen presented their work to the public during a fashion show at Anton Corbijn’s MOØDe exhibition.

The students of NL Mode Academie immersed themselves in the work of Anton Corbijn and designed and created clothes based on this work.

NL Mode Academie is a fashion & styling education with a lot of personal attention, based in Amstelveen. Both styling and design are covered during the course.

The fashion show was a great success with many visitors!

Foto’s: Evgeny Astapov

Due to roadworks on the viaduct on the A9, the northbound lane of the A9 between the Holendrecht junction and exit A9-5a (Stadshart) will be closed from Friday 1 March 20:00 until Monday 4 March 05:00.

The Stadshart exit and the Aalsmeer exit will remain open to traffic towards Schiphol throughout the weekend. Traffic on the A9 will be diverted via the A2, A10 and A4 during this period. In Amstelveen itself, traffic will be diverted via the Oranjebaan.

On the southbound lane of the A9, one lane will be closed. This may cause some disruption to traffic towards Utrecht and Diemen.

Almost Easter, which means extra days off for most people. So what could be more fun than visiting a museum?

On Monday 1 April (2nd Easter Day), the museum will be open an extra day.

The museum will provide some fun Easter activities.

On Sunday 31 March and Monday 1 April, the Atelier CoBrA will be open from 11.00 – 14.00.

You can also search for Easter eggs on the square in front of the museum on Sunday and Monday. Have you found them all? Go to reception and who knows, there might be a treat waiting for you!
Pick up the search information sheet at reception.

Room view | Gallery view MOØDe, photo: Peter Tijhuis