Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

#80

Manifestation

November 20, 2025

Until January 8, 2026

#80 The Belly of Momo

Come in to Buro Stedelijk's Central Space transformed by Kevin Osepa, shared with sound artist Rozaly and multidisciplinary artist Lakisha Apostel among many others.

Collaborator

#83

Musician

Cheb Runner

Collaborator

Iyanla Etnel

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Joram Kraaijveld

#62

Manifestation

November 30, 2024

14:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#62 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Pırıltı Onukar, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

#82

Manifestation

November 1, 2025

14:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#82 Reading Group: Goddess Change

A last gathering with Marly Pierre-Louis, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

Elias Wattimena

#43

Manifestation

November 28, 2024

Until January 23, 2025

Central Space

#43 (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences

The fifth group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT] and Martin Toloku

Collaborator

Fund

Ammodo

#8

work description

Marcel van den Berg: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

#63

Artist

Klof, village of spirits, 2020 – ongoing

by Kevin Osepa

#85

Manifestation

November 27, 2025

21:30 - 01:00

Off-site

#85 How We Made Noise – Afterparty

Come celebrate the publication 'How We Made Noise' at Sichuan Territory and Garage Noord with music and live performance.

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Emily Shin-Jie Lee

#6

Manifestation

July 6, 2023

12:30 – 13:15 / 14:30 – 15:15

Central Space

#6 Live performance: Visitation, with NO Stars (2030)

Geo Wyex performs 'Visitation, with NO Stars' twice on July 6 at Buro Stedelijk's Central space. A live performance as part of his ongoing work 'Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Blop Bloop' (2021).

#26

work description

A Whispering Dam, 2024

by Ola Hassanain

#39

work description

Lorraine Hellwig: Process during Manifestation #39 To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#14

Manifestation

July 24, 2023

16:00 - 17:00

Central Space

#14 Exiting the Photographic Universe

Prof. Fred Ritchin discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on photography in the digital age.

Don Yaw Kwaning

#28

Manifestation

December 21, 2023

18:30 - 19:30

Central Space

#28 tremor (thunder)

On December 21 at the Central space, S*an D. Henry-Smith performs live as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

#52

work process

Razia Barsatie & Sarojini Lewis: Process during Manifestation #52: To Be Determined

Collaborator

#58

Artist

Mati Diop

Kunsttraject

Razia Barsatie

#75

Manifestation

October 23, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#75 Parallel Realities

Dion Rosina and Phantom Wizard present 'Parallel Realities' on October 23 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of his ongoing process during 'Manifestation #52: To Be Determined'.

Collaborator

#34

Artist

Waèl el Allouche

#39

Manifestation

August 15, 2024

Until October 17, 2024

Central Space

#39 To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Marjet Zwaans

Müge Yılmaz

Collaborator

#23

#25

Miles Greenberg

#26

work description

The Slope, 2023

by Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

Production

Martijn Maiwald

Collaborator

#33

Antje de Wit

#26

Manifestation

May 23, 2024

Until July 18, 2024

Central Space

#26 Script 1: Whispers (Tell The Waters What The Clay Kept Secret II)

Artist and architect Ola Hassanain intertwines family history with the materiality and temporality of water and clay. For this manifestation, Hassanain shares her ongoing visual research into the spatial implications of catastrophes. In this provocation the artist zooms in on an intimate ‘site of catastrophe’: her grandmother’s house.

#16

Manifestation

November 30, 2023

Until January 25, 2024

Central Space

#16 Descent into Fungal

The third group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Milena Anna Bouma, Don Yaw Kwaning, Andrey Shental and YUME YUME

#2

work description

Memories of becoming, 2022/2023

by Narges Mohammadi

Collaborator

#1

Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen

#53

work description

SYSTEMA [EXO] NATURÆ (Regnum Lapideum), 2025

by Ana María Gómez López

Collaborator

#28

Artist

S*an D. Henry-Smith

Robbie Schweiger

Collaborator

#76

Art Space

W139

Setareh Noorani

Collaborator

#53

Artist

Jessica Mitrani

Collaborator

Photographer

Andrea Amponsah

#83

Manifestation

December 6, 2025

14:00 - 17:00

Off-site

#83 SWARM Rehearsal: Dancing through the Smooth City

Join 'SWARM Rehearsal' with words by René Boer and music by DJ Cheb Runner.

