Opening Dead Darlings XX — In It Together
Dead Darlings is thrilled to mark their 20th anniversary with a special exhibition and auction in collaboration with W139. You are invited to join us in celebrating this milestone with the grand opening of Dead Darlings XX — In It Together!
Dead Darlings XX — In It Together is a two-week exhibition, including over eighty artworks, happenings, a plethora of archival materials and an extended auction event. We can’t wait to share with you what has been twenty years of fun, surprises, commitment, creativity and hard work.
Join us for drinks, a special cocktail, and a relaxed preview of the works. Come explore 80+ artworks and archival treasures from two decades of Dead Darlings. Sign up for the auction, buy your catalogue, check out our amazing new merch, and rub shoulders with Darlings!
Programme
Opening Dead Darlings XX — In It Together
— Friday 28 November 2025
The Auction
— Saturday 13 December 2025
84 Participating artists in alphabetical order: Ad de Jong, Adriana Joëlle Jochems, Ahmad Mallah, Andrea Imwiehe, André van Bergen, Anika Schwarzlose & Elena Khurtova, Anna Hoetjes, Annaleen Louwes, Anne Wölk, Anni Ruffin, Antoinette Nausikaä, Anuschka Blommers / Niels Schumm, Aurélien Lepetit, Barbara Rink, Charlott Markus, Coralie Vogelaar, Danielle Vorthuys, Dasha Afanaseva, Delta van Melle, Diana Al-Halabi, Emmanuelle Wilhelm, Erik Alkema, Eva Schippers, Floor Meijers, George Korsmit, Gijs Assmann, Giorgos Gripeos, Hanna Mattes, Ine Lamers, Jacopo Calonaci, James Beckett, Jan Timmers, Janneke Raaphorst, Jean-Philippe Paumier, Jessie Yingying Gong, Joep Neefjes/LPI, Johannes Schwartz, Joseph Miceli, Kai Reichert, Kandido Filgueiras, Klara Hobza, Kristine Hymøller, Leyla Sünnenwold, Lieve Hakkers, Lina Ozerkina, Lisa Sudhibhasilp, Lo Yuen Ming, Lotte Reimann, Lotte van Geijn, Manshee Zheng, Marek van de Watering, Mariana Oliveira, Marianne Vierø, Marie Ilse Bourlanges, Marlies Neugebauer, Masaki Komoto, Maud van der Werf, Max van Meeuwen, Mayra Sérgio, Miklos Gaál, Noam Holdengreber, Pantelis Makkas, Paulien Barbas, Peter de Boer, Popel Coumou, Rebecca Sakoun & Florian Göttke, Rob van der Nol, Roman Tkachenko, Ruth van Beek, Semâ Bekirović & Xu XueQin, Seán O’Riordan, Simon Marsiglia, Sofija Li Virta, Soji Shimizu, Sophie Schreurs, Stéphanie Baechler, Susan Kooi, Susanna Brenner, T Y Gutter, Tania Theodorou, Thomas Monses, Vita Buivid and Anna Buyvid, Yann Vissers, Yiannis Vellis.
Dead Darlings began in 2005 as a subversive, anonymous art auction in Amsterdam. It has since grown into an international platform with a mission to explore the often fraught, always complex relationship between the price and the value of an artwork, focusing on dead darlings—works an artist has created but never brought to light. Inspired by “kill your darlings,” they ask: what becomes of these ambivalent works.
Photos by Gergely László Ofner
