For the tenth anniversary of WhyNot, they return to W139, the place where it all began, for an old school evening of dance, performance, music and art! The evening at W139 is curated in collaboration with Julidans, Vlaams Cultuurhuis de […]
In de eerste week van februari doneerden meer dan 170 kunstenaars hun werk. Deze online veiling is een kans om samen sterker te staan tegen het wegvallen van financiering en tegen de dreigende sluiting van W139, de iconische en historische kunstinstelling van Amsterdam! Toon aanstaande Valentijnsdag je liefde door te bieden op […]
A collective world-building journey to revive our earthly interconnections. A work by Juliette Lizotte aka jujulove. Sisters.°· Let me take you to my world.•º Sisters of the Wind is the fruit of an artistic research on witches, ecofeminism, and science-fiction […]
DIWAN for Arts and Dialogue aims at supporting young contemporary art and design practitioners, especially those in the diaspora, in the development of their projects and artistic practice. The platform’s foundational focus is to facilitate navigating the Dutch art scene […]
Under Bat Hill is a group exhibition that imagines the W139 as a glorious cavern in the middle of the city. Isolated from the outside world and its dwellers, this huge space is activated through a daily program of screenings […]
Tijdens het Amsterdam Art Weekend 2021 presenteert W139 een selectie uit het archief om terug te kijken op de afgelopen vier decennia aan artistiek experiment, en de diversiteit van de benaderingen, materialen, stijlen, technologieën en esthetieken van kunstenaars in deze […]
In 2021, the participants of Architectures of Noise were working individually and collectively in art-based research processes. They involve reading sessions, walks, talks, accompanied by architectural and sculptural interventions, performances, workshops, and experiments, especially in the sense of experiri (experience), reason, and resonance in the public and private domains. During the summer […]
In collaboration with artist and researcher Sher Doruff, Arefeh Riahi researched the uncertainty of language, as well as its potential for resisting archival modes of communication. What do ‘limitation’ and ‘consolidation’ mean in relation to language? In what ways are […]
Platform BK kicks off the new cultural season with a three-day workshop on art, solidarity, and self-organisation in the Amsterdam art space W139 and surroundings on August 27, 28 and 29, 2021. Read all about the event and how you can participate below. Active […]
Verbógen Verbrijzeld onderzoekt hoe wit licht versplinterd en verbogen kan worden - hoe je met de materie kan samensmelten. In de solotentoonstelling van Philip Vermeulen maak je kennis met zijn nieuw ontwikkelde ‘hyper-sculpturen’, die wit licht ombuigen en mechanisch verbrijzelen tot […]
Verbógen Verbrijzeld (Shattered Scattered) examines how white light can be splintered and bended - how you can become one with matter. In the solo exhibition by Philip Vermeulen you will get to know his newly developed ‘hyper-sculptures’, which shatter and mechanically […]