#48

Manifestation

June 22, 2024

15:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#48 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Adriana Knouf, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

location

Off-site

#34

Manifestation

November 14, 2023

7:00 – 19:00

Until January 14, 2024

Studio Space

#34 What Can’t It Do?

See the work by Waèl Allouche in our Studio Space. He asked an early version of the current ChatGPT: “What is it a flag can’t do?” This question unexpectedly got answered in a very political way.

Collaborator

#48

Artist

Adriana Knouf

#40

Manifestation

September 19, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#40 NEO NEO DADA – Act I, II and III

Lorraine Hellwig performs 'NEO NEO DADA – Act I, II and III' on September 19 at Buro Stedelijk's Central space. A multi-media performance as part of her ongoing process during 'Manifestation #39: To Be Determined'.

Kanitha Tith

Artist Collective Totomboti

Andrey Shental

#43

work description

Sacred Wounds, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#69

Manifestation

June 12, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#69 The Way

A temporary spatial intervention by Stephanie Schuitemaker with Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

#1

Leontine Coelewij

Collaborator

#46

Nat Muller

Collaborator

Intern

Nuria Bofarull

#79

Manifestation

November 1, 2025

19:00 – 00:00

Central Space

#79 Girl, the World is Big

During Museumnacht, Ndayé Kouagou transforms Buro Stedelijk into a space of gentle destabilization and collective questioning, embracing multiple voices and bodies to create a polyphonic encounter that unfolds Black identity through stories and possibilities.

#50

Manifestation

research

KETI KOTI X ROOTS TO FRUITS

Read and see more about the design process behind Manifestation #50: ROOTS TO FRUITS X KETI KOTI by Mirelle van Tulder

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Ana Bravo Pérez

Kenneth Aidoo

Collaborator

Manifestation Coordinator

Anne Lakeman

#80

work description

#80 The Belly of Momo

Teksto na Papiamentu

Juny Martina

Collaborator

#35

Marjolijn van Heemstra

Collaborator

#2

Alanna Archibald

Collaborator

#1

Manifestation Coordinator

Jelmer Wijnstroom

#71

Manifestation

May 22, 2025

19:30 – 21:30

Central Space

#71 opening – I Must Still Grow in the Dark

Kevin Osepa

Collaborator

#76

Artist

Larissa Sansour

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Rice, Peas, Roots and Culture

Collaborator

#11

Artist

Lakisha Apostel

#64

Manifestation

February 6, 2025

Online

#64 Ton yeke, ton yelele!

Sembe sa lobi sembe sa buuse! (some will love, some will hate!) – With visual essay 'Ton yeke, ton yelele!', Totomboti looks back and forward within their ongoing research 'Kanda Hanka/Liederen Verankeren'.

Collaborator

#26

Production

Oded Rimon

Gilleam Trapenberg

#89

Manifestation

November 27, 2025

Online

#89 We Need to Relearn How to Walk Softly on Earth: Questioning while Co-Becoming, from Curating to Publishing

Reflections on making 'How We Made Noise' by Gwen Parry

#5

Manifestation

June 30, 2023

Until July 2, 2023

Studio Space

#5 KETI KOTI X Dia di Lucha pa Libertat

Every year on the 1st of July we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. Since we believe that Keti Koti should be a national holiday, we are closed on the 1st of July. We asked Lydiënne Albertoe to design a graphic work for this particular occasion. The work is placed on the door of our Central Space and the windows of the Studio Space.

Collaborator

#35

Art Space

SEXYLAND World

#41

Manifestation

October 3, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#41 Strange Soil

Nazif Lopulissa presents 'Strange Soil' on October 3 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of his ongoing process during 'Manifestation #39: To Be Determined'.

