Van Abbemuseum

The Van Abbemuseum at Eindhoven is one of the first public museums dedicated to contemporary art to have been established in Europe. The museum’s collection includes more than 2,700 works, in particular key pieces and archives of El Lissitzky, Picasso, Kokoschka, Chagall, Beuys, McCarthy, Daniëls and Körmeling. By exploring notions of openness, hospitality and knowledge, the museum offers an experimental approach to the role of art in society.
The museum invites its visitors to think about art and its place in the world, making use of a varied range of subjects, including the role of collecting as “cultural” memory and the museum as public place. Joint projects and international exchanges have made the Van Abbemuseum a place of creative intersections and a source of surprises, inspiration and imagination for its visitors and participants. This year the Van Abbemuseum will celebrate its 75th anniversary.


YAEL BARTANA, Summer Camp (photo Film Still)

HARUN FAROCKI, Respite (photo Film Still)

DANICA DAKIC, Isola Bella (photo Film Still)

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