Essays
pondering notes on exhibitions and collections at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Stedelijk Studies essays begin where exhibitions end
here you can find commissioned in-depth texts written by today’s leading thinkers. Welcoming research as a tool to push forward curatorial practice, these essays shed a critical light on museum programming.
Announcement without Resolution: On Anne Imhof’s YOUTH
by Vincent van Velsen
January 25, 2023/by NikolaiOn Re-enchantment and Cosmic Hopes
by Mira Asriningtyas
November 24, 2022/by NikolaiIn Museums We Trust
by Yvette Mutumba
November 22, 2022/by NikolaiArchitecture as Theater
by Infraestudio
October 25, 2022/by NikolaiPersuasions in Liminal Spaces
by Nafisa Rizvi
October 11, 2022/by NikolaiMusic, Painting, Intuition, and Calculation
Sedje Hémon and the Stedelijk Museum
October 4, 2022/by NikolaiAbdias do Nascimento: Being an Event of Love
by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
September 22, 2022/by NikolaiWake up and smell the coffee: El Dorado is right here in the Netherlands!
by Bart Krieger
June 29, 2022/by NikolaiArt as Colonial Contact Zone
Essay by Paul Basu
March 29, 2022/by NikolaiLooking Twice: The Presence of Absence in Die Brücke Art Histories
A Critical Reflection on the exhibition "Kirchner and Nolde: Expressionism. Colonialism." by Lisa Hilli
February 9, 2022/by NikolaiHow Textiles Talk and What They Have to Say
Essay by Amanda Pinatih
December 16, 2021/by NikolaiStraight Innocence
Essay by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
October 13, 2021/by CarlosThe Power of the Everyday: Reflections on The Surinamese School exhibition
Essay by Chandra Frank
July 8, 2021/by NikolaiLanguages of Resistance and Protest in Dutch-Surinamese Painting
Essay by Oneika Russel
July 1, 2021/by NikolaiSurinamese School: Reflections on History, Art, Decolonization and Cultural Identity
Essay by Azu Nwagbogu
June 24, 2021/by Nikolai