Collaborator

Advisory Board

Rubiah Balsem

Marcel van den Berg

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Alina Lupu

Collaborator

#2

Artist

Sedrig Verwoert

Collaborator

#35

Artist

Ahmad Mallah

Collaborator

#49

Moderator

Nina666

Collaborator

#56

Artist

Dr. Edward Birzin

#52

Manifestation

August 28, 2025

Until October 23, 2025

Central Space

#52 To Be Determined

This summer, Dion Rosina, Thato Toeba, Razia Barsatie and Sarojini Lewis relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#77

Manifestation

December 19, 2024

24/7

Until January 17, 2025

Studio Space

#77 Repainting Subway Art

See the homage by graffiti artist Tripl/Furious to the book by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant, on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat.

Quinsy Gario

#9

Manifestation

June 30, 2023

17:00 – 18:00

Off-site

#9 In conversation with Frank Creton

Join us Friday for a Q&A with artist Frank Creton at Meterhuisje

#49

Manifestation

December 5, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Studio Space

#49 SISTAAZ OF THE CASTLE

Join us for a screening of the film 'Sistaaz of the Castle', hosted by Duran Lantink and Jan Hoek.

Collaborator

Buro Stedelijk Team

Bubble Shooters Network

#53

Essay

Darkness as Full Potential: Beyond Negation

by Rita Ouédraogo

Tripl

Collaborator

#53

Artist

Andrés Pereira Paz

#15

Manifestation

November 4, 2023

19:00 – 02:00

Central Space

#15 Cosmism

During Museumnacht, we present a selection of films by John Akomfrah, Saodat Ismailova, and Viktor Vasylenko in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. The program explores cosmic musical forms and the (philosophical) potential of space, science fiction, immortality and infinity.

#30

Manifestation

January 4, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#30 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by LazerGazer

About

Vision

Buro Stedelijk is a place to discover Amsterdam’s dynamic and forward-thinking art scene.

#23

Manifestation

February 15, 2024

Until March 31, 2024

Central Space

#23 TRUTH

a video installation by Miles Greenberg

#5

Manifestation

research

KETI KOTI X Dia di lucha pa libertat

Design process behind #5 by Lydienne Albertoe

#17

Manifestation

July 2, 2024

Online

#17 Rehearsing institutional de-scripting: A machine for manifestations

by Setareh Noorani

Peter Tijhuis

#50

Manifestation

#50: KETI KOTI X ROOTS TO FRUITS

Every year on the 1st of July, we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. In the month prior to this day, we show new work by artist and graphic designer Mirelle van Tulder on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat.

Collaborator

#33

Les Moucherons

Collaborator

Buro Stedelijk Team

Sarah Schulten

Collaborator

#19

Artist

Shigeo Arikawa

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Viviane Tabach

Collaborator

#43

MINA RWINA

#13

Manifestation

July 17, 2023

Central Space

#13 A Conversation about Decay

A conversation in Buro Stedelijk's first group show 'Manifestation #2 Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent' with curator Rita Ouédraogo, Joël Andrianomearisoa, Narges Mohammadi and Geo Wyex about Decay..

Collaborator

Art Organization

BijlmAIR

#43

work description

Era of TDC, 2024

by Martin Toloku

#4

Manifestation

#4 Keti Koti Westerpark

with Atelier Code Noir and Frank Creton

Collaborator

#21

Art Collective

Queer Choir

Collaborator

#19

Musician

loopey

#74

Manifestation

October 2, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#74 Labyrinth Within

Razia Barsatie and Sarojini Lewis present 'Labyrinth Within' on October 2 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of their ongoing process during 'Manifestation #52: To Be Determined'.

Irina Djojoatmodjo

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Wes Mapes

Touchy Studios

#17

Manifestation

September 14, 2023

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#12 Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay

Mirre Yayla Séur performs 'Rehearsing (the Care for) Decay' on September 14 at our Central space. A live performance as part of her ongoing process during Manifestation #8: To Be Determined.

#53

work process

Materializing the Invisible

Q&A with artist, architect and spatial designer Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

#59

Manifestation

June 1, 2024

24/7

Until September 22, 2024

Off-site

#59 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

Come see the series New Suns by Gilleam Trapenberg on the windows of Kunsttraject in the Staatsliedenbuurt.

Collaborator

Garage Noord

Collaborator

#88

Musician

AK Soundsystem

Collaborator

Social Communication Coordinator

Hana Hussein

Collaborator

#49

Artist

Duran Lantink

Collaborator

#11

Artist

Guenn Ramon Gustina

Collaborator

Prof. Fred Ritchin

Collaborator

#1

Moderator

Yvette Mutumba

Collaborator

#16

Production

Hidde van Greuningen

Collaborator

#2

Artist

Joël Andrianomearisoa

Stephanie Schuitemaker

Collaborator

#65

Artist

Babs Gons

Collaborator

Photographer

Konstantin Sonnenkind

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Collaborator

Fund

Fonds 21 – Henk Christophersen

Valerie Oluwatoyin Abeji

#53

work description

EGO FVLCIO COLLVMNAS EIVS (I Fortify Your Columns), 2020 – 2025

by Andrés Pereira Paz

Samuël van der Spek

Collaborator

#1

Anna-Rosa van Wees

Collaborator

#19

Musician

Vinger.nl

Collaborator

#35

Artist

Q

Collaborator

#20

Art Organization

Unfair

Collaborator

#39

#41

Nazif Lopulissa

#26

work description

#26: Audio introduction by Artist

Manifestation #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell The Waters What The Clay Kept Secret II), by Ola Hassanain

Berber Meindertsma

Collaborator

#23

facilitator

Veerle Driessen

Collaborator

Musician

Drums of the Earth

Collaborator

Maxime Leleux

Collaborator

#49

Artist

SistaazHood

Collaborator

#67

Artist

Ngozi Onwurah

#66

Manifestation

April 14, 2025

Online

#66 All Eyes, All Ears: Listening Lessons

A reflection on Buro Stedelijk's Listening Sessions in April 2023 by Jelmer Wijnstroom

Collaborator

#56

Terror161 a.k.a. Json

#70

Manifestation

February 27, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#70 Opening – Shifting | Spirit | Time

with opening words by Buro Stedelijk's curator Rita Ouédraogo and by artist Julianknxx, and a live performance by Elique Curiel

#53

Essay

I Must Still Grow in the Dark

by Stephanie Noach

Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

BULGAR

Collaborator

#53

Artist

Ana María Gómez López

#36

Manifestation

May 23, 2024

19:30 – 21:30

Central Space

#36 Opening – Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Waters What the Clay Kept Secret II)

with opening words by the artist and and a reflection by Quinsy Gario on Ola Hassanain's solo Manifestation #26

Özgür Atlagan

#16

work description

Grown head to toe outfit, 2023

by YUME YUME

Sarojini Lewis

#1

Essay

Hybrid Listening

an architectural intervention by Frédérique Albert-Bordenave

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Collaborator

#62

Artist

Pırıltı Onukar

Collaborator

#55

Artist

Stephen Tayo

UNSEEN

#35

Manifestation

November 15, 2023

19:00 – 21:30

Off-site

#35 Zonder Gelijkheid, Geen Vrede

Collaborator

#15

Artist

Saodat Ismailova

#58

Manifestation

December 19, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Studio Space

#56 Repainting Subway Art

A book launch of 'Repainting Subway Art' by Tripl a.k.a. Furious, with a talk by Martha Cooper, Terror161 a.k.a. Json, moderated by Dr. Edward Birzin

#87

Manifestation

November 27, 2025

Central Space

#87 Seated Witness

#8

Manifestation

August 14, 2023

Until October 15, 2023

Central Space

#8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#88

Manifestation

November 27, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#88 How We Made Noise – Book Launch

Join us for the launch of 'How We Made Noise: Reimagining the Museum From Within'.

#2

work description

61 FRAGMENTS OF DECAY FOR NEW DESIRES, 2023

by Joël Andrianomearisoa

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Basir Mahmood

Collaborator

Advisory Board

Emily Pethick

Collaborator

#49

Artist

Kaiden Ford

Collaborator

#80

Artist

Rozaly

Collaborator

#25

Musician

Bnnyhunna

#22

Manifestation

December 7, 2023

18:30 - 19:30

Central Space

#22

Ranie Ribeiro performs on harp on December 7 at the Central Space. A live performance as part of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal.

#65

Manifestation

research

Kunsttraject X Keti Koti Westerpark

Design research behind Manifestation #65 by Jeanine van Berkel

Collaborator

#52

Artist

Dion Rosina

Collaborator

#11

Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi

Collaborator

#50

Artist

Mirelle van Tulder

Inge Meijer

Collaborator

#1

Simone Zeefuik

Collaborator

#18

Moderator

Geert Vlieger

#1

Essay

Same Taste

by Basir Mahmood

#54

work description

and if a tree sees it all, 2024 – 2025

by Julianknxx

#46

Manifestation

April 20, 2024

15:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#46 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Nat Muller, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

#80

Taïs Zimmerman

Collaborator

Onomatopee

#39

work description

Kenneth Aidoo: Process during ‘Manifestation #39: To Be Determined’

In the summer of 2024, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

Collaborator

#80

Glenpherd

#80

work description

#80 The Belly of Momo

Nederlandse tekst

#54

work description

Untitled (study on spirit) (2025)

by Julianknxx

location

Studio Space

Paulus Potterstraat 13, 1071 CX, Amsterdam

Collaborator

#80

Graphic Designer

Valentino Angela

YUME YUME

Collaborator

#3

Artist

Michael Ekow & May

1.06 Music Library

#29

Manifestation

December 28, 2023

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#29 Mixtape

Experience Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal with sound by bk owusu

#25

Manifestation

February 15, 2024

18:30 – 20:30

Central Space

#25 Opening – TRUTH

with a musical performance by Bnnyhunna and tunes by 1.06 Music Library

Lydienne Albertoe

Collaborator

Advisory Board

Pauline Curnier Jardin

Julianknxx

Collaborator

#53

Curator

Stephanie Noach

Collaborator

#82

Artist

Ndayé Kouagou

Collaborator

Curator

Azu Nwagbogu

#54

Manifestation

#54 Shifting / Spirit / Time

An ambitious new multi-screen film installation by acclaimed poet, artist, and filmmaker Julianknxx. Known for his extensive research and commitment to (re)visiting places and people for collaboration, this latest work builds on the artist’s performance 'Chorus is Flight' presented in May 2024 on the steps of the Stedelijk Museum with the Memoria Collective, conducted by Elique Curiel, in collaboration with Metro54.

location

Central Space

Daily via Museumplein 10, 10:00 - 18:00 / Evening manifestations via Paulus Potterstraat 13, 18:30 - 20:30

Collaborator

#19

Photographer

Nikola Lamburov

Collaborator

Buro Stedelijk Team

Gwen Parry

#31

Manifestation

January 11, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#31 Hosting Darkness

hosted by Berber Meindertsma and Stephanie Schuitemaker

#3

Manifestation

#3 Afterparty – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent at kanaal40

with 1.06 Music Library and Michael Ekow & May

work description

Mirre Yayla Séur: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#43

work description

Mina Rwina DIR, 2024

by Simomo Bouj

#53

work description

Man Made Materials series, 1998

by René Peña

#11

Manifestation

September 28, 2023

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#11 Mal Ora

Join us for an evening co-curated by Kevin Osepa with performances by Travis A. G. Geertruida, Lakisha Apostel, Guenn Ramon Gustina and Yeshua Tjie-A-Loi.

#1

Manifestation

#1 Listening Sessions

An engaging and thought-provoking two-day manifestation on April 14 and 15, 2023.

Collaborator

#30

Artist

LazerGazer

#47

Manifestation

May 25, 2024

15:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#47 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Fiep van Bodegom, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

#88

A curated soundscape for ‘How We Made Noise’

by bk owusu

Martha Cooper

Collaborator

Founding Curator

Rita Ouédraogo

#32

Manifestation

January 18, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#32 Film screening by Kevin Osepa

Join us to watch LA ÚLTIMA ASCENSIÓN and Watamula

Mirre Yayla Séur

Collaborator

Website design

All Sizes

#72

Manifestation

#72 KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

Every year on the 1st of July we commemorate slavery and celebrate the abolition of slavery: Keti Koti. Since we believe that Keti Koti should be a national holiday, we are closed on the 1st of July. Each year we ask a graphic designer to create a work for Buro Stedelijk's windows facing the Paulus Potterstraat. This year Jeanine van Berkel created the work ABOUT LOVE.

#10

Manifestation

August 3, 2023

14:00 – 16:00

Studio Space

#10 Beauty Basics for Queer People

Trans-inclusive makeup workshop by Timothy Paul. Join Caribbean Queer Salon for this live make-up tutorial.

#90

Manifestation

December 11, 2025

Online

#90 The Belly is Strange

A reflection on 'The Belly of Momo' written by glenpherd, informed by Rita, Kevin and Lakisha

Collaborator

#80

Suzette Martina

Collaborator

#52

Artist

Thato Toeba

Collaborator

Film

Bouba Dola

Ranie Ribeiro

Keti Koti Westerpark

#26

Video

#26: Video introduction by Artist

Manifestation #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell The Waters What The Clay Kept Secret II), by Ola Hassanain

Naomi Pire

Collaborator

#53

Artist

Paulo Nazareth

Floor van Leeuwen

#53

work description

Nlloro (Weeping), 1991

by Belkis Ayón

Collaborator

#78

Artist

Suzie van Staaveren

Collaborator

Sabrine Ingabire

senakirfa A.

Collaborator

Drankerij

#7

Manifestation

June 18, 2023

14:00

Off-site

#7 Breaking Bread

Cassave bread with Lelani Lewis

#57

Manifestation

August 22, 2024

17:00

Off-site

#57 New Suns – in conversation with Gilleam Trapenberg

After more than two months, Gilleam Trapenberg’s manifestation: ‘New Suns’ on the windows of Kunsttraject for Keti Koti Westerpark, is coming to an end. On Thursday 22 August at 17:00, we host a conversation with the artist at the Buurtwerkplaats, Cliffordstraat 36 in Amsterdam. Afterwards, you can walk the route through the neighbourhood and have a drink.

#21

Manifestation

November 30, 2023

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#21 Opening – Descent into Fungal

with an inaugural performance by Queer Choir Amsterdam

Ola Hassanain

Collaborator

#58

Artist

Manon Lutanie

Collaborator

#43

Art Collective

pIAR

#16

work description

Dormancy Trail, 2023

by Milena Anna Bouma

#16

work description

Descent into the Fungal, 2017

by Andrey Shental

Collaborator

#49

Artist

Jan Hoek

Collaborator

#1

#10

Timothy Aarons

Collaborator

#53

Graphic Designer

Iván Martínez

#78

Manifestation

September 6, 2025

14:30 - 18:00

Off-site

#78 “Life Compensation Lottery”

Join us on September 6, for Manifestation #78: "Life Compensation Lottery" by Suzie van Staaveren and Robbie Schweiger. A free zip code lottery for residents of Waterland and Amsterdam Landelijk Noord with an unusual prize: CO₂-compensation for a lifetime.

#1

Essay

Respect for the Forest

Fragments of conversations in Saamaka tongo Recordings: January - March 2023 in Pikin Slee (SR) Marjet Zwaans, Edje Doekoe, at Buro Stedelijk Amsterdam (NL) Transcribed and translated with Vinije Haabo

Atelier Code Noir

Collaborator

#56

Ruyzdael Publishing

Collaborator

#19

Musician

KC

#45

Manifestation

March 23, 2024

15:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#45 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading group with Marly Pierre-Louis, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Renzo Martens

#55

Manifestation

September 15, 2024

24/7

Until October 31, 2024

Studio Space

#55 In Motion, Tracing the Familiar

See the work of Stephen Tayo, BijlmAIR's artist in residence, on the windows of Buro Stedelijk’s Studio Space facing the Paulus Potterstraat. While inhabiting different places and spaces such as Paris, New York, Lagos and Amsterdam, Tayo continues his research into the essence of a city and the quest for the familiar.

#61

Manifestation

October 26, 2024

14:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#61 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Anna Arov, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

Collaborator

Tina M. Campt

#53

work description

The Invisible Double (2025)

by Jessica Mitrani

Anna Hoetjes

Collaborator

Wayne Modest

Collaborator

#51

#54

The Memoria Collective

Collaborator

#35

Artist

Aukje Dekker

Collaborator

#47

Fiep van Bodegom

#51

Manifestation

May 2, 2024

19:30 – 21:30

Central Space

#51 Chorus in Flight

Metro54 and Buro Stedelijk are proud to present Julianknxx' one-night immersive performance, developed in collaboration with The Memoria Collective choir from Amsterdam and Rotterdam conducted by Elique Curiel.

#72

Manifestation

research

KETI KOTI X ABOUT LOVE

research by Jeanine van Berkel

#33

Manifestation

January 25, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#33 Are You Still Resonating?

Finnisage of Manifestation #16: Descent into Fungal – An evening with Inge Meijer and chamber choir Les Moucherons led by Antje de Wit

Collaborator

#76

Patricia Domínguez

#53

work description

The Crack That Is Named, 2024

by Antonio Vega Macotela

Collaborator

#43

Artist

Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

#67

Manifestation

November 2, 2024

Online

#67 FLIGHT

An accompanying essay to 'Manifestation #58: The Black Film Critic Syllabus', by Fanta Sylla

Simomo Bouj

Collaborator

#3

Art Organization

kanaal40

Frank Creton

Martin Toloku

#54

work description

Shifting | Spirit | Time, 2025

by Julianknxx

Uno Fujisawa

Collaborator

Project Manager

Niels Staats

#76

Manifestation

January 9, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#76 Cosmic Entanglements

Join us for a film evening linked to 'Goddess Change', the monthly speculative fiction reading group initiated by artists Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz, with works by Larissa Sansour, Patricia Domínguez and by Black Quantum Futurism.

Lorraine Hellwig

Collaborator

#58

Artist

Christelle Oyiri

Phantom Wizard

Collaborator

#83

Curator

René Boer

#2

work description

Muck Studies Department Presents: Transmission from No Point of Return Bleep Blop Bloop, 2021

by Geo Wyex

Collaborator

Film

50MM.AMSTERDAM

#20

Manifestation

November 16, 2023

Until November 19, 2023

Off-site

#20 Taking Root Among the Stars

In collaboration with Buro Stedelijk, Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yilmaz will create an intimate space at UNFAIR23. The booth will offer a moment of rest, pause, to go through the books and reflect on the patchwork sky.

Collaborator

Advisory Board

Charl Landvreugd

Donghwan Kam

Collaborator

#41

Joenoes Polnaija

#8

work description

Kevin Osepa: Process during Manifestation #8 To Be Determined

This summer, Marcel van den Berg, Kevin Osepa and Mirre Yayla Séur relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

location

Online

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Andrea Voets

Collaborator

#1

Artist

Niovi Zarampouka-Chatzimanou

#53

Manifestation

#53 I Must Still Grow in the Dark

A group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with works by Belkis Ayón, Ana María Gómez López, Jessica Mitrani, Paulo Nazareth, Andrés Pereira Paz, René Peña and Antonio Vega Macotela, curated by Stephanie Noach and Rita Ouédraogo

Collaborator

#11

Artist

Travis A. G. Geertruida

Collaborator

Sichuan Territory

Collaborator

Satykam Mokhamsingh

#52

work process

Dion Rosina: Process during Manifestation #52: To Be Determined

Fanta Sylla

#63

Manifestation

January 18, 2025

14:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#63 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Camille Sapara Barton, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space.

Collaborator

#1

Naema Abdi

#81

Manifestation

November 20, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#81 Opening – The Belly of Momo

Opening performance by Lakisha Apostel and Kevin Osepa with soundscape by Rozaly.

#1

From Listening to Reflecting: Thoughts on ‘Manifestation #1: Listening Sessions’

by Naema Abdi Ali & Anna-Rosa van Wees.

#26

work description

Seeping Waters, 2023 – 2024

by Ola Hassanain

#39

work description

Nazif Lopulissa: Process during Manifestation #39: To Be Determined

This summer, Kenneth Aidoo, Lorraine Hellwig and Nazif Lopulissa relocate their studios to Buro Stedelijk and generously invite us into their creative process. Together we explore artistic interventions that challenge modes of ‘exhibiting’, interaction and museological practices.

#68

Manifestation

July 18, 2024

Central Space

#68 Reflections on Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Waters What the Clay Kept Secret II)

Reflections on Ola Hassanain’s solo Manifestation #26: Script 1: Whispers (Tell the Waters What the Clay Kept Secret II), with Ola Hassanain, Quinsy Gario, and Rita Ouédraogo.

#73

Manifestation

September 18, 2025

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#73 Fela sa Hamojela

Thato Toeba x Morena Leraba present 'Fela sa Hamojela' on September 18 at Buro Stedelijk's Central Space. A curated programme as part of their ongoing process during 'Manifestation #52: To Be Determined'.

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023

Until July 25, 2023

Central Space

#2 Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with Joël Andrianomearisoa, Narges Mohammadi and Geo Wyex

#53

work description

Aprender a rezar guarani e kaiowa para o mundo não acabar (Learning to Pray in Guarani and Kaiowá So the World Does Not End) (2013)

by Paulo Nazareth

#2

Manifestation

May 25, 2023

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#2 Opening – Decay: An Ode to the Impermanent

with an inaugural performance by Sedrig Verwoert, Alanna Archibald, Phantom Wizard and Ranie Riberio

Collaborator

#53

Artist

René Peña

#16

work description

Living Mycelium Dunes, 2023

by YUME YUME

Collaborator

Photographer

Ernst van Deursen

Collaborator

#61

Artist

Anna Arov

#19

Manifestation

October 12, 2023

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#19 Raw Heat, Black Sweat

Join us for a co-curated evening by Marcel van den Berg, a block party at the Central Space celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop Culture with KC, Loopey, Farida Sedoc, Jeff Croese and Shigeo Arikawa.

#37

Manifestation

June 2, 2024

Until July 2, 2024

Off-site

#37 Keti Koti Westerpark

For the second edition of Keti Koti Westerpark, we welcome you in the installation by Kevin Osepa at 'het Meterhuisje' in Westerpark, Amsterdam.

#18

Manifestation

November 1, 2023

Central Space

#18 Kunstenaar op zaal

#58

Manifestation

November 2, 2024

19:00 – 0:00

Central Space

#58 The Black Film Critic Syllabus

A curated film evening during Museumnacht by writer and thinker Fanta Sylla, the founder of 'The Black Film Critic Syllabus'.

Collaborator

Film

Jeff Hoogendijk

#44

Manifestation

November 28, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#44 Opening – (Where and for Whom?) Listening to the Absences

The fifth group show in Buro Stedelijk's Central Space with Simomo Bouj, Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi and Martin Toloku, with a live performance by Simomo Bouj.

#42

Manifestation

October 17, 2024

18:30 - 20:30

Central Space

#42 Tell It Like It Is

Join us for the finissage of 'Manifestation #39: To Be Determined', where we will say goodbye to not just three artists but also one immense mural by Kenneth Aidoo.

#52

work process

Thato Toeba: Process during Manifestation #52: To Be Determined

Museumnacht Amsterdam

Collaborator

Architect

Jelmer Teunissen

#16

work description

Before Distortion, 2023 – ongoing

by Don Yaw Kwaning / material experiments with plant-based raw materials and semi-finished products

##60

Manifestation

September 28, 2024

14:30 – 17:30

Studio Space

#60 Reading Group Goddess Change

Reading Group with Ilga Minjon, hosted by Anna Hoetjes and Müge Yılmaz in Buro Stedelijk's Studio Space

Collaborator

#29

Musician

bk owusu

#43

work description

Home is Resistance, 2024

by Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi [aka crazinisT artisT]

Collaborator

#49

Artist

Mercy St. J

Collaborator

Advisory Board

Simnikiwe Buhlungu

Collaborator

#83

Moderator

Sylvie de Kubber

Collaborator

#12

Artist

Ksenia Perek

Geo Wyex

#65

Manifestation

#65 Keti Koti Westerpark x Kunsttraject

Come and read the words by Babs Gons designed by Jeanine van Berkel on the windows of Kunsttraject in the Staatsliedenbuurt

Collaborator

#76

Artist

Black Quantum Futurism

#88

publication

How We Made Noise: Reimagining the Museum from Within

A publication bringing together contributions from leading thinkers and artists including Tina M. Campt, Christina Sharpe, Quinsy Gario, Wayne Modest, Ola Hassanain, Yvette Mutumba, Emily Pethick, and Kevin Osepa, among others, co-published with Onomatopee and edited by Rita Ouédraogo